Day 10? or 11? I made Art! Actually, I ordered fabric for my prototypes!

So this morning I finally sat down to scan, touch up, and arrange my drawings so they could be turned into beautiful fabric that I can use to create my new line of nursery goods. Fabric is only one of the mediums I will be using, tomorrow I'm going to work on the polymer clay parts! I am going to use Magic Transfer Paper, of course, to get my drawings onto the clay.

It's been a great week in the startup process... I keep making myself push ahead, even when I want to give up. Because I'm prone to having a great idea and not seeing it through. So this time, this idea is going all the way to completion. I must- because I've realized that if I keep having ideas, but I don't make any of them come alive, I won't be able to make the money I need to be able to finally quit looking to other people to pay my bills.

Day 8- Get Feedback!

It's important to get good feedback when you are starting up something new, from someone you trust. I've started asking those closest to me what they think of my idea, drawings, and thought process with this new children's line I'm putting together, and the reception has been great!

It can feel awkward or weird to ask people close to you for their feedback on something that is really important to you, something you THINK you are doing right... but you can also be too close to a project. When that happens, you can follow an idea or a lead into a place maybe you shouldn't be going.

I'm grateful that the reception has thus far been very positive!

Day 5- I have a superpower!

It's day 5 of the momentum challenge, and I was encouraged to discover my superpower and nurture it, to think about how it helps me in business, life and art...

My superpower is metacognition. I have the uncanny ability to think about how I think. Then of course, I get to change what I DO based on how I think about what I did or thought. Isn't that fantastic? It has led me to turn on a dime when I need to, to fix a class mid-sentence when I see that my audience is non-responsive, to repair damage I myself am doing because what I thought would happen wasn't exactly true.

So how can I apply this now, to my momentum? Well, a few days ago, I was thinking I would make my new art objects out of fabric. Then suddenly, I thought, why don't I make SOME of them out of clay? I already got a great response from the tribe I am slowly gathering on Facebook (someone said they would buy my drawing if it was available on fabric, yay! and I wasn't even soliciting for that info).

Now I think, because I am able to rethink my original plan, that I will offer it several ways. After all, I'm already known as a clay artist, I've written a book on the subject, and I've been working in the medium for many years.

I love having a superpower, I'll have to sketch myself as Turn-on-a-Dime Woman!