Sometimes, you feel like an idiot....sometimes you don't.

I feel like an idiot tonight. I had sent five nice pieces of my work to a gift shop over on the coast. They never returned the signed contract as they had promised. This was back in April. I have repeatedly emailed, and gotten assurances that they would put the contract AND a check for a piece that sold in the mail. I never received either. A friend happened to be going to the city the store was in and emailed me to tell me it is GONE. A new store is there, and the old store owners packed up all their consignment pieces and took them with them, where ever they went. I am about sick about it, as two of the pieces I struggled to give up at all, and to have them essentially stolen is more than I can stand. So I am out mega bucks, and feel like a total failure. After a frustrating morning of trying to work, and not being able to produce anything worth keeping, I wonder if it is time to give it all up and forget it.