Autumn Fall Giveaway

Autumn Fall Giveaway


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and that positive thing is...

I just booked my first craft show!!!!  ^_*

I went to the craft store last night and bought a bunch of goodies! I can't wait to see what I come up with for the fall festival.  Looks like I will be taking a break from painting and working on some new crafty things.  It felt nice to dig out my sewing machine last night.

This will be my frist show!  It means that I am moving in the right direction.  I also didn't mention that I talked a friend of mine into selling with me as well at the festival.  She really needs an outlet and even though she just had her work displayed in a local gallery there is nothing wrong with taking advantage of every opportunity. I am proud of her <3 

I really can't justify all the fees that galleries charge just to display.  I am determined to find places that are free until you make a sale or have low costs for displaying work.  What good does selling stuff do it you give away all the money that make from the sale.  The internet is a wonderful place for that.

Use your resources.

I will be posting pictures soon of some of the things I will be selling at the show.

Today feels like a monday and friday combined.....

and I need to find some inspiration....be back later with something positive to share :)

This is what I have been up to this past week! New Etsy listings!

Mind Over Matter

I am really getting tired of certain people telling me that it is not practical to attempt successful at selling art.  Art has been around for years and regardless of how large or small the market is or   the decline or increase, It can't be denied that people are buying art somewhere.  It gets irritating when people think the only way to make a decent living is to have been a college graduate in a profitable field or better yet, claim that I shouldn't have gone to college for an art Degree because I can't use it. I feel that there are enough people and professions in our society where no one should feel restricted or tied to a particular trade.

There are mainstream jobs and then there are jobs that aren't so mainstream.  If there isn't anything out there for you why can't you create something new?  My point is, there is no reason why people should be working jobs that they hate.  My day job isn't a career move, its just a job. However, it is very necessary to get me through that transition from doing what I have to, to doing what I want to do.

I am doing it!

I have abandoned my social life for the past month or so and hit it hard with getting to work. I have listed 5 new paintings and have beend renewing my listings on Etsy a couple times a day. At this point, i have had a total of 652 page views from aug 31,2010 -sept 5, 2010.  That sounds pretty good to me. One sale since, t, but I am hoping that things will work out. I feel like I can accomplish my goal.  I won't know until I try.

It is sleepy time.  Until next time, chew on this:

”I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.” -- Picasso.