Baby, it's cold outside...

... really cold! Nothing better than a cold spell and no where to go to spur the creative spirit. I love my books on etsy, but I know that everyone has said that you need variety in your shop when you start to find your niche. I picked up some felting... so I started working on a little owl. We'll see how it goes.

As some of you may know, I am not very artistic when it comes to drawing or photography. I love to cut things out of paper... kinda like drawing with scissors. The only time I ever used this odd skill was when I taught preschool. It came in handy. So I was thinking about doing some collage print type things. I never thought that this would come in handy. We will see... if I tell everyone about it I am more inclined to actually do it. I will try to post some pics if it all works out.

And if that's not enough, I've noticed a lot of other etsian blogs featuring fellow etsians. This is so wonderful to promote one another's shops. As a "newbie" at etsy I feel the stress of networking and getting that foot in the door. I am going to figure out what/ who I'd like to feature and how often. Whether it be other newbies, moms, maybe I'll feature kid's shops. Any ideas, let me know.

Maybe we'll get a warm streak... like in the 30's. It's sad when 30's are warm!

My to do list:

*Bind more books
*Finish owl
*Collage prints
*Blog feature

OK, I'm bored

I have my first showcase today. I'm stuck to my lappy waiting for people to buy, buy, buy. I wanted to get at least 3 sales today. We'll see what the day brings :)

On a very bright note, I got a shipment of tea today from Blue Raven Tea... chocolate tea :)

mmm...

I don't know which to try first. Chocolate Covered Berries, Winter Chocolate, Peppermint BonBons, Chocolate Coconut, or Chocolate Mint Cookies. I chatted with this etsian for a while in one of the chat rooms a few nights ago and found out a lot of cool things about teas. The best is all of these great flavors. I also did not know you could over steep your tea and it can become bitter (I drink coffee, what do I know?) I am really looking forward to sitting down with a nice cup of perfectly brewed tea this afternoon for the craft night in the Etsy virtual labs. I think I might start with the Winter Chocolate :)

Cool... I did it! I got to make a Treasury!!! Don't miss it, you have until 2:09pm on Tuesday, January 13th! Guess what it features?

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=39239

...or visit my shop page for the link. Look in links to the right.

Ahh, getting in the groove

I love it! Really, if it was a person I'd give it a big hug & kiss! Ok, I have never felt this good about my "fine craft", as my hubby calls it. I have only been on www.etsy.com a few weeks and I have made 5 sales and gotten into a treasury. Cool, huh? I have 30 peeps who heart me (thank you peeps). I have even had a few people ask me for advice. It's so nice thinking I can do this... I'm really doing a good job, and I love it. And I can stay with my kids and snuggle when they need me <3. It's so nice. K, gotta go get some more work done so I can post some more cute stuff :)

New Years Blues

We moved to Wisconsin from upstate NY about 2 years ago. New Years Eve is a weird thing now that we are an hour away from the east coast. We've never had to watch the ball drop twice?! We had a nice night in with the kids. My husband cooked a lot of really yummy food and we had ice cream :) If anyone has any family friendly New Years Eve tradition suggestions, please let me know. We need to start something new.