I love the net before I worked on my stuff and I didn’t get any feed back unless it was a show and I never got to see or hear what the jury members thought I just got in or I didn’t. I would go to openings and lectures but somehow I know this just may be me but I always feel like an outsider. Every ones work is so much better, deeper and more important/significant then mine. It didn’t bother me enough to stop ’cause I don’t do it for the recognition of the “art/craft crowd” anyway. But sometimes I felt alone and wondered if I was just fooling myself and all my efforts are a waste of time. But now that I have the etsy store, put my pictures on flickr and joined some groups on the net. All of a sudden there are other people that like my work and are writing me about it and asking me to show it. Now I feel I fit in there are other like me and are willing to give me support. It’s a wonderful feeling. Morna Crites-Moore commented on my rant on the outdoor art show (it was this weekend) and made me feel so much better. I have been asked to put may work in a magazine from image I have put up on the net (stay tuned) and I am in contact with craftspeople from all over Canada and the US some that I have never met face but I call the friends and colleagues. The Internet make the world a small town if you want it to be.

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I am making more kitschy, wacky charm bracelets. These stated as a joke. My boss Patricia at Bead Junction hates plastic beads. So I made the plastic bead bracelet to beat all that have come before Then I had them at my booth at the Queen West Art Crawl Outdoor Show. and they sold!!! In fact they paid for the booth fee. I was then asked to put them in a Christmas Show at the Cobalt galley and the sold there too. So I am going to make more to have at the Queen West Market starting the weekend of July 19. I am really looking forward to that. It’s going to be great to see what people like and don’t like. I feel like I am working in a vacuum sometimes. I make and make and I try to get in shows and sell on etsy but it will be great to sell all the time.

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I have been “trying” to get my studio cleaned up but then the book shelf collapsed. I couldn’t get a new one `cause my only day off was Canada Day. But I am working around it. I am going to be at the Queen West Market starting the weekend July 19 so I am working on getting cheaper work (not bad though) and getting enough money by working at the store so I can pay for my spot and get some nice display fixtures. So I am now sitting in a big mess on my laptop working on what goes where and what I should be doing.

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