Trashy Chic Thursdays at Linger Cafe & Lounge!

Please join us Thursday, June 3rd for our first Trashy Chic Thursdays!

Opening Reception; 7:30 to 8:00 pm follow by a Fashion Show at 8:00 pm of Haitian designer Catherine E. Charlot of HIMANE and me, Stephanie Huffaker of Garbage of Eden Design. We'll be introducing our apparel and accessories designs made from recycled old clothes, discarded umbrellas and plastic bags.

Trashy Chic Thursdays is a monthly party/exhibition series introducing the work of local artists and designers who focus on recycled materials while supporting an important cause (www.chfoundation.org). Come check out the excitement (and the excellent food!) at Linger Cafe & Lounge, located at 533 Atlantic between 3rd & 4th Ave.


All items will be on sale, 30% of your purchase will go to support the Collective Hands Foundation (www.chfoundation.org) in their effort to promote recycling program in schools and to help build and sustain a unique art and design school in Haiti.

Check out this event on facebook.
Stay tuned for more "Trashy Chic Thursdays" and other eco-friendly events.

See you there!

Income Tax Issues for Individual Artist/Designers Ect.

I just got back from a free seminar at the Brooklyn Business Library- it was very good! Now I'm kicking myself for missing the Organization for Home Businesses seminar a few weeks ago. It was a basic overview of how to do your taxes if you're an artist, designer and/or freelancer. I still have questions, but the good part is I found out about some of the correct wording and more questions I didn't even realize I had. So now I can call up the irs and know what to ask.

I wanted to post some links I found out about that can help other artist/designer/freelancer types like myself with their tax woes.

Free help for Brooklyn artists/designers
www.brooklynartscouncil.org

Info about using free tax return preparation by volunteers
http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=107626,00.html

Link to free tax preparation sites in New York City & Brooklyn (where those volunteers are!)
http://www.nedap.org/FreeTaxPrepSitesNYC.pdf ....this list is from 2005 but probably some of these places still do it, it's worth calling them and checking it out



Here's one of the upcoming seminars at the Brooklyn Business Library:


Get on the Internet and Get Business!
How to use the Web to reach out to a wide world of clients

Your computer can be the key to selling success if you know how to use the internet effectively. At this seminar Liliana Blanco from the Business Outreach Center will give you tips to E-Mail marketing and Jennifer Stevens of Stevens Consulting will explain the secrets to selling on eBay. Join us to learn:

* The benefits of marketing via email
* Using Constant Contact and understanding its features
* Choosing profitable products to sell online and pricing them right
* Creating repeat customers

Tuesday, February 19
6:00 - 7:30 pm


There's another seminar having to do with small businesses coming up on Feb 28th, it hasn't been put up on their website yet. I guess we'll have to check back on that one.

I love comments so make sure you comment if you have some advice or questions, we can help each other out!