Ep 201: Rapid-Fire Q&A: Paychecks, Paper Sources, and Permission to Be an Artist

For the first time in nine seasons, we are turning the mic over to you! In this rapid-fire Q&A, Quynh, Jessie, and Sara answer questions sent in by listeners, Mastermind participants, and friends. We talk about what we wish we knew before going full time with our art, whether you need to be "artsy" to become a paper flower artist, and exactly where we buy our crepe paper and cardstock in the US and Canada.

"The thing I wish I knew before I went full time is that I'm allowed to do it." - Sara

Then we get honest about money: our worst paid and highest paid jobs, from a $1 flower order that ended in a complaint to a $70,000 production job that tested every limit of Quynh's hands and timeline. Sara shares the business advice that changed everything (templates and passive income), Jessie reveals the unexpected tool she now brings to every workshop, and we close with the paper flower trends we are loving right now, plus what is sitting in our shopping carts.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome to our first ever rapid-fire Q&A

01:15 What is one thing you wish you knew before going full time with your art?

03:57 Do you have to be artsy to be a paper flower artist? (Jessie)

05:30 Where do you buy your paper? Our crepe paper and cardstock sources

09:28 Worst paid job ever vs. highest paid job ever

18:16 The best piece of business advice Sara ever got

19:35 What did you buy with your first paycheck?