Make it or Break it

Oh, deers! Thank you all for your kind words to me this week and your enduring patience as I adjust to returning home, preparing for an Open House Art Market at my home this weekend. ( I am opening my home up to sell my fine art, prints, cards, vintage housewares and clothing collections). It's a bit of an experiment... an alternative to setting up at a craft fair this year. So why not just let people come over, share a spot of tea/cider with me and hang up my own artwork around the house, for sale? 

Once I asked my painting professor at Texas Tech University to tell me what kind of jobs artists could have when they finished college (as I tried to weigh the options of a Fine Art degree). He told me that artists may not have specific career paths or typical job descriptions but that we are "problem solvers" and having a Fine Art degree helps one to think creatively about possibilities.  Although,  the pragmatist in me didn't get the exact answer I was looking for, I have always held onto this sentiment and have carried it into my post college "real world" experience. 

I wasn't always an entrepreneur but soon after starting my own business nearly 8 years ago, I couldn't imagine it any other way.  And now I am at a new crossroads in life as I transition from one business adventure to another. Through this process,  I have gained a ton of knowledge through experience and through educating myself on business practices. And what good is understanding if it is not shared? So, I have decided to start a little series that will take you inside the real-life of a working entrepreneur to find clues to crafting a creative life and keys to success. I would love to create a dialog in this series where we can share together and learn from one another. I am curious to hear your creative successes and misadventures too!

So what do you think ?? Are you in??

** Disclaimer: I am not professing that I have all the answers or tremendous wealth, just an opportunity to share with you my story**

image: heather spriggs thompson for gathering vintage

Comments

[Traveling Mama]

Sounds fantastic!!

[kristie@thedecorologist]

Sounds great - can't wait to hear more!!! And I love those deer!

[Brigitte]

SUCH A GREAT IDEA! I am panting with excitement!

And to riff off what your professor told you, I had a similar experience. One of my literature professors told me that he viewed his job as teaching students how to think (analytically and creatively). I've never forgotten that.

[Elizabeth]

Hope you are thoroughly enjoying arranging all your lovely goods in your space for this weekend. So wish I could be there.

And I can't wait for the conversation series too!entrepreneur

[Nuit]

OH I am in!!!!!

xo

[Kathi]

sounds like a great idea, can't wait!

[Melissa Allam]

And I pray that your Open House Art Market brings you closer to your new goals and is successful and fun.

[Penny Patten]

Sounds good! Good luck with your new ventures and goals.

[natalie morrow]

I know your Open House Art Market will do well! From my own experience, Open Houses are absoultely one of the best ways to promote yourself. At the end of the day, you'll come away glowing from all of the love and support (and money!)

[Down and Out Chic]

oh i'm definitely in! sounds like a fantastic series plus i have a lot to learn. a lot!

[Jutta]

Yes! Yes! Yes! I'm so in :)

[kristie@thedecorologist]

Really enjoyed your Art Market today. Love the things I got - I want to know who got the little brown deer! I gave you a Stylish Blogger Award today on my blog, stop on over to see!!!!