Registered at paypal but not verified, and looky looky on the Welcome page... now I am verified. It is the details and I still need to go back and read some fine print. Luckily there is a business owner in the house and I get reasonably discounted advice on setting up. Whew. the cube is on its way and I am closer than before. go team
Can't make it through the month with out my list. Sales Tax and Use tax Permit is filled out. and mom will be mailing tonight or tomorrow. If I had only known a long time ago. I have done business, but hobbyist level for research for someone. Now its like. adjust everything for Etsy and calm down. It'll get back and here. It is the little moments that teach so much. Glad to get this done before the IRS or state comptrollers office arrives commenting "show me the money" for lack of a better illustration. A little tired and wanting to sew. anxious and happy at the same time. Getting ready for turkey day and I never knew how much in the hole I was till now thinking about all the supplies I bought when I could have been selling earlier than this. Though I was not ready and maybe the purchasing public was not ready for me either. Not that I carry a weighty price tag. I'm learning my lesson and am going back on some other presentations for repricing. No need to take myself out of the market before I even get started. Maybe one day I'll command a price like a Rothko or Herring. Hope for accomplishment and looking forward to generating appeal is long lasting. Household name by 70? Hmm. maybe not. But I'd like to be know as a regionalist to say the least.
Saturday was the best I could ask for. I got invited out. Woke up late and decided to chuck it all in and say home. She left I lamented for not wanting to do the same thing as the day before that and the day before that. I lamented more, thinking I should of went after all. Too late, I have to suffer the afternoon away. Mom returns because she left her phone and a glimmer in my eye, I shower dress and left with her. Best idea ever.
We went to a quartz singing bowl demonstration and I got a chance to play two of them. The building and my body resonated with sound. It was the first time I had seen the bowls in person, but had viewed one thing or another on Tibetan Singing Bowls. Off we went to the Dallas Arts Market to check it out. This is a step of from a crafter's market in price, item, style and presentation. I had seen it a week ago when I was looking for shows and fairs to get involved in. Mom saw it too and suggested we look and see if it was a fit for me. God thank you it was. It is right in the heart of one of the Arts Districts ( i.e. right around the corner from the galleries I applied to). Sales have been between 400 for the lowest to 2200 for the highest across the board for some vendors. Here's the break,Get this: I'm slotted for December. I juried in and got approved that night with the director. Blessed thing is the price is two for one and I can slot any time next year. My second major break so far since I started sewing. Make that fourth. I have to get back in touch with some people. Though my price point may be out of range for their stores. I've started working on bulking stock and getting odds and ends ready like my State Sales permit etc. I needed that for Etsy apparently. Yikes! Paperwork will go in before Thanksgiving. Ideally, I'm looking to sell out and want to have plenty on hand. I don't want to break my neck, but I need to put in a little extra effort for finesse. The clientel, from what I understand, would appreciate that. Go figure: If she had not forgot her phone, I wouldn't have gone till months later. Should I proffer and I think I will, I believe I'll make it a mainstay for several times a year, between building stock. The business side of art is starting to come a little easier. I needed that, badly. Nothing close to all things brother. But a fond shout out publicly. Yes I am willing to still claim you. Hope it is a good one. Enjoy your thirties, your perspective and work habits will change. Have a wonderful day!
Other things. The working title is Crown eye of Jupiter. Been working with the names of the moon and in all things grand, fabric and artsy fartsy... I have some planets and moons I want to create in fabric. This is the first homage before I delve into dyes, reactions and tons of thread play with embroidery and the like... Off the mark for what I usually do, but on the thread of what I am following out. The mola words are on the docket for tomorrow,but I'll play those out for months to come. If I concentrate I could finish two sides of the wall hanging. I'll pace myself though. I have sketches of the design for CEJ. I'll post later today after I get some sleep. Necessary and tomorrow has its length as well. Scratch that...hold on. The photo are just the notations for the full size quilt. I'm still working things out in the notebook and in my head. Colors: White , black, gold, purple, green. I have more notes, but will keep them aside. If you quilt and are interesting in the final blocks, let me know. I have repetition and size change to adjust for in creating variance. when that is done I may have a full sketch. Pardon the focus, it is the night aire and my impatience. Stay well and good night. Avast ye matees, there's more below! Personal library and reference center. Basically a section of my brain stem to the left. I've found another harvesting site. It is a secret for me to keep but I just don't want to get prepped and find it gone when I go down there. I had a horrible experience. I planned to do a art program on Native American arts and crafts., building to a minor festival. Provided I could find, hire and pay the talent. This is while I was a public librarian. Having scoured the back of the building for tree branches, the low hanging ones in the back where phenomenal. I told the boss. A few days later I check the site again, the branches were trimmed back severely. I couldn't reach anything from the ground. The groundsman said my boss put in the