5th
Olive Juice…and other ideas
Financial catastrophe seems to encourage my entrepreneurial spirit. I am desperately waiting for checks that will barely cover my bills. Which are due. Yesterday. I need money. So I start to think about product designs.
When I am done with my taxes, and file my FAFSA, I am going to start my store. Finally. Although, I have to do it without an ounce of capital. *Sigh*
Ideas:
Olive Juice Store.
With original sexy produce paintings, aprons, and market bags. I’m excited about adding bags. It’s an idea I thought of this summer, when I would ride the train home from the farmers market in Lincoln Park, and worry about crushing my tomatoes. Solution: A tote with multiple pockets for cradling the tomatoes individually toward the top of the bag, so the rest of the veggies can rest at the bottom. I call it: “Tomatoes in the City” And obviously, there’s a sexy tomato embroidery on the front.
Food/Service: A Seven Course Dish*
This is a Blurb book project that will include some vignette- style writing, about, around, and involving my experience in the food service industry. It will be dark, clever and surreal. I’ve actually gathered a lot of writing, and the sketches I have can be turned into real illustrations. The organizing part might be challenging. It’s not going to be a cover-to-cover narrative, but I would like it to be a journey of the senses, like a fancy meal. This book will be for sale!
*working title
In terms of my store, I will start with Etsy, and I’ve decided 4-5 sell-able items. (I have about 2 and a half done). Eventually, I would like to have a store that is independent of etsy, and exists as a complete kind of art work on my website. Like, the store works as a store, but the entire concept of the store as a viable art piece is something I’m thinking about. Like Claes Oldenburg. But online. (I even tried to include it in grad apps, but pulled it out in the final submission. Not ready.)
It is time to sell more art.
