Every time I sit down to blog these days I feel as if my work is a multitude of pieces; pieces of this and that.
I often times like to have a large or detailed project on the go that I can get into the detail of, research, make connections, link things together, work through the details, test things, try things and push some of my boundaries and expectations. For a multitude of reasons that has not been happening and so I am coming to accept that blog posts for a while will be bits of this and bits of that.
Perhaps it is the skittery mind still; perhaps it is the fact that we are opening to the public next weekend (Saturday 6 June) and then have an Open Studio Saturday 13 June, and there is an awful lot of this and that to do to become a shopkeeper!!!
For starters those lovely SHINE squares have become cards...
And then it kind of does.
And the series of three muted colours work well.
Up until now I'v not paid much attention to the more prosaic cards - like birthday greetings - and realised if folk walk in they are likely to be interested in buying the basics, so have turned my mind to some of those in recent days as well. Never having really had a commercially-oriented mind these things come to me slowly and in small bursts!
A birthday bouquet underway - once again a fairly frightening stage!
And all the while the skies have been stunning.
This sunset creating the most beautiful coral pink glow everywhere and made the back fence and the maples really shine!
I often times like to have a large or detailed project on the go that I can get into the detail of, research, make connections, link things together, work through the details, test things, try things and push some of my boundaries and expectations. For a multitude of reasons that has not been happening and so I am coming to accept that blog posts for a while will be bits of this and bits of that.
Perhaps it is the skittery mind still; perhaps it is the fact that we are opening to the public next weekend (Saturday 6 June) and then have an Open Studio Saturday 13 June, and there is an awful lot of this and that to do to become a shopkeeper!!!
For starters those lovely SHINE squares have become cards...
And I must admit my main focus for the past week is printing and making more cards.
My grief cards have been selling well, and I only had three left so I printed and illustrated a dozen more.
For me, this is the point where I start to doubt myself... could this seriously work out?
And then it kind of does.
And the series of three muted colours work well.
Up until now I'v not paid much attention to the more prosaic cards - like birthday greetings - and realised if folk walk in they are likely to be interested in buying the basics, so have turned my mind to some of those in recent days as well. Never having really had a commercially-oriented mind these things come to me slowly and in small bursts!
A birthday bouquet underway - once again a fairly frightening stage!
And then it seems to work out OK.
And plenty of gift card packs of Go Girl in bright colours!
This sunset creating the most beautiful coral pink glow everywhere and made the back fence and the maples really shine!
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all the colors ... from the gentle grieving cards to the bright birthday cards to the spectacular sunset ...
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I am so fond of Go Girl! in all its forms Liz - it just feels like a celebration and a rallying cry all together! The colours are lovely together too aren't they? Go well.
Delete(((Fiona))) love your Shine cards, so purrfect for these dark days
ReplyDeleteWe just have to have faith and hope that we can keep on shining...
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