Maria and I are excited and a little bit stunned by the success of our young (three days) You Tube experiment to sell her art, the work of Open House artists, and her wool. We are opening up a You Tube Sales Channel. The few videos we have posted have drawn more than a thousand views and sold more than $1000 worth of art.

Maria has had to set aside much of the art so people coming to the Open House will have plenty of things to see and/or buy.

Our idea is to open up the art to people who can’t make it to the Open House as well as people who can (Maria’s studio is stuffed with affordable art and possible Christmas gifts, it isn’t  that far off.) In a sense, we are re-thinking the Open House. Thanks to new technology, we can invite the world and many can accept our invitation.

Speaking of classy affordable art, we did this video this morning to show our sheep and the yarn Maria is selling for $25 a skein (plus shipping.) Normally, the yard is all sold before we even get it from the wool, this year she has some left for the first time and she wants give everyone a chance to see it and buy some if they wish.

Lots of faraway  people requested that we show them the art and give them an opportunity to buy it, and this year, some of the sales will go towards Maria’s trip to India in February to help the victims of sex trafficking in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta.) learn how to make potholders and other forms of fiber art.

The Romneys – our Gang Of Four – has  re-focused us on Maria’s wool operation, we love it more and more each year and are learning more about it each year.  At first, we knew nothing about wool or yarn, we know a lot now.

People love Maria’s wool but better she tell you about that herself, she does in the video. People who want to buy it can contact her via e-mail: [email protected].

And thanks for joining in this experiment, it looks to be a permanent element in search for different ways to support our creativity and our lives. We are excited about it and grateful for its success so far.  New technology has made it possible for us to be here, practice our own ideas about creativity and pay our bills.

I hope we are helping to define the new future for creative people, it is possible and exciting to follow your bliss. There are new tools to help.

Come and meet our sheep and see the yarn Maria is selling.