GUYS!! We have some new member who found us through Instagram!! YAYYYYY 💖 If you are one of those lovely people, please introduce yourself either below, or make a post of your own!! We want to get to know you, share your name, your art and your socials if you want 🎨💕

Ok!!! So as you guys know....I'm starting a mail club!! YAYYYY and I'm sharing all those first intimidating steps of that process. So today let's talk about the very first one....coming up with the theme. Now you may think that's easy, the theme is 🥁---> I paint something and then send prints of that painting.... and that general concept is absolutely true BUT you then need to ask yourself, what will set me apart from the rest of the artists starting mail clubs? Why will people choose MINE? So let's go through my own thought process :) #1 It has to be original 🎨 Not only will this make you unique and intriguing to the buyer, but you also shouldn't copy a theme that's already preforming well for someone else, not only is this highly frowned upon in the art world but it will not be profitable. #2 It has to have low production costs 💸 My first thought to make my club intriguing was to just give people more than what everyone else does, a print, a bunch of stickers, a charm, a handwritten letter etc... but with the average cost of monthly mail clubs being $7 - $13 I would absolutely be losing money in the end. #3 It has to be sustainable for YOU 💌 SHOCKER you will have to pick a theme that you will enjoy creating in for MONTHS on end. You'll have to come up with endless ideas surround it. So for you, maybe that's a medium (e.g. watercolor, oil pastels, digital) Or it could be a subject matter (e.g. landscapes, character design, architecture) ORRRRR you can do what I notice preforms the highest a mix of the two (e.g. watercolor landscapes, digital character design, oil pastel architecture) That way people will know EXACTLY what they're signing up for and the probability of liking the product received in the mail is much higher. Turns out coming up with the idea isn't as easy as you'd think it is 😅 Comment if you thought this was helpful!!

Type A Artist 🧼✨ - You like your workspace clean and cute (clean space, clean mind) - You'll light a candle, make tea, set the vibe before you start - Morning/Daytime is your prime creative, productive time - You own containers for your containers - Your markers, paints, thread, yarn etc is color coded - You probably have undiagnosed OCD but it's fine because it fuels your creativity Type B Artist 🌙🎧 - You start creating at 11:47pm for no reason - Workspace looks like a creative crime scene - You forget to eat, sleep, or exist while working - Your only form of hydration is the minimal amount of water in your energy drink - You find supplies by instinct, not organization - You say "one more thing" and suddenly its 3am - You create in bursts of obsession, not schedules

There some new people in here yay!!!! I see most of you have come from VSA how fun!!! So I wanted to kind of update ya on what I'm planning for this skool community! So as much as I love the idea of a group chat for artists, to grab feedback, make friends and support each other, me and @Judy Lee were chatting and we came to the conclusion that you can make a welcoming space for artists while also having a little bit more of a specific theme... Sooooooo, and please lmk if you guys like this idea, I'm currently in the process of launching a monthly print club; As I'm sure you guys have noticed the popularity of Monthly Print/Mail clubs has skyrocketed! And as I'm started mine, I'd like to provide a place for artists to go for all things print club related, and take everyone through the nitty gritty details of launching one!!! What do you guys think?