<![CDATA[KIMMY VIBES - BEHIND THE VIBES]]>

I’VE ALWAYS HAD A LOVE FOR ARTS + CRAFTS FOR AS LONG AS
I CAN REMEMBER. AS I GREW OLDER, MY CREATIVITY
TRANSFORMED INTO MORE THAN JUST THAT. IT BEGAN TO
SHOW UP IN EVERY OPPORTUNITY IT COULD. THROUGHOUT
THE YEARS YOU COULD ALWAYS FIND ME DOING
SOMETHING THAT REQUIRED IT. FROM CRAFTS TO
REARRANGING ROOMS ENTIRELY + ALWAYS TEACHING
MYSELF NEW THINGS IN THAT WORLD. THERE WAS MY
5 YEAR OLD SELF MAKING HULA SKIRTS FROM COMPUTER
PAPER + CRAYONS. MY 16 YEAR OLD SELF COVERING MY
FRESHLY PAINTED HOT PINK WALLS IN HAND PAINTED QUOTES
(SORRY DAD) OR EVEN MY 20 YEAR OLD SELF - HANGING ON
THE SIDEWALK DRAWING CHALK. AND JUST LIKE A BEAUTIFUL
SCAR.. WHAT A STORY THOSE CREATIONS COULD TELL.

THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AFTER GOING THROUGH A FEW
DIFFICULT LIFE EXPERIENCES OF MY OWN, I FOUND MYSELF
CLINGING TO THOSE PARTS OF ME WHILE MOVING THROUGH
HEAVY ANXIETY + DEPRESSION. ALTHOUGH I HAVE ALWAYS
TRIED TO FIND THE POSITIVE - THE HIGHS WERE HIGH BUT
THE LOWS COULD GET REALLY LOW. I WENT THROUGH
TRIALS + ERRORS OF TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO COPE.
AND ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN’T ALWAYS TURN OUT TO BE
THE BEST ROUTE TO TAKE, THERE WAS ALWAYS ONE THING
THAT NEVER SEEMED TO FAIL ME, MY CREATIVITY. EXPRESSING
MYSELF THROUGH DOING SOMETHING CREATIVE ALWAYS
SEEMED TO BE THE ONE THING THAT BROUGHT ME THE
PEACE I HAD BEEN SO DESPERATLEY SEARCHING FOR.
IT WAS THE ROAD MAP THAT LED ME BACK TO MYSELF
ANYTIME I FELT “LOST.” I BEGAN TO BUILD A UNIVERSE WHERE
THE HEAVINESS + CONSTANT CHAOS OF MY OUTSIDE
WORLD I WAS LIVING IN DIDN’T EXIST. IT BECAME MY SAFE
PLACE. A PLACE I COULD JUST BE ME. A PLACE WHERE I
WAS FREE TO EXPRESS MYSELF - THE GOOD + THE BAD.

LETTING PEOPLE INTO MY LITTLE WORLD WAS A BIT SCARY
(AND SOMETIMES STILL IS) BUT I SLOWLY STARTED SHARING
THINGS I HAD BEEN CREATING. I NEVER IMAGINED I WOULD
BE SHARING MY PASSION WITH SO MANY WONDERFUL
PEOPLE I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH.
BUT THE JOURNEY OF THIS ALL HAS BEEN THE
BEST PART. EVERY SEASON HAS SERVED ITS PURPOSE.
KIMMY VIBES HAS GROWN WITH ME THROUGH THE DARKEST
PARTS, ALWAYS SHOWING ME THE LIGHT - INTO SOMETHING
I TRULY CANNOT IMAGHINE MY LIFE WITHOUT.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY + SUPPORTING MY PASSION,
MY DREAMS + MY JOURNEY... IT MEANS MORE THAN YOU KNOW, XO.