Starving Artist Ink.

so i've put my etsy shop on holiday mode

steven and i will be leaving tomorrow evening, or really, the wee hours of saturday morning- to head to the airport and off to the states for a week.  we're both so excited! it will be the first time that my family is all together. the first time for us to meet our newest nephew.

while we are there, we'll celebrate our third wedding anniversary. three years already… i can't believe it. : )

meanwhile, the shop. my art…

i'm trying to figure out what i'm doing… and i know that there are quite a few people who are waiting for me to figure myself out too. ha! (i'm so sorry)

i would love for you to help me, i really need it- if you haven't answered on my flickr post, or my facebook post- would you mind answering here?

-what subject are you most likely to buy/want?

-who are you buying for?

-what room in your house would you most likely hang my art?

-what size options do you like best?

-is paper choice important to you? are you willing to pay more for better quality?

-would you pay more to purchase a print on canvas?

*please leave any extra comments , thoughts, suggestions. things you'd like.

i hope to come back from holiday refreshed and ready. i already have so many people waiting for comission pieces, praising my work. and it's so flattering, and also- so… daunting. ha! i hope that i can live up to all of it, and deliver. your love and sweet words for my work is so inspiring- and i want to do the best i can for you.

i really never saw myself in this situation. it was always one of those cute little dreams as a kid- 'i want to be a ballerina' 'i want to be an artist'

i'd apply to art schools to get their brochures- only to tease myself with all the yummy people and places inside. but i chose differently. 'i don't need school to teach me how to be an artist' -though sometimes i wish i could afford that, it kind of seems easier, like i'd really know what i was doing- like i'd be more professional, more on the ball, more… i don't know. i'd just be more capable it seems.

but i chose love.

and here i am…

painting. and selling my work, it's hanging in houses around the world…

le sigh.

i hope that you have a yummy halloween weekend!  i found such a cool recipe i want you to try it. and tell me about it. be silly and wild, but be safe.

-xo.