Coffee in the Austin skyline mug, "Get the Party Started" by Pink on iTunes. J is off to school, D is off to work, and the aquarium, coffee maker, and grinder are freshly cleaned (not together). It's 8:00 am. I should go on business retreats more often. No post Friday as I was on Sullivan's Island with my family and the Snells. It was ostensibly a booth-design weekend, but--as usually happens when we get together--we got not only a solid booth plan for the BMAC but also a new product line (hanging window panels) and a series of tabletop pieces (to add to our existing line) at a spectacular price point that we will be debuting at the BMAC. So we went from no completely new work for the Buyer's Market (we did have some pieces and colorways haven't been shown there yet, but we had them in Atlanta and Dallas) to 4-9 completely new pieces. Of that potential nine, eight glass pieces in steel stands will retail for around $80... Yes, you can say it was a great weekend.
I am a convert to the several-day business planning meetings away from home and work. I could have gone to Greenville for a day, or Bill and Elaine could have come to my studio as we've done before, but having two and a half days with everyone away from their "offices" to brainstorm, go away and think and then come back together again for more idea exchange was incalculably valuable. My batteries are recharged, and my zest and enthusiasm for what I do are renewed--after the Atlanta and Dallas shows they were all dangerously depleted. Yes, there is a pretty high cost for dropping everything else for three days, but, no matter how busy I am for the rest of this week, I still come out ahead. Now off to fill out forms, return phone calls and emails, and get this party started!
I am a convert to the several-day business planning meetings away from home and work. I could have gone to Greenville for a day, or Bill and Elaine could have come to my studio as we've done before, but having two and a half days with everyone away from their "offices" to brainstorm, go away and think and then come back together again for more idea exchange was incalculably valuable. My batteries are recharged, and my zest and enthusiasm for what I do are renewed--after the Atlanta and Dallas shows they were all dangerously depleted. Yes, there is a pretty high cost for dropping everything else for three days, but, no matter how busy I am for the rest of this week, I still come out ahead. Now off to fill out forms, return phone calls and emails, and get this party started!
4 comments:
Hop to it!
Brenda, Becky here. Hope you see this in the morning when you post. Don't know how that works, so I'll send you an email, too. I worked until 5 pm today and couldn't call you back til after 5 and then thought you wouldn't want me to call so I'm writing now. I would love to come work for you and help you get ready for BMAC. I need to work mornings for the other gig, so can I work in the afternoons for you? I can come tomorrow afternoon to start. Will take a break to call you around 9 am. Becky
so, did you get those shipments packed, present wrapped and open studio done? :)
Two out of three--and dropped off my birdbath donation for the auction and delivered the baby gifts, and half-loaded a kiln.
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