Bad day, good music, and old photo shoots

So I had a horrible day at work today.  Kind of a downer day.  Except for talking to my sister in England and having Five Guys with my wonderful fiance, the day was pretty bad.  If you've ever seen It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and seen an episode where Charlie freaks out and is yelling that is how I felt inside today.  I don't always show that on the outside, but when I do it is really hard for my fiance to not laugh at me.  He knows I'm wicked angry, but it must be pretty funny to see.

I posted the last picture I put up in my last post on my etsy store.  If anyone ever wants to buy a print but doesn't want it matted or wants it bigger or smaller or WHATEVER... PLEASE feel free to email me or message me on ETSY to make a custom order.  We can make it happen!  So I put up a lot of my past commissions on my Facebook Page.  But incase you don't want to click on my links to find them yourself I'll post you some eye candy.  Also I just have to say that the Foo Fighters are amazing, and I think Fucked Up's album David Comes to Life is amazing also.  Just sayin...

Promo shots for a group called 1.8.7 in 2006

Promo shot for a group called 1.8.7 in 2006

Promo shot for a singer named Symona in 2006

Promo shot for a singer named Symona in 2006

Engagement photo shoot 2006

Engagement photo shoot 2006

Disappointments...

Well today on my to-do list was to register for the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival.  Well come to find out you have to have a CT tax ID number to sell there.  Well it's another $100 to register your business and get that tax ID number.  So let's do some math here: $260 (for registering before March 31st) + $25 (Jury fee) + $100 (CT business registration fee) = $385.  That's a week pay for me...  That's just way too much money right now.  Therefore, I will not be doing the Mystic Art Festival this year.  I'm wicked disappointed about this.  People keep telling me how much they bank doing that fair.  Well if you don't have the "bank" to pay to even be there, how the HELL are you supposed to make that bank. I guess there's always next year or the year after because of our wedding.  I should just sigh and say someday like I always do.  God, I'm such a disappointment.

Even though I'm really mad at myself for not doing this fair, I will be doing the Mekliem Kiln Works Arts and Wellness Fair in Bozrah, CT.  The website isn't updated yet for this year, but hopefully soon it will be.

In other news I will be doing Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis this year with my Kevin and some other friends and family.  Our team name is Team Walken and our goal is pretty high this year due to my 4 year old niece that got diagnosed this month with Crohn's Disease.  Not to mention I have it and some of our other friends work with someone that has Crohn's too.  So we have plenty of reasons this year to raise the funds for research and help to those with the diseases.  So if you feel inclined to do so please donate to our cause to find a cure for these diseases.  We walk May 11th so there's only about two months to raise the money.

Here's a new picture to please your peepers:

Taken on Lonesome Lake or the Ridge trail on Cannon Mt. 2012

I can't remember which it was...

New year... New stuff... New opportunities!

Yet again I haven't written in a very long time.  I swore I would be better at this.  I have failed miserably already!  So here I am again in a slump.  I still haven't finished a commission that was due for Christmas as a family Christmas gift for my friend.  I don't like what I've painted.  I have a new idea for it, but am too chicken to make the first mark to cover up my old idea.  I have huge issues!  I'm worried it's going to turn out how the old idea did... a stand still mess!  I just need to make the first mark and I'll be fine.

I got engaged on Christmas day so I've been busy doing wedding stuff.  BUT we have a ton of money to raise to pay for the wedding.  So I'm going to try to sell my wares this summer in two art fairs.  One I did last year and was kind of a bust.  I am hoping this year will be better weather and therefore better sales.  Plus I have come away with a lot of good ideas from other vendors' set ups.  I hope my presentation will help with my sales as well.  It costs money to make my booth presentable, but hopefully it will be worth it.  I bought a mannequin head form and a wig to sell my barrettes.  I'm hopefully going to get some peg board panels from my dad to make a whole wall for display instead of a 4 x 4 makeshift stand display.

So the first art fair is the Arts and Wellness Fair at the Meiklem Kiln Works in Bozrah, CT 7/27/13.  The second fair I'm going to do is the Mystic Art Festival.  This one is a two day event: August 10, 2013 and August 11, 2013.

In my spare time I've been trying to make more barrettes.  The past two days I've been going through my recent binder of negatives to see if there are any shots worth selling.  So far I've found a couple.  We'll see how that turns out.  I have a lot of matting to do before July!

I hope people reading this know about our local art festivals and will be supporting them this year.  Even if you just go to look, you're seeing artists work and just that means something to the artist.  I am so grateful to businesses in our area that show local artists on their walls.  Places like the Green Marble in Mystic, Sweetie's in New London,  Mrs. B's in Norwichtown just to name a few that plaster their walls with artists work for sale.  So to end this little rant, support your local art scene.  Send the artist a message if you like their work and why, it would make their day!

Engagement photo shoot 2007

Watch Hill Beach, Westerly RI

Taken on the Pemi Trail at the base of Cannon Mt. in Franconia, NH

Senior portrait photo shoot in Jewett City, CT 2006