The Most Awesome Gift (That I may Have EVER Received)

I have gotten some pretty awesome gifts in my life-time. I had one Christmas as a child/teen when i got a new computer and the things to set up a dark room. However my boyfriend amazed me tonight with what may be my favorite present of all time.

I am notorious for killing plants. I do have a cactus, which i have had for about 4 years. It is not dead, but it does grow in an odd way... I may not have killed it but I think I have scarred it for life. So as someone who is dating a plant killer and someone who doesn't have the best track record with plants himself my boyfriend presented me with this as part of my Christmas present.


It is so cute and I am so very much in love with it. He let me help him make the mushrooms and made himself one as well. I am so excited with them and how they turned out we are considering making a few to sell on Etsy. It was so nice to be creative outside of the fabric world!

Now i am off to keep working on my papers i have been making little to no headway on! Have a great night all :)

My Etsy Updates!

Ok, so here is what has happened to me in the Etsy World in the past week or so.

• Someone put Harry in their treasury!
• I went to a virtual lab and actually got a critique... yes i know! it is amazing! i am still amazed myself! (i pinched myself)
• I tried to join an etsy team and they said they weren't taking anymore fiber artists...
  

I am super bummed about them not accepting me...i was super excited about the idea of working with other artists in the area, and doing stuff... what that stuff was i didn't know, i just knew i wanted to do it.

I had this image of various people sitting in a coffee house talking and drinking tea... maybe i could make a team with that as the crux. How does it sound to other people?

harumph! my new etsy goals are...

• redo my photos
• promote myself more...(I have NO IDEA how to do this...so any suggestions are welcome!)
• make more things!
• package up some old supplies to sell
  

The Thursday Blues...

I have been in a huge crafting slump...and in the worst time to be in one...right when i should be ramping up for Christmas!!!

Sometimes i feel like i should save my money and not craft since i feel like no one wants what i make. i put so much time and effort into making my plushies and it makes me sad to see them sitting in my shop going no where.

I think i need to really sit down and make a crafting schedule and make myself do things in the alloted time. I am a full-time student and i work and maintain a cosy apartment so between chores (eg. cooking healthy meals), classes, homework and work i feel like my "me time" dissapears.

I feel like when you are an etsy seller not selling it totally saps your will to create and spend more... but maybe i will try a little harder, since my promotional skills are lacking and see what i can accomplish this holiday season!

Good luck to all my fellow crafters out there :)

Back in Boston....Finally

Hi everyone!

Sorry i have been so negligent to my blog all summer. I was busy working all the time and didn't have access to the internet as much as i would have liked.

But now i am back home in Boston and getting in the swing of things. I moved back here full-time in September 8th and have been busy starting classes again and REORGANIZING my "Studio". I figured i would show you some pic.s of my progress!

But first here is Josephine, a puppet i got at the rummage sale at the church, literally right next door. Guess how much she was! $.50!!! She even has a stick to move her hands! I love her!


But here is my new and improved organizing scheme!

This is my craft side...complete with my new sewing machine i got in may! It is awesome but i haven't used it nearly enough.

Here is my computer/homework/printing/shipping section!

We moved the bookshelf from the bedroom into here! it is much more at home here and houses my favorite little guy...

Gary with his new home!

And the piece de resistance! The cleaned & organized craft closet!
And i even found a good way to store inventory!

And here is the last shot... My fabric cubby, which shows that i really need to get going and start crafting again! It is Jam packed.
Anyone who reads this, please yell at me to craft, i need a little push... :)

AT LAST! PICS OF THE ICE CREAM TRUCK!

Here is my ice-cream truck, in all her rusty glory :)

I decided it was a "she" because it is decorated with girly things... i call her Bertha. Look at all Bertha's great decorations that Etsiers sent me :)

And here are the GREAT Etsiers who sent things :)

I hope you all had a great 4th and got to eat some Ice Cream!!!

Another VERY overdue post! Sorry for being a bum...

Ok, so i really don't know why posting has been such an issue for me... i have been a lazy bum i guess... I started the ice cream truck on Wednesday, and have today off because it is hazy and gray outside. I hope the weather picks up because it has been SLOW, but it isn't ridiculously hot yet and the summer did just officially begin. I will be posting pictures of the truck soon but have been just trying to get used to driving it first :)

but here are the last 3 AWESOME etsiers who sent items in (sorry i was so late blogging about your awesome-ness)

Risky Beads sent this crazy magnet that is awesome

and some great necklaces! She even has her own post-its which is just too cute!

And Jodi's Craft Emporium sent these awesome crocheted washcloth/coasters! I love the bright colors!


And last but not least is Mitsel8

who made this awesome wooden painted sign, which it just adorable!

Sorry again about my late posting and I hope your all having a great summer :)

First Craft Show Ever.... aka. Why Did I Waste My Time?

Ok. so i worked and worked and worked to make things for my craft show...my debut to the non-internet world and sold a whopping.... duh duh duh...$33 Dollars. When you count that my table was $20 I feel like an idiot. But i know it was a learning experience and not my right demographic and the 101 degree heat didn't help but i can't help but be bummed!

Look how cute my table was!!!


Some close ups of my stuff...





And my poor mom who came and baked in the sun with me for 6 hours...

So due to the disappointment of all that i am taking a crafting vacation of sorts... just kind of bopping along.

And sorry to those of you who really read this... i am now at the parents house on Cape Cod, and let me tell you, time moved really weirdly here... the pace of life is a complete 180 from Boston, so posting has been...well, pathetic but i will try to improve!!!