Thanks for sharing Anne. Your booth looked lovely, it's frustrating to have below average sales when you've done everything right. Just the wrong time or place. Better luck next time x
I've also done a farmer's market a couple of times selling my 3 coloring books and a little book on saving the planet 😂 I can relate to your experience! And took a similar lesson away. Your progress toward monetization looking great! Here for art community 🐱
Well you’re a trooper for sticking it out in the heat. I’m no beer drinker…so I’d definitely spend my time in the art booths. I was just at the Sawdust Festival…annual art event in Southern California. If you’re ever in SoCal in the summer, you should check it out. Congrats on your continued growth! Cheers to community building!❤🎉😊
Oh gosh. They should have put y’all in the beer garden. Although not great, you seemed upbeat and that’s really what matters. Discouragement for an artist can make life really hard. Your booth looked great and it had so many inviting things! Cheers to artists everywhere getting out there! 😊
Wow! There were a lot of people! I wish you would have sold more. It’s interesting. I agree with your decision to stick with art based shows in the future. Congrats on your continued channel growth.
I am definitely in the slow and steady category too when it comes to UA-cam Growth. I am still trying to balance making the art and editing the videos but slowly finding my workflow. I am hoping to find other artists to try some UA-cam collabs with. Congrats on more growth for your channel this week! i am sorry the art booth wasn't what you had hoped for.
Yes, workflow is KEY, isn't it? I'm doubling down and trying to figure out systems in order to stop re-inventing the wheel each time! What kind of collabs will you be doing? I don't even know how that kind of thing works.
@@annelivingstonart There are so many ideas for collabs. It can be a pair of artists or a group. I have seen pairs of artists paint a subject/theme or portrait of each other to share on UA-cam. Some artists have shared a canvas around a group( Look at Ten Hundred's biggest UA-cam Art Collab ever). A collab works when a pair or group decides on a topic or art challenge, and then sets a release date for the content. I have been involved in art journal challenges in the past. Some challenges have included weekly prompts. Either you finish 1 piece a week based on the prompt or you are working on one big piece and the prompt inspires the next action you can take in making the piece. Some artists do color challenges or color palette challenges. In another art journal challenge, we were given the same supplies and had to make something with them. The sky is the limit on ideas. The goal of the collab is to create content while also reaching broader audiences. Each participant is introducing the other participants to their audience. If you are interested in trying a collab, let me know.
@@ChristyStrickler Ahhh I see what you mean! oh yes I am totally into this kind of thing. I have completed four separate 100 day projects! And I hosted a challenge called "weekly color vitamins" a few years ago which was lots of fun. Yes, Collab! I'm down.
I love your honest opinion on how this went for you. It is so nice to see people out and about again. Well done on your growth! The watch hours are killing me over here. Let’s keep at it!
Tracie, I was thinking that, too! SO NICE to see people out and about! I will never take that for granted again! Walking around and seeing everyone just enjoying themselves and living life together was really, really heartwarming. :)
Hahahaha! :) Yes, these watch hours! Really motivates me to offer valuable info (or infotainment, haha) in compelling ways! I think you are onto something with offering yoga "classes" as part of your offerings, with your uniquely energizing and fun and positive spirit! Once people get addicted to your yoga sessions they'll keep coming back for more!
Great fun video, 5:45 am NY time - Sorry your art show wasn't more profitable. Saw cards for $5- Correct? Just bought a crummy Hallmark for about 8, ever think of having a merchandise link? I haven't figured that part out yet, but something like cards are very easy to mail. Congrats again.
That's a really good point about the cards being $5 vs. crummy Hallmark for $8. I usually charge $6 for my cards which is similar to other art-print card prices in boutique shops in my neighborhood. I marked them down to $5 for this event, though I doubt I will do that in the future! Do you mean having a link in my channel to purchase things like cards? That's an interesting idea! I used to have a more robust online shop, but I stopped because it was a lot of work for the amount of organic sales it yielded. But that was for original art, not cards and prints. I should think about this some more.
Your booth looked so interesting Anne. Such a shame that you didn't get many customers. They were probably too hot to mooch around and just wanted to drink cold drinks! At least it was an experience and you know not to do it in summer time again. I hope you get some time to put your feet up now! 😄
Thank you, Simone! As a glutton for punishment I'll continue to do summer events (haha), but only art-focused ones! I gathered some ideas this time for keeping the tent cooler, though. That just might be another vid sometime in the near future!
