Passion and interior design

I have flow on planes, made phone calls, sent emails and texts to get to San Francisco to present my custom furniture piece, "The Beach End Table" as a finalist for the Spark Awards. What is amazing is how fun it is to be around other people who feel so passionate about design as I do. I went to such lengths to get my table here for this competition. Even I can't believe it. As I sit here and write this, I am so glad that I did this. I really made it happen.

Let me give a little background. I designed my first custom piece of furniture and a friend who is an architect told me that yes, it is good enough to submit to Spark Awards. I wasn't so such but I did anyway. I received an email on August 24th and found out that I was a finalist! Who knew??? Well, you never know how good you are as a designer unless you stretch yourself and see who your competition is. As a San Diego interior designer, if I did not have others to believe in me and my own self-confidence, I would not have submitted my "Beach End Table" to a competition.

I am so glad that I did because I discovered that people sent their pieces in to be judged but weren't here to make sure everything was ok. Well, I am glad I did come to San Francisco! It is so much fun to be around people with passion for interior design. This is why I call myself a designer!!