Welcome, Corey Johnston!

 Corey,

I haven't had Cable tv ,or satellite, since 1995. And I DO NOT MISS IT! As a newly divorced single Mom, I had a choice- feed and house the child and myself, or have entertainment. No choice really.

Now, in 2012,  it IS a choice. In looking back, I don't miss TV at all! I perfected my Craft, started my business, raised my child, got married.. I got on with LIFE. 

My child grew up with values. TV was not her constant companion or babysitter. BOOKS were.  She was not constantly bombarded with "you NEED to have this" commercialism, or the ever insidious couch potato syndrome.

I have a 20 year old daughter who has matured into a functioning, smart, independent member of society. She graduated earlier than her class, got out on her own, works Full time, saves her money, and is returning to school in the fall for Medical Assistant. No drug or alcohol addictions, no police record, no teen promiscuity or pregnancy. We talked, played board games, read books, interacted with each other.

In 2004, I re-married a wonderful man. He's a musician and Gamer- geek. My guitar man. Plays various instruments, including piano. Our home is filled with guitars and instruments, recording equipment, every game system on the market- a big screen TV- BUT NO CABLE or satellite dish..

We still play board games, video games, go to the movies, READ books, talk, walk, do things together. The idiot box has a definite back seat in this home.

We are computer literate, modern people who made a choice. We chose to keep our brains active, save our hard earned dollars for the better things in life, and I think our lives are much richer for it.

It is worth it. 

You will have so much time for perfecting your Art, growing your business, and in general, be much healthier, both mentally and physically. And much more alert mentally! I commend you!

Please do stop by when you're at the artwalk. I hope my display doesn't disappoint and end up to rickitty-rack, but I've been talked into doing it anyway:) Hopefully with the time I have until August I will come up with something at least neutral vs. distasteful (partly kidding). There is no way that I can afford pro-panels or new mesh etc.

Glad you're on here too. I'm sure we'll be able to exchange a lot of ideas. I'll also keep you in mind when I come across venues that may be up your alley. I know you mentioned on your profile that you liked the Carlsbad Street Fair and I could really see something like you are describing there.

If you have a chance, shoot a few pics along. I'd love to see what you are creating. Given that it sounds so different, you probably have a niche going on. People really enjoy unique creations, especially these days. Have you tried selling anything on Etsy yet? It's quite hard to get noticed there. I've been on for less than I month and it's really become a sad obsession. It's driving my husband crazy, and I've yet to sell a thing. I'm hoping that once I add prints instead of originals, along with some jewelry of my art that it will pick up.

I've met some nice people on Etsy that will spend time giving tips etc. On some teams there, but they don't get visited as much. Usually I run across someone that I convo and they are really nice about answering questions.

Someone mentioned something like the Bizarre Bizarre. I'll have to check the spelling again. Apparently it some sort of traveling art show. I'll let you know more after I look into that.

Janeane

Hi Corey,

Nice to meet you and to know a local here. Connie said there aren't many people from California on this site yet. We can pass along local info we learn. Have you decided on an event yet? I'm not very far along - just decided to do the Leucadia ArtWalk in August, but all I have are the paintings and the easy up.

Janeane