April at Sarah Reimer Designs: Introducing hand bound books!

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What keeps me going as a creative and a solo maker is bringing new ideas to the table.  Since listing my first batch of greeting cards back in May of 2015, I have tried new ways of bringing my travel inspired items a new twist.  Beginning with my travel calendar last fall, I branched out and successfully listed some hand drawn prints (mostly maps, bicycles, or nature inspired), and even sold my hand painted plates that I listed earlier this year (though they turned out nicely, I look at those as completely random. Can't say that idea really took off. But it was fun!).  This twist, however, seems like a PERFECT fit for my shop.  Hand bound travel photography notebooks.  These books perfectly showcase my travel photography while at the same time bringing in the art and detail of handmade.  Not only do I print the photos on handmade paper (and use that paper throughout the book), I actually hand sew these books.  Sounds tedious perhaps, but I love it.  There is something so fulfilling about actually creating these books from beginning to finish.

March at Sarah Reimer Designs: How I almost got famous this month. ;)

March was a slow month here for sales, but I did manage to get some pretty mighty exposure on this big world wide web!  I've also been reading the book, Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, which has really allowed me to look at my work in a new way.  To me, it's not about the number of sales I get, but more that I am doing what I love and inviting creativity into my life.  I realize that I cannot control the amount of sales I get, but I can control what I put into my shop.  I had three major accomplishments this month that in return, did not make me any richer financially, but rather enriched my life creatively.