Creepy Nostalgic

I've never been a "Circus Freak" in the sense that I was crazy about the circus, in the other sense possibly at times.  But there's something very mysterious, kind of creepy nostalgic that is really intriguing to me about the early American circus.  I love looking at old pictures of clowns and trapeze artists, they must've been the most interesting people.  Anyway, before I start to ramble, please check out this awesome circus post at I Dreamed I Saw.  One of the best collections of creepy nostalgic circus I've seen.  Plus it features B & B Trapeze Lady Napkins!

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Revamping for 2010!

(I"m really excited about my recent Amazon purchase above, you'll see why below!)

So after much deliberation, I've decided to kind of revamp my plans/goals/Etsy store.  When I started I had an idea that I figured probably wasn't going to make me a millionaire, but would be kind of fun regardless.  In other words, I knew that I probably wouldn't sell a lot of dolls, but as any artistic type knows, sometimes you get something in your head and it has to be made.  Nothing else can be achieved until it does.  So they're made and out there and it's time to move on.  Not to say there won't be more, they're just not going to be the main focus.

I really think, and I know there's a lot of debate about this, that one can make a living as an artist/creator/craftsperson if enough time and thought is put into the process.  I knew even when I was in school that I would never be a painter.  Even at 21 I just didn't have enough angst to do it.  I didn't really have any huge statement/argument I needed to make.  I just wanted to make really beautiful things that would make people happy/nostalgic/warm & fuzzy, whatever the mood of the piece was.  Fortunately, I think that can be done in so many different ways.  In my case, I just want to make pretty things.  I digress.  My point is I would like to diversify my product line and eventually have all day every day to work on art. 

When I was in Hawaii our good friend told me that my creativity bank is way too full.  I need to get organized and/or get help.  She was right on.  There are so many things I want to be doing, so many things that need to get made.  I actually took this week off from making anything at all, so I could kind of just think.  We're going to a show this weekend that I'm very excited about, and I should be able to come up with a very organized, detailed and solid plan after this weekend.  Here's what I'm thinking:  flowers.  I love flowers, have always had kind of a weird obsession with them.  They were the very first thing I painted.  My college graduation invitation was a flower illustration.  Our wedding invites were covered in a flower print.  Our wedding "logo" if you will was a rose.  I bought and transported about 25 dozen fresh flowers to our wedding site and made all the bouquets myself.  I'm kind of nuts, I know this.  But that's the direction I'm heading.  That's all I can tell you for now, I'll have more details as things get fleshed out a little better.

Have a great weekend!