The Creative Process..........

So Delphi (my amazing friend and employee) spent 6 hours Friday cleaning my house. We moved beds, cleaned drawers, I got rid of 3 huge boxes of "stuff" it felt so good~! We then moved my jewelry stuff from my living room into the spare bedroom. As the season is coming upon us, I need to be more organized and be ready to produce a lot of inventory. It's not totally organized and it's not my dream craft room but it will do for now.

I have also been the QUEEN of the spray paint this weekend!~ Thank you Home Depot Puerto Vallarta for having chalk board paint, I finally fixed my C and have gotten it outlined! All of that stuff is for the gallery in Sayulita and for the markets.

I will be doing 4 markets this winter and I Couldn't be more excited!!!

I am going on week 2 with the trainer I am down 8 pounds, my eating is clean, basically no carbs nothing processed. Fruits, veggies, protein, fish, chicken....... and lots and lots of water! I hope to see more weight loss this week as I have 11 pounds to lose and I get to buy myself a Ipod touch!

I have floor time at the Real Estate office tomorrow and then Thursday is my last official day!!! Yipee!! I can't wait to be done and not have that responsibility. I leave for my sales trip to
Cancun and Mexico City on September 26. I have 5 big whole sale orders to fill mid October and my markets start at the end of October. So basically I am enjoying myself now, getting organized and getting ready to hit it hard!!!!

Self Employeed

So just what does this mean?? I have to say, already it has some great perks! Like I can workout with my personal trainer at 10 am instead of being in the office..........yeah that's pretty cool! I can take the day off when friends are in town to take them to the beach for lunch!! Yeah that's pretty cool too



..............But today I am a little freaked out, I feel overwhelmed and I am not sure I can do this.........how will I get inventory here? Who will bring it? Will I have to go get it? Will they make my clasps right? Can I get the right gauge of wire? Since the beginning all of the questions, fears and worries I have had, have been put to rest by everything falling into place. A lot of hard work from my side and a lot of help from a lot of people (THANK YOU TO ALL MY MULES WHO HAVE BROUGHT ME STUFF!!!) So I know that things will continue to fall into place. Just as I was wondering last week what other outlets there could be to sell my goods I got this email last night.

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to trade at the new Farmers and Artisan Market of Bucerias which will take place at the Bucerias Artwalk Plaza located at 62 Lazaro Cardenas. Space is limited and we invite quality vendors who are committed to making the market a success.
The market will be promoted and sign posted. The location is already very well known. Onstreet parking is plentiful.

Time and Day: Monday mornings from 0900 to 12 noon PROMPT. First market Monday 3 October 2011. Table price $50 pesos per table/week. One table (approx 2m long) per trader. Please bring with you . Bring your own chair(s) and table & sun shade/parasol as some areas of the courtyard are not shaded. Set up MUST be complete by 0845 hrs.

This will be a great market and Mondays are the BUSIEST days on this street as tourists have arrived on Saturday and are now ready to purchase food and gifts.
We are starting at the beginning of the month of October so that we are installed and totally ready in good time.

Spaces are limited to a maximum of 25 traders.

Alison
Organiser.

So that's a slice of good news to wake up to this morning. Also my distributor is out and about in Guadalajara today selling our goods.......I hope. I have texted her 2 times to ask how sales are going and she hasn't answered back, not sure if this is a good or bad sign. Anyhoo...........the festivities are coming to an end, the bachelor party is over.........Antonio is still hungover......Torres is still staying with us (until we take him to the airport in 2 hours) Basically things here on the bay are moving slow..........the heat is brutal, it's humid........basically exactly as it should be in September. I Have EXACTLY 20 days until I leave for Cancun........yikes.........that is scarry considering I don't even know until the 12 th how much inventory I need to get made..........ahhh the crazy life.

That's all for now, hope you are all staying cool today!

Saludos
Chantel

Here I go on a wild RIDE!

Well it's official, I registered my business this week~!! Eeek.......My work VISA is in process and hopefully everything will go smoothly.........I will know more next week! Say a prayer that all goes well!! I sent my second whole sale order this week as well. I am starting to wrap things up in Real Estate...........We have a close next week and one in October then I will go on to my full time job Designing and selling jewelry! I am really looking forward to traveling around Mexico! Since moving here 10 years ago I have wanted to travel and now I have my chance to both work and travel and I am so EXCITED! Here it is finally done!!! My craft project for displaying rings in the gallery!!! All recycled for from the dollar store.........I did it for less than 10 dollars!!! I cant wait to see what it looks like in the gallery!!!

Pinterest

Ok, I am absolutely addicted to this site...............PINTEREST

As many of you know I am busily preparing to display and sell my creations in CHELOW Gallery in Sayulita come November.......So that means displays displays displays......and thinking outside of the box............from my new beloved website I got the idea for this little creation.......

The paint is drying and so is the glue.......stay tuned to see the finished product this week!!! In the mean time make sure and check out Pinterest you won't regret it!!!

New Full Time Career!

I gave notice at the Real Estate office and as of September 26th I will be designing and selling my jewelry full time~I am so excited and scared to death at the same time! I am taking a leap of faith and I will make my passion my new full time career. It will take some getting used to, it will be hard to not to get to go to the office everyday. I love my co-workers and I love my office, they are all really sad to see me go, especially my partner Johnny! But they are all so supportive especially my boss Danny. He has been my biggest cheerleader from the beginning, he is always pushing me and encouraging me to believe in myself and my talents(which sometimes I loose track of, like I think a lot of us do) So there you have it, a full time jewelry designer. The best part, I will be taking off September 26th and heading to Cancun with my friend and fellow designer Chelow to sell, sell, sell! I hope to see fellow blogger Lauren while there too! We will then fly into Mexico City and make the rounds there, then we will be off to Cuernavaca and Taxco to sell as well! After the trip I will end up in my boyfriends home town to meet the family, spend some time and attend a wedding of our good friends. I will end up back in Puerto Vallarta sometime around Mid October just in time to prepare for my markets to get started here!

I am also one of 4 artists that will be selling this winter in Chelow Gallery in Sayulita, Nayarit. We are redesiging the gallery and are fortunate enough to be working with the woman who decorated the Four Seasons here in Punta Mita, Nayarit. So yes, I am one busy girl, I am trying to keep my focus and whits about me!!

So the countdown begins, 40 days and game on!!!! In the mean time I better get to work, I have a lot of Jewels to get made before then!!!

Saludos
Chantel

Big news!

So the date is set, the decision has been made, the boss was informed...........very soon things in my world will be changing! Stay tuned for the big reveal!!

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