Today I finally managed to get into my ko-fi shop and clean up my listings removing the USA from destinations that I will ship to, which leaves just...Canada.
The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of my sales in ko-fi were made by USians, with just a few from Canada, and a small number from Europe. So cutting off the US market was a really hard decision to make. But the fact of the matter is that since the current president of the US has been rattling sabers at Canada, I felt it only fair that I not encourage US customers to purchase, given I have been very loud in the fact that my family is boycotting the US products. As in almost nothing made in the US is being purchased. It also irks me to no end that he keeps 'bragging' about all the foreign money coming into the US because of the tariffs, when it is the US customer paying the tax, not a vendor in Canada.
Oh, there are a few things that we have not been able to find replacements for, but we are keeping an eye open and when we see an opportunity to switch to a different source, we take it, even if it may cost a few dollars more. Some things cannot be replaced, as far as we know, so we try to do without, as much as possible, and figure out other products that might work instead.
I have left the pdf of A Thread Runs Through It because I don't need to ship anything. And because it is an online purchase, there is no tariff that will be collected by the US government for my customer to pay.
Yesterday I managed to assemble the greeting cards I was making, using fabric squares cut from the skirt of a ballgown I wove and sewed (too many years ago and in which I no longer fit) and managed to get 120 cards made. I gave 10 to a friend, and will likely give more to select other friends. I very much doubt I will use 100+ blank cards in what is left of this lifetime - might as well share. So that's one 'light duty' task finished - just need to finish clearing up the assembly clutter.
And this morning I printed out care labels that will be stuck to the hang tags because the guild wants 'fresh' inventory this year. And even though I have been working/weaving as much as I can, I still managed to amass a table full of new product in the last 18 months. I still have to print out the labels for the cotton/linen towels, but one thing at a time so that I don't begin feeling overwhelmed. Which I do, if I try to do 'too much'. So, still not running at full capacity.
As such, I have turned down another request to teach online. Next week it will be one year since I had a brain bleed, and I'm still far from functional. Especially if I'm tired - or stressed. And trying to speak on the fly (so to speak) which is how I have always taught, I'm left scrambling for words and fumbling around in my brain trying to find which sinkhole my words disappeared into - because they are not coming out of my mouth.
I need to talk to my webmaster about what I might be able to do* instead of 'formal' classes and what she has time to do in regards to my website.
This week I have zero appointments. I have no idea how that happened, but I am going to continue to 'recover' from the injection last week and begin to get back to the loom. In the meantime, I still have the care tags to deal with if I don't feel up to actually weaving. Plus I have one more article in rough draft, and need to go through and collect the highlighted 'nits', and make sure I said what I wanted to say or if my words didn't make it to the tips of my fingers - as been known to happen, all too frequently.
Anyway, sending love and light to my USian friends. I hope you can get things sorted soon.
*taking suggestions for ideas to maybe do a Q&A or something instead of a more 'formal' presentation. Would guilds be interested in such a thing? Maybe an Ask Me Anything for an hour? Suggestions welcome...
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