I have a new addiction - Art Cards! These are tiny little paintings that are done in trading card size. There are two basic kinds Art Trading Cards (ATC's) which are created by Artists just for trade with each other and Art Cards Editions & Originals (ACEO's) which are created by Artists for sale to the public. After all - we love these little tiny works of art - why shouldn't everyone have the opportunity to own them?
Personally, as someone that grew up without much money, it is very important to me to have artwork I can offer for sale to people of any income and means. I tried selling prints but that didn't work very well - people want original artwork - they can buy prints at any department store. Now I have tiny paintings I can offer for sale at only $5 which means pretty much anyone can afford to own some of my original artwork. I love it! I wish all artist would do this and offer them for sale. I have been to many art shows when I have had all of $30 that I could spend.... if you've been to art shows you know I came home empty handed. Had their been art cards I could buy, I could have come home with maybe 6 different paintings!
How does one find these wonderful, fun and highly addicting treasures? The easiest way is to go to ebay and search for ACEO and that will give you a complete listing of what is available. Or to find out a little more about the artists involved in this and other information, please visit http://www.art-cards.org - you will be amazed at some of the wonderful artwork available!
Carol
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Friday, February 11, 2005
February 2005
My goodness time sure flys by! Every since December it seems like I've been going nonstop... I missed several early dealines for show due to just not being organised enough. I'm going to work on that though - I have to. Can't afford to miss good shows just because I forgot to get my stuff together.
In other news - I finally finished my taxes and sent them off to my accountant... I'm hoping she will have good news for me. Since it was my first year dealing with business taxes it was a bit of a mess... but I just have to live and learn...
I also have finally finished the combined website for me and Alexah - it is at www.thewaxladies.com and is completely done in flash. It has been years since I made a flash website. I remembered most things but other I might have to go back through the tutorials to figure out again.
I'm considering getting an older cargo van to use for shows. My truck just isn't working out very well since I don't have 4 doors anymore and I put a hard truck lid on it. They tell you that you can easily take off your hard lid - they lie. There is nothing easy about it. In fact mine was put on with the cotter pins facing in such a way that it was impossible to take off. I pulled the pin out as far as it would go and it ran into the truck wall - and it wasn't even halfway out yet.
Besides all of that, carrying wax paintings in the bed of a pickup in the summer isn't the best situation. It didn't seem to hurt them but why take chances? It would be better to use a van and have climate control through the whole interior. Then I don't have to worry. So I'm going to be very picky with this cargo van - it has to run and the A/C must work and work well.
Now I'm just hoping that I'll get enough of a tax check to cover a cheap van and some booth fees.
Alexah and I are going to sit down this weekend and try and pull together a list of shows we want to be in this year. If you have any suggestions - let us know.
Have a great weekend!
PS spring training is just around the corner - Go Cardinals!
In other news - I finally finished my taxes and sent them off to my accountant... I'm hoping she will have good news for me. Since it was my first year dealing with business taxes it was a bit of a mess... but I just have to live and learn...
I also have finally finished the combined website for me and Alexah - it is at www.thewaxladies.com and is completely done in flash. It has been years since I made a flash website. I remembered most things but other I might have to go back through the tutorials to figure out again.
I'm considering getting an older cargo van to use for shows. My truck just isn't working out very well since I don't have 4 doors anymore and I put a hard truck lid on it. They tell you that you can easily take off your hard lid - they lie. There is nothing easy about it. In fact mine was put on with the cotter pins facing in such a way that it was impossible to take off. I pulled the pin out as far as it would go and it ran into the truck wall - and it wasn't even halfway out yet.
Besides all of that, carrying wax paintings in the bed of a pickup in the summer isn't the best situation. It didn't seem to hurt them but why take chances? It would be better to use a van and have climate control through the whole interior. Then I don't have to worry. So I'm going to be very picky with this cargo van - it has to run and the A/C must work and work well.
Now I'm just hoping that I'll get enough of a tax check to cover a cheap van and some booth fees.
Alexah and I are going to sit down this weekend and try and pull together a list of shows we want to be in this year. If you have any suggestions - let us know.
Have a great weekend!
PS spring training is just around the corner - Go Cardinals!
Friday, January 07, 2005
A new year begins
With the rush of the holidays over things are calming down a little. No shows now until probably March so I am using this time to unwind a little bit and take care of some stuff that I had really let go - like cleaning my room!
I am still selling paintings on ebay and that has been going pretty good. I was hoping to knock down my inventory a little bit so I wouldn't have to count it but it didn't really work that way.
