Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Working It Wednesday: Picking and Choosing

Hello all! It's been a few weeks since I've blogged here but that doesn't mean I've forgotten my work. After the success of the Fall craft fairs I did I took a little time off from working and just enjoyed the holiday season. Now that the new year is here I've been busy planning out what I'll do this year to improve upon the success I had last year.

The first task at hand is deciding which events I want to participate in for 2017. I've started both a mental list and an official list. Different events bring different clientele and each event has its own pros and cons. I spent a good bit of time looking back at the events of last year and weighing out my options. And of course I'm always on the hunt for new events that I haven't yet participated in.

For now, I've officially signed up for the Hutchison Beeline Bazaar on 3/4/17
and the Bartlett United Methodist Spring Craft Fair on 3/17-3/18. If you're local to Memphis come visit my booth at one of these events! As soon as registration opens for East Buntyn Artwalk and the V&E Artwalk, I plan to register for those as well. I've literally been checking the website for the East Buntyn Artwalk daily waiting on registration to open! It was my favorite event last year and the one I am most excited about this year. You can follow my Instagram account or watch here for updates as I get signed up for events.

As previously mentioned in other posts, I'm working on refining my products. I am still not planning to sell my painted rocks anymore because of the 901 Rocks movement but I am working with a few ideas to elaborate on what I was doing before they came into the picture. I'm considering making magnets out of some painted rocks and I'm also considering doing larger rocks which would serve as paperweights or even larger ones that could be garden stones. And my sister and I have done a little brainstorming on my garden markers to make them better sellers. And in October there will be a new style of Nativity set introduced. So painted rocks aren't totally out of the picture but they won't be sold as they were last year. Canvas art will still be at my shows but I'm working on creating series of works instead of random individual paintings.

Stay tuned for more updates!