I'm An Artist Now! YAY!

Today was my last day at my full time job. I am now embarking on a new journey! I don't know for how long I will be able to "be an artist" but since it's always been a dream of mine, I am pretty excited about it! And it seems I have a lot to do! I guess now I just have to see how it goes.  

Starting tomorrow I am going to be making art full time. I have updated my LiveStream journal to reflect my new schedule which will be every Monday through Friday from 11AM-7PM Eastern.  I'll likely be working on things outside of that time frame, but I'm going to stream at least those hours every day as a way to make myself accountable.

As noted on that page, I will not be making new journal posts for those streams since they are scheduled.  However, I will be posting notes on that page if I will not be there as planned, such as this Friday and Monday when I will be traveling to Tampa, FL to do my AdorkaStock shoot with jademacalla.  I will still post new update LS journals for streams that are not scheduled (like on weekends).  I may end up adjusting the schedule as I go since this whole thing is new to me.

I have no idea if this is really going to work.  I have to work hard enough and fast enough to make enough money to replace at least part of the full time pay I was taking home.  Basically, I have to make enough money that husband (the household financial planner!) says 'okay, you are making enough money to have this as your job.'  I also do not know for how long demand will last (but I am so grateful and excited that so many people are interested in plushies, thank you so much ). It may be that I cannot make art fast enough to make enough money for the household. If that's the case, I may have to look for something part time to help supplement. I'd like to make art more of a part of my daily working life, so I want to try and avoid going full time in a non-art related job.

Anyway, I'm super excited about this chance and I plan to work really hard. You guys are awesome and you've already put a lot on my plate so I am going to do my best to meet everyone's expectations!!

Today I sent out notification for item commissions to people who were on the mailing list. After a week, I will be opening up items to everyone. Please keep an eye on my Commissions Journal for all the details.

HERE I GO!