Week in Review

This week has been, well, it's been great and not so great.  The week started with a crunch to get my first Etsy order shipped out on Tuesday (great!).  Check it out:

rough shot of first Etsy sale!

The week stayed positive with my school's basketball team winning their regional game, which meant a little less time in the studio, but totally worth it!

Then, for the bad news.  Found out on Friday I was not accepted into an upcoming craft show :(  After some encouraging words from my sis, I'm in a better place about the situation and am excited to submit an application to a fair that will better fit my work style later in the fall!

Yesterday began with a conference presented by Tennessee Craft on connecting to your customer.  Lots of great info!  The last sessions got overwhelming when talking about wholesaling to galleries... okay that's like a bazillion years away for me!  But, I met some great folks, had some interesting conversations, and mostly realized that a lot of what I'm doing isn't wrong!

http://thetaca.org/connect-to-your-customer.html

I also had a little time to reflect on past artmaking by sending in information for the Hamblet catalog.  Seems like May of 2009 and January of 2011 are a long time ago now.  It's great to see continued connections through my body of work, even though it has changed quite a bit!

The artful fun continued into the evening with the first Saturday art crawl downtown on 5th Ave.  

While I love seeing the work and indulging in some hippie donuts, I have to admit I always walk away from the artwalk (and craft fairs, boutiques, and even checking out etsy) feeling completely overwhelmed about how "behind" I am in the artmaking process.  I SO want to be at the level of those artists and makers, but I have to remember that, for now, I have to balance my studio time with a pretty cool gig- teaching art to the most awesome kiddos in Nashville!  

Not gonna lie, still hoping for a snow day tomorrow, though :)