http://jojoyeung.etsy.com




So finally, my first etsy shop is opened!
Well, I still do not really feel "I am ready", but I don't know when to open it if it is not now. Yea, sometime we never feel like "ready" for something until we actually get start doing it.

I hope that people are going to love my bird prints. I am so nervous and exciting to sell my works to the public! However, I won't be too obsessed with the sales number as I just get start.
Hope everythings will get better with time!

November is another really busy month .... I have to prepare for the dietetic internship, and finals are coming and that means I have to work hard to catch up, but on december, I have a one-month winter break, and I will love to do MUCH more for my etsy store.

Thanks for stopping by!

Love,
Jojo
October 31, 2008

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Besides the bird prints, I also want to include two other prints into my store. One of them is this" love, not hurt" print, and the other one similar to this is the "trust, not judge" print (not done yet).

The "love, not hurt" and "trust, not judge" prints were inspired by my life experience. : )

I really don't remember when and how I came up with the "love, not hurt" print as it has been on my mind for months, but I designed the "trust, not judge" print when I worked at a chinese restaurant last weekend. I had been so mad about one of the waitresses because I thought she is dishonest and greedy and sometimes her attitude is very bad. I said many bad things about her to my mom and my husband, and I also blamed her many times in my heart. However, on last weekend, I made a mistake that gave the watiresses some troubles, and she told me that since we have worked together for a long time, so we should trust each other. She also told me that I am a naive, nice girl. I was ashamed because I never really trust her, and I was not that nice to her. However, thereafter, I would definitely trust her more and let her trust me more.

When we get older, we become like to judge people.... because we may all discover that there are really many scams and lies in the adult world that could hurt us so much. It become harder and harder to find a real friend that we can trust. But when we judge someone, we will have many prejudices about that person, and actually, maybe she/he is not that bad. And if we stop to judge and start to trust, we may be able to develop a little friendship with him/her. We should remember that how easy it was to make a friend when we were younger... just because we trust them and we are open to them.

Jojo Yeung
October 13, 2008

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Hello, people... : )
Don't know if any of you come here to see my online store, but I am sorry again, I need a bit more time. School and work really take all my time, so my progress is kind of slow.

My online store is 80% ready, and I still have a few things I want to add to my store. I will open it when I am 100% confidence about it. This time I won't announce in advance of the store's opening date, but I am sure it is some date in october.

I had finalized the design of all the bird prints, there will be 12 different designs and 4 different sizes, and they look the best on the white metal frame! I am amazed at how they look after they are framed. I totally agree that an artwork is not really completed until it is framed. The white frame really bring my birds to life. I love them and I hope you will love them too. After they are framed, they should look amazing on the wall!
I will take picture of them and post them on here & on flickr soon.

Thanks those who are still aware of my news. I am still passionate about graphic design after all these years. Since I have attended college, I have been thinking what I want to be after graduation. Although I have choosen nutrition as my major but I don't really see myself as a dietitian until my senior year. I decide to become a community dietitian and a freelance homebased designer. I would focus on nutrition education and home decor design.

Okay... enough thing for you guys to read. See you!

Jojo Yeung
September 29, 2008
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Hello, this is Jojo...because I am going to graduate from college next year, I am on my LAST summer break from school now.. After this summer, I will be very busy to prepare for classes, for my dream apartment, for my wedding, and for my career... that means I am not going to have as much free time to draw and daydream as I used to have, so I really want to use this summer to carry out some of my most exciting ideas---- open an online store! : >

Last week I had designed fifty darling birds. All the birds are special and have a name. I am going to make some products with these birds. My etsy shop will be open on August 28, 2008. There will be hand-printed pillows, prints, stickers, pins, postcards, maganets.,.... for sale, and I wish people are going to love them. I am very excited about it. I will keep imporving my design and my product quality.

You know what, I just turn to 22! I really enjoy to be twenty-something. I am happy to see that my style is slowly evolving and my world is expanding. I remember that few years ago I was so afraid that I will lose my passion and my ability to draw when I grow up, but now I know there is nothing to worry about. In fact, as I get older, I become more professional and I love my designs even more.

Jojo Yeung
August 5, 2008