Basket Donations for Local School Auctions

The Guild will be donating baskets to Clinton School and South Mountain School auctions.
Making donations to a local organization is a great way to meet new contacts, promote yourself, and embrace your community.
If you would like to donate a piece of your work to the basket please email somaartisansguild@yahoo.com Donation list needed by Dec.28Th

Princess Mini Camp -During the Break

It's SEW Crafty and Parteaz will be hosting
Princess Mini Camp -During the Break
December 27th-30th
11-1 PM
Gift certificates available!

Dress up and make believe await....
Have lunch and "tea", cook dessert and make a princess craft
with It's Sew Crafty!!

A different Princess each day!

Ariel- Tiana- Cinderella - Belle


email craftykatie@itssewcrafty.com

NJ Art Show examines our Carbon Footprint

eCommerce : charcoal drawing

December forecast : A light shower of packing peanuts, will blanket your family room. Statically charged and drifting like snow, they will accumulate in the most unlikely places

Catch your breath at the Gaelen Gallery West and contemplate the larger than life charcoal drawings of Jo Bradney, examining, cataloging and documenting our Carbon Footprint, before heading back out into the shopping storm
see Carbon Footprints online

December 16 - February 10 2011
SOLO SHOW : Carbon Footprints
Gaelen Gallery West
Rt 10 East
Whippany, NJ

http://www.jccmetrowest.org/

November Meeting Cancelled

Just a quick note to say that this month's meeting has been canceled due to illness (sniffle snuffle sneeze)

Next meeting will be December 16th 7:15pm
And in the holiday spirit we will be sharing our stellar sales tips, shining pearls of wisdom and precious nuggets of knowledge gleaned from this year's holiday shows
(cookie sharing optional)


What worked for you this holiday season?
What didn't?

What was a great show for you this year?
Which ones were lousy?

What will you do differently next year?

So bring your favorite holiday treat to share and your stories from this year's craft fairs

Don't Miss 15% Off On BeastlieBeastie Tees at RedBubble

At RedBubble you get to choose which BeastlyBeastie design you want, what type of tee, and what color you want. Hoodies and baby clothes also available. Allow two weeks for delivery, your order will be specially printed for you and will arrive beautifully packaged.

Pistol braves the Uber-Pink of Parteaz

On October 21st., a small group of SOMA Artisan's Guild members gathered at Parteaz on Springfield Avenue to hear what "Pistol" Pete Kaufmann had to tell us about getting ourselves out of a rut, getting motivated, following our passions and being successful. With a name like "Pistol", and as a successful musician, and lifestyle coach we were all intrigued to meet this "out of the box" guy and hear what he had to tell us. We were not disappointed.


"Pistol" brought a great energy in to the room, much of what he had to tell us, as he said so himself we had all heard before. Much had drifted over our heads and not been acted on. "Pistol's" delivery brought the importance of these various strategies to life for us and for me at least, energized me to hopefully follow through this time.

A big thanks to Katie Clayton for organizing this event

Some Tips from "Pistol"

• Make sure you have multiple streams of income. When one dries up - which it will - you will have something to fall back on.

• Doing a fund raising event through your web site or Facebook page is a great way to bring potential customers to your site.

• Pay someone to put an e mail sign up link on your Facebook fan page.

• A newsletter is a great marketing tool.

• Choose a specific market. If you want to make money, you basically have to target the wealthy.

• Be honest with yourself: Do you have the talent and knowledge to succeed in your chosen business. Not sure, ask your friends and family for an honest opinion.

• Self belief.

• Model what other successful people are doing or have done.

• Read autobiographies of successful people that you admire. Learn from them.

• Build up your social contacts. Contact at least five people a week by e mail, text message, telephone, etc… You never know where these contacts will lead.

• Read… Educate yourself… self help books, how to books, biographies, business books, blogs, take classes… there is a wealth of information out there.

• Live where your industry is.

• Make your 30 minute elevator speech to define what you do and who you are.

• Think outside the box.

• Set goals, whether it is how much money you want to make, or stores you want to be in etc…

• Make sacrifices… you will have to go with out to get to where you want to be…

• Take risks…

• Above all take responsibility for everything that happens to you.

All of you who could not make this meeting missed a really great evening, we all came away energized and I think with higher expectations of our selves and more confidence in our own individual missions.


Resources:
Books
The Answer - John Assaraf
"'The Answer' is inspiring... it motivates you to go after the grandest version of the greatest life and business you ever envisioned for yourself with the knowledge that it is absolutely possible. 'The Answer' gives you the tools to change your life. This is one of the most exciting books I have ever read."

-Suzanne Somers, former television star, New York Times Best Selling Author
http://www.amazon.com/Answer-Business-Achieve-Financial-Extraordinary/dp/1416562001/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289927792&sr=1-1

Rework, by Jason Fried and David Hansson
http://www.amazon.com/Rework-Jason-Fried/dp/0307463745/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289927700&sr=8-1

Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk (VAY*NER*CHUK)
http://ownthedollar.com/2009/11/crush-cash-passion-gary-vaynerchuk-book-review-giveaway/

David Wood - Get Paid for Who You Are
http://paulcoughlin.amplify.com/2010/04/18/free-ebook-get-paid-for-who-you-are-by-david-wood/


About "Pistol"

"Pistol" Pete Kaufmann is a professional musician, writer, lifestyle enhancement coach and motivational speaker who spends his time between New York City and Los Angeles. For almost a decade he's toured America as the drummer for Amandla - led by Claude Coleman Jr. of Ween. He is also a contributing writer for Modern Drummer Magazine, having written more than a dozen articles, two cover interviews and a plethora of educational pieces focusing on the musician's mind and thinking. He is owner of Rockin Lifestyle - a motivation company dedicated to creative people and creative living. Kaufmann has been coaching clients privately for over 10 years (including many well known artists) and teaches workshops internationally on reaching one's full potential in life. He passionately believes that the attitude and power of rock 'n' roll can be applied to daily living to improve one's overall state of happiness and success.

http://www.rockinlifestyle.com/home.cfm

Creep Show - Artful Spooks for Halloween

Some of Ann Vollum's Beastly Beaties and Joy Yagid's spooky photos are in Creep Show this Halloween. Stop by to enjoy some weird, wonderful and downright bizarre art this October

Reception : October 28 7-10pm
... costumes encouraged ...

October 12 - November 4
GAS
411 Ridgewood Road
Maplewood NJ
http://www.itisagas.com/