"A Little Creative"

Yay!! I successfully registered my new business name yesterday: "A Little Creative" - this is the name I wanted first and foremost but thought I couldn't have it becuase a NSW graphic design company already has the name... and unfortunately they have nabbed the .com.au website by that name too. But I am happy.

My business plans have been constantly evolving and changing over the past months... but the current plan is to open up my front house (once we vacate it when the new house is built) as an art studio-workspace in the new year.

A Little Creative studio will offer workshops and classes to small groups (max 6 or 8) in a variety of different mediums. I don't want to be working too much (and currently trying to sort out the right balance of child-care for my needs is seriously doing my head in!) - so my goal is to get other artisans involved to run most of the classes, and I do all the marketing and organisation and bookings side of things (more than enough to keep me busy!). I will teach a few classes that fit along my interest the most! Children's classes will no doubt be a part of the mix eventually, but I am not going to target those initially - as they can be quite time-consuming and demanding and would ultimately take up all my time, leaving me exhausted and no time for my own art..

So I have to avoid temptation to start the kids classes too soon, and try to make sure that my own art and interests come first! For me I am itching to do some painting again, so no doubt some canvas painting workshops will be the first offered, also collage and recycled art is my passion, plus printing... graphic design is a sure winner.. but I have to invest in some more computers first!

Gee can't wait!! It's frustrating times as I have so, so much on my plate and it's hard to know where to start and what to do first and how... But I need to have tunnel vision a bit, and get us all moved into the new house and settled in!

Stay tuned though: "A Little Creative" exists (on paper at least!) and will open its doors in 2011!