Have an idea of what you would want to do for your mail club but aren't sure if people would buy in? Drop the idea below!! Nobody's judging around here and I'd love to help you out <3

Ok guys I'm feeling much better after a crazy few days, to recap I had the flu, one the worst I've experienced...I had a 103 fever for days and in the midst of that I had to help my friend and her 10 month old find a women and children's shelter to stay in, which is actually WAY harder than it should be it took 3 days and buying hotels rooms and calling people...anwayssss Taking my first "time off" from this whole art business journey that I started 8 weeks ago, feels weird and slightly stressful and I wanted to make a post amongst our little group here in case anyone feels the same. In our current climate there's a huge emphasis on social media, speed of growth, and consistency which I'm fine with!! It's how marketing works now and if you try to fight it you probably won't be successful. However...What I'm going to try very hard not to do is to let those "rules" takeover my life and define my self worth. This sounds DRAMATIC but I'm a very all or nothing individual, If I have streaks, I don't like to break them, If I have goals I usually do EVERYTHINGGGGG in my power to reach them. This is not always a good quality, especially in this instance because when days come up where I'm not able to post on my Socials or in this community, I feel I have failed, I lose motivation, I lose my rhythm and I feel like I'm "behind". So I had to remind myself that although I may be my own "boss", I don't actually have one!! THAT'S SO COOL!! Plus I'm pursuing my passion which NEWSFLASH -> I'm meant to enjoy it!!! If I'm behind I can apply for an extension and it will be approved, because I'm the only person I answer to right now. I hope someone else can relate to this, I'm excited to get back at it!!!

If you had an ideal amount of members to join your club, what would that number be? (you don't have to have a club to answer, we're dreaming here ✨)

GUYS!! We have some new member who found us through Instagram!! YAYYYYY 💖 If you are one of those lovely people, please introduce yourself either below, or make a post of your own!! We want to get to know you, share your name, your art and your socials if you want 🎨💕

Ok!!! So as you guys know....I'm starting a mail club!! YAYYYY and I'm sharing all those first intimidating steps of that process. So today let's talk about the very first one....coming up with the theme. Now you may think that's easy, the theme is 🥁---> I paint something and then send prints of that painting.... and that general concept is absolutely true BUT you then need to ask yourself, what will set me apart from the rest of the artists starting mail clubs? Why will people choose MINE? So let's go through my own thought process :) #1 It has to be original 🎨 Not only will this make you unique and intriguing to the buyer, but you also shouldn't copy a theme that's already preforming well for someone else, not only is this highly frowned upon in the art world but it will not be profitable. #2 It has to have low production costs 💸 My first thought to make my club intriguing was to just give people more than what everyone else does, a print, a bunch of stickers, a charm, a handwritten letter etc... but with the average cost of monthly mail clubs being $7 - $13 I would absolutely be losing money in the end. #3 It has to be sustainable for YOU 💌 SHOCKER you will have to pick a theme that you will enjoy creating in for MONTHS on end. You'll have to come up with endless ideas surround it. So for you, maybe that's a medium (e.g. watercolor, oil pastels, digital) Or it could be a subject matter (e.g. landscapes, character design, architecture) ORRRRR you can do what I notice preforms the highest a mix of the two (e.g. watercolor landscapes, digital character design, oil pastel architecture) That way people will know EXACTLY what they're signing up for and the probability of liking the product received in the mail is much higher. Turns out coming up with the idea isn't as easy as you'd think it is 😅 Comment if you thought this was helpful!!