Success and Happiness!

Yay! The goal was reached!!! This weekend was a whirlwind of positivity! The goal was reached on indiegogo (for the details check out igg.me/at/chelsearoseart) and my school fronted me the money to purchase art supplies. As well as my friend got married in Naples (I made an appearance after 6 hours of driving and then left the next day) and I got to see some of my favorite people while I was down. 

So much love and good things happening in my life and I can't wait to share it with everyone. Tonight I order the prints for the postcards and they look like this on their fancy post-consumer recycled paper and they will be found at Thoughtful Threads, an organic clothing and home goods store in Naples, Florida (if you too, are interested in selling them as a retailer, email me here).

I just want to take a moment to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone who has made this possible. Not only will the art print postcards come from this campaign, but more art parties will too, like the ones here and here!

This week I am giving back and organizing an art party night for the significant others of the sailors on the USS New York to make squares for a group calendar that will be on display aboard while they are continuing their deployment. I can't wait to snap some photos of us while we are getting ready to send some love in calendar square form! 

Art Parties: Take 2 and 3 in Naples, Florida

My guinea pigs this Holiday break made some fantastic pieces of art down in Naples, Florida - with all of this excitement I have decided to alter my Indiegogo Campaign (that's growing my small business - deadline for all funds raised is Feb 6th!) to include not only these fabulous art print post cards, but also the art parties! In the future each 2-3 hours party will be $15 for all the supplies and guidance, but you can get as many as you'd like now (until Feb 6th) through the indiegogo campaign for only $10 a party! Typically this includes a 12x12 inch canvas and use of paint, brushes, glitter, glue and the technique of the moment (tape resist in these examples). 

Side note, the indiegogo campaign has to reach the goal - or none of the funds come to me - they all go back into your pockets, and I try and grow my small business without your support (sad face, no printed art post cards). My goal is to have art parties at least every other week in Jacksonville, Florida. With special events in Naples, Florida. 

As of writing this post, I am at 54% and have 29 days left! Only 115 passes need to be purchased to make the goal! Not local to Jacksonville or Naples, Florida, but still want to support a creative small business owner? Check out the other perks for contributing or just spread the word, every little bit helps. 

Shown above is Carrie - I have always seen her baking and cooking, but to see this visual artistic side come out in the art party was a real treat! She was so focused with adding her specific details to her painting. She has already purchased a never-expiring art pass - whoohoo go Carrie!

Jake came into the art party and said... I haven't done art since elementary school - something like 20 years ago! He made strong design decisions with some added visual texture to a couple of the pieces. He and his wife Maday enjoyed the party together - both creating something unique and getting back to exploring their creative sides. 

Above is my mother working on a tree with the tape resist, She has always been my inspiration for everything in life and I was glad to be able to share this art party experience with her. Her finished piece is below. 

As we embark upon this new year - I urge you to get creative, check out the tutorial here or other examples here, if you think painting with tape resist may be your thing. 

What do you want to do to get creative this year? 

Almost 20% Pledged!

Almost at 20%!!! That will be one-fifth of the way to propelling my new business and I will be able to print post cards to share with the world.

Check out my indiegogo campaign as I have changed the wordage to make myself more clear. I still want to print the post cards BUT I can't without your help. 

I am so excited about this possibility, but I can't do it alone. Please consider donating to help grow my small business, you'll get perks! And that means artwork - at great deals! If you see anything that I make, I could turn that into a perk!

I want to do a competition for the person who is tracked to get the most people to donate to the campaign! Have to share or tweet about the campaign through the indiegogo website to be counted!

Indiegogo Campaign

'Post'able Art Prints for Your Friends or You

My (almost) daily paintings have been begging for a different route of distribution. My goal is to raise $2500 to be able to print and sell 1,000 packs of post cards. In each pack is 8 cards, 2 each of 4 images chosen from my popular mini-paintings. You can PRE-ORDER now with the indiegogo site to help make this dream a reality. With the fixed funding plan: I make the goal and they get printed, OR we don't and the money gets credited back to your account.

If you think the images are pretty and want other people to have a chance to see them, share the link with your friends and family!

There are two series:

Thanks for taking the time to look and supporting my small business!

Chelsea Rose