I just wanted to give you some news on some changes and a few small upgrades happening here at Shawnee Rising Studios.
To help support Shawnee Rising Studios, you can become a member of my Patreon with a monthly contribution starting at just $1 a month! You can upgrade or cancel at anytime. If you don’t want to pledge for a month and just want to support what I do, then you can buy me a coffee! Yep, head over to buymeacoffee.com/shawneerising and you can donate, or buy me a coffee, for as little as $2.
The more I upgrade my equipment and am able to buy art supplies, the better my content will get, and the more I can share with you as I journey to become a full-time creator!
There’s been a lot going on in the last few weeks with historic winter weather hitting across the country. I just wanted to say thank you for your continued support, even during tough times for all of us! Though it was rough, I managed to get out and ship my very first package from an online order before weather got horrendous.
It’s been very exciting to be able to make something and instantly put it in my Online Studio. It feels amazing, actually!
One week in and I have received such awesome feedback and compliments on the shop and art pieces. I want to thank everybody for such kind words. There’s not a lot right now, but there’s more still to come!
The Shawnee Rising Studios online shop is now OPEN and ready for business!
Head over and check out original paintings and earrings, with even more items still to come! New items will be uploaded as soon as they’re finished and prepared. So check back regularly!
February 1st is coming up fast and I am looking forward to dropping some artwork into the Online Studio. I have six paintings that are ready to go and I’m in the process of making some earrings. I have some bracelets and a few more items ready to drop as well.
Also, in addition to canvas paintings, I will be creating my own paper and using it for various mediums: acrylic, water color, graphite, mixed media, and whatever else I can find to sling on it. I think making my own paper will make the piece that much more unique and personal. It also allows me to recycle old paper into something useful.
I’ll be recording my process of making my own paper in a future YouTube vlog, so keep a look out for the notification on the socials for when it drops.
Support Shawnee Rising Studios
I’ve mentioned it before, but if you want monthly shop discounts and want to see some exclusive content, like a behind the scenes look into my studio or what I’m working on, then become a patron, a subscribed member of my Patreon. Your monthly contributions help keep me doing what I love and they also help me upgrade my art supplies and equipment, which means higher quality content.
I currently have four tiers: $1, $5, $10, and $25. The higher tiers, 10 and 25 dollars, receive a free gift 3 months after they sign up and then every 3 months afterward, for a whole year! Just a way of saying thanks for the awesome support.
If, for any reason, you can’t afford a monthly subscription to Patreon, there is another option. You can buy me a coffee…for real! Buy Me a Coffee is a simple, easy, and awesome way to support the creators you believe in by donations, or buying them a coffee!
On my page, you can donate, or buy me a coffee, for as little as $2, or however much you want. Also, if you don’t care to hassle with Patreon, you can become a monthly or annual subscriber on Buy Me a Coffee as well, but without all the perks that you get on Patreon. It’s simple and easy.
You can find the Buy Me a Coffee button at the bottom of the screen and support me without ever leaving my site! Just look for the coffee cup.
Or, you can click the button below and go straight to the website…
Any amount, no matter how small, is appreciated more than I could express!
Shawnee Rising Podcast
My podcast is till running! I’ve recorded and published 7 episodes at the time of writing this, and this season will only have 10 episodes. I’m still new to this podcast thing, and definitely new to talking a lot, but everything is going good and I’m having a lot of fun doing podcasts.
So, just know that your contributions from Patreon and/or Buy Me a Coffee goes toward the Shawnee Rising Podcast as well. For the free version of PodBean, the podcast platform I am using, they only allow 5 hours of record time before I have to upgrade to a paid version.
I’m almost out of time…!
It’s not very much, but subscriptions start to add up when you’re running a website that require other subscriptions.
If you listen to my podcast, niyawe! thank you! If not, then that’s ok, too? But if you’re curious, go ahead and take a listen.
Let me know what you think!
Random Thoughts…
Everything that I’m doing is out of my comfort zone. Patreon, Buy Me a Coffee, selling my artwork…it’s all actually really hard for me to do. I have a hard time asking for money, even when selling a piece of work. I understand that to make a profit and a living income I will have to ask uncomfortable prices for my work. But, I think if I can get higher quality equipment and supplies, I feel like that the content and creations will be worth the price, because I fight internally with believing that my work is even worth anything to anybody.
I know everyone struggles with this issue. I know it will always feel like my work isn’t good enough. I just want to thank those who have been sticking by me, believing in me, and supporting me. There are still a lot of things I have planned for my future, ideas I hope will become reality someday.
With the help and support from family, friends, and even strangers, I believe I will achieve those goals.
This is your official reminder for the grand (re)opening of my online shop on Shawnee Rising Studios!
Coming in February, 2021!
You can expect to see some original paintings and handcrafted pieces drop right away on opening day! Things will be slow at first, as I’m still in the process of creating and handcrafting new pieces. New items will immediately drop as I finish and prepare them for the Online Studio.
Patreon is a funding platform that allows people to support their favorite artists and creators with recurring payments. In return, the creator gives out benefits to their patrons for their gracious support.
I posted about Buy Me a Coffee in the last blog update, and I wanted to mention Patreon on here as well.
“Buy Me a Coffee is the best way for creators and artists to accept support and membership from their fans .” -Buy Me a Coffee
Buy Me a Coffee is a site where people can follow and support artists and creators by donating a small amount (buying them a coffee) or by becoming full-fledged fans with a membership. The memberships can be on a month by month basis or annually. It’s your choice!
