Can Part-Timers Have it All – Jamie Chan and Grace Dobush – CCE
Grace Dobush – Crafty Superstar – Cincinnati – crafty supermarket craft fair
Jamie Chan – Urban Fauna Studio – Bazaar Bizarre SF
How to NOT freak out while juggling crafting, full or part time non-crafting related job, family, etc. For people who are not really interested in taking their craft business full time. Balance, personal life, work life, crafty life with out going crazy.
3 main challenges, burn out- creative blocks, keeping on track and organized.
It’s okay to take a break, know your limits. the world wont crumble etc if you step back and take some time to recharge.
Artits way – idea of artist dates – a great way to take time for yourself.
If your taking a longer break leave a thoughtful note letting your readers and customers know that you ARE coming back, why you’re taking a break so people don’t think you have totally disappeared. Etsy lets you turn off your store.
Learn to say NO. it’s hard to pass up opportunities.if you do have to say no, you can suggest someone else who might be a good replacement.
Personal health, yoga! be healthy and take care of yourself.
Media/craft diet. take some time to do NO craft related books and activities.
Reiterate the artist way – great to do three min stream of consciousness can really help you clear out the clutter in your brain. talk to friends to help you get out of your own head, you can end up being your own worst enemy.
What part of the process do you enjoy – making, process, selling, etc.
Defining success for yourself – your version of success might be doing few shows per year, or selling 100 items on etsy in 3 months, or starting to sell wholesale, etc. don’t let other people define your success.
Who is happy with their part time craft work
Lots of way to combine crafting and other work. part-time work (can be dfound with benefits)
Government jobs are good thing to look into.
Getting your own health insurance isn’t that scary and hard. just do it!
Do people tell work supervisors about having another job crafting? interesting question!
How do you block out your time so that you can get stuff done?
you have to be good at discipline, having ritual, time-management is SO IMPORTANT.
Creative habit – twyla tharp BOOK
Giant visual schedules can really help, huge post-its! dry erase
Also, baby steps. don’t overwhelm yourself by always thinking fo the big picture. break tasks into small do-able chunks.
Jill Debanski –
9 creative muses life coach creative coach – BOOK
the muse is in.
blog also, free podcasts.
how to deal with creative blocks:
dictionary writing activity,
museums, art gallery,
15 minute walk, bookstore – look through magazines,
a strong cocktail, hang out with inspiring crafty friends.
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August 15, 2010 at 4:25 pm
i’d love to have “art dates” with you. especially when i’m in the middle of a semester i get so overwhelmed with studying that i don’t do anything crafty and i think the break would be really good for me.