planning vs. plans

 I always have a plan, but things rarely go according to plan.

Do you know that old saying "planning is everything the plan is nothing"?  By planning we think through possibilities, so that when things don't go the way we planned we can adjust, adapt, mitigate, re-direct.  I am a in a constant state of planning and adjusting. LOL😅

I did finish some new 3" inch trees and even got them listed. 👏

I want to get back to painting but I am still working on sealing, touch ups and cataloging the last batch of canvases, so paint must wait. 😞

I have started on some new 5" inch trees, which I hope to have finished and list by the end of the week. 😇 

This week I need to file my first monthly Georgia sales tax report, which is weird to me because in Indiana I only had to file once a year. I suspect I will be filing multiple zero reports. LOL  Maybe sales will pick up online, maybe I'll find some local events, maybe 2023 will be better than I expect. 🤞

Art's about to get interesting. . .

In all fairness I find most art interesting, but my art is about to get more interesting because I have a variety of new tools and things to try. I ordered some strange strainers for pouring, I got new nozzles for my blow dryer, and I bought some Floetrol.  

So, I will be pouring and blowing and swiping and swirling. Oh, and spinning because I also bought a turntable to spin the canvases on.

I am excited to try so many different new things, but first I need to finish sealing and cataloguing all the recent canvases and clear the workbenches. As much as I'd like to paint 10 canvases a day, I don't really have the room and I also need to make other things too.  😎 

The rubbermaille re-stocking has been coming along 👍so I have moved on to making fresh wire trees, because the rainbow bridge has been sold out for months, and there is only 1 gold hoop left in the 3" tree book. Of course, I am nearly out of 3" gold hoops because I used them for making Christmas ornaments, but I can add at least a couple of new things to the shop soon. 😉