As much as I would love to say that the jewelry business has put me into a higher tax bracket over the last few years, that just isn't reality (or at least not my reality). I've got two expensive dogs, one moderately priced studio, and a bad, bad expensive cigarette habit, so the time has come -- I got a real job.
Before you think this means I'm dropping the mic on the jewelry thing, I'm not. This is just a little something to sustain me during the dry spells and artists blocks. A little guarantee that I'll be getting a certain amount every month, so I can relax a little bit, and go back to enjoying making and selling jewelry, without the enormous weight of the vet bills and the once in a while coffees and the car repairs breaking my shoulders.
I'll be working at Ragstock in Wicker Park, which happens to be a store I shop in all the time anyway, and I think it's going to be a blast. I'm starting on Friday, and I'm so hyped about it! That's the cool thing about a part-time gig -- you can have a little fun with it.
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| Ragstock - Wicker Park - Chicago |
So yup, working this Friday, and next Monday and Tuesday, and I'm super-excited about it!
You can also find me this weekend at the Randolph Street Market! So it's about time I get to work on some more baseball pieces, because they have been selling like crazy this week and I'm running low... It's a lot more fun to work next to that huge (drafty) window though, now that it's not freezing outside. Am I right, Chicago? Seriously, we really put in the work this Winter, it's about time we get to enjoy ourselves.
