#craft fair

Come join me TOMORROW -- Saturday, 25 July -- where I’ll be vending on the first day this weekend’s Cambridge Jazz Festival!

The festival is both Saturday and Sunday in Cambridge’s Danehy Park, Noon—6 PM both days -- but I'm only going to be there Saturday. The festival is free, but you can reserve tickets in advance. The festival will take place rain or shine, with great music, great food, and plenty of vendors to visit

Unfortunately, my colleagues at Stranger Flavor Comics will not be joining me in my tent as originally planned.

Come join me this Saturday, 25 July, where I’ll be vending on SATURDAY ONLY during this weekend’s Cambridge Jazz Festival!

The festival is both Saturday and Sunday in Cambridge’s Danehy Park, Noon—6 PM both days. It’s free, but you can reserve tickets in advance. The festival will take place rain or shine.

I’ll be sharing my vendor tent with my friends and comics colleagues Barbara Thomas and Timothy Wall of Stranger Flavor Comics. Comics galore!

I had my first real craft fair yesterday and it didn’t go great…

So... the Spring Craft Fair is done and gone. Spent almost a month making new stuff for this show, did everything I could to spread the word and help build attention and potential new supporters, and how did all of that go?

Well, I made enough to order a medium cheese pizza and a soft drink. Just swell.

Yeah, okay, I can't lie, it was a bit of a disappointment. The turnout was low, as was overall attention for the Craft Fair in general. I appreciate all those who did turn up. (Though I know it was mostly family and friends of the other vendors), but when the only thing outside the building is a handmade poster board sign that says "Craft Fair" with no other information or eye catching banners or signs to draw in locals to what could've been a fun event to support local artists... well... yeah, I wasn't sure what else to expect either.

While the devil on my shoulder want to melodramatically point fingers and find something to blame for getting my hopes up, the angel on the on the other side reminds me that... well, look, the organization who sets these up can only do so much and going all the way out there for a bundle of artists with small tables and smaller variety of wares is understandably... not easy. Especially since we were only there from 11:00 to 3:00. I'm sure it would've been better if it went all afternoon, but... yeah, I don't know what else to tell you.

My first two art shows, I did really well. Made almost over $100. Third show was fine, not the best but I still made something. Today was... yeah... All the effort I put into these new pieces, all the signs I got telling me all my hardwork would pay off, knowing how well I did before... yeah, I hoped for better. (I thought for sure my Studio Ghibli collages would get picked up first...) I did have a lot of admirers come by, but I only sold a single sticker and a single print. So much stock, practically nothing moved.

Okay, anyway, I know I said I'd update my online store with these new pieces, and I do plan on doing that, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to put that on hold for a while. I'm still working on new stuff, traditional and digital, but these things take a lot of time. And I'd go bigger if I could. Bigger events and opportunities, unfortunately I just don't have the funds or budget to do that. Table / booth fees, making new prints, stickers, new displays and stuff... I'm afraid it's just not within my radius to expand yet.

But I'm not giving up yet, you can count on that! I'm always working on something and I don't plan to stop! You wanna check out my wares? Head over to StargirlStudiosStore on Etsy! You wanna stay updated for new art and more fun stuff? Then stay here. Or go over to Instagram to see all the other original stuff I make! You wanna read a really good story? Head over to Wattpad and see for yourself!

In the meantime, it's back to the drawing board! (Literally.) I've got some work to do...

Join me on Tuesday near the Harvard Science Center!

For the past few years, Harvard University has had a huge tent up between the Science Center and Harvard Yard, and this summer they have a series of events that mix farmers'-market type food vendors with arts and crafts.

The first of these events is the Harvard Common Spaces Plaza Open Market: Eats & Arts, this coming Tuesday, and I'll have a booth under the tent with my comics, original art, cards, and more! It is FREE to the public 11:30 AM -- 5:30 PM and will feature 10+ food vendors and 20+ local artists.

The official address is 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA -- but the tent is at the western end of the plaza from the corner of Oxford and Kirkland Streets. But, honestly, you can't miss it.

If you thought parking in Harvard Square was bad, don't even think about it when coming onto campus. I highly recommend you take the MBTA Red Line to Harvard station, or buses #1, #66, #68, #69, #71, #73, #74, #75, #77, #78, #86, #96, or #109. It’s a weekday so all of the bus lines run!