CHEERS TO FAILURE
Saying goodbye to University Pickers at the end of August (2024). My booth served it’s purpose in my life. It taught me that antique shops are not the market for my art. That I’m not passionate about the world of antiques (though I still have a lot to sell and I think mid-century modern stuff is cool). It forced me to figure out how to capture my art digitally and turn it into high quality prints. I got the paper figured out, the printer, the scanner. Figured out how to package things nicely. And how to make thermal labels with a cute little printer. Lots of shop-related lessons that, until now, I had never needed.
I’m going to shift my focus on making more art and selling it via Etsy for the time being. I think my next failure-venture is going to be a vendor tent at a festival/farmer’s market. I have the tent. I have the art. I just need to get it all set up in my backyard and take some example pictures so I can start applying. And I’m looking forward to helping a fellow art friend with her tent at an upcoming festival. I always like to experience the behind-the-scenes before I actually do something on my own.
I know it’s ok to fail. At least I can say I tried. I made some new friends along the way so that’s been nice. Here’s to trying to figure things out one miss-step at a time.