Buy Me a Coffee is a lot like Patreon, which is very popular, but Buy Me a Coffee is much simpler and with less fees associated with it.
In February, 2021, I will be posting all of my artwork into my online shop for my grand (re)opening.
Why February and not January? I keep finding more things that I need, like having boxes for shipping. Pretty important! I’m going to do it, no matter the circumstances. I’ve grown tired of waiting around. As long as I have the basic items necessary to ship packages, I’m going to do it this time!
Just wanted to give and update on my podcasts and new items that will be coming out at the beginning of the year, 2021.
ONLINE SHOP
I know I keep saying that my online shop will be opening soon and that new items will be popping up, but with everything going on with the pandemic and the sporadic shipping delays people are having, I’m waiting until January to see how things look. There’s a lot going on, especially with shipping companies, I would hate for a piece of artwork to go missing or get damaged.
So, in the meantime I’m painting and getting other pieces of work made to fill the shop up to be ready for opening day, hopefully in January or February. A big NIYAWE, thank you, to everyone helping out and supporting me by buying some pieces already. It means and helps a lot! It really does.
I feel like I keep saying all of this over and over, but this year has been crazy. I’m just ready for things to get back to normal and to get my online shop opened up.
PODCASTING
I love podcasting and I hope I can continue doing it. For now, I can’t find the time to do it. I don’t have the space or the alone time to get a recording made. I thought I would at least get a season in before taking a break, not four episodes. But, I hope I can get it started back up again soon.
My main problem is content. I really don’t know what to talk about, but I keep forgetting that I made the podcast just to rant and get things off of my mind. I’m trying too hard to make it “artsy”, when that’s what I want to do with this blog. The blog is for art and the podcast is for ranting about other things.
So, if episode 5 ever comes out and it sounds a little different, that’s why. There are things I want to talk about that I have a hard time talking about with other people, and I hope with podcasting it will help make it a little easier to say.
So, that wraps up this post. Time to get creating…
Before I get into podcasting and the year 2020, I want to give many thanks to those who continue to support me and my dream of becoming an artist. Your continued support keeps me motivated to be the best that I can be, as well as the best artist that I can be. Niyawe! Thank you!
Changes are happening all over the site, starting with the addition of my shop page with sub-menu links to my off-site shops like Threadless and Society6. The only products that have been added are my books, located on lulu.com, and will be all you see for the time being until I begin creating and posting works to the shop.
It’s happening, folks! Everything is finally coming together and my shop is beginning to take shape.
I haven’t had the money to fix my computer or buy a new one. We’re in the process of getting things ready to move out of our current home in the near future and I’ve put all of my craft work on hold. To be honest, I don’t know when I will be able to begin making things again. Things have been rough the last few weeks and we’re doing what we can to stay afloat.
I can’t wait to until things are back to normal.
Anyways, I probably won’t be posting as much until I can begin focusing on the blog again, which I hope is very soon. I’m sure I will post here and there but they will be small posts as they will be from my phone.
As October closes in and things keep falling apart, I’m struggling to find a way to continue with my plan to open my online shop.
I got the power supply needed to fix my computer but another issue has reared its ugly head; a few capacitors on the motherboard seem to have blown, which leaves me with a few options: fix it myself, take it to someone, or just buy a new one.
Either way I don’t have the money for it and, sadly, I don’t think I will have it going by October.
In the meantime, I’m continuing my beading and jewelry making on the side until I can get my computer up and running. However, I’m going to wait until closer to October to decide if I want to change the date. I want to hold off as long as I can in case I get things working again. I’m hoping to at least have things running before the end of the year.
The universe is putting a lot of pressure on my family right now, and though I don’t understand why, I’m going to try as hard as I can to keep my head up. I know that we will overcome it.
But dang, universe…!
As always, thanks for checking out the blog and I hope things will get straightened out and I can stop whining about it. I just needed to vent a little and writing makes me feel better.
There’s nothing like a huge explosion jolting you awake at 2 in the morning when nature strikes.
In that state, your not truly aware of what’s going on and there’s a million things rushing through your mind in that split second; bomb, car crash, gas line…
But the first thing I did was rush into the living room where Eli was sleeping to make sure he was OK.
Hiteto, hakehowase lisimimo! Hello, how are you doing? Welcome back to Shawnee Rising Studios!
I’m still getting things set up for my grand opening in October, and I thought I would share a little more about who I am and what I’m looking to get out of my blog and online store.
How’s it going…? I hope everyone has had an awesome week/weekend. I haven’t written anything in a little while so I thought I would give a little update.
Handcrafts & Artwork
I’m still handcrafting my earrings and necklaces and they’ve been flying off the shelves! So, I can’t thank those who bought one enough for the support. Now, I’m trying to get inventory up for powwow time…
Though the earrings aren’t available online yet, they will be soon I hope. I’ve been looking around at different eCommerce sights, and even thinking of just selling from Facebook.
In recent months I’ve contemplated starting a vlog, or video
blog, on YouTube. It’s something I’ve been interested in doing for a while, but
my anxiety seems to always get the best of me. I can come up with a million ways
why I shouldn’t do it or why it wouldn’t be beneficial to anyone, but I’ve made
a promise to myself to face my fears and to do the things that I’ve been too afraid
to do, and if I’m being honest, it scares the hell out of me.
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