'closed' for the season

its sunday, the last day of the last show i'll do this year. so time for a little reflection!
-its been a tough year to break into the craft market, at least that's what other artist have told me. i have received many compliments on my work by fellow artist and the general public, if only that payed the bills.
- i have some new ideas which i'm excited about getting started on in the new year
-i decided it was time to make a serious attempt at getting into the wholesale world (as stated in an earlier post).
- some areas that need work: my web presents needs at least one full studio day spend on web markets, my site, stores etc.
: working on a client list, mailings etc.
: streamlining my line- getting rid of some styles, developing new

just some points to think about for myself

ode to the midwest

i am in ohio for the next few weeks. this is where i grew up and went to school. i drove back in my slow, old pickup from wyoming. here are some photos from the three days on the road.

BUST ad debut

today i got my new BUST issue with my ad in it!
(the colors are different??)


check it out yo'self!

its been a while....

didn't realize i hadn't written in over a month!
the past two weekends i've done shows. my Casper show was pretty disappointing monetarily, but worth it weight in golden knowledge i learned from my neighbor!! one plus to the shows!
i have set a major goal for my craft company... i am going to try and get to the buyers market of american craft by Feb. 2010. seems far away, but not really. Feb 2009 I'm going to attend their wholesale classes, then apply as a vendor for the next year. i feel this will give me time to develop my product, learn how much i can make and get a more regimented studio work schedule. so I'm feeling really inspirited and hopeful about achieving my goal for being a full time studio artist!
now i'm off to ohio for two big shows. hopefully these go better!
also on the horizon. corey and i have set a wedding date 9.3.09! so that will be going on as well throughout the next year. yay!!!

run off

yesterday corey and i did another photo shot up in grand teton NP; that is until these guys ran as off. we waited in the car til they moved on. then continued and got some nice shots.
other than that, i've been dragging my feet about doing work to prepare for the upcoming shows, but hopefully today and next week i can get that motivation back!

new pics

last week corey and i went out and shot some photos of me in my hats for my sites! here are some of the better ones. the background is north of jackson, mormon row in the grand teton NP.
hopefully this week we can get more!

something new

here are photos of some scarfs i put together to sell along side my hats. i thought that they would sell like hot cakes, but no one hardly looked at them. i think they're really cute, but what do i know, i'm just the designer. look for them soon in my etsy shop!