a new addition

I am amazed by the legions of artist bloggers who can write their blogs consistently. I need to hone my business blogging skills! A couple of times a month just doesn't make the grade. I guess it's one of those things like exercise that you have to train yourself to do on a regular basis and schedule it in if necessary. I would probably do well to write it down somewhere so at least I can have the reminder. Things slip out of my brain so easily when there's so much to do!!

And now I have even more to do in addition to a new reason to reach for success in my business! (Success being self-sufficiency from my art without having a part-time job)

Meet Beatrix!

She'll be hanging out during the Saint Paul Art Crawl coming up at the end of April (check my website for details), so if she's good, you might be able to say hi. She's still a puppy so it might be a little overwhelming for her, but we'll play it by ear.

my journey

I can't believe I haven't written about this yet!! I'm very excited to be taking on something so huge, but my mind must've been elsewhere until now.

In September, I'll be doing the Breast Cancer 3 Day. I'll be walking 60 miles and raising $2200 for breast cancer research. I've had some family members and friends fight the breast cancer battle and luckily they're still here to fight another day. The money doesn't raise itself though, so I need YOUR help!!

Very soon I will be completing a limited edition collage in honor of the strength of women and will be donating 5% of each sale to my walk. I will also be donating 5% of the total sales from each art fair from now until September.

So, a purchase from you is a donation towards ending breast cancer. If you'd like to make a donation directly to the walk, you can do so by visiting my walk page.

Thank you in advance!!!

decidedly too small

I would like my blog to be accessible to all viewers, so I've decided to put the kibosh on the teeny tiny type. Though adorably cute (in my opinion, anyway), I know it's got to be ticking off someone of my customers, which is not the point.

So here.....in a slightly larger font, and a serif font to boot (I love the sans-serif, but I think I'll keep with serif for now), is the new(ish) blog.

Nothing excitedly new to report, just feverishly getting applications together and meeting deadlines for all the upcoming art fairs, and doing more of that crossing fingers and toes business.

Let me know if you like the font better!