Love for Sale!

Well, past loves that is. Old hobbies. Things I tried, had fun with, and need to move along in order to raise the money and clear the way for the next stage of my life. It’s time to go from “craftwork as a series of hobbies” to “craftwork as a way of life and means of support”.

I am looking forward to the next stage of my life, maybe a year down the road, maybe earlier. In that stage, I will have figured out how to sell my weaving. I will have a steady customer base with whom I’ve developed good working relationships. Then I can move to the country, live in a yurt, tend my garden and weave the days away.

Here are the hobbies I’m getting rid of in order to clear the way:

Glass bead making. This is great fun, but there are two motivations behind leaving it. 1) The equipment is expensive and I need the money, and 2) the beads require a kiln to anneal them properly and I can’t run a kiln in a yurt in the woods. eBay auction. http://tinyurl.com/glassstudio

Glass tile mosaic. It makes tiny shards of glass and would need its own studio completely separate from the fiber. Mosaics are beautiful objects of art that are fixed architectural elements or weigh too much for a nomad to carry around. eBay auction. http://tinyurl.com/mosaicstudio

Quilting. This is closest to my current area of work, but not quite it. etsy item. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=21163392

Home office. (This is a steal!) I’ll be making do with just a laptop and a lap desk in my bed. That’s because the loom will go where my current office is. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/fuo/1038050708.html

A couple of lamps. Won’t need those in a yurt!
Icosahedron Hanging Lamp. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/hsh/1038056182.html
Many-crystalled Chandelier. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/hsh/1038064552.html

A rustic Bradford Ax stool. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/fuo/1038475404.html

14 Issues of Organic Gardening magazine from ’72, ’73, ’74. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/bks/1038482415.html

A bunch of books on Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/shops/blossommerz



I’ll be updating this page as I find more hobbies to move along...