Beginning of November
I’m back home from my month of traveling and have been quite busy this past week. I have 24 days until my first market of the holiday season, and I’m been working on quite a few things to prepare.
What I’m working on
I’ve been preparing my booth set up for my markets. My pegboard displays are almost done and I’ll share a picture of them when they are finished. I’ve also ordered a canopy tent for my booth and some more tables.
I dropped the series of ocean paintings that I finished before leaving for Joshua Tree, which I have named “The Thought Collection” and the “botanical” watercolor painting of Northern California Seashells at a fine art photographer and printer to get prints made. Those should be ready in two weeks and I am really looking forward to seeing how they turn out.
I started planning out another “botanical” watercolor painting of Northern California tide pool creatures. I don’t think it’ll be done in time for this holiday season, but I had the motivation to make another one of these watercolor paintings.
Today I painted some alcohol ink paintings that I plan on selling them with a frame at the holiday markets. I also worked on some alcohol ink coaster sets because I have about 56 unpainted coasters that have been laying around. I’m trying to clear out my studio a bit so I have more space for new projects.
I updated some parts of my website. Specifically, I added an event page to list out all the holiday markets that I’ll be attending in the next two months. You can check that out here. I also added the large paintings I painted in 2021 to my portfolio, which you can find at the bottom of this page.
I determined my release schedule for “The Thought Collection” pieces. The six paintings will be going live on my website on November 11th at 3pm PT. If you’re interested in a piece, definitely leave a comment or send me an email!
Inputs
I haven’t had much time to read and haven’t been in the mood for podcasts. However, I am looking for book and podcast recommendations. I’m interested in both fiction and non-fiction for books and I’ve been thinking about listening to more entrepreneurial podcasts but haven’t really started looking. Leave me some recommendations if you have any!
Outputs
Since I’ve been busy with getting settled after traveling and preparing for the holiday season, I haven’t been out and about as much. I did pumpkins for Halloween with friends and I’ll share a photo of that.
That’s all for now. Some parts of my business are very organized and put together and other things are quite a bit messy. I’m hoping to have the majority of the preparation work for the holiday fairs done by the end of next week. I’ll let you know how it goes!