Thanks for sharing this! Your insight about it not being an art-focused event makes total sense. I’ll keep that in mind if I hear of friends wanting to sell at these types of events! Are you comfortable talking about what happened with your finger injury? I’ve had my fair share of questionable choices that led to terrible finger cuts myself, so I’m always ready with empathy for people in those types of situations!
Haha! Okay, let's see if I can explain what the thing was. I was talking with Sana while trying to take the plastic wrapping off a gift frame, the kind with those flexible metal points on the back that can open and close to hold the print/photo in. You know what I'm talking about? Anyway, being hot and distracted, I think I was trying to use my fingernail to quickly run along the edge of the back of the frame to cut the plastic. One of the points was sticking out, I guess, so the plastic's not the only thing I cut! It was quite impressive, and pressure/gauze/bandaids weren't enough. I had to walk to a nearby drug store to get medical glue, to get the bleeding to stop.TNow I know about medical glue. Cool stuff. This hiccup was earlier in the day, in the cooler hours, and it definitely cut into my potential to connect with people passing by (because I was offsite dealing with this, and when I came back I had to sit and keep my hand elevated for awhile). Anyway, lots of live-and-learn moments! :)
Thanks for your honest reflections again Anne. I thought your stall looked brilliant x
Thank you, Stacey!
Very interesting to hear about your learning experience at the Seafood Fest. I LOVE the Colors of Ballard tote bag!!
@@lifeslices2228 I am really glad to have made it. Thanks for encouraging me to do it! 😀
Thanks for sharing Anne. Your booth looked lovely, it's frustrating to have below average sales when you've done everything right. Just the wrong time or place. Better luck next time x
I've also done a farmer's market a couple of times selling my 3 coloring books and a little book on saving the planet 😂 I can relate to your experience! And took a similar lesson away. Your progress toward monetization looking great! Here for art community 🐱
I want to hear/see more about these coloring books! :)
I'm glad you didn't have any loss, but that's a lot of work! Thanks for the info and for sharing!
Thank you for watching, Misa!!
Hello Anne. I felt for you in the heat having attended similar events myself. Your channel is starting to gather momentum. Well done!
Thank you so much, Kay!
Well you’re a trooper for sticking it out in the heat. I’m no beer drinker…so I’d definitely spend my time in the art booths. I was just at the Sawdust Festival…annual art event in Southern California. If you’re ever in SoCal in the summer, you should check it out. Congrats on your continued growth! Cheers to community building!❤🎉😊
Ahhh! I used to go to the Sawdust Festival every year as a kid!!!
Okay, WOW. The Sawdust Festival looks positively epic! Will definitely need to add this to the bucket list!
Oh gosh. They should have put y’all in the beer garden. Although not great, you seemed upbeat and that’s really what matters. Discouragement for an artist can make life really hard. Your booth looked great and it had so many inviting things! Cheers to artists everywhere getting out there! 😊
Oh man, they TOTALLY should have put arts & crafts in the beer garden, what a fun idea!
Wow! There were a lot of people! I wish you would have sold more. It’s interesting. I agree with your decision to stick with art based shows in the future. Congrats on your continued channel growth.
Thank you so much, Laura! Did you watch the rest of the challenge? What did you think?
I am definitely in the slow and steady category too when it comes to UA-cam Growth. I am still trying to balance making the art and editing the videos but slowly finding my workflow. I am hoping to find other artists to try some UA-cam collabs with. Congrats on more growth for your channel this week! i am sorry the art booth wasn't what you had hoped for.
Yes, workflow is KEY, isn't it? I'm doubling down and trying to figure out systems in order to stop re-inventing the wheel each time! What kind of collabs will you be doing? I don't even know how that kind of thing works.
