And the world goes...lalala

I just realized... I haven't written a blog in a while. That always happens. Between all the things I do from day to day it is really hard to actually sit down and do this. I promised I would get better at it...but it is just not working out!

And then today... I go to upload new pics from the camera and I left it at home. There is always something...something to prevent, distract, or whatever.

Things are going well on my end! Zehn Naturals is doing the best we ever have since we opened in 2007 and it is just really super exciting. We actually FINALLY got noticed by Whole Foods (yah... the big ass chain of natural food stores!) which is just amazing. Apparently they need to see your product three to four times before they get interested. Whatever they have to do... works for me! We just sent out a vendor packet yesterday which will be delivered today. We are hoping to get approved for the entire North East region which consists of 26 stores! We have already been approved to sell to the Portland, ME store - they just absolutely love us and our tees! This one is one of their faves:
Four of the buyers came to our booth last week at the New England Products Expo! We were sure to give the lead buyer a free sample... that definitely ALWAYS helps!

We gained about four new accounts at the show - and then have several leads that we will be following up with! Things are just so exciting... we have gained over 25 new accounts in three months! We also have been doing a lot of custom jobs and name dropping - also super cool. As it becomes warmer and warmer, we will sell more and more because people will be wearing more tee shirts. Today I am shipping out four orders, two to new accounts we got back in January, and online, and one to our best retailer which is Real Green Goods in Concord, NH.

On a different note, I feel as though I should probably speak my mind about this. Someone from my past, who I care not to associate with, has found me through the internet and decided to track what I am doing, where I am, and what I am doing in terms of art. With in their search, the decided to contact me and accuse me of being obsessed with them and checking their art page a billion times a day, copying artwork they did, and they just threw in the "you must still be in love with me" thing. Not only are all of the accusations ludacris, the part about ME copying someone else's work really actually pisses me off. I haven't had any contact with this person in over 4 years, nor have I ever seen any piece of artwork they created because I really do care less. They also copied a photo from my photobucket, and said that I copied this from an exact piece they did.. the humurous part? I have been doing this design for almost 4 years now. I have sold about 5 paintings with this design and have continued to sell my tees with the design on it, which is why this comment kind of pisses me off...



Anyways, the bottom line here is... none of my work is copied. All of my concepts are original and that is the way it is always done. Do I have artists that inspire me, and therefor inspire my work? YES. Of course. No artist goes on in life with out sparking creativity and inspiration. Even if I do like a particular design concept, I would never ever directly copy it!!

Moving on....

I have been doing some work with the Law of Attraction! It is really powerful moving stuff! I can't wait until I get through Ask And It Is Given - the first of the book series! Tiea organized a group that meets every other Sunday and simply discusses this philosphy and life style. It is so moving and inspirational. The second meeting is this weekend, I couldn't be more stoked! Plus, her mom is up from NJ which is always a pleasure!

Tomorrow night I am going up to hang out with my mom. She is almost done with chemo - just one session left so she is feeling like it is time to break out of her shell and have some serious fun! I am pretty excited to play pool and eat some good food!

Oh! Speaking of food.... I recently joined weight watchers online. I have heard so many good things and really every thing I try just never works. Well! Weight watchers does! I already lost SIX pounds! (yes, I know.. I have a lot more to go, but frick! I am happy!!) It really basically educates you on how much things are really fattening and how much you should be eating in a day. There are a lot of healthy snacks I can eat... and I love my new protein water.

Well, I should really get back to pulling orders! I want to go out and enjoy this sun before it is gone! Supposed to get up to 60 in NH today... that is really truly amazing.

Thank you for reading!