Sorry for my hiatus. Between family in town and all the massive reading I've been doing combined with making, this unfortunately was set on the back burner. But with the intention of a mass download!
Download part 1: Logo Update. I was hoping to wrap it up this week and launch my logo; unfortunately I took on a lot of extra projects at work and ended up staying until 10 a few nights and was dog sitting. But! I do want to share the progress that's been made so far, because I really think Jake and I are onto something great! I'm a big advocate of sharing process, so I wanted to share some sketches of some logo ideas brewing (some of my favorites!). I'm quite impressed by how quickly he spun these ideas and how well he drew this font in just a few minutes (yes, he does this for a living, but dang!). The last image I kind of took muse from his and spun further. There's also a list, another important process image for design. Something I've forgotten about and am so glad he reminded me; listing helped generate some really great talking points for the logo.
^^^how great is this font!
Ok, so there's more! I've been fully engulfed in learning this Etsy business. I'll be the first to admit this is hard. I'm stressed about it. Honestly it's the hardest thing I've done in terms of work. Learning how to rin my own small business, find time for all this stuff. I have not gone out and done anything else in weeks. It's taking all my time and it never feels like there's enough of it. Yesterday is the first time I've take a break in a while. And that was just the evening.
Learning what to post, setting up a spot in my little apartment to shoot photos. Trying to reach the coveted 50 items in my online store. Finding the right hashtag, posting on instagram at the right time... trying to target the right audiences... gosh, joining etsy teams, finding followers, Facebook marketing... learning how to ship product, I still haven't even had a chance to locate local craft shows. Oh, then you have to like and follow other people, check the competition, fairly price products, make sure you're using the best, most economical materials, and stare at your views and hope they go up.
Im proud I haven't given up, how much I've learned, I'm hustling. I've always thought I'd own my own business someday, a creative shop. I never thought I'd do it so early in life and I'm really glad I'm doing it now.
Ive been learning all this and new materials, new knots, signing up for classes and workshops.
Im so grateful for my "can do" attitude in life, and my willingness to try anything!
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