Lessons learned ....

Ok, I've been away from the blog for a while. But, I have still been working on my craft and learning ...

Color has been the focus and I have learned that I need to stay true to my passion but appeal to my customers. It's not easy and I found out that if you lead, they will follow and you will probably have less difficulty with sales if you are confident about your vision. I tried to inject color into the product because I thought that would be more appealing if people were going to purchase my felted wool bags in the heat of the summer ... it just didn't seem possible that they would unless I made them somehow feel "summery". So, color has to be the key, right? Not necessarily.

I'm more of a neutral and it seems that most people feel the same way. If they buy the bags, they are thinking about fall because they are wool and if the color is right, they will buy it at any time of the year, knowing that it's one of a kind and may not be available if they wait.


Consequently, I learned to stick with my preferred colors and am happier with the designs. Playing with brighter colors was great and I loved the bags that were produced but narrowing down the color to neutrals helps me focus my designs and create a more unique style.

Speaking of style, I decided to create my own ceramic embellishments rather than buying ready made. The results will be posted later but here is a photo of one of my neutral bags with my handmade white stoneware, pit fired ceramic buttons.