End of November
It’s become quite busy in the studio with the holiday season officially in progress. My first holiday fair of the season went fairly well. The location in Santa Cruz was great and the weather was warm so there were a lot of people passing through. This was my first event with a 10’x10’ space so I learned a few things on how to better set up my booth, better pack my supplies, and manage the giant canopy tent that will be helpful in my other upcoming outdoor events. This week’s post will be a brief update.
What I’m working on
The big accomplishment this week was setting up my Instagram Shop. I started the process two weeks ago and then landed in “Website review” purgatory for two weeks without any feedback or additional information on how to proceed or change my status. After reaching out to the Meta help desk and updating some html on my website 🙄, I finally got my website and thus my shop approved! So now I can tag products in my Instagram posts, which I think will help with marketing. Instagram Shops were something I knew I should set up, but I was dragging my feet because I thought it’d be annoying and difficult to set up, which I was partially right about. So I’m proud of myself for actually setting it up and hopefully it helps with my online marketing and directing more traffic to my website.
I finished an ocean sunset painting that I started. I’ve been alternating painting this painting, the foggy Highway One painting, and my botanical illustration of Northern California tidal pool creatures when I do have time to paint.
I’ve been doing quite a bit of admin stuff including tracking my spending, sales, and sales taxes so I’ve been spending more time on the computer. I kind of have a system and I’m hoping it becomes a more efficient process or I find ways to improve it.
That’s all for now. I hope everyone had a nice and safe Thanksgiving weekend and are ready to take on December!
