Turbulant Week

This week has been a turbulant week for me. I've been back and forwards to the Drs several time, but now have the right diagnosis and medication.

I've spent the week doing lots of art to try and drag myself out of this pit called depression. It seems to have worked as I'm feeling quite good today. You can see all my artwork, including what I've done this week, on my Picture Trail.

I've also spent a lot of time looking through the current issue of Somerset Studio. There are lots of projects in there that have inspired me, but none more than Belinda Schneider's rubber stamped desk calendar for next year. I sat down and created my own yesterday afternoon. It was lots of fun using my rubber stamps. Most of the paper art I do is ATC size and many of my stamps are too big, so they don't get used as much as I'd like. I used lots of different stamps in the calendar. Once again, you can see the whole thing on my Picture Trail. This is a project I definately enjoyed, and will be trying to organise something for next year on one or more of the groups I belong to.

This week I'll get back into doing stuff for my business. I seriously need to make some money. Now that I'm on more meds money is very tight. It doesn't help that no one is buying from my website.

One of the things that I am introducing to my business is the option to view products via a Party Plan type situation. This can be done 3 different ways, as a demo, as a make and take, or as a class. The demo doesn't cost anything, the make and take is $5 and the class is $20. The hostess gets hers for free, plus she also gets a 10% discount on anything that she buys on the night. At the moment the only classes that are available are ATCs (paper) and Microscope Slide Pendants. I'm hoping that next year as my monetary resources increase that I'll be able to add some jewellery classes too, such as chain maille, earrings, and some wire work.

If you live in Orange, NSW, Australia and would like me to do a party for you, please leave a comment and I'll email you to discuss details.