Moving right along, as we get to Day 42 of the 100-Day Project!
Today we uncorked not only a new month, but also a new quarter, and I'm excited for this one because the 2nd quarter typically marks the beginning of "Events Season" and that will be especially true this year, as we had no Valentine's Day/Winter shows this year.
A very large stone, created for the 20th Anniversary of The White Light Express, a charitable organization
The "BIG" news, just arrived today, is that the annual UFO/Paranormal Summit has finally been rebooted after Covid. This was always our best event by far, and it was one of the few events we attended where I would be vending Alchemy Stones while my wife was usually a presenter/keynote speaker.
We last went in 2019; then Covid "canceled" 2020, 2021 and 2022... not sure what happened in 2023, but now 2024 is a GO!
This is an event that takes place in Ocean Shores, Washington and typically draws thousands from both Seattle and Portland, Oregon... and this particular demographic has always been very receptive to Alchemy Stones.
Event poster
I suppose our popularity at this kind of event is a strong indication that we are wise to look beyond what I call an "arts and crafts audience" to market Alchemy Stones.
I have long been a big believer in the importance of synchronicity... in this case, I have been dedicating myself to painting all these new stones for the 100-Day Project, and now the "purpose" has suddenly been "delivered," pretty much out of the blue!
Without the 100-Day Project to keep me on track, the news of the UFO event would have sent me off on a mad scramble to get new work done in time.
But it's already being done!
"Today's painted stone for the "Retreat Stones" project
Day 42 Stone Painting:
First order of the day is once again to complete one more stone for the Women's Retreat at the end of May!
Really glad I am over halfway done, given the event announcement, above.
Today's stone is pictured, above.
And then, time to move forward with something else.
Going for the warm color set today
Once again, I didn't really have a clear idea of what I wanted to do with this stone. However, the red, orange, yellow color set was falling to me. So let's see what happens!
Dotting in for a spiral-like design
So I'm trying to remember what is most popular among the designs for the UFO paranormal audience, and I do remember that anything with a spiral and it seems to really get people's attention so I guess I will be making a few more of those.
The red seems a bit dark, but I'm hopeful it will "pop" more after the stone gets its finish coat.
Haven't really worked with these colors previously to do a spiral Stone but this one seems to have turned out pretty nicely. I thought I was done, but then I added the final white ring around the outside. I think it finishes it off nicely.
And there we have it! Another nice day of doing two more stones.
Day 42 Summary and Social Media Bits:
Finished another TWO new stones today: As usual, a Retreat Stone, and then a relatively intricate spiral stone in very bright colors!
Daily Twitter/X post: Check. Picture post with a heart stone.
Daily Facebook Page post: Check. Announcement post about vending at the UFO/Paranormal Summit.
Daily Instagram post: Check. New post with a very large stone from previous work!
Other Stuff: As usual, this Hive post; another decent day, mostly just excited to have a new event on our schedule; Daily shoutout to @gillianpearce!
Day 42 completed; not unhappy with today's creative efforts, but definitely feeling a little bit distracted by the news of our biggest event being back in the schedule after a 4-year hiatus due to Covid.
I've been talking about not having that many blank rocks on hand, but the cool thing about the location of the event in Ocean Shores is that we could easily take our return Drive past our favorite Beach out in the Pacific coast and pick up a new stock of rocks, if we had the energy at the end of the show.
Time will tell how that turns out!
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