One of the things I am trying to do now is decide which shows to try and get into this year. Any suggestions? Email me at sales@zzboom.com with any thoughts on that. I'm probably not going to do much out of the St louis area - by the time I pay for gas, hotel and show cost - it really puts a lot of pressure on me to do a lot of sales. I might schedule one or two out of town but that is about it. Sales just isn't my strong point - I like talking to people and have no trouble in that area - I just can't "ask for the sale" or pressure people into buying. I figure I buy what I want - other people will too.
Here is a bit of a fun update - Christmas week I spent in Galveston Texas - I have a timeshare down there. If you have never been to Galveston you really should go. I love being there Christmas week - it isn't very crowded so I can see and do everything I want to. This was my second year going and once again there were several just fabulous days to enjoy. It got up to 73 one day and I actually made my first attempt at bodyboarding. Okay it was a rather lame attempt but it was still fun. The water was ridiculously cold - I wore a shortie wetsuit and that really did the trick. Of course my shortie wetsuit didn't cover my knees and I didn't have any idea how numb they had gotten until I saw how black and blue they turned over the next couple days. See, the water were I was, is very shallow and being the only human in the water for miles around, I didn't want to go out very far. ( I've never been deeper than hip deep in the ocean or the gulf) So I waded out about 75 yards from shore and still wasn't even chest deep (I'm short - only about 5' 2"). I would then attempt to ride the waves in - I'd miss the first one and get slapped around by the second one. Then I would just hang out and get pushed again by the next one. So I would end up trying to get off the board in all of about 7 inches of water. So I would just put my knees down and get up. The water was so cold I had no idea how badly I beat up my knees until much later. Oh well, it was a whole lot of fun and I can't wait to do it again next year. do you think there is anywhere I can learn body boarding in St Louis? Guess not.
Oh and if you are in Galveston and want some Mexican food (my favorite food type) I highly recommend Gorditas Mexico which is on Seawall Blvd on the east end of the island. The address is 712 Seawall Blvd. I ate there nearly every day it was so good and the prices are extremely reasonable too!
Well, I need to get back to work and get some stuff done so I'm going to sign off for now.
Keep warm!
Carol
I am still selling paintings on ebay and that has been going pretty good. I was hoping to knock down my inventory a little bit so I wouldn't have to count it but it didn't really work that way.
One of the things I am trying to do now is decide which shows to try and get into this year. Any suggestions? Email me at sales@zzboom.com with any thoughts on that. I'm probably not going to do much out of the St louis area - by the time I pay for gas, hotel and show cost - it really puts a lot of pressure on me to do a lot of sales. I might schedule one or two out of town but that is about it. Sales just isn't my strong point - I like talking to people and have no trouble in that area - I just can't "ask for the sale" or pressure people into buying. I figure I buy what I want - other people will too.
Here is a bit of a fun update - Christmas week I spent in Galveston Texas - I have a timeshare down there. If you have never been to Galveston you really should go. I love being there Christmas week - it isn't very crowded so I can see and do everything I want to. This was my second year going and once again there were several just fabulous days to enjoy. It got up to 73 one day and I actually made my first attempt at bodyboarding. Okay it was a rather lame attempt but it was still fun. The water was ridiculously cold - I wore a shortie wetsuit and that really did the trick. Of course my shortie wetsuit didn't cover my knees and I didn't have any idea how numb they had gotten until I saw how black and blue they turned over the next couple days. See, the water were I was, is very shallow and being the only human in the water for miles around, I didn't want to go out very far. ( I've never been deeper than hip deep in the ocean or the gulf) So I waded out about 75 yards from shore and still wasn't even chest deep (I'm short - only about 5' 2"). I would then attempt to ride the waves in - I'd miss the first one and get slapped around by the second one. Then I would just hang out and get pushed again by the next one. So I would end up trying to get off the board in all of about 7 inches of water. So I would just put my knees down and get up. The water was so cold I had no idea how badly I beat up my knees until much later. Oh well, it was a whole lot of fun and I can't wait to do it again next year. do you think there is anywhere I can learn body boarding in St Louis? Guess not.
Oh and if you are in Galveston and want some Mexican food (my favorite food type) I highly recommend Gorditas Mexico which is on Seawall Blvd on the east end of the island. The address is 712 Seawall Blvd. I ate there nearly every day it was so good and the prices are extremely reasonable too!
Well, I need to get back to work and get some stuff done so I'm going to sign off for now.
Keep warm!
Carol
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