@@annelivingstonart There are so many ideas for collabs. It can be a pair of artists or a group. I have seen pairs of artists paint a subject/theme or portrait of each other to share on UA-cam. Some artists have shared a canvas around a group( Look at Ten Hundred's biggest UA-cam Art Collab ever). A collab works when a pair or group decides on a topic or art challenge, and then sets a release date for the content. I have been involved in art journal challenges in the past. Some challenges have included weekly prompts. Either you finish 1 piece a week based on the prompt or you are working on one big piece and the prompt inspires the next action you can take in making the piece. Some artists do color challenges or color palette challenges. In another art journal challenge, we were given the same supplies and had to make something with them. The sky is the limit on ideas. The goal of the collab is to create content while also reaching broader audiences. Each participant is introducing the other participants to their audience. If you are interested in trying a collab, let me know.
@@ChristyStrickler Ahhh I see what you mean! oh yes I am totally into this kind of thing. I have completed four separate 100 day projects! And I hosted a challenge called "weekly color vitamins" a few years ago which was lots of fun. Yes, Collab! I'm down.
I love your honest opinion on how this went for you.
It is so nice to see people out and about again.
Well done on your growth! The watch hours are killing me over here. Let’s keep at it!
Tracie, I was thinking that, too! SO NICE to see people out and about! I will never take that for granted again! Walking around and seeing everyone just enjoying themselves and living life together was really, really heartwarming. :)
“So get in on this!!” Made me giggle! Your watch hours are doing great! Trying to work on longer videos myself
Hahahaha! :) Yes, these watch hours! Really motivates me to offer valuable info (or infotainment, haha) in compelling ways! I think you are onto something with offering yoga "classes" as part of your offerings, with your uniquely energizing and fun and positive spirit! Once people get addicted to your yoga sessions they'll keep coming back for more!
@@annelivingstonart thank you for the thoughtful insight. 🙏 on to the next week! 🙌
Great fun video, 5:45 am NY time - Sorry your art show wasn't more profitable. Saw cards for $5- Correct? Just bought a crummy Hallmark for about 8, ever think of having a merchandise link? I haven't figured that part out yet, but something like cards are very easy to mail. Congrats again.
That's a really good point about the cards being $5 vs. crummy Hallmark for $8. I usually charge $6 for my cards which is similar to other art-print card prices in boutique shops in my neighborhood. I marked them down to $5 for this event, though I doubt I will do that in the future!
Do you mean having a link in my channel to purchase things like cards? That's an interesting idea! I used to have a more robust online shop, but I stopped because it was a lot of work for the amount of organic sales it yielded. But that was for original art, not cards and prints. I should think about this some more.
@@annelivingstonart that is correct. I'd rather buy an artist print card. I'm sure your art followers would also.
Your booth looked so interesting Anne. Such a shame that you didn't get many customers. They were probably too hot to mooch around and just wanted to drink cold drinks! At least it was an experience and you know not to do it in summer time again. I hope you get some time to put your feet up now! 😄
Thank you, Simone! As a glutton for punishment I'll continue to do summer events (haha), but only art-focused ones! I gathered some ideas this time for keeping the tent cooler, though. That just might be another vid sometime in the near future!
@@annelivingstonart I look forward to watching it! 😄
Thanks for sharing this! Your insight about it not being an art-focused event makes total sense. I’ll keep that in mind if I hear of friends wanting to sell at these types of events! Are you comfortable talking about what happened with your finger injury? I’ve had my fair share of questionable choices that led to terrible finger cuts myself, so I’m always ready with empathy for people in those types of situations!
Haha! Okay, let's see if I can explain what the thing was. I was talking with Sana while trying to take the plastic wrapping off a gift frame, the kind with those flexible metal points on the back that can open and close to hold the print/photo in. You know what I'm talking about? Anyway, being hot and distracted, I think I was trying to use my fingernail to quickly run along the edge of the back of the frame to cut the plastic. One of the points was sticking out, I guess, so the plastic's not the only thing I cut! It was quite impressive, and pressure/gauze/bandaids weren't enough. I had to walk to a nearby drug store to get medical glue, to get the bleeding to stop.TNow I know about medical glue. Cool stuff. This hiccup was earlier in the day, in the cooler hours, and it definitely cut into my potential to connect with people passing by (because I was offsite dealing with this, and when I came back I had to sit and keep my hand elevated for awhile). Anyway, lots of live-and-learn moments! :)
@@annelivingstonart Oh my gosh-I’m SO sorry!! That sounds terrible!!😳😱