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So this is a little different artwork update, in that rather than being a mix of things like last week's update, this one is all tails! Why? Well, first of all, tails have been really popular lately, and so I wanted to up the selection a bit. That and I am allowed to bring small leather projects into meetings at work and classes at school, and there were LOTS of meetings and classes! So I spent the time making the leather belts, and then all I had to do was bring them home and stitch the tails themselves in, which I did during some downtime watching movies on my computer. (Multitasking at its best!) So: lots of tails this week!

Per usual, prices do not include shipping, animal parts may not be shipped outside of the U.S., LAYAWAY is available, everything made with animal parts is ritually purified, and part of the proceeds goes to nonprofits like Defenders of Wildlife and Wolf Haven International, as well as helping individual folks with vet bills. Everything is available on my website, my Etsy and my Artfire.

( TAILS! And MORE TAILS! AND EVEN MORE--YOU GUESSED IT--TAILS! )

And, as always, word of mouth makes the world go 'round, so please feel free to pass this on to anyone you feel may be interested. Thanks :)

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Having just gotten done with another artwork update (a relatively easy one for once) it made me think about my entire process for selling a single piece of artwork. So I thought I'd write it all out in great detail. I'm hoping it may be useful to other artists wanting to get more serious about the business and promotion end of their work. I don't want it to be a discouragement, though I hope it offers a bit of a reality check to those who think that the main part of it all is making the artwork itself. As you'll read, that's actually a very small part of the whole process.

( So here's the story--cut because LONG process is LONG )

(And yes, this is public, so you're welcome to crosspost a link to it if you like.)