Success!

So things are looking up, despite the mix up with the dates.  You may remember in my last post that I said that I was going to be doing a pop up stall in Barclays on Tuesday the first of December.  Well I arrived all set to do said pop up stall only to find that someone else was already setting up.  A quick check in Barclay's diary revealed that I was actually booked for Tuesday the eighth of December.  Not a good thing as I lost a bus fair with no return for it.  Serious Autistic moment when I arrived home, thankfully I had the house to myself at the time so I could really howl about it and therefore feel better within a few minutes instead of taking hours.

Autism Tip: If you are in a private area with an Autistic person who is on the verge of going into meltdown, it is better to leave be and let them have it, or even encourage them to really go for a good wailer of a crying jag rather than trying to calm them down.  Trying to calm them when their brain is not ready for that can mean that they balance for the rest of the day on the edge of feeling out of step with the world, depressive, no good at what they do etc.  Letting them have their melt down good and proper there and then re-balances the brain chemicals and means that it is over within a short time.  Once they have had their 'little moment' they will be more willing to look at the situations with an open mind and a calmer demeanour.

As it is having the pop up stall delayed by a week turned out to be a good thing as I managed to sell six items (including one of my books) when I did hold it this week.  That is more than I have sold in the previous four months and to add to that success Leaves of Dreams in Watton has sold two of my prints on their first day!  That news particularly put me over the moon as I have struggled since I had them printed to sell my larger prints, now I've sold, through a third party two of them on one day.  Now that is what I call success!  And hopefully it marks the beginning in an up turn in the sales of my stuff.

If you would like to visit Leaves of Dreams and have a dig through not only my artwork but also that of other local artist, musicians and writers then the address is:

Leaves of Dreams

47 High Street

Watton

Norfolk

IP25 6AB

As ever you can also visit my shop page for the links to all my other outlets.

Here's to a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year for all my loyal readers.  If you don't celebrate anything at this time of year then may I wish you a happy and healthy end to the year.