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I am big about supporting local business. And nothing beats the convenience. So I’ve been using Minuteman Press in East Dallas to design and print my greeting cards and postcards. This is my first year doing holidays so I’ve been pretty happy with the results so far. Christmas especially.  I find that Etsy.com is a wonderful resource for people who make stuff by hand or vintage item collectors (both of which can charge quite a bit for their work), but for what I do the transactions fees were crazy. So I resorted to building my own temporary site.

I do have someone building me a permanent one as we speak. More about that in the future. But it’s Valentines Day soon and I just wanted to get the gummies out there. Especially because half of my sales will go to The American Red Cross. I’m not looking to get rich off these obviously. Just wanting to recoup the cost of printing and all the left over (actually more than half once completely sold) will go to Red Cross in an effort to help in disaster relief in Haiti.

Whatever I can give may not be thousands, but I hope that my (and your contribution as a consumer) can at least help someone get a bottle of water or a bite to eat.

These are tough economic times. I’m quite aware that people don’t need gummy bear stuff as a necessary item. However I hope that they can at least give you some joy on a gray day. And at the very least make you smile.

Great deals, unique buys, an eclectic collection of items from yesteryear…And it’s also cool when you can sell your work there too. I’ve been lucky enough to be involved with a few consignment situations like Paperie & Co. and Art is Art. I’m also pretty lucky I didn’t sign on to Red Cat Consignment in East Dallas.

It has come to my attention, via comments to an earlier blog post here that I wrote in July, that this place has shut it’s doors apparently and the owners seem to have disappeared with everyone’s stuff. This is all allegedly but I can’t help but write about it because of the comments I was getting. I previously wrote about this place because I loved it. At the time I wrote it I thought the people there seemed cool. Then some things happened along the way and I started to get a bad feeling. I never hung my stuff there. And that’s a good thing.

So if you are reading this, and previously posted comments to said post from July, it has been hidden. I have kept it for “just in case” but it is no longer visible. Feel free to continue the conversation, but please know I was NOT an employee of theirs nor did I have any other association with them other than purchases which now I feel need saging off.

Thanks.

Time isn’t just flying…it’s disappearing.

As a single chick, this is the only Valentines Day coming up that I will actually look forward to because I plan to make a lot of gushy,  gummy Valentines images. And hopefully get them done before the end of the month. Still trying to figure out juggling this feat with my budget and time at the office (gotta pay for the gummies some kind of way).

The goal is actually to get folks/business to buy them first before printing, then they pay for themselves because they would be made to order.

Art is always a gamble in a sense.

I look forward to a new year of opportunities that I just have to be patient for, pray about and work to make happen as best I can. There is always a way and I plan to find it.

I’ve recently been chosen out of hundreds of talented artists and photographers for a juried show this Friday.

I have entered juried shows before, not many, but a few, and I’ve never got into them and since those “failed” attempts I have learned how to grow.

But I’m happy to report that “Gummy Bonding” will grace the walls of Kettle Art Gallery in Deep Ellum as part of this Portfolio Review. I am really honored because I’ve always wanted to show there. And I’m also thrilled that professionals thought my gummies were worth choosing! It’s not that I don’t think the gummies are great, I just wasn’t sure a panel of tough pros would think so too. And to be quite honest, my body of work has really started to take on a new face — literally — so it was exciting to have a platform to test the waters on whether or not I was crazy…Well, I am still crazy, but you know what I mean.

I just want to continue growing and learning from my experiences. And I really want my love of these little sugary, gummy, cuddly things to one day take off in a crazy direction that I would not even have imagined. Look for Christmas cards soon. And here’s to whatever life will (hopefully) bring.

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Gummy World has made another blog debut. This time by a very cool online local mag called Chick Talk Dallas.

Everyone has a dream. I guess I didn’t really think mine would involve candy. Not only that, I know that this is a very popular “art form.” What I hope to accomplish one day is more than just making a business for myself…I just like seeing people’s faces light up.

Just this weekend at Arts Goggle hosted by ArtLoveMagic in Fort Worth, a man snuck by our table, bought “Gummy Daydream” and stuffed it in his shirt to surprise his girlfriend later. That is what I love about this. The fun, playfulness that comes out of all of us when we look at those funny little, cuddly, gummy faces.

Tote bags
Magnets
A 20-sheet sticker page…

You name it, I’ve got it. And in your favorite gummy bears. Just take a look around.

http://tinyurl.com/gummybearphotog

When you visit the site and see a photo you want to purchase, just click buy and then the link for merchandise. That’s where you can find all kinds of cool stuff like playing cards and coasters.

Even though this is rubbery candy, it is also fine art. Please remember that as you browse. If you see anything you JUST HAVE TO HAVE but find your pockets on the light side, just email me at artsbyjphotography at gmail dot com. I may can work with you…

Hope you enjoy!

Nor is it profitable in the beginning — especially when you are working a full time job and a possible part time one. But I’m  keeping the faith while making efforts to gain exposure. I haven’t checked on our gummies at the Paperie & Co. in a little while but the owner still seems confident they will do well in her shop. And many wonderful friends have purchased them.

In the last few weeks good things have been evident.

One: I will be the strolling photographer at Arts Goggle next month, an art and music event my cousin Riki Johnson, who is an artist, is producing. The gummies will be there too, up for sale in all their glory.

Two: The wonderful Laura Heymann has given my Web site a face lift! Check it out. I’m still working on minor things I amlooking to add but I could have NEVER done any of this without her. I loved my father’s hands but it was time to rework the site to show more of the things I do. I don’t ALWAYS stick gummies on things…or people! I happen to shoot portraits, weddings and events too.

Three: I love these people. Just read it and find out why.

Four: I’m hoping as well as praying big things will continue to come. And I will keep on peddling  Gummy World to gift shops around the area. At the moment I’m helping put to gether a benefit called Barn Aid which kicks off tomorrow.

It’s been a very busy month. Here’s to a little down time to get things gearing upwards and onwards! But who am I kidding. I never slow down…