Toe Dipping Time ....

Well my daughter is causing me to put my money where my mouth is ... she is Marketing Director at a chiropractic office nearby, and they are hosting a "Ladies Night" in May for all their clients (and any new names the vendors provide).  They will have 20-25 vendors set up in the office that evening.  So my daughter has convinced me that this is an EASY NON THREATENING way to dip into the craft show scene and see what happens.

The Ladies Night is 5 May (Cinco de Mayo -- I'm sure I'll need a margarita after the show too!).  Entry fee is $70, and if I make that up in sales I would be happy!  (yeah I'm not feeling confident just yet)

So i have begun creating art like a crazy person down in the studio.   I have started w/ 3x3 blocks of wood, and painting them various colors.  From there I have done a couple different things on them so far:

1.  Drawing whimsical flowers / birds (think DishyArt style)
2.  Cutting out hearts from my gelli plate prints stash and adding "all you need is love"

I think they look good (espec since I am NOT a free form artist) but I'm not completely in love w/ them.  I'm just not convinced, I guess, that anyone would buy them.  They will be inexpensive at $4 each so hopefully that will spark interest.

I am probably making 20-25 of those.  When I'm finished with that assembly line, I will move to creating mixed media art on a 6x6 or 6x10 piece of wood (think HeartFelt and Blue Lily Design style)

Also want to make some vintage worn signs from clip art on Graphics Fairy.  Those will be made from my stash of pallet wood, painted white and sanded to death.  Then I'll do image transfer onto the wood.  Easy easy project ... so I should be able to crank out alot of those. 

Also have a few wood pieces I would like to repurpose .... cigar boxes, wood mail organizers, frames, etc.

And the good thing is if NOTHING sells I can send it w/ LW to the fleamarket.  She's going the Longest Garage Sale (or whatever that thing is called), and has already warned me to be stocked and ready to go! (sometime this summer)

I'll post some pics in a few.