order. Needless to say I was livid, though my timing and the request may have been farther apart than I thought. Then there's TexDOT that work fast. My live oak tree was down the next time I looked and the acorns turned under. Who am i kidding. I'm a little lacking in speed. I'll have to jump on these site toot suite from now on. I found a field of overgrown purple thistle. The specimens are over three feet tall, if not higher and dried. I want to take a sample (10-20) and seal them in a glass jar. I've been debating about the large 1.5' wide jar I have under the bed. It has a Yellow Swallowtail in it that I found en route to the library. I can trade jars for smaller. Otherwise Walmart has these large glass canisters for keeping flour and such. Less than $20 I think, though The ContainerStore is the other option for varying types of containers. Though I am positive about glass and a little tube of super glue. The presentation with my other nature collection could be exquisite. Below is the continuing journey of mola at my "business office workstation". I'm using words as templates. Second grade science lists and the names of all the moons of Jupiter. I have work to do on about 30 more. I think there is over 57 or so. Blew my mind to say the least. When I start in before the week is over I'll have pics to show you. Wood to cut tomorrow or Thursday. I must find a me project soon. I might have one, but not the supply money to continue yet. That happen before the months out. Started in on business of art articles. Printed a ton. Planning on Vista Print business cards next month or January. I never understood how important social media is to some markets. I'll get on the ball with time. Scanned for art fairs and other places to vend. Bottom line is that I'll nee more stock. That puts me two to three years out. Maybe a good boutique situation will work out. I'm new at this. Learning to make money non-tradionally has its allure and pitfalls. Charge low initially, get known, get a rep, then command your worth is what I am understanding. Besides doing excellent work. Thoughts in a jar. Thanks for not minding the typoes. Later. So I'm not the greatest. I don't pretend to be. So I'm not the top seller. In truth I wanted what I create to be place in home that are congruous with care of the product and the working philosophy and vision. I do note. Repeat. I do not want my product bought and in the garbage dump a year later. Thinking heirloom, thinking past down to the next generation. Thinking cherished. Thinking not necessarily classic but just as timeless.
I hope I hit that mark sometime soon. I'll have to reserve those items for those who can pay the price for materials and workmanship. Well, let me get there. I'm slow. I've been trying to process the week's events, mainly the craft sale. I was first thrown for a loop because someone bought a purse. Yes, yes, that is what I want them to do, but I thought it would be a long shot like last year. I thought I would make my mountain out of payments for the food I made. Not many takers. I may have again priced myself out of the market. I went for quality and packaging and that might have burner the bridge on that issue, meaning purchase. I come down between $1.50 and $3.50 next year across the board for cookies, cakes and candy. I'm learning my price points the hard way. Meanwhile I've got to figure how to move product in the right places. Namely the purses. I may have a chance to be introduced to getting into Market Hall. The issue is being able to commit to the output. Two women volunteered to help me, still they are busy and I do not know what kind of time they have. That really leaves me shop to shop sale and consignment. Maybe if I find a high end boutique that likes what I make, maybe. Then again I could adjust and bring the price point down below $100 or $150. That may crush my ego though. And it does not guarantee sales. Tough going. Either way, I made my booth fee for the second year. Just above it. Initially that is what I was concerned recovering. Don't get me wrong I don't thing everyone is an idiot for not buying my product. That is not it at all. Nor do I assume my product is a use all widget for everyone. My purses are eclectic and ring to an eclectic soul. I try to work on vision, not to meet public demand or need. That is for government work. I'm thankful for the comments, encouragement and love. Boy do I need all of it, sometimes my confidence is low and my understanding dim. I also remember that and the tapestries where all I had. I need a variance marker and Ideas , ideas, ideas. I may come back to some of the itches about using nature as a subject and object. Not to forget what I said before. I'm just sore and disappointed, but really I have to budget my time and supply money better than I have. Maybe with this coming year, while managing through the Dallas Quilt Guild Show, I'll scedule time form the wood block prints form carving, production and packaging..... then the next three month spent on the soft blocks and soft ornaments..... then the purses, tapestries, table runners... and three months for nothing but me me me and the work I want to develop. In fact that might come first. I've been out of the studio for over two month. Haven't picked up a thing. In fact it makes me twitch because of it. Maybe back to one day a week. Sewing the rest. Winter is coming and that usually means I'm hole up in my room working and reading. Hmm. we'll see. Thanks for reading, ~N. First day in was good. My feet hurt if that is a teller. Sold one purse. Up tonight to take it offline of etsy.com. Luckily it is not posted. Clearing odd and ends and I feel tired but good. I've got good support and a woman named Amy helping understand marketing. Apparently two almost sold. Either way the lady said she watches my stuff every year and plans on buying again next year. The bag she bought specifically to go to Paris with her from what I understand. I asked her to send me a picture with the bag when she gets there. Bagettes and all? Definitely.
