It's Back and It's Better Than Ever! My 3rd Annual "Pay What You Can Sale"

 I'm a week late but better late than never!  My 'birthday' week was chock full of awesomeness, so much so that I didn't have time to get this event running as I should have.  
Thank you to all of you who messaged me to make sure I was still doing this special sale  for all of my cherished patrons and followers!  I appreciate all your enthusiasm and so glad you have grown to love this time of year as much as I do!

 This is my annual 'giftie' to my followers in the form of a Pay What You Can Sale.....Pay what you can...hmmmm...read on for all the details!  This is a long post with lots of items available along with some guidelines.  

If you have any questions, feel free to email me at jodiohl@hotmail.com .

HERE IS THE "FINE PRINT":

What is a Pay What You Can Sale?  Well,  a couple years ago I received an email from an inspirational speaker, author,  and artist that I admire  (Danielle Laporte) who offered a sale for one day only on one or two of her very popular (but pricey) book/programs and I thought now isn’t  that a coolio idea?!  I sat on the idea for a year and then THREE  years ago,  I decided to take a plunge and do my own version of the special for a LIMITED time, too!

If you stopped by last year, you may have got a SWEET deal, and hopefully this year you will find a deal or two as well. And this year is going to be another AMAZING Event!  You’ll see in just a moment! 

How This Works

“Pay What You Can”

• I will post suggested retail prices so you can gauge what those items typically sell at.
• Shipping is not included and pieces do not come matted or framed (for original art and prints) .
•  I will consider every offer submitted, but please only submit offers for items you intend on paying for if accepted.  It’s no fun trying to chase people down or decline someone else if someone staked a claim on an item and then disappears.
•  I do reserve the right to decline an offer that is well below cost or not truly a fair offer.
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

For example: I can not do a 3ox30 piece for you for 20.00... I’m sorry.  :)

I will also offer payment plans if you really want that 30x30 piece but would need to split payments up to make it happen!

In the event more than one person makes an offer, I will take the highest offer-but will notify the lower offer 1x  that they have been outbid so that person has a chance to  resubmit their initial offer.

Things to take into consideration:

Prints are made to order, please allow 10-14 days for delivery unless you want to upgrade to an expedited shipping. 

  I want YOU to get a deal and if you tell me you can only pay xyz as you are on a limited budget, it’s an honor system.  It’s not a good feeling if I see that same person the next day on Facebook talking about their trip around the world and total home renovation being on a limited budget. I know you get what I mean!! I’m just saying as that happened to me it almost made me reconsider doing this sale.

Most custom items will be worked on in January and into February and could take 2-4 weeks approximately  to complete, depending on how many orders and the complexity of the subjects.

  If you need your item sooner, please contact me before placing an order/offer.

For a limited time  I will post a variety of items in the following categories:  Supplies,  Prints, Originals,….and wait for it…. COMMISSION pieces during this “Pay What You Can” Event.

How do you make an offer?

I will post a link to a form you must fill out under each item offer in this event so I can have all the information in one place. 

 By the end of day Friday, December 23rd,  or sooner I will review all offers and let you know via email if your PWYC offer was accepted.

 Invoices will be sent out shortly thereafter.

Are you ready for the big reveal?  Here’s Jodi Ohl’s 

"Pay What You Can Sale 2016!"

  

Categories:

 Prints

I Love You More  5 x 7

Regular price:  24

Shipping: 6-9 domestic

Quantity available: 5

Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

Sunset Beach  11 x 14

Regular Price:   $70

Shipping: 10-12

Quantity Available: 5

Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

Coddiwomple 1    20 x 20  giclee on Somerset Velvet paper

Regular Price:    $236

Shipping   15-20

Quantity Available: 3

Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

Originals:

 

Surfacing   12 x 12 on Gessobord

Retail Price:  $200

Shipping 15-20

Quantity: 1

Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

Full Circle:  12 ½ by 19  on Yupo

Retail:  $175

Shipping 20-25

Quantity: 1

Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

The Flow Of Life:   16  x 20  on Canvas

Retail   $400

Shipping   30-50

Quantity: 1

 Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

 Online Classes:

Dirty Flirty Birds

Regular Price:  85

Quantity offered 15

Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

Podtastic

Regular Price: 85

Quantity Offered: 15

 Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

Package Deals:

4 pc abstract set on wood  6x6   Choose 3 main colors and whether you would like a Zen abstract or acrylic abstract set.

