Coupons make sales. Even if it means you make less profit, sometimes it's worth it. Be good to your customers and they will be good to you. I'm trying to step up my game and be more active in promoting my shop and what I can do. I want to grow and learn. My next… Continue reading My goals
Remember I sdetailed my plans to use Redbubble.com as an outlet for some of my designs? It turns out the one piece that sells there is a watercolor piece of the Tybee Lighthouse outside of Savannah, GA. It's beautiful, but not what I'd thought would be my best seller. I guess I need to refocus… Continue reading A Strange Turn of Events
It's ok to be on a path different from the one you start out taking. My experience in the last 2 years has underscored just how unpredictable life is. While I still love design work, The exact type of work I do has shifted. I recently started a 50 Day Logo Challenge. By subscribing to… Continue reading Journeys Have Many Paths
I’m trying to get back into design contests as practice for my skills. Sometimes, several in the last few weeks, I think clients simply don’t know what they want enough to really ask for a design they will like. One contest holder asked for a refund. Two others never picked a winner. It’s not like… Continue reading Client Clarity
What a great day! Work went great! And now I’m prepping for my 1 yr wedding anniversary with a trip to Savannah, GA. I’m feeling more comfortable as a someone in charge of production. I get to use all of my skills. I have a new chance at being me. I can work digitally and… Continue reading Accomplished
It was brought to my attention that perhaps I’ve made my experiences sound like I have a nightmare job. I didn’t mean it that way at all. I’ve had more good weeks than bad ones, but sometimes the good weeks go by the wayside because I’m too busy to try about them. If I hated… Continue reading Be Positive (Sometimes)
I hate Shakespeare's work. I mean I only like adaptations. Sometimes the stories are good, but the language gets in the way. I don't have time to sit down and watch something where the words are ones I know, but they are in such a convoluted and poetic order that I can't understand the meaning… Continue reading To Make or not to Make?
This past week has been bad. Everything that could go wrong did. Too many projects due at once, printer screw-ups, and difficult to weed designs made my work schedule horrible. Due dates had to be flexible whether or not they actually were. I survived it. My employer even gave my coworker and I a $50… Continue reading Unnatural Disaster
I'm in production. That's my job. In this case it means I make stuff. I run a printer, embroidery machine, and a hot iron press. Car decals and custom t-shirts are most popular, and thankfully the most straightforward to make. Embroidery, now that's another issue. My mom is a sewer. She likes sewing doll clothing… Continue reading Machine Embroidery is Kryptonite
I feel stupid a LOT these days. Maybe I needed a lesson in humility. I don't think I know everything, but I don't like discovering I've done something wrong that could have been prevented by better training or or own creativity in problem solving. Some days, though, I feel like an ignorant child. I want… Continue reading Le Sigh
