California Dreaming

Well the last weekend of work has gone by and my to do list has shortened. I am keeping busy this week though with price points, signs, and some last minute sewing. The car needs a lube up, I need picture wire and some more wall hooks but here I am, all ready for another show in LA. I always get a bit nervous right before the show and I tend to convince myself that I will be sitting there with no sales and no positive feedback. It can be intimidating to be surrounded by artists that make their living with their art. Spending all day cultivating their craft and business models. I feel like I am perceived as a "crafter" with a glue gun, someone that does this as a hobby and because I do it in my spare time it makes me somewhat less then the others in the show. I do not have lines, and production assistants, or people that I pay to sit in my booth for me. I can compare it to the popular kids in the high school and feeling somewhat left out. It is all in my head of course and I have made some really amazing friends in this community that I know will always be in my art life, cheering me on and loving me ... glue gun or not. Of course those feelings in my head start to diminish with the first sale of the show and steadily disappear with every compliment or question that I get about my art. Overall I am feeling good about all the work I have gotten done and I am most positively looking forward to a weekend in LA, saying hi to the ocean, and being surround by creativity and energy for the weekend.