Counting Down & Diversifying ....

Hard to believe that in less than 10 days we will be in Florence, Italy with our first ever IADR Art Doll Convention.

Are you working on your entries for the juried show? There is a 30 Euro fee for all entries to help with the cost of actually receiving physical trophies for this show only.  Also remember you must either deliver the entry yourself or have a responsible person drop it off AND pick it up for you.

Have you made arrangements with the instructors for their workshops?  Whether or not you sign up on the website, please confirm with the instructors to let them know you plan on attending so they can make sure they have all the supplies they need to teach their class.

And as we are always thinking ahead to the next project or way to diversify our reach -- talking with Bambi in our last podcast had me rethinking Pinterest.  I have since then saw a new way to grow on there again.  When I first started a couple of years ago, it wasn't that hard to work up to having a couple of 100 monthly views.  But like everything - the algorithm changed and my numbers were dropping no matter what I did.  

Now it is thinking of it as a search engine like YouTube instead of a social media platform like Facebook or Instagram.  If you have questions or like to know more of what I am doing then drop me an email at [email protected].

In the meantime, I have also developed a board on my personal page for anyone that would like to collaborate on it.  To pin on a group board is like sharing on Facebook but even bigger.  The more that join in on the board, the bigger our reach.  Since I was the one who created the group board, you have to be invited to join.  Again if this is something you are interested in doing... drop me an email.

WELCOME to our new member Valeria Bafumi.  She is an Italian artist and the founder of WondersItalyAtelier.  She makes beautiful paper mache' dolls inspired by Italian art.

Very unique and one of a kind work and looking forward to her sharing more of her art with us.