I've had a lot of people email and ask if I will be taking down little birds handmade when I stop blogging at the end of the month. The answer is no. I don't know if I'll leave it up, y'know, forever, but I don't have immediate plans to make this blog or any of my previous blogs disappear. I feel like my posts are part of a greater, bigger linking conversation, and it doesn't feel right to go completely silent. So that's that.
People are also asking if I will still put things in my shop. The answer is, maybe. I've learned a lot about my own creativity and making things for sale this last year that I've been selling online. I've learned that no matter how much time that I carve out to dedicate to crafting things for sale, my body can only take so much of it. I've learned that I could try to sell things that require less detail and precision or that can be made in multiples, but that I quickly grow to resent it. Making little things is my one true life-long joy; I'm not willing to ever give it up. Making things expressly for sale, however, slowly erodes that joy. This is just my own experience and personal limitations; I greatly admire artists and crafters that can create prolifically. I just can't seem to make it work for me. As I said, I won't ever stop making things. I'm excited to create more installations like my sister and I are doing for Doe. I will, most likely, continue to add batches of things to the shop from time to time. The best way to know when I have things for sale is to sign up for my email list (email me at littlebirds {at} comcast {dot} net ).
I so appreciate everyone's enthusiasm and interest. Really and truly, thank you. I wish it was possible for me to make each and everyone of you something, I do.
