Dec 14, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, The Business of being an artist
Okay…so I am a day or two shy of a real midway point. But this is newsletter day, and I wanted to share in a broader way about how having an awesome studio is shaking out really to be more than just cleaning and organizing my room. If you would have told me 10...
Dec 13, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, The Business of being an artist
One of the things that has been languishing not just on my studio lis, but on my general business to do list, is making an operations manual. I know it seems like a bit of overkill for a creative type person, to outright make a manual of all the steps I go through to...
Dec 12, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, everyday life, The Business of being an artist
I can’t say for sure how…but I realized that this has happened. That, Fiberista, is what I can only describe as a hot spot by proxy. Here’s how it has been going down….In an attempt to clear off a hot spot, like my work table and drafting...
Dec 11, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, The Business of being an artist
Here is how it usually goes down There is some crazy overwhelming eat the frog task I am avoiding like filing sales tax, or doing inventory. It may or may not be on the to-do list. But regardless, it is almost always something that I have decided will take 5 times...
Dec 10, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, How to think like an artist
So I am going to dip just the tiniest baby toe into today’s task. It is a big one, and like many other knitters it is a bit of a trigger subject for me. I am going to begin to consider thinking about thinning the stash… I can hear the collective gasps of...