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the weekend was great and very productive. the kitchen floor was clean (for one day anyway), laundry was finished and folded, windows opened, some poking around in the garden (mostly dealing with weeds and grass, not fun stuff), some hikes with my poet, pinhole polaroids, a rail, 3 baby killdeer, finishing The Easter Book, and finishing LOTS of mixedMedia pieces that had been in progress for quite some time.
i am putting these up on my etsy throughout the next few days and there is a BIG FREEBIE (sorry i don’t know how to make flashing text any more! whew!) offered from now through the rest of May. many of my listings run out in late May and i will not be relisting them. etsy has been interesting, but i am not doing great there. i don’t think many clients come from within etsy, but most are people i already know (and Love!) or who visit my site. so i am thinking i might use the etsy as a storefront, but most work will be on my own gallery again. it will allow me to keep a few extra pennies and also control the “look”. i am not sure exactly when that will happen. i know i need to be better about “marketing”. i always feel embarrassed to spam my journal and flickr, which is silly really. it’s just an announcement.
i am feeling more motivated about my artmaking (and even the gulp marketing), as things have become more clear about my path at my job. i am definitely going to have to create more income. i am almost to the point where i know what i want to produce, and i enjoy creative production, so maybe i can make it happen. can’t think clearly right now though, as i’m nervous about the dentist this afternoon. yuk.