Finally Got my Hands Dirty

The picture above was my herb garden last year. Not too shabby for my first “in ground” herb garden. Recreating that this year won’t be hard as the oregano and parsley have already come back this year and are ready to be used (funny how quickly things come back to life). The mint is more […]

Promotional Items Finished? Check.

I worked very hard and was very focused tonight on the goal I gave myself this morning. I was to create a promo item to send off for the goody bags and to make 20 of them. I did that. If I really wanted to, I could make 20 more, but I think I’ll stick […]

Marketing and Rain

As I said in a previous post, a fellow AREtsian is handing out some AREtsy street team promo bags at Toad Suck Days. I’ve been waiting on some new business cards from Zazzle.com to come in before I could put together some promos to send down to her. Well, the new cards are in and […]

Is the weather confused?

If I didn’t know any better, I’d say we’re still smack dab in the middle of winter. We had a few beautiful days in a row this week with weather warm enough for short sleeves. However, I woke up yesterday to a cold and gray day. Today is cold, gray, and rainy. It’s hard to […]

15 Minutes of Fame

For a portion of this afternoon, I felt like a celebrity. No, not the kind who go to rehab before they are even old enough to legally drink, but the Etsy kind. A fellow member of AREtsy and my coworker, BeadedBombshell, let me in on a little secret this afternoon. One of my bracelets had […]

Looking the Part

I believe a huge part of sales is looking the part. I spent a brief (very brief) portion of my college days selling Mary Kay makeup. Needless to say, I was not successful in that, unless my goal was to get myself hooked on make up I could not afford on a regular salary. It […]

Things for a Gardener

I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned this a few times, but gardening season has begun. I had started some seeds a few weeks ago and I’ve found it in myself to rake some pine needles away from what will be my herb garden, but that is where it ends for now. Other than planting the herbs […]

Happy Spring

I have about three minutes left to welcome spring to the Northern Hemisphere. I’m sure that my blog will state that I posted this on March 21, but I assure you, it’s still March 20. I’ve been both looking forward to spring and also dreading the end of my beloved cold weather. I love winter, […]

Enough Already

Carnival – Kaleidoscope Earrings (will they be the 50th item sold from my shop?) I’ve had a major case of the pooh-poohs lately. I’ve pooh-poohed about the lack of sales the past couple of weeks, pooh-poohed about the lack of inspiration (I still want to take that trip to Austin), and I’ve just pooh-poohed in […]

Inspiration Needed – apply within

An Austin, TX sunset complete with matching car – taken February 2005 I think I need some new inspiration. I’ve just about exhausted the views of the Boston mountains (part of the Ozarks) from my window. I’ve exhausted spring in NW Arkansas, winter in NW Arkansas, fall in NW Arkansas, and anything else, in NW […]