I Finally DID IT after all these years!

Doing it right on the main highway in Portersville, PA! Yep,first time!  I have a studio and gallery/retail space outside of my home!!
After doing some deep thinking,making the decision to move out, I began my search. I had my eye on this place for a while but was out of reach. Looking at a couple of options ,I got an invite to this house. I find it confirming that I came full circle back to this. It's a 1830's farm house. Six rooms and a great little kitchen to boot.

 

This is going to be the classroom area. Yep,fireplace works.

One of  these rooms upstairs I believe will be my studio work space.

 

That blue wallpaper has GOT to come off, walls patched and painted,lighting fixtures....but not much heavy duty work.

I'm so EXCITED! I'll keep you updated as progress is made. :D

Crafts-N-at to benifit Animal Friends, sunday Aug. 29,2010

Shepard by Susan Walker, all rights reserved

Join Pittsburgh Craft Collective on Sunday, August 29th from 12-5pm at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland for this year’s Crafts N’At Craft Show.Come out and support local crafters (see vendors) and donate to a great cause. All profits for the show are being donated to Animals Friends.

I have plans to get there myself with the kids.

A Marketing Monday

Spend most of my DAY(and into the evening) working on some Marketing on Monday As you might of seen in my earlier post, I have been invited to collaborate in a presentation with the author of a book I illustrated. So I am starting to put the word out. Though this is not an event to specifically generate money from sales of art for me or anything,I think it will be fun. I am trying my hand at using some of the on line marketing tools.
I am new to Face Book and started there today by creating an event. It is easy to share this with other face book friends. I only tested on a few friends to see what it looked like on the receiving end. I plan researching some other groups or people in my area to invite as well. I am thinking genealogy groups, writers and writers groups. Maybe some graphic design firms. anybody in the area who might need art for a project. I will let you know how this research goes. I am a little lost at how to start...