JOY!

[apollinav]

JOY!  Outrageous amounts of joy!

This morning Mr. AV had a meeting with the director of an artist co-op.  Before he left the house, I stuffed some of my handmade felted pieces in his pockets, with the directions of, "If it's appropriate for conversation, will you show these to them?  If not, it's cool."

He returned this afternoon with a gallery-space and gift shop contract.  They LOVE it.  They don't have anyone exhibiting anything close to what I do, and they're chomping for pieces for their shop.  They loved the purse... and have asked for 10-15 more, bigger if possible.  And they suggest I raise my prices.

Woo-hoo!

*disco-dances*

(Now all I've got to do is make 10-15 more purses...)

Comments

[kosmickway.livejournal.com]

YAY for you! And I'll ask Dad about the alpaca wool. He isn't doing a lot with them these days-- a few other farm friends are keeping them for stud and so forth-- but I know he still has access to them. I'll ask when they're doing a shearing.

[apollinav.livejournal.com]

No worries, and no timeline on it either. It was just a '...hey... there's a thought...' sort of thought. I've never worked with alpaca, but I'd be itching to get my hands on some of it, even if it's unprocessed, to try.

Right now I'm buying cleaned,carded, and dyed wool. But ideally, I'd get to the point where I'm doing all that myself (get the straightjacket ready for me). It's a lot of work, (including the portion that notes : 'remove pesky, stuck-on feces') but I think it would be more authentic.

The sheep wool I'm buying is affordable. 3lbs for $20, but I know alpaca is more.