Half agony, half hope....
Perhaps I should start off this blog post with a quote that Emma used last month: "Half in agony, half in hope". February can be a tough month for self employed artists and makers; Emma talked about January feeling like a bit of slog in last month's post and often February feels much the same, particularly in terms of sales. However, the promise of Spring is here, the days are getting lighter, and with the change of seasons come the months where we can see our plans being put into action. February is a great time of year to wrap up warm and get out for winter walks. This is one of my most favourite places to go-Sycamore Gap on Hadrian's Wall It may come as no surprise to those of you who know me, that this month's blog post is late, (eye roll) but perhaps that is for good reason. As we mentioned in last months post, you have to look after your number one employee when you're self employed, which is...yourself! So I won't beat myself up ab