In regards to my shop.....everyone say 'gamut'-I never know what people are going to choose to buy. Simple unknowable. I make everything-of course using the work 'make' loosely. It is not raising the sheep, shearing, carding, spinning, dyeing with my own organic dyes and weaving the fabric, then designing and sewing the garment. More like getting a box of brownie mix and adding the egg, oil and water. On occasion it is buying all the ingredients of the brownies. Choosing the best cocoa I can afford and the best for the environment, using only local butter from a mom and pop little organic dairy down the road. Sifting and stirring with love in every bite. Searching and experimenting with different ingredients, a different nut or cream cheese to make the best brownies you ever had. It never is buying a brownie somewhere else and passing it off as my brownie. Never. But I digress.
No-people will always surprise you. Once in awhile I will discover I have made 'a cute thing'. That is a piece of jewelry that is in sync with what alot of girls/women would wear and buy. My ivory or coral flower jewelry on chinese coin charms are 'cute'. So I sold a couple and ordered 10-20 of each component prepared to sell several of their cutetishness selves. Another category is a little different that 'cute'. I can't think of a word to describe it. An example would be my hamsa/fatima/miriam/handof protection necklace...with a flower cabechon on it. It's also 'cute' but also 'spirtual'. Hmmm. I ordered hands and flowers. Prepared. I make one-of-a-kind things-my ooak tangle bracelets. People respect them. I select the beads, the color motif, the artistic wire. Then I sculpt the wire and beads into bracelet creation. I have sold 2. They get hearts. My long, long necklaces/bead ropes are popular-they are from my soul.
I see things sell that never had a heart to their name. I have things with 10-12 hearts consistently and they molder. Now-I heart things all the time that I like as a shop owner, as a seller that I can incorporate, that give me an idea. It accounts for some of this mystery.
I think about the buyer who buys pieces that I are more than the brownie box mix brownies. They please me. I get excited over them. I think-would I like them? Are they interesting? I do know that I will be happiest the closer I get to the source in my creative acts. Represent me. Pondr ponder.
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