Favorite Friday

Another week is almost gone, and it's Friday already! Christydekoning has been a favorite seller of mine for awhile. She has so much talent, it's amazing! I think she is especially good at painting faces. Christy is very sucessful on Etsy, having 174 sales since January of this year. Take a look at her shop, and she also has a great blog!

My new treasury

This one is full of greens! I love green more and more. I just bought a green dress, and when I got home my hubby says, "Green??" He doesn't like green. His newest fear is that suddenly a green wall will pop up in the house. ;) He should be very afraid!

Here is the treasury! Check it out! Also check out my friend Katelynjane's treasury- it's too funny, we both used the same Christydekoning print!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=40978

Graduation....I think it's coming!

First of all, I wanted you all to check out this hilarious article in the Storque! It gave me a good laugh anyway!

http://www.etsy.com/storque/section/etc/article/do-you-speak-etsy-funny-lingo-for-etsians/1523/

Then I am going to show you my newest card! I was playing around the other day (yay! I can still say that I "play!") and I came up with this Graduation card. It's coming up faster than you think you know! It seems hard to believe at the moment, especially since we got an additional 4 inches of snow here yesterday, but soon it will be the end of another school year. I will be listing other Graduation cards in the next several weeks.

In the mean time, don't forget about Mom!

I also wanted to mention that I got the cutest little puppy picture in the mail today! I can only see part of his face, but I fell in love right away! It's that Christydekoning again! I love her paintings! They are so beautiful!

A little help from a friend

I got a convo from a friend yesterday who had the guts to tell me that my photos, well, just arn't that great at all! I have improved much from when I first opened my shop, but a lot of that is the camera I have to admit. When I first started I read up everything I could about taking photos of products, and even built myself a light box.

Well, Christy showed me the light. And I am here admiting that my pictures are kinda dull! Here is an example of the photos that I have uploaded in my shop at the moment, and the same photo that I brightened up a bit just usuing Picasa.

It's super amazing the difference, isn't it? Wow! Look for a brighter, better shop in the weeks to come! (Remember the company? :) Thank you Christy!

And since she had the guts to tell me about my problem, I am posting her link again in this blog...check her out- please! Her work is great!

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5541697

I'm taking the plunge

I was asked about a week ago if I would be willing to consign my cards. After the initial excitement that, woohoo! someone wants my cards!!, I was a little taken back. There seemed to be numerous threads in the forums that stated different horror stories about consigning their craft.

Well, after asking a bunch of questions, and even finding another Etsy seller that was also going to get into the same deal, talking it over with my hubby, I decided to give it a whirl!

The store name is Mocomarket, and it's in Madison, WI. The owner, Megan Ramey, is going to be on TV talking about her new idea for the store next week. She is devoting part of the store to Etsy sellers. Just another way the word will get out about Etsy! This afternoon I am going to send them 10 cards. I am pretty excited about the deal as of right now! I will keep you posted on how things work out for me!

Also, I wanted to tell you about my favorite customer! christydekoning...find her here at Etsy
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5541697 ...bought a few cards from me, gave me raving reviews, helped me out with various other things, has now decided to write my shop name and URL on the back of the cards she bought before sending them out to her friends and family! She does gorgous watercolor paintings...so check out her shop! She is a truely wonderful person.