It has been an unspeakable amount of time since I have done any mixed media collages. Mostly because I have become a full time picker, lister and schlepper. My days are filled with thrifting, driving, photographing, cropping, cleaning, packing, shipping, hauling, loading, unloading, listing and no time for making. I miss it very much but, creative takes time. I like quiet time, I need time where I don't have anything looming that I need to do asap. The above is a cabinet card with I altered with a bird image, a little h2O colors and a white chalk pencil. SIMPLE! yes. I enjoyed it very much. I created it in a hotel room in Ohio while waiting for my friend Robbie to take a class. She went to Artiscape, a sweet little art escape that has a bunch of classes, some shopping and a little entertaining. It was a wonderful little getaway for me and Robbie was so generous to have me tag along. It was a great relaxing weekend. and While I was away.....
I was featured by etsy in this little thing called Etsy Finds...Since I left my little part time job in the middle of Feb. I have been hitting etsy hard and I have definately been selling. Yesterday I sold 13 items!!!!! because of this little mention of my BULL ring. Which I can say SOLD right away. Thank you ETSY!!! I love you! I love being self employed and I always encourage anyone who wants to be.
*I quit my part time job for many reasons. (disclaimer: the folks that I worked with and for are lovely.) I don't enjoy being employed that way anymore. I really love working for myself and doing my own thing. Going to work always felt like a distraction. I finally figured this out at my age. So, if I apply for a job or if I mention that I am going to get a job somewhere please STOP me! Thanks in advance blog readers!
3 comments:
That's awesome that you have been able to find success on Etsy and work for yourself. Did it take you long to start making sales? I briefly tried selling vintage, but after 2 months of not selling anything I got discouraged. Also, I felt like I couldn't really calculate shipping until I knew where the item would be going, so I had a hard time coming up with an accurate price for that.
steenkbug- i wish you would of left me your email so I could reply to you personally. it does take some doing to get people to notice you on etsy. i think it is listing often and having a bunch in your shop that is the key. shipping is still an issue. if you ship midwest it seems i guessed right but the westcoast gets me everytime. good luck if you decide to sell again.
Thanks for your advice. I may get brave enough to try again!
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