Getting Going!

OK so, instructors onboard, tick box, done.  Courses scheduled, tick box done.  Venues sorted, tick box, done.  Advertising and press, tick box, done.  Tonnes of inquiries, tick box, keep on coming!  Bookings....very slow.  I am all ready to go and I am busy making items for my courses I will be running, but the bookings are still very slow. I suppose being pretty organised and self motivated, and maybe on the optimistic side, I was hoping for a few more bookings.  This is OK, we live on Bowen, everything is done on a laid back basis, however, if I am unable to take the minimum number of bookings per course, the courses will have to be cancelled.  Obviously I knew that, but I am hoping everyone out there knows that!  Because I am hiring the venues for our courses, I have to give notice if I do not need the space, otherwise I have to pay. So I am going to have to start cancelling the first of the courses scheduled, which is such a shame.  I still have to pay the instructors if they turn up and I still have to pay for the venue if no one turns up, therefore, all these courses have to be prebooked!  

On the plus side to this, I have been a busy bee making creatures.  I have just had an order to put some of my creatures into Munch, which is a family restaurant in Lynn Valley. This has been fun to do, since the size of the creatures are a lot bigger than I usually make.  I am also stocking Ashley York, which is new store on the Pier on Bowen Island.  So, you know where to find the creatures should you be looking!  

We are also just about to start renovations here at home, which I am so excited about, well I will be once they actually start.....  It is quite a big project, but I love home and interior design, so I am very giddy about all the changes we will getting to our family home.  OK, so I am going to have to make sure our veggies take next year, as we are going to have to live off the land for the foreseeable future, but hey, small price to pay!!

Everything seems to be falling into place and I am now concentrating on making sure The Hive is known on the island and working with some of the other Arts Businesses on the island to try and get our voice and courses out there!  So watch this space, I am hoping to help get Bowen Island back on the map for their Artists and what we can offer to community.