Happy New Year, awesome readers! I hope your 2018 is happy, healthy, and full of splendid adventures.

For the past 411 Fridays, I've been tracking my efforts to create a life of art for myself. Here's a look at what I accomplished in 2017.

I created 16 new designs for my shop including geometric patterns, photographs, hand-painted designs, and political designs:








I created several more Collections, curated groups of related products. For example:

See all of the Collections at Rocklawn Arts together and click on any you would like to see more of.

I added 1053 products to my shop Rocklawn Arts, and

24 New Product Types:
•LifeProof iPhone SE/5/5S Cases

•LifeProof iPhone 6/6s Plus Cases

•LifeProof iPhone 6/6s Cases

•LifeProof iPhone 7 Cases

•LifeProof iPhone 7 Plus Cases

•Samsung Galaxy S8+ Cases

•Samsung Galaxy S8+ OtterBox Cases

•Google Pixel Cases

•Google Pixel XL Cases

•Samsung Galaxy S8 Carved Cases

•Incipio DualPro Shine iPhone 7 Plus Cases

•Gift Bags

•Tent Favor Boxes

•Gable Favor Boxes

•Foil Greeting Cards

•Guitar Cases

•Beach Towels

•Apple Watch Bands

•Spiral Notebooks

•Bath Towels

•iPhone X Cases

•Women's Plus Size Shirts

•Sherpa Blankets

•Shower Curtains

•Plus a few more sundry items

The more fun life of art experiences in 2017 were the numerous exhibits, museums, gardens, and houses I toured and performances I attended. Tallying them up, they amount to 16 days spread through the year, up from 12 the previous year. A few were short ninja visits but they did my soul good all the same.

As usual, I watched some Creative Live workshops sprinkled through the year as well as some other business oriented webinars. I'm looking to level up in 2018.

In 2017, I created over 1825 photographs and 49 videos (that I deemed worth keeping). Alas I have not gotten much better about sharing them. I'm disinclined to post any of them before they are copyright registered which builds in a lengthy delay by which time my mind is on other things. I need a more systematic approach.

How was your year? What would you like to do more of in 2018?


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