I'm lingering in the night. Not much sleep last night and I'm wondering what the tension line is and what is in the water. I'm so thirsty I could drink from the creek, but I know better now. One more shift and I did not bake anything else as advised. Some items seem to be going well. I hope I sell out of food items like last year. That is where I made my bread and butter that bought back my entry fee. I hope for better sales every year and some ideas are bust, poorly executed and such. Some I forget. I'll change gears this year and spend four months on something besides sewing or purses. Do the research and plan on minimizing cost. Also to find another craft show to enter with help possibly. I'll think positive and not worry so much. I like doing this every year. It give me purpose all year long, a goal and a reward. Most of all I'm finding a audience for my work, slowly though, but surely. A big thank you to all of my support. You are very much appreciated. More than you know and more than I can tell. ~N. I'm a little off kilter and haven't been able to focus on long tasks. Still I got the hand washing done and I baked for two hours, packaged for another. I'm almost ready for reindeer, except for the buckeye balls to be doused in chocolate and the Mexican Christmas Rolls. I hope all goes over well. It was hard not to package one of the espresso shortbread brownies and eat it for myself. But everything is packed. Through you might want to see some of the goodies and I'll take more pictures come this weekend, so you can see the craft fair. It small and juried so the house is filled well end to end. Even if all the food does not go, the neighbors will like it. After putting my foot down there has been no more contact. Go figure.. If she had really wanted it, she would have gone through etsy. honest and forthright my ass....
Anyway on to other things. wrote today. Total is 2522 for the day bring it up to 5899 I've written since the first. I choose to work on Medicine Wars and no new projects do I have to wander about writing. So far for the whole project I've got about12,500 words. Some are in note form to give me some guideline as to where I had planned on going with it in the first place. Yes, I do ask for guidance so I damn well better be giving it when it is appropriate to do so. Yard line marker for myself to see how far I have to go. It is easier to fill in the blanks that way instead of forging new territory every single day. I'm convinced I will not make it through everyday. I'm lagging 800 words for this weekend and will have to fill it out over the days. Then again if I just get at the 'puter and write something I will have conquered. Sundays are for Sabbath and odds and preparing odds and ends to dig into for Mondays. Today was a good day to do nothing but write watch tv and vaccuum. oops. had to. Chat with you laterly, ~me. OK..L'idiota to Brilliante. Bad deal overall. Scam scam scam.. I was excited over a possible Etsy sale. I was willing to bend over backwards to make it happen. She asked to much according to mom. and it seemed a bit shady from the beginning. It came as spam, but it seemed legit so I followed up. We emailed each other a couple of times last night and I check today and it was blown out of proportion. the story that is. I checked the identity and low and behold it comes up on google.com. That seemed a theft to, though I check the profile on LinkedIn and it was a smidgin progressed from being a marine engineer at sea. fanciful, gotta give them that much credit.
Hoping I'm not about to get scammed for the information I gave up, thinking it was accessible anyway. Woulda been nice, I tell ya. Woulda been nice. I added to shop policies no sales off the etsy service. Especially for listed merchandise. I learned. I'm blind as a bat I tell yah. and AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!! Something marvelous happened. I do not want to jinx it, so I have to wait a few days. Then an only then will I share. Not that guessing precludes you from participating in the joy factor. I'm planning for 3,200 words tomorrow. I've already been thinking it thru. I'll get back on the wagon I promise. Just hard this week cause I have the craft show. Hopin' and wishin' and prayin'...... Either way, I'll have more to write latterly. Maybe I'll scoop while I cook. The English butter toffee is done ,cooled, broken, weighed, and packaged. The Chinese take out boxes look wonderful. More cookin on Mon - Wed. I may have to skip one because of holding temperatures. Maybe split the batch between two days and deliver accordingly. Tink positive. Snore.. later.... 'g'nite. I wrote today!!! Yeah me. This nano thing gets you organized and forces you to sit down and write. Now I have no excuse. I should be able to do this with or without encouragement. but I love with. 1690 words today. Bringing the total to 3377. I'm usually only able to sit down and write about 500 words a session. I build up to the longer passages. Writing for two hours is god for me. The first hours is good, the second hour I'm pinching it a little bit because I do not know where I am going. I have a rough idea on some parts and that helps. I did a broad outline on this at least the landmark spaces where I want the characters to be. It is just getting them there and giving them the motivation to do so. I worry now about hokey moment and characters that are flat and unreal responses. Then I feel a freedom to add something in, but I hinder myself thinking that is what you would expect isn't it? Why don't you think of something more original than that. But how many of the readership know what I know. I hope I'm bringing something fresh to the table.
I wonder how much of a writer's real life is in their books. Is it a word for word response to their life, name s and place changed to protect the innocent? I can't wait to sink my teeth into Anna Karenina. Are affairs apart of normal everyday life? Am I that sheltered? I smell life at the window, its a tad bit musty, but it would like to come in. I love writing. Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday, I love writing. For those who I'm not connected to on Facebook.... I was encouraged to do Nanowrimo. I knew about it when I was a working librarian, but this end is different. So I'm trying and I made 1,687 words to day and yes they all relate to each other. I was glad to be released from editing straight off and other error of sorts so I'm going for content and trying to learn to write in my head. I'm picking up were I have notes right now and filling in. This is good encouragement to write. If you haven't thought about it...try... you'd be surprised what yo can accomplish.
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