Regular price  $192

Shipping   20-25

Quantity Offered: 5

Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

15 pack assorted notecards

Regular price  $  45

Shipping  5.00-7.00

Quantity Offered:4

 Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

Mystery Box contain $100 or more in art supplies, art magazines, gently used and some new

Retail-$75

Shipping-Med Flat Rate  13.45

Quantity Available:  4

Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

Expressive Watercolor Video and  16 Assorted Twinking H20s—2 sets available

Retail-  26.99 -38      64.99

Shipping :  7.00

Quantity Offered: 2

 Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

Signed Book Package 1:

Signed Book and 4 mini abstracts on wood (4 x 4)

Retail 189.00

Shipping 12.00-18.00

Quantity avail  5

Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

Book and 4 pack note cards 

Retail: 36.99

Shipping: 6

Quantity Available:  10

Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

Commission:

 Perhaps you want your own Funky House or Birdie Painting or Abstract painting.  I’m going to offer just a couple of HUGE opportunities for you to customize a piece in the colors that you would like.  Remember all paintings are unique and I don’t replicate a design exactly..

When you consider your offer, please note, I can not be as flexible in my acceptance of offers pieces due to the fact that these will all be created from scratch. I will however allow some discounts and or layaway payments.    Make me an offer!

*All commissions will be worked on in January and into February depending on how many are ordered.

Quantity-1 of each size will be offered at reduced prices!

Info

12 x 16    on 1 1/2 in  wood	Suggested Price: $212-250
20x20   1 12/ in  canvas	400-550
18x36    1 1/2 in   canvas	648-810
30x30      3/4  in    canvas	900-1350

 Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

Gift Certificates:   

*This is not a part of the PWYC Sale, but still a great deal!   If you don't see something that suits your fancy now,  how a bout a gift certificate for my shop so you can buy later?!   *This does not include commissions, or any in person classes.     You still will need to fill out a form so I can invoice you.  When you are ready to buy something at a later date, please email me with your purchase receipt and I'll make a special 1x only coupon code for you.   Limit 1  per person and can not be combined with any other offers or good on previous purchases.

*Note, there are 3 options available.  Please let me know which option you'd like on the form :)

Click HERE For Pay What You Can Form

Buy It Now:

Zen Painting Online Class—Regular price 109

Buy It Now Price    $90

15

Buy Zen Painting Online NOW

Dvds-reg 26.99/now 18 each

Shipping 6

Quantity-3 each

Buy Tandem Techniques now

Buy Collage Characters now

Buy Expressive Watercolors on Yupo now

Buy Graffiti Grunge Art now

Please spread the word and share this post!  * You never know when I'm going to send a random giftie to someone who comments & shares, just saying!   Please leave a way to contact you should your name be pulled from the hat on your comment!

Thank you everyone for checking out my Pay What You Can Sale!  Mostly, thank YOU for following my work and for being that 12th man in my corner, it truly has made such a difference! Your encouragement and well wishes have lifted me up more than you will ever know!

Love and gratitude,
Jodi


****Offers close on  Friday Evening, December 23rd!*******

The Beautiful Awful with Alyssa Monks

In 2016 and beyond, I want to share more things that inspire me and hopefully will inspire you as well.  This talk is from one of my favorite portrait artists, Alyssa Monks on how her Mother's passage affected her and her work, as well as her view in life. I found it all  truly moving.

The Beautiful Awful.

In our quest to control the inevitable, we risk missing out on the beauty of a fragile and fleeting moment with our loved ones.

Letting go in our work and allowing it to feel as much as we do, well, it takes on a life all of it's own as it should.

Take a second and listen.




What moments in your life have left you feeling maybe more than you wanted to in the midst of it all?  Once you saw the opportunity to grow and embrace, did you find it  left you a better person for having experienced this moment?

I can think of a few of my own now that I reflect back. I think I'm ready to face those Beautiful Awfuls in my work. Finally.

Jodi

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Have you been to the shop lately?

I have a few new prints now available!

UPDATED: Big News To Share Part One and a Giveaway!

Update--sorry guys, I'm a little late in posting this winner!

Congratulations to Barb B--you are our winner for a signed copy of Incite 3!

 Barb B said...

Congratulations, Jodi! I might just have to buy this book of yours...love all your work and your classes so much! Thanks!

3:23 PM

 

Please email me at jodiohl at hotmail dot com  with your mailing address!

(You will receive your book by the end of the month--I don't have my extra copies in hand yet)

Thank You ALL for sharing all of your wonderful stories of good news and exciting things going on in your world!!

"Down By The River"  by Jodi Ohl  

Big News To Share Part One!

It has been quite an eventful few weeks around here in my little corner of the woods in North Carolina.    Since the beginning of the month, I've been working on moving my studio to a shared location outside of my home  (our grand opening is October 3rd!).  Quite honestly, the move has taken up a lion's share of my time but there's more..hold the door, yes indeed.  This hasn't taken up much of my time but it's exciting nevertheless,  One of my paintings (the above picture, "Down By The River") is featured in a new book edited by Tonia Jenny, "

Incite 3 - The Art Of Storytelling: The Best of Mixed Media Hardcover – October 14, 2015    

This is my second feature for the Incite family of books, and I couldn't be more thrilled!!  When I was taking a look at the "Look Inside" feature, I also noticed I was quoted on page 5 during the editors forward.  What the what???   I haven't seen the full copy but if it's anything like last year, it definitely is going to be one of those books that you keep to reference and look to for inspiration for years to come.  

close up of  "Down By The River"

In celebration of this event, I am having a private sale of the painting as a limited edition giclee print on either Somerset Velvet paper or Lustre paper.  The print is a large format which comes in the original painting size,  24 x 36.  The texture that is captured in this reproduction is amazing if I do say so myself.   The special offer is more than half off the retail price for my followers.  

If interested,  click here to purchase:

24 x 36  Limited Edition Giclee Print on Lustre Paper    $125.00

24 x 36  Limited Edition Giclee Print on Somerset Velvet Paper  $180.00

***This special is good from 9/15/15-9/30/15 only***


As an added bonus,  one reader will get a signed copy of this book (to be shipped after release date-expected delivery by the end of October).   All you have to do is to share something big happening in your world that you are super excited about!  Leave a comment below for an entry!  Share the post via Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter and get a second entry.  Simply come back and let me know where you shared! EZ PEEZY!

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There's more big news going on but that news deserves a post of it's own...so stay tuned for the another announcement coming up this week!!!  

This is a little hint..:)

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Upcoming Classes!

Join us for a 3 day weekend of creating  over in Saluda, NC at Random Arts!

September 25-27

I'll be teaching, Grunge Ink,  Skinny Little Mini Cities,  and Wildflowers!

We have a few spaces left so why don't you take a artsy weekend break and paint with us!

I'm so looking forward to this event!!!!!  I took the summer off from teaching and I'm so 

looking forward to slinging some paint with my tribe of students and friends!!!

PS...save  $75  when you purchase all three workshops!  

Wild Flowers!

That's about it for now...don't forget to put your name in the hat for a signed copy of Incite 3 by leaving a comment below and telling us about something big going on in your corner of the world.  PLEASE leave your email so I can get a hold of you (or your real name so I can find you on Face Book or elsewhere) in case you win.     

Art Biz Mondays: 5 Things I've Learned About Being In Control Of My Activities

Art Biz Mondays

It's become a habit for me over the last 6 months or so to sit down on Monday's and gather my business shizzle together.   Actually,I've been doing Art Biz Monday's for longer than that, 'electronically' it's been about 6 months. What I mean by that, is  previously all my planning and business numbers were done on paper, then 'sometimes' or at 'some point' , I would  transfer that information electronically to my computer.

The problem with that method is that I lost my planner once.  Total freak out.  Luckily my planner was returned in tact by a good Samaritan.  I also spilled a drink on my planner and had several pages  stuck together.  Bad, girl, I know.

Fast forward to last November and I decided to take charge and change the way I organized my business information,  moving from a paper system to an electronic system that encapsulated a monthly sales sheet,  weekly task list,  yearly goals and events, customer order sheet,  social media stats,  and a gallery spreadsheet that lists addresses, notes about the gallery, payments and shipping dates.  

The problem with this system is that you can also spill coffee on your computer and loose all the information.  yes. That happened to me last week.    LUCKILY  all was only temporarily lost.  The brilliant techie guy I found helped recover lost data with relative ease.  phew. PHEW!!!!!  So...lesson learned, I backed up everything on Drop box from my documents that should have been backed up  long ago.     I'm still working on my pictures, but that's another story.

Here are some things I've learned about myself and my art biz by being more focussed on my financials and activities.

1.  Overall,  I feel more in control of my business and activities.  I sat down before the end of the year and planned out what I was going to be doing (the bigger events and things I knew were coming up) each month. Overbooking and jamming up my schedule has been a constant hurdle that I have had to figure out a way to manage.  When I say this, it's not like I have events every week, but being a single parent and not having all the flexibility in the world to travel all the time, I have to really be realistic about what I can do and the time inbetween projects I need to do things well both personally and professionally. 

2.  My sales online have gone up dramatically over the last few months.   Perhaps part of the reason is that the work that has been put in place over the last few years is really starting to flow even more so than in the past, but I also think the reason my sales have increased is that I'm more aware of what's working and what's not working.   What's working is focusing on my online sales..haha.   I'm giggling because..ya...what a  brillian idea, if you focus on something, and give it some attention that it deserves, well what do you know, you see an uptick in activity generally!  I definitely want to delve into this more in another post, but for now...let's leave it at the fact that I've gone from having 40 or so items in my shop around Christmas time to steadily increasing that number to around 100 items currently, has helped sales tremendously.  

3.  Starting the week with a more specific plan outside of what my monthly plan has been extremely helpful in keeping myself accountable.  I like to check things off a list, and I get frustrated with myself if they aren't checked off.   Instead of 'physically' checking off that list, I highlight tasks that are completed. Those that are not completed get moved to the following week..and honestly, just like any list, sometimes certain things get moved up or down in priority, depending on what is going on.

4.   By tracking not just my sales, but my productivity, I can ensure that I'm putting the effort into producing enough inventory and the right inventory that will help me achieve my goals.   Now some of you may be saying, ya...but what about your inspiration, how can you track or force that to reach a particular number?  The answer is you can't force anything but at the same time, you simply must have either things into the pipeline later that will net a positive result, or create work that will eventually net what you need to make a living...scratch that...not just make a living, but be able to thrive like any business would want to. As an artist, you are no different.  You just have to change your mindset and merget the creativity with your business sense. 

5.   I've also learned, I'm far from perfect. I need help in certain areas.  I can't do it all myself.  I overcommit still despite my best efforts not to overcommit.  I get tired.  I get cranky. I procrastinate.  I get burned out.  I am messy and disorganized in my studio.  I am not as proactive as I want to be.  I am not where I want to be in my version of success.   And you know what, all of these things I've learned are totally okie-dokie. There is always something to learn and grow from.   The part of being more aware  and having a system in place is that you can keep yourself in check and keep re-evaluating the plan. The more I learn, the more I realize there is MORE to learn.   Does that make sense?  For point number 5 my key learning is that things are not always going to be perfect, I'm not going to always live up to my own expectations, and that even when I think I have a handle on it all, things change.   My reaction to those changes and those 'faults' of mine is what has changed (and still changing in a more positive way).  I'm still more in control than I used to be and that has made all the difference to my state of mind and my art biz.

How in control of your creative business are you?

What do you have in place that works for you?

What do you NEED to put in place to thrive in what you do?

Join in the conversation.  I'd love to hear from you through the comments here or via email:

jodiohl@hotmail.com

Artfully yours,

Jodi Ohl

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Be sure to stop by my shop today for a GREAT special on this featured Giclee print,  limited to 50 prints with only 5 offered at this great price of 1/2 off the regular retail price.

Size:  24 x 36

Medium: Giclee print on Somerset Velvet Paper  (similar to water color paper)

Edition:  Limited Edition of 50 prints

*all prints are made to order at a professional photo lab.  Shipment arrives normally around 10-14 days after you order.   It will come signed, dated and numbered.

Down By The River   24 x 36  Giclee

To see this item or more new work and 'articrafts', please visit my shop by clicking HERE.