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I’m still buzzing from the excitement this morning when I gave a talk about Inspiring Creativity to a room full of Etsy-ites! When I first entered the room I was flabbergasted at how many people (um, avatars!) were in the room and I think I was struck with stage fright for a little while. The lovely Danielle helped me along and the result was a wonderful and thrilling experience for me, and I hope that it was the same for you!

One of the topic of discussion was about how to manage being stuck creatively, and I’m sure that the Good To Know Project would help tremendously as the first topic is how do artists/designers/illustrators overcome their stumbling blocks to creativity!

Thank you all for coming and I’ll see you all again soon!

p/s— I’ll also write a post about what I talked about today, along with a few links for everyone who missed the action today. 🙂

{Thank you so much Rachel-Marie for taking screenshots & writing about it on her blog!}

I know, I know, I’m already up to my neck worrying about how tonight’s event at Etsy will turn out, but I have been putting off this project for the longest time and so I thought that this would be a good time as any for the reveal!

A while back I emailed artists & illustrators and asked them a question so that I can fit their opinions on the blog. It turned out that I received so many responses that I could not have turned it into a blog entry here. So I had to improvise and one thing led to another and well, the Good to Know project was born.

The Good to Know project is full of advice + inspiration from artists/illustrators/designers on creativity, business and life. You can read what the participants wrote in full glory, but I’ve also printed zines that would make reading much easier if you’re into touching paper, which you can purchase over in Pikaland’s Etsy shop.

Right now there’s also a PDF version of the first issue which I will be sending out to everyone who is on our mailing list, and for non-subscribers, I’ll email the link to download the PDF to you if you sign up for our mailing list! I’m sorry, but I will no longer send out the link for new subscribers. You can download the PDF for a small fee though over here.

So head over to the our new Good to Know section and let me know what you think! 🙂