Completed Projects:
1. Sarah’s Baby Blanket
Ongoing Projects for Now-June:
1. NEW “Taco ‘Bout a Baby” – Due Date: Tonight, before bed
2. Mom’s Belated Mother’s Day Gift – Due Date: Sunday, before bed
3. NEW Composition Studies (all nine) – Due Date: 06.02.2026
4. Hailey’s Baby Blanket – Due Date: 06.05.2026
5. NEW Color Studies (2 studies) – Due Date: 06.07.2026
6. Week One: What does the careful study of art have to offer? – Due Date: 06.12.2026
7. Filet Crochet Series (two “regular”) – Due Date: 06.12.2026
8. Color Studies (2 studies) – Due Date: 06.14.2026
9. Week Two: Why should we study art? – Due Date: 06.19.2026
10. Filet Crochet Series (two “All Saints”) – Due Date: 06.19.2026
11. Lily of the Valley: Book Two, Part One – Due Date: 06.21.2026
12. Filet Crochet Series (two “Christmas”) – Due Date: 06.26.2026
13. Damaged Good: Developed Sketches (3 not-so-small-scale drawings of flowers) – Due Date: 06.26.2026
14. Color Studies (2 studies) – Due Date: 06.28.2026
If I can get this done, at the end of June, I will have:
Fine Art
1. 9 “Composition Studies”
2. 6 “Color Studies”
3. 3 Developed Sketches for Damaged Good
Fiber Art
1. 2 “Regular” Products
2. 2 “All Saints” Products
3. 2 “Christmas” Products
Writing
1. Week One
2. Week Two
3. 1/4 of Lily of the Valley
Personal Projects
1. Baby Shower for Hailey (banner and blanket)
2. Mother’s Day Gift for my Mom
Notes on Intentions for each item(s):
PERSONAL PROJECTS
These are somewhat self-explanatory, I feel.
WRITING
The “Art Appreciation” Series will go live on this blog. (Stay tuned!) Lily of the Valley will not go live, but I will try to find a portion of this book to bring to Open Mic Night on June 3, 2026. I think that will be a nice two-birds-one-stone situation.
FIBER ART
None of this will “go live” until October 1, 2026. I am undecided on whether or not this should be something that I publish on Instagram… I think I will just so there is some sort of context come October… I feel like a complete surprise doesn’t market well… But, I am so new to all of this… I am sure there will be a million things that I need to learn.
I would like to try to work with Matt to sell these at his record store starting in August.
FINE ART
In a perfect world, I think that both my Composition Studies and my Color Studies would sell well at the Art Center. I am undecided if I should get prints made of them/try to sell them online. For now, I think trying to get into a more “traditional” brick-and-mortar is the way to go…
If they don’t sell, or even prior to putting them in the Art Center, I think I would like to try to submit them as a show somewhere. If I am able to get them into a show, this might impact the pricing of the items.
Personal Notes:
I am trying to see deadlines as an accountability tool (Flowers for Spring? How groundbreaking?) rather than a punishment. The truth is simple: If I don’t do it, it won’t get done. As I try/want to become self-employed, I have to really recognize that my output is what determines my income. Weirdly, the pressure of “needing something to finish” hasn’t felt so heavy lately. “Needing something to be finished” has been the right kind of motivation I need to see things through… I would like to keep this momentum. I have a feeling this is all going to snowball very quickly.
I have also decided that my social media use (for now) will be pretty minimalistic in terms of creation. I think the trick is just developing the habit of posting on social media… I can figure out better “marketing” at a later time. The biggest conflict I feel, related to social media, is the following: Do I just post everything? Or do I limit it to one thing? Specifically, do I omit “fiber art” in an effort to establish a “different brand” for that? Time will tell, I suppose.
I cannot freak out, I just need to keep working.
EARTH-GIRL 