I have thought way to much about how to introduce clothseat which is a collection of clothing and 'stuff' I have on redbubble, a print on demand marketplace. Clothseat feels very different from my other projects yet it shares an important quality - the fabric designs are my photographs. One image is printed on different items supplied by redbubble. A dye sublimation process is used to print a single image on large areas of either polyester or chiffon fabric.

I have been taking lots of photographs of landscapes, and closeups of plants. I had so many images that I started to think about what to do with them I finally thought of clothing and remembered redbubble. My friend author Jenn Reese had introduced me to the marketplace where she has her design work.

I created an account and started uploading images placing them on all sorts of things with surprisingly pleasant results - my images looked good on clothing! So far redbubble was working well as a test site but what was the quality of the clothing?

I'm a member of the fotofemmes collective. An important benefit of being in a collective is having a peer group who can critique your projects. I showed clothseat to fotofemmes member Constance Brinkley. She loved what I had put together and ordered the A-line dress 'Constance' pictured below. When it arrived we were impressed with how well the dress was finished, how beautifully the polyester draped and how lovely my image turned out.

Thanks to Jenn, and Constance for their guidance and support and my good friend Julia Hunt for the clothseat tag line, 'style immersed in nature'.

What do you do when you feel overwhelmed with the idea of writing and planning for social media and the thought of marketing your work is both terrifying and boring? Call Julia Hunt!

Julia is a writer with lots of experiencing editing, coordinating content-sharing and 'improving processes to respond quickly to customer needs.' In her own words: 'Get the work done, don’t sweat the trifles, and know which minutiae need attention.'

Julia has worked for ExOfficio and the Platform, and understands connecting all those pesky social media sites with content. Did I mention she is witty, intelligent and funny. What a combo!

I was trying to figure out what I wanted from social media. What I did know is I didn't want to do it. Writing about my work is not easy for me. To get me started with my clothseat store on Redbubble, I asked Julia to rewrite my bio and write a journal entry. Both are much more interesting and they sound like me. I've learned a bit about how to write an interesting post and talking and brainstorming with Julia has inspired me to write.

For clothseat Julia created a tag line so folks understand what I'm doing with my images: clothseat / Style Immersed in Nature.

Julia recommended a way to begin to write; open a blank doc and put your thoughts down. Don't edit, just type or write what you know and want to say. Then revisit what you wrote, going back in to refine and reflect. That's how I got this post started.

If you have an upcoming event you need on social media, and you don't have time, or you don't like to write about what you do, you are overwhelmed with how social media should work for you, and you might not know who your audience is talk to Julia.