I heart CBC

Here's something good that I found...

http://green.cbc.ca/

It's a great thing for anybody who wants to encourage or be encouraged to do random acts of greenness - because let's face it, being kind to the environment is being kind to the world.

When the tough get going, the going gets easier.

So I feel as though I've been ignoring my shop lately. Mostly because it's true.

I have been trying to get schoolwork done, as well as save my sanity. Last weekend I also babysat my little nephew (my best friend's son). It was exactly what I needed to completely forget the rest of my life and lose a bit of my stress. Who knew running after a one year old who likes to climb stairs would actually be calming??

My fall semester reading week is almost over and, as usual, it has been much less productive than it should have been. I did succeed in buying a pair of shoes that I desperately needed (I was wearing sandals during the first snowfall of the year) and most importantly I got my workspace cleaned up and laundry done.

There seems to always be a connection with how messy my mind is with how disorganized the spaces I inhabit are. Being so cluttered kept me from working on new pieces, not to mention listing them.

I plan on hopefully listing some pieces soon. I still have a good deal of inventory that I have just yet to list. I have to get a lot of pictures done, mostly.

I'm excited to get more into my shop and really starting to get things moving. Once I'm organized enough, who knows, maybe I'll celebrate with a sale. But I think I've said that before, haha.

It's a forest!

Here's something I've been meaning to post for a while.

I collected all my trees together on my back deck and made a little forest. Here are the pics:






I do have other pictures of my trees and forest in general that are posted to my Flickr. Two of the trees are listed on Etsy - the green pop can leaf one and the small one with brown bead leaves. The one with the autumn pop can leaves has been sold.

The pop can ones are probably my favourites because of the detail of the leaves.

I also want to suggest to anyone that likes my trees to check out this guy that's also on Etsy. He does trees and only tress and they are fantastic!! (I hope it isn't too creepy that I'm doing this....) http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5091124 His name is salvatore7.

Lowered Prices!

So after feeling anxious about it all for more than a week, I finally did it....

I lowered my prices!

Some prices are more changed than others, and some haven't changed at all, but I'm a bit more comfortable with the prices overall.

Also, I've made two unofficial sales this weekend to two very supportive people. Thank you!

This weekend I haven't been posting more items as per usual, I might get to it a little later, but it's really important that I relax a little bit and try to take a bit of time off from everything. This is safer for my sanity, atleast.

The Hand!

Introducing one of my latest creations!

THE HAND!

Here are some pictures:




And of course, I had to have a little fun with taking pictures of it:


The hand is actually modeled loosely after my own left hand though my fingers are a little shorter. My roommates have already made comments about how it could belong to Anakin Skywalker but the general consensus is that its mostly just kinda creepy.

I will try to list this item before my Art showcase day on Thursday along with atleast one more "art" piece, which will probably be a small tree.

Me and some pictures

So I finally got around to putting some new pictures on my flickr page, and one of them is ME!

This picture is not exactly the same as that one, but it was taken at the same time.

I just thought that I'd show people that I existed beyond the realms of the internet and that I am, in fact, not actually a strawberry poison dart frog. Though that would be really really cool.

I've been meaning to also add a lot more listings to my shop, but have so far been very busy with school. Apparently reading middle english, anthropology essays and preparing presentations doesn't leave much much time for setting up shop. My studies will always come first but I will be posting more items this weekend.

It seems to be a regular thing that I will always be posting more on the weekends. Next weekend, Thanksgiving, will have to be an exception. That's going to be split more between family and last minute school work. However, keep yourself posted! I still have a lot of items that I have yet to post and will frequently be updating whenever I have the time.

The day of chicken noodle soup.

So after spending the entire day being sick and miserable I finally seem to have had enough rest to get my but back on the computer. (None of my pieces were tainted/compromised if you are worried.)

I also had an awesome chat with my best friend, which is enough to pick me up on any day let alone a sick one.

The chat made me want to be sure that it was known:

I would love some custom orders! I cannot always make more than one of different items, and most items always seem to be slightly different even when the same, but if I can make you something that I

Also, to people that I know or anyone that has particular circumstances I would be willing to accept other forms of payments than Paypal. It's just the easiest and surest way of getting a quick payment that I've found. I know too well how common fake cheques from people over the internet are from my part time job and would rather avoid any sticky delays, but if I can trust you then I'll take any form of payment.

I am also willing to deal with any one that I know or can meet in person. This means that if you want to skip Etsy, it can be done!!

Me on Showcase!
This week I had my first showcase spot. It was in the Gift Guides section. I have three other showcase spots coming up:
Oct 9th: Art showcase for my trees and other art pieces (I'll have more listed by that time!)
Oct 20th: Supplies showcase - I have to destash all those beads I have somehow!
Oct 21st: Jewellery showcase

I keep missing out on opportunities for the Main Showcase, but someday... someday!!