I'm totally aware that I haven't posted in a while, contrary to my resolution for the new year. However, there's good reason. I've been pretty busy *cue trumpets* making my entrepreneurial debut!!
Besides selling credit cards to ridiculously poor and financially illiterate people at retail stores (which made me feel totally terrible and immoral), I've never sold anything before, that is...until the other day! I just opened a shop on Etsy.com, a site that allows people from across the world to buy and sell all things homemade. Photographs, home decor, purses, wrapping paper, you name it, an Etsy seller somewhere probably provides it.
While I've been lurking around the site for a while, wishing I could someday too offer some of my creative talents, I just recently (thanks mostly to a super supportive boyfriend) summoned up the courage to open shop and offer something I've always loved making...greeting cards!
Somewhat channeling Mr. Deeds, my line, new modern love, is a greeting card line for the young and playful at heart. It offers a fresh approach to saying "I love you" in a sincere, quirky, comical and charming way.
I've always been very humble about any of my work, and I'm often afraid to share it with people, but, let me tell you, the feeling of checking your E-mail to discover that someone bought an example of your creative pursuits is...sensational! Selling something you're passionate about is seriously one of the best feelings possible. And I suppose I just have to let go of that fear and believe in my abilities.
I'm learning to apply what I absorbed from recently watching Banksy's "Exit Through the Gift Shop," which is basically the story of the rise of french immigrant Thierry Guetta from camera-obsessed family man to a well-endorsed and publicized street artist known as Mr. Brainwash. Really, all it took to catapult this guy to a high degree of fame was total confidence. Even though many, including myself, dislike his style and question his artistic motivations, the guy has become huge. Confidence, you're a wonderful thing.
I've attached some images and a link to the site; feel free to explore...all of Etsy. It's a wonderful showcase for amazing artistic talent. And I hope you can follow me along on my creative pursuits.
Cheers!
