Having Items Featured Is EXCITING!

It's always a lot of fun when I find one of my items in a treasury, or receive a convo to let me know a specific item has been selected in a treasury. But it's extremely exciting when I find that one of my creations have been featured in a blog!

Treasuries will sometimes be overlooked one day, and then buried the next by the huge amount of treasuries created on Etsy each day. But an established blog often has several followers, and even with the slightest bit of promotion, blogs often receive more unique hits because artisans enjoy reading blogs- I enjoy grabbing a cup of coffee in the morning and checking on the several blogs that I follow and I often check on them weekly. I especially enjoy finding new blogs to follow. So it's a rush for me to find one of my sea glass creations featured in a blog.

This week, one of necklaces were featured in this blog...
http://mysticwynd.blogspot.com/2010/08/delightful-discoveries-im-seeing-red.html

A few creations were completed over the weekend, and I have a custom order to work on, and another to look into. The top two images are my new creations, and I have a few pictures to crop...hopefully I'll have more images to share tomorrow.

til next time...
R

2008 Resolutions

For this New Year, I hope to follow these "resolutions"...

1- No last night hectic creating, completing or designing of new items. I also hope to have all new items for all craft shows underway more than 1 week in advance and no more 1am nights the week before a show.

2- Spend more time with my family and work more efficiently this year.

3- More quality promoting on the ETSY forums.

4- More Blogs, especially features on fellow Etsians and suppliers. I'd like to have the time to blog 4-5 times each week.

5- More quality items, even if they come at the expense of items that sell well, but offer
a low return on my time and investment.

I think if I can stick to these resolutions, I can easily accomplish everything I plan to do this year. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out Etsy last year and I think I have a basic understanding of what will work for me and my shop. I hope to continue to offer my "wearable art" creations and offer new items that visitors to my shop will find exciting and different.

Later tonight, I'll be sending out questions to 1 supplier and one new ETSY seller and the 1st response to the questions will become my 1st feature crafter/supplier of 2008!

til next time!
R