Etsy Store Open!

My etsy shop is now open!  :)  Click here to visit.

Edit:  Shop is closed! I'm back in school.

Etsy Treasury Tool

I know Etsy is relatively new, and the staff is working on making updates to the site, but it bums me out that you can't organize your favorites into categories or lists, such as "jewelry" or "illustrations."  Just yesterday, I finally decided to investigate the Treasury Tool.  Wow, so cool !  I have already made a bunch of my own treasuries, and it's fun!  I guess, for now, it's as close as one can get to organizing their favorites.

On another unrelated note:  I bought a printer/scanner, and it should arrive next week! : D  I'm super excited to finally have a scanner!  This will enable me to have better images for posting work here as well as for my futuristic etsy shop!

Hope your weekend is going well...it's raining here.

Lady Gaga

Last summer, when Lady Gaga hit the scene and had a couple hundred hit singles playing on the radio constantly, I really didn't like her. But, she has grown on me, and I do appreciate that while she is purposely flamboyant, she is at least doing what she wants (I think). So in some weird way, despite her strategically-placed thongs, she is kind of feminist, although I wouldn't say she's worthy of entering any sort of feminist canon. I was inspired to make a drawing of her...which admittedly, I think is a bit stiff. It is also unfinished, because I want to make some design on the main portion of her outfit, but I haven't come up with anything.

These are the kind of drawings I'm working on to sell on Etsy...small black and white ink creations.

Also, trying to update this blog three times a week...but I am failing at it. Must try harder. I think the key is to have blog posts ready ahead of time...

Etsy Teaser

One of my goals for 2010 is to open a shop on Etsy.  Ideally, the product would range from original drawings to handmade jewelry to sewn wall hangings.  So far, I have an account and shop ready, but no product!  (Most of my activity on Etsy lately has been buying succulents...but that's another story!)

I've been doing a lot of research and putzing around, trying to figure out pricing and mailing and good business practices for a small one-person online shop.  However, this has been bogging me down, as I really have to come up with art to sell.

So finally, within the last few weeks, I've actually been drawing (yay!). Here are some teaser images:

These are all photos of black and white ink drawings on thick paper (I forget exactly what type of paper - I have a ton of it left from college...probably BFK or Arches).  They originals will be for sale, as well as prints.

Someday, I will own an awesome SLR camera, but for now, I have to settle for photos taken with my little Canon's digital macro feature, using the lighting in my bathroom (because it's night time right now!).

Anyway, back to the drawing board !