A little questionaire from Nedda's blog

1. Make a list of 5 things you can see without getting up:

Soap... hundreds of bars of handmade soap curing on racks.
An old oil painting I did in School of a girl in a pink poofy dress.
A little black lantern with stars on the top. I got it on sale at IKEA a few years back.
The sun setting outside my window, casting lovely shadows all about. Also lots of tree branches in silhouette. A beautiful, earthy toned, ceramic mug handmade by a friend's mom, and given to me for Christmas.

2. How do you style your hair? I don't really. It's long and very straight. :)

3. What are you wearing now? A tank top and pajama pants with a cherry blossom print.

4. What's your occupation? I run my own business. I sell my fantasy art and handmade jewelry. I love being creative whenever I get the opportunity.

5. What do you hear right now? My mother in the room typing on her old computer.

6. Who was the last person you hugged? My mum! <3

7. What was/is for dinner? We had a lazy dinner today. Just a frozen lasagna and a glass of coke.

8. What did you do today? I've been packaging up orders and mailing packages. It's amazing how much of your time is spent preparing your handmade items to go to the post.

9. What was the last text message you received? I don't use a cell phone, so no texts for me! :P

10. What websites do you always visit when you go online? I have a regular routine hehe... I check facebook quickly, see what's up, then head over to my email, and then I check my deviantart quickly, and then my three etsy shops.

11. What was the last thing you bought? Christmas card making supplies! I bought two kinds of Christmassy sticker boarders for greeting cards. I love the velvet texture of the stickers, and the way they're cut out reminds me of art nouveau.

12. If you could afford to go anywhere in the world, where would you go? I would love to see ancient ruins! Stonehenge, the Egyptian & Mayan pyramids, old castles... Stuff that for the moment, lives only in my imagination!

13. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? I hope to have a very successful business, find someone special, and own my own house. With a faerie garden. I'd also like to travel.

14. Where's your birthmark? I have two birthmarks. One is a light one on my leg, and there's another darker one on my back. Strange story - when I was a little kid I was over at this girl's house. She was being really rude and cranky to me, so I just ignored her and sat next to her older brother and started playing nintendo with him. She saw us having a good time and FLIPPED OUT. Seriously, she went nuts. The next thing I know, she's behind me, and is clawing at my back. I screamed. She removed a big portion of my birthmark on my back. I never spoke to her again.

15. What are you doing this weekend? Hopefully painting! Definitely making some new art pendants to put in the shop.

16. If you could play any musical instrument, which one would you play? I've always loved the sound of the fiddle. The rich tune makes me think of my Irish heritage.

17. How are you? Pretty good! Just lazing about, getting ready to go to the jewelry store and pick up a few crystals for an ear cuff I need to make for an order. I always end up buying a few more crystals then I intended too though.. hehe..

18. Do you have any pets? Yes, I sure do! I'm a big cat person. I absolutely love felines. I'm the proud companion to a beautiful, pure black, Norwegian Forest Cat, named Honey (her eyes are a bright honey-yellow). I love her dearly.

19. What's the last thing you have regretted? Staying up until 4am on a writing binge. Sometimes inspiration just strikes and you can't stop the flow.

20. What is the last thing you have been proud of? I received a daily deviation a week or so ago which just blew my mind. I'm a total Deviant Art addict, and to see my work featured on the DD page just... wow. *


I tag whoever would like to do this. Send me a link to your questionaire ^_^

Future Goals Questionaire

I answered a little questionaire by Creatrix in the Etsy business forum.

• Who would your customer list and target audience consist of?

People of all ages with a liking of bohemian, faerie, victorian, and gypsy inspired lifestyles.

•   How many hours would make up your work week?

As long as I can keep my eyes open. Everyday.

• Would you/do you have a studio, office or designated space to work from? what would that look like?

I have a vision of what I would like it to look like... and hopefully one day it will become a reality. I'd love to have a studio office outside of the home, maybe in a large shed of some sort. I'd also really like turquoise walls and cheery ruby red accessories, and artwork plastering the walls.

• What type of marketing would you be doing?

Right now I'm really only doing little, affordable craft fairs and farmers markets. In the future I'd like to do big shows all over the world. I use blogspot, twitter, facebook, etc... and I've been connecting with some really great people. :)

• What would it feel like to know you are fulfilling your entrepreneurial dreams?

Euphoria.