This and That

Life has been crazy. First Michael Jackson dying, then my mother falling really ill and landing in the hospital, I had some serious heart to heart talk with the Powers that Be that mostly involved screaming and cussing. Thankfully, my mother came out almost back to normal again. She has been recovering and we are taking it day by day.

Ok, so what started out with me wanting a side gig has turned into “Ok I want this to be how I make a living.” So I have been working painstakingly on making this happen. I bought some acrylics, getting some canvases, and my art supplies are growing. I forgot how much I enjoyed acrylic, for a while there I was sucked into the oil painting world and although I enjoyed it…it was full of frustrations. Yesterday I did a small painting to see how much I remember of acrylics and was pleasantly surprised. I squealed. I did not even know I had those “techniques.” O_o So now I am all kinds of inspired and excited about all the paintings I will do.

I am getting a small business license for the hell of it. I will learn some basic math to handle my finances. And let my SO worry about the tax side of things.

I got my hands on some photoshop and have learned some basic things (while realizing that it’s not as magical as I thought it was), I am working on a simple personal website, a blog separate from this, and a face book fan page. Twitter scares me, so I will stay away from that for a while.

I am still figuring out other little loose ends. I like to know as much about running things before I dive in nose first. So I do obsessive research and a lot of self teaching. And I try to take my sweet time because things stop being fun for me REALLY fast.

That all being said, I am still set for opening my etsy store in late August. (I go to school full time in the fall, so I am building a large enough inventory that I don’t have to worry about re-stocking while in school, here and there is ok, but I don’t want conflicts, I prefer it this way).

I am also doing some none online stuff. Currently working on my first commission in a while. It’s excellent fun because the commissioner was a former class mate and she is letting me do whatever I want. Those are the best kind.

I hate when people call for a commission but then they try to make me do the exact opposite of what I do. Drives me bananas. I actually refuse those.

Welp, that’s all y’all. I have been busy, busy, busy.