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Posted By: Carla Ball <ckball@earthlink.net> In Response To: P.S. (Mel. White)
Wednesday, 22 February 2006, at 10:24 a.m.
My town has 2 shows a year, 4th of July and Labor day. I was not able to do them last year but am condidering it this year. You have to be there at 6 am on Sat to set up and sell until 6pm then again the next day and can't tear down until 6 pm on Sun. I have a small circle of freinds, one is diabled and the other people work full time. I would hate to ask them for help. But I may find a high school kid that could help and again, no inventory.> I am just trying to find a larger market. People in my town do not appreciate art and hand made, they would rather spend their money on craft junk at the dollar store. I lived in Richmond, VA for 17 years and it is so different there. I was just learning stained glass when I had to come back here to care for my mother. I still keep up with my friends there and go back once a year or so. I plan on contacting different galleries, gift shops, etc. to see what I can work out in advance.
I am going to make a brochure, I have Microsoft Office with Powerpoint, and am going to put a program of my work on a CD to mail to prospective galleries. If it helps bring me work, then I may get a new site to do business on, since mine is not set up to do this now.
I am contacting artists on other sites to see what works for them. I found one site call www.glassartists.org. They let you sell for free, it is a cool site with lots of different glass artists. Another artist told me about this one.
I am sorry about your daughter, fibro is tricky to treat. I also have Rheumatoid AND osteoarthritis, plus ADD and chronic fatigue. They treated my ADD with Adderal and it helped a great deal with the depression. I am 50 and both my grandchild 9 and 14 have been diagnosed and no one else in the family has it. So I talked to my Dr if that could be part of my problems with memory, concentration, ect, and one pill a day fixed most of it. I have good days and bad days, but I am a cancer survivor, so I don't give up easy and appreciate every day. I hope your daughter doesn't have to suffer much, finding a good Dr can be the key- Good luck-Carla
My daughter has fibro and depression and may have arthritis as well. She's
> also an artist.
> I know how hard the struggle can be. Keep up with it, and look for shows
> that you can send to.
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