Videos

PAINT PEN CALLIGRAPHY DEMO – Hand Lettering

In this video I demonstrate how to do faux calligraphy hand lettering using paint pens. I\’m hand painting a personalized sign for a new baby. I\’m a left-handed calligrapher so you can see in the video that I have a few tricks to prevent smearing the wet paint, including creating a \”bridge\” with my right hand to keep my working hand off the paint, and painting from upper right to lower left when filling in letters. 

HOW TO GET YOUR BOOTH NOTICED + Round Top Marburger Farm

In this video, I show you four tips to make your art or craft fair booth stand out from the crowd using examples from Texas Antiques Week. We\’ll look at Marburger Farm in Round Top, Texas- one of my favorite antique and art shows! <br>

INSIDE THE DALLAS MARKET CENTER- How to sell your products wholesale

Join me for a peek inside the Dallas Trade Mart and World Trade Center. Wholesale showrooms and temporary exhibits are open \”to the trade only\”. What does that mean? How do they work? I\’m showing artists, designers, and makers some of the possibilities for selling your work to stores around the country. We\’ll look at sales rep groups and the option of exhibiting for yourself.<br>

BEHIND THE SCENES OF A SMALL BUSINESS + LETTERING DEMO- Handmade Home Decor by Ribbit-Ribbit

Today I’m taking you on a tour of Ribbit-Ribbit to show you how they make picture frames which they sell to boutiques across the country. You’ll see their painting and screen printing set-ups, how they organize and store embellishments, and where they do packing and shipping. I’ll also demonstrate how I hand paint lettering on several of the frames to personalize or fill store orders. <br>

MAKE MORE MONEY SELLING YOUR ART & HANDMADE ITEMS

Want to increase your income from selling your creations? Whether you make paintings, jewelry, Christmas ornaments, home decor, apparel, or something else, there are two basic paths to increase your bottom dollar. In this video, we\’ll look at both and talk about which direction is best for you.

Instead of a PDF, I\’m attaching links to some of the specific things I mentioned in the video:
Here are a couple of Makers Spaces:

 Dallas Makerspace

Houston Makerspace

The book on Small Scale Production Techniques:

Prototyping and Low-Volume Production (The Manufacturing Guides)

Where I buy packaging to extend my brand and give my products a higher-end impression:

Innovative Packaging Group

THE 3 KEYS TO MAKING A LIVING WITH YOUR ART SKILLS

In this video, I\’ll discuss the three critical fronts you need to address in order to make an income selling your art and handmade items. Each one is a leg of the table that will support your art career. Take a moment to consider which areas you most need to work on! Subscribe to my channel for tips on selling your art and weekly videos geared toward creatives, artists, and makers.