serious business

here's a treasury i made for both the etsyLush team and the etsy success symposium, which i'll be tuning into tomorrow.  i've also been following a blog called etsy in real life.  malaika, who has a great sense of humor, has written a series of posts, starting here, about the business side of etsy which has helped inspire me to get even more serious about my etsy shop.  for some laughs and encouragement go check it out, it's a good read.

one thing i have noticed about my shop is that when i have a searchable item, such as a calendar, my shop gets much more traffic.  i've just listed a moleskine notebook with a hand drawn cover and just that word, moleskine, gets me views. 

so now i've got to figure out what words a customer would use to search for art. :)

here's the moleskine notebook with an illustrated cover in my shop

this is one of my inner constellations pieces in honor of the theme for the etsy success symposium :)

and here's to success, however you measure it.

sand and sea

i was going to work on another beautiful things list but i just had to share these beautiful things in this treasury by madebyjulie.  i think it could be a new font - etsy style. :)   i love it.  and yes, that's my little assemblage shadowbox in the third row, looking not too shabby in this treasury.

here's a few of the very neat things in madebyjulie's shop

thanks julie!

happy

i've just finished the fafsa form for middle son for college next year!  if any of you have college age kids you'll know how happy i am right now.  to celebrate here's a few treasuries.

is it wednesday already?

blue eggs on my kitchen counter make me happy.  a gift from a friend.

northeast classic car museum  does anyone else think we should go back to pastel mint green cars?  this is just one of the many gorgeous cars at this museum.

a treasury of spring colors

mad awkward

is this mad awkward, as my youngest son might say, or just healthy self-promotion?  i don't know but i'm so thrilled and proud that i can't help it.  the humble hand drawn calendar was featured in 2 very neat blogs and a handful of etsy treasuries!

the first blog, such great heights is geared towards empowering teens. there are beautiful photos featuring awesome teens and the self-less, inspiring things they do.

spin. sew. sketch. features finds and projects by kate.  she has an amazing eye (not just because she found the humble hand drawn calendar) and i particularly love her very own calendar project below.

now for the treasuries.  thanks to all for including the humble, etc.

free shipping at messy bed

free shipping for the holidays!  and some treasuries of my favorite things!

sales just in time for mom's day

One of my pieces was included in another treasury, this one with a sale theme.  The curator, EarthMotherMosaics is having a sale herself and she is donating 25% to relief efforts in Japan through the Red Cross.
    

She has beautiful mosaics, I bet your mom would love one.
       

                                                                                       

This is one of my favorites at EarthMotherMosaics

mother's day wish list no. 1 and spring sale at messy bed

I thought I'd indulge myself by making mother's day treasury wish lists on etsy.  Here's the first.  Hope you like it as much as I do.  And check out the sale at messy bed studio.

enjoy the scenery

Aimee, over at Artsyville, included my fern in another etsy treasury and I just had to show you. It's a beauty and so is the theme.





Go on over there and check out all the talent at etsy and visit Aimee's shop for some artful words of wisdom.

whoopie pies and treasuries

I was lucky enough to have my mixed media collage, silver lining, featured in a treasury, by Chris Galli at Spoonful of Sugar Bake Shop.  I happened to find her while searching on Etsy for gluten free bakeries.  She makes Italian cookies, gluten free, dairy free and low protein cookies.  All of her creations are beautiful and I can say, having had a few of her gluten free items, that they are delicious too.  Chris knows her stuff and I felt confident ordering gf from her for my son who has celiac disease.  Her whoopie pies and truffle cakes are so good, I mean so good we ate them straight out of the box after our mail man delivered them.  They were so good that the gluten eaters in my house fought for them too.  I can't wait to try her rainbow cookies and chocolate torte. 

Go over there and just look at those pinkalicious cookies and tell me you don't want them...I dare you.

treasury

I love making treasuries on Etsy.  But what I love even more is being featured in a treasury on Etsy.  Thanks to Artsyville for including lollipop trees.

Aimee also has a website/blog that, on first view, looks to be as beautiful and inspiring as the work in her shop.  I'm heading over now to read about how she made, what she calls drunken tiles!  Scroll down, you'll see them in the sidebar.

palette

I am addicted to making treasuries on etsy.  I particularly love focusing on shops that haven't had a sale yet, kind of like rooting for the underdog.  I count myself as one.  I find it very soothing, like creating a jigsaw puzzle with my own pieces, creating my own palette. It sort of feels like making an online collage. Anyway, here's one that features my daughter's print - Blue, third from the left.

Enjoy!