June Goals and Updates!

Happy Tuesday!! And happy happy JUNE!! Can you believe that we're almost half way through 2013 already?? Time continues to fly past me and it's crazy to look back on all that has happened so far this year...and to think about all that I'm dreaming and believing to still happen.

Before I dive into goals for June, I'm announcing something extremely exciting that happened yesterday (this even deserves a drum roll!) I...received...my...BUSINESS CARDS!!!!! Ta Da!!!! Those little beauties took weeks to get here and I was beyond excited when I saw the little box arrive.  All this to say, I now finally have something I can pass out to spread the word that I'm an artist! Yipee!!

ALSO, my prints arrived!!! Those lovely pieces arrived a little while ago and it was reeeeally cool being able to see my artwork as a print...AH! I've been throwing a few ideas around in my head of how exactly I want to present them to sell but will hopefully be adding those to my etsy shop soon...I'm very truly completely excited you guys :)

Also ALSO, as most of you probably already saw...I SOLD MY FIRST PIECE OF ARTWORK ON ETSY!!!! I posted a picture on facebook as well as on my last blog post of me shipping it out...you really have no idea how happy I was! Around 11pm on May 30th I received an e-mail informing me that I had made my first sale....

I was shocked...and excited...and blown away by God's goodness!! Just that morning I had been sharing with Andrew about how discouraging it was that I still hadn't sold anything.  One of my May goals was to sell one thing on etsy and since it was already May 30, I had already told myself that I would just try again next month. Little did I know that that very evening my first piece of artwork was going to be sold!! Not only was my goal met one day before the end of the month, but I was also extremely encouraged and reminded that I was doing the right thing by pursuing my dream.  I can never explain enough how much that night meant to me.  My God sees every doubt and fear I face and continually answers me when I pray to Him.  He is so so good!!

SO...here's how I did with my May goals. Get business cards made? Check! Figure out how I want my shipping presentation to look for now? Check! Get prints made? Check! Make at least one Etsy sale? Check! Continue blogging twice a week? Check! As usual though, I'm still lacking in the area of creating art and working on my creative business for 15 hours a week...Tracking my hours in my planner has helped and I've been getting closer, but I'm still not spending enough time on it.  So this month's goals will be a little more focused specifically on meeting those.  Here what I'm thinking...

Goals for the month of June:
1.  Create two new pieces of artwork each week to add to my Etsy shop
2.  Include at least two new types of mixed media art (ex. besides journals, tags, and canvases)
3.  Include at least one more wooden canvas
4.  Pass out at least 50 business cards to different people
5.  Sell at least two pieces of artwork
6.  Continue blogging twice a week
7.  Spend 15 hours a week on my creative business.  (At least 5 hours every two days)
8.  Research and find at least one place I can go set up/sell my art (ex. boutique, festival etc)

Whew! I've got a lot to do but I'm really ready to be spending more time on my art.  And especially with school being out, there shouldn't be anything standing in my way! I'm ready...and excited...here I go!