Triboriginal, Random Thoughts, and Fun Stuff!

I'm preparing to attend my first Triboriginal Culture Camp this year and I am so excited I can hardly sit still! Triboriginal is going to offer me a great many opportunities both from a dance and business perspective. From a dance perspective it's jammed packed full of some of the most amazing dancers in the country (Kami Liddle? Julia "Spoon" Zay anyone?) and has a ton of classes on dance, drumming, and circus arts! Thinking about the wealth of talent and opportunity to study with some of these people gives me a little bit of a braingasm.

From a business perspective, this will be a great opportunity for me for several reasons:

1- Promo pictures FINALLY! I managed to con Kai into modeling some of my pants for me. She's such a good dance wife! I'm bringing two pairs of cotton prints, one pair of crepe back satin, and one positively GORGEOUS brocade that makes me swoon every time I touch it.

2- Marketing: This will be a fabulous chance for me to see what other crafters offer, how they price things, market their products, and what they bring to the table. Because I'm new at this, I'm sort of shooting in the dark on how to get the word out. I can deliver a consistent product that is affordable and looks fantastic but there's a lot more to it than just being able to stitch stuff together!

3- Networking, networking, networking. Because that's "where I'll be wearing my wares" (I love English) I'm hoping to get those great "Those are really nice, where did you get them?" questions. At which point I can grin and say "So glad you asked...actually..." and start passing out business cards. (Hmm, maybe I should add glitter to my cards. Glitter gets EVERYWHERE.)

Who knows, maybe next year I'd be ready to vend at something like Triboriginal!

On to the Random Fun:

Truth be told, this is the beer that inspired me to go with "Red Banshee" as my business name. I wish I could use the graphic too!

I promise lots of pictures when I come back, Cheers!