Busy takes on new meaning!

            The saying, “If you want something done, get a busy person to do it” seems to be holding special meaning for Lynn and I this year. For quite awhile now we have been discussing pushing her art work a bit harder to see if it would generate some income. Along with that I have started selling some of my wood turnings.

            Wanting to take that a step farther we have now signed up for a 10 month course on marketing. Put on by the Montana Artepreneur Program (MAP) it is 10 hours of class time a month along with 35 business goals that we need to meet. Some of those are pretty easy; make up business cards, invoice-receipt-order blanks with our letterhead, etc… There is also a requirement to log a minimum of 120 hours of “studio” time. So, now we HAVE to spend time in the shop making stuff, Darn!

            We have our first meeting tonight at 5:00 to make a grant application to help defray the costs of the class. Along with those costs will be the cost of building up an inventory to use in making our portfolio and display booth. (We are to have “professional” photos taken, think I can handle that?)

            I think this is going to be a very rewarding class and one that will enable us both to start making some income from our hobbies. I’ll keep everyone up to date as we take classes and meet with the leaders of the program.