cookie brooches & etsy updates!

I'm starting to enter another one of my crochet/knitting phases. I'm always going through crafty phases. Poly clay is my number one, but I always flip flop between crochet, knitting, rubber stamping, beading, sewing and cooking. I like doing everything, I can't help it!

Last night I made a couple of "sugar cookie" brooches with some spare yarn. I have a ton that's just been lying around. I think they came out pretty well, seeing as I just whiped them out of nothing. No patterns. Not that circles are very hard. But still!

I was thinking of listing them in my shop [eventually]. I just have to get the settings right on my camera to actually pick up the detail of the brooch when I have it on, instead of washing it out entirely.

They DO look like sugar cookies right?

Also, maybe before I list them, I'll try to build up a small collection of some other crocheted foody goodness. That way my shop doesn't look strange with just one crocheted cookie among my many clay figurines. We'll see how long my crochet phase lasts first.



I also finished listing my SnoCone Plinis in my shop today [along with a few other extras]. I feel accomplished! Now I can sit back and relax for a second. Which now that I think about it, might be why I like crocheting so much. I can literally sit back on the couch and relax while I work.

vacation is over!

I’ve really been trying my best to blog more often. I guess the only bright side of this is my excuse for lack of steady blogging is I’m spending the majority of my time busily crafting. If I was sitting in front of the tv like a lump doing nothing, then I’d have reason to guilt myself to death. But I’m being productive, and that’s what matters! [right?] I will admit though that I was on vacation all of last week and there was definitely no crafting of any kind going on. Sun, sand and margaritas galore. Plus I finished a whole book in two days! [Towelhead. It was really good! But really intense] Sadly…now it’s back to reality.





I’ve still been investigating what the best sealant is for shrinky dink pieces. There’s tons of suggestions, but overall I can’t seem to find a source saying “yes..this absolutely always works 100%”. Actually, the most successful sealant I’ve read about still seems to be resin. But honestly…I can’t go and mix up a batch of resin just to seal maybe 5 pieces? It seems like overkill to me. Also, I just recently threw away a container of resin that I bought months ago in my “I want to try resin phase” that I hadn’t used yet. I hate buying stuff that I threw away the day before. This is why I’m a packrat. I might need it! I have to keep it! I’ve been trying to follow the “Have you used it in the past 2-3 months?” reasoning when it comes to getting rid of stuff. It’s usually a good method.

Sales have been slow this past month, which is understandable with the *gasp* economy (I hate that word. I’ve heard it so many times I want to hurl) and it being summer also. I’ve been brainstorming where I should spend more time promoting my Plini figurines. I’