Welcome to my new website here at raineydewey.com! I’m excited and optimistic but also realistic in the sense that the Internet is vast, and information is beyond plentiful. I know it can be overwhelming and difficult to be found online but in order to be found one has to stop hiding. And that is where I find myself these days.
I maintained a website and an Etsy shop for many years without any significant success and so some months ago I pulled the plug. In many ways it was freeing to let go. You see while I didn’t sell much, and the fees on Etsy absorbed any of the would-be profits… I was on the Internet offering what I had to sell. To say my Etsy experience was discouraging would be an understatement. And so, after the plug was pulled, I was free. Free to just be me and paint for a while without any judgment or expectation. It has been really nice.
But eventually I knew that I would need to jump back in and that’s where I am now. My son, Jonathan (JEG Design), is helping me through the process of getting this Shopify store set up and I am grateful.
As I navigate the learning curve there is hope to be offering more creative, unique and fun designs in the future but I’m starting where I am and that feels good. I follow a YouTube Channel - Good Simple Living – who has some great content… anyway as they closed one of their videos they shared this valuable nugget of wisdom…
Our soul needs three things: something to love; something to do; and something to hope for.
I love, I do and I hope!