goals and dreams, a recap

about a year and a half ago, i posted about my goals and dreams for linwood avenue. i thought it would be a good thing to revisit them to see where i stand. i try to be a very motivated person, and to actually put one foot in front of the other when i put my mind to something. looking back over the list lets me know where i have made strides and where i need to devote more time. so here goes...

small goals:

• be published in a national magazine by the end of the year  - yay for artful blogging!
• create a calendar with my botanical drawings and find a publisher for it. month to month in flowers, but with a modern, youthful twist - 6 more months to draw
• purchase linwood avenue embroidered labels for my products regardless of cost - loving these!
  
• become a much better product photographer - photos aren't yet where i want them to be, but i'm getting there.
• keep my etsy shop update regularly - working on this
• save money to attend an art retreat - art and soul portland
  

big goals:

• enter the world of licensing. would love to design and reproduce vintage inspired lamps
• expand linwood avenue so it overshadows my graphic design business - not yet, but it is about half/half right now which is great!

blog goals:

• have my blog become a place of creative inspiration for readers  - i think adding more tutorials has helped this.
• build my blog followers - thank you once again artful bloggging!
• have a larger tutorial section - my partnership with may arts has contributed greatly to this section. 

that's it for now. i feel good about what i have accomplished and some of the items are almost there. overall, i really, really need to devote more time to etsy because i think that will overflow into some of the other goals. and i really want to finish the botanical calendar because i think i will feel such a sense of accomplishment after it is done. don't you love how freely you can breath after you have finished something that has been hanging around for a long time?