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First Time Actually Relaxing This Summer
🕑 Added 2018-08-12 15:51:04 +0000 UTC Hey guys! I do have data right now, so weekly update coming up right now! This week has been pretty good by now; I've been able to get sleep and I've had a couple of days of doing absolutely nothing (which hasn't happened once this summer, so I'm incredibly grateful for it!) I'm much more energized and pumped about my shop and new designs and doing my own thing, so I think a lot of everything bad that I've been going through this summer has been also due to overworking myself and feeling overwhelmed. It's hard for me to know my limits when it comes to work, since I'm my own boss and my "success" is completely based around how much I push myself. I don't feel okay with taking breaks or weekends when I know I could continue building myself as an independent artist, especially now in the summer when things are less hectic socially. Ahhh but this vacation has been helping me get all the rest before school starts again. I've been thinking a lot of new product designs for items in my shop, and after lots of thinking about more themes and thanks to all your suggestions, I'm thinking of making a Halloween themed sticker pack (and sheet hopefully), a set of postcards for the shop itself, and also some fairy themed items! I know I'm going to be making at least two more enamel pins based on the ethereal designs I made a while ago, and I'm planning on making two buttons- one with "Wallflower" and the other with "I'd Rather Be Drawing" as the text for them. And then lastly, I'm thinking of *HOPEFULLY* making some T-shirts that are fairy themed and that say "Away With The Fairies" on them. Let me know if you guys think all these ideas are cute or if you have any other suggestions! (Just because lots of money goes into production of everything and I want to make sure I'm making a good investment.) Speaking of my shop, since I'll be back on Thursday and that's when I'll be able to finally package all orders, I'm gonna be adding a sticker or mini print into each order to make up for sending everything off sort of late (so if you want a freebie, go grab something before Thursday!) Some things on my to do list for the rest of this vacation are to design this month's postcard and to paint or draw the original sketch reward tier pieces! If you're down for either the postcard or sketch reward tier, any suggestions for themes are welcome!! Thanks so much for the suggestions last week when it came to replacing the video with stickers. I'll look into that and figure out exactly how I'm going to go about it, but suggestions are noted!! And and thank you for all your support when it comes to my decisions; I looove that you guys really do care for my own mental health and well-being; you guys are the best!😊 MUSIC Wonderkind- Lovelier Other Come Home- The People's Thieves, Peyton AndrusComments
Okeydokey! Thank you for all the feedback! I'll make sure to send you something pretty goth this month! :-)
I'm happy your feeling more refreshed!! The new merch ideas are great too. An idea for the sketch awards is maybe choose a theme for some or the month (if that isn't stressful). Your style is very elegant and gothic themes and imagery are really powerful with it! (Plus, I adore anything goth so that may be biased haha). A theme may help you have fun creatively with some direction and restraints. However if that doesn't work out, don't push yourself. It's a huge treat getting your art every month regardless of the subject matter!
