Dreaming Bigger

I am so lucky. I can "play" and make jewelry, but I also have a full-time job that allows me the freedom of "playing" when I can. I get to have fun AND pay the bills. What I'm getting at is alot of artist work full time on their art, and let's face it this is not the best time to be selling things that are not of necessity. A lot of them are struggling right now. So as I sit here this morning wondering why I get alot of views but no sales on my etsy site, I'll admit that I started to feel bad. Then I realized as much as I'd like to be like the artist I admire, stay home and make a living making my "art" all day, the reality is the job I go to everyday, that I hate, pays the bills. It's dependable. Selling your art not so much. You never know when the sales will slow or stop, your at the whim of buyers. I'm a born worrier (thanks Mom) I realize now if I was an artist who can pay the bills by selling my work, it could all dry up tomorrow. So instead of dreaming big and possibly not being able to pay the bills one day, I'll just dream bigger, that someday I'll make extra cash selling my "art". So if you've looked at my etsy shop and not bought anything I hope you bought something from a full-time artist instead. Here are just a few that I admire.



Nina Bagley


Miss Rachel Nelson-Smith



Sarah Clemens



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