heARTworks

This evening, I have smothered myself into heARTworks. I created a logo, updated the blog, and created a facebook page.

I have sketches ready for one small mural project and am working on sketches for another. I gave a customer six tins that she ordered and I recieved two more orders today. I feel like I'm playing Junior Achievement, but I'm doing this for real. Pinch me. I may be dreaming!

HeARTworks, Working From the Heart

I know I shouldn't be blogging. It's three minutes until midnight. I really have nothing to say...but, yet I do.

I have been working on art. Paintins to be exact. That's what the name for the gift card tins is.

As of this exact moment, I have about 20 orders. Of those, I have about 7 done. lol. But, I just started last night. I have created another blog for the art "business" that I am working to establish. This includes the murals and the Paintins so far. As of now, there's not much on the page. It is midnight, by the way. I will work to incorporate all the projects I do onto this blog for portfolio sake.

I also look forward to painting mini-murals in the church nursery soon. And I have a mom friend needing a small job. This may be the start of something beautiful. :) It keeps me awake at night. And it's a nice balance to the other jobs that I hold. When you put them all together, it's like a full time job, but way better because I can do all the things I love in each element. Yay!

As of now, my ideal weekly schedule will be this: 15 hours of Community Connections Director for Anchor, 10 (9 starting in January) hours of Fatherhood Coordinator for the Fort Wayne Fatherhood Coalition, 5 hours of Program Promotion (Marketing) for the Fort Wayne Fatherhood Coalition, and 10 hours of HeARTworks Painting. That equals a full time job of 40 hours per week. And, it ties all the things I love and am passionate about: serving people, helping, loving them, coordinating and facilitating things, making flyers and publications, and painting!

A year ago, I could have never imagined this...how AMAZING is our God?!

Just Call Me Ms. Entrepreneur

Yes. Yes. Entrepreneur I am. I just don't have a cool crafty name. LOL!

I desperately want to call them "Tintastics" but that may be slightly cheesy. Speaking of cheesy, my cell phone wall paper has a cartoon of a corn cob telling a piece of cheese, "You're so cheesy." And the cheese is telling the corn cob, "You're so corny." Ok, I digress. Tintastics. Yea. Kinda dumb.

Either way, I have a new endeavor. Yes, another. I'm a starter, I know. Let's get this party started so hopefully, we can finish. Hehe.

So, handpainted, personalized tins. They are originally for gift cards, but would also be perfect for those of us who need a small, compact way to carry some cash or an id or as a business card case.

I'm going to figure out how to set up an Etsy account. I will be selling these for $2 each (plus shipping if applicable). I have already had some people tell me that they want these for Christmas gifts to hold gift cards or lottery tickets, etc., so if you want one (or more), let me know soon and place your order.

I'm so excited!

:: EDIT: Thanks to a wonderful neighbor who is creative with her words, these gems have found a name: "Paintins" ::