I won’t keep you in suspense (because I’m sure you’ve been biting your nails about this for days)… My very first art sale was officially a success. Woohoo!!! I was so nervous the day before. My table neighbor at the sale said that her first art sale was like putting her underwear out for everyone to judge,…
Category: work
Crafty McCrafterson (a.k.a. Craft Sale tomorrow!)
I don’t think of myself as a crafty person. Sure, I can staple some fabric around a canvas to make new art for my house, but that’s about it. I’m no good at gluing things together, and the clumsiness proceeds from there. Anyway, it turns out I’m craftier than I thought. I’m officially a part…
Pictures of Pictures
Photography is one of my weak points. I come from a family who forgets to document things, and I proudly carry on that tradition most of the time. My most representative photographic moment in childhood was when I took a picture of my dad and two of his good friends that he only saw once…
Lazy Day Projects
I’ve been up to a lot of laziness lately, but I’ve also found time in that busy schedule to finish a few small projects. I’m very happy with them, so I thought I would share. Project 1: making business cards and stamping note cards with my new fancy schmancy shop logo. (Thanks to PaperSushi, which is…
Opening Up Shop
This is the big week. I finally opened an Etsy shop and posted some of my paintings for sale. (Yay!!) Just about everything in the shop is in note card format for now, even though I could have prints made in a larger format if need be. So why am I not jumping up and down…
Watercolor Step By Step
I’ve been working on an art project for a few days. It was really a glorified excuse to think happy thoughts about a friend who recently had a baby, but that’s okay. I figured that if the project went well, it could be customized for other folks and sold on my (someday soon to be opened) Etsy…
The Unfun Side of Starting a Business
I’m still a long way from “opening up shop,” so to speak. I’m painting and finding out about printers in the area who might be a good fit for my painting reproduction needs. The painting is fun, and I generally feel like I’m making progress on the printing situation. The technology makes sense, and I…
Small, but valuable. 