Moving On

 I actually shipped out a few things this week, YAY!  Still, about 75% drop in sales overall.  Should be panicking, but just keeping my head down and making more goods.  Lots of pantry tins changed up this week.  I am in the middle of painting about a million crocks.  I love them so far, and hope they look good in the final stage.

Maybe Some White Paint Will Help

Agonizingly slow sales combined with the high anxiety of tax time combined with the world more on fire than ever--Prozac is starting to look like a good idea.  I finished my first bunch of "paint it white", with more to come.  I really love everything that I am doing right now, but it is not translating into sales.  Pretty sure it is a choice of gas in the car or a cute antique and the gas is winning.  I am still amazed at the posts I see on the socials claiming that everything is great and all we need to do is quit driving and stop eating meat.  I also used to think the phrase "the lunatics are running the asylum" was funny.  I'm not laughing any more.

and this is my solace

 

A Few More Blue Things

 I might be done with the blue paint for a while, but I make no promises.  I have a bunch of half-finished white goods on the work table presently and plans for some mustard and butter yellow to follow.  Sales continue slow, thankful for the few things I've been able to send out.

The Good Things in Small Packages

 Sun out yesterday, temperature above freezing at last, so I was outside for hours and took over 600 photographs for the shop.  I had a couple of sales this week, but still sooooo slow.

I have lots of tiny little antique toys and used my little blue cupboard to photograph them all.