Step Away From the Cake

 Yes, second post in minutes, but this is on a whole other topic.  I have a habit of spreading my time and energy all over the place. This results in things not getting done or not getting done well. I started the whole resin adventure to make suncatcher kind of things or stained glass kind of things. I've completely lost sight of that and have bought all these molds and things. I don't want to make things like that. Well, I kind of do, but that will be a side activity. I want to make the suncatcher paws. Or the 'coasters' I downloaded that would make great 'stained glass'. I tend to get easily distracted by something I find cool, and then I'm off down a rabbit hole of nonsense. Time to stop that. I want to be able to describe my business in one sentence. What do you make? I make wooden art. That's it. That's all I want to do. But again, that goes back to the last post. I need to learn to design my own stuff. I need to not follow the whims of people....

 I started this 'business' 1 year ago. In that time I have made hardly any sales. I've spent a ton of money. And I'm not sure how I'm going to pay off all the bills. So it's time for a little whining.  Earlier this year I decided that the only way to make money was to get myself out there and do shows. I waited till mostly the holiday season because I thought that would be the best time to sell. So between November and December I scheduled myself for 5 shows. The first 3 were not horrible. They definitely could have been better, but they were not horrible. Last night was number 4. Tempe Night Market. This event was from 5 - 10pm. It was in downtown Tempe with all the lights and restaurants. It was also the night of the lighted boat parade and fireworks. I thought, this will be good. I need to stop f*cking thinking. It was the absolute worst of all. It was cold and windy and hell. Our booth was located so that we got this really nice wind accelerating between two...