Feedback and Motivation

I had been dragging my feet about an Etsy shop for months.  Even watching my friend Callie start her Etsy shop wasn't enough to spur me to action. I felt that I wasn't ready yet, that my work wasn't good enough, and that I just needed to get a few (dozen) more things in order first.

What finally prompted me to dig in and go for it was Julianna's comment from this post. Knowing I "ought to" do something and having someone (who doesn't know me other than through my art) demand it caused a totally different reaction.  Friends and family can be supportive, but when someone else values my work on its own it means quite a lot, especially to an artist just starting out.  Thanks Julianna!

So if there's someone out there whose work (be it sculpture, writing, or anything!) you admire but you haven't told them (I do it all the time, just looking and watching without making my presence known), drop them a note!  You have no idea how much it means to them.

You can find my brand new Etsy shop at http://www.vmwstudios.etsy.com.   I will be slowly adding to the work there, since I don't have good pictures for everything yet (that's one of the reasons I was procrastinating!), so check back often.