Selling Art

My latest creative venture has been making postcards. I printed out some of my digital pictures I have taken around Seattle since I moved here, on matte paper with a white border. I glued some card stock to the back, stamped it with a postcard stamp and drew lines for an address. Finished it off with a little EM signature the bottom. Prestamped, handmade, local artist postcards $2.

The people I have shown, like my roommates and coworkers said they look amazing and I feel great about the product I made.

So yesterday I took a little set up along with my postcards and a sign and set up shop around the Pike Place Market, a huge tourism area where lots of local artists, musicians, and street performers express themselves on street corners. I am finally one of them.

I sold 6 postcards from about noon to 4. But more than that I grew up a bit. Grew a little more confident in myself and my potential. I have never felt more like myself. I am proud.

This is the second area I set up, down by the waterfront piers and aquarium. The first was a grassy area by the market where I seemed to get more bums that just wanted to chit chat which maybe took away from some customers. I did learn of a artist gathering at a place called First Thursday downtown where artists can bring their stuff and show it off kinda like a gallery just not as official.
I think if I get downtown earlier next time, like around 10, more people will be walking around with their wallets out, throwing money at people. That seems to be the etiquette of tourists around these parts.

Gemstone rings, patches of screen printed images, and headbands are the future projects in the works.

The Pier

And I'll leave you all with this, the new edition to the body. A little peach, my heart, my home, my roots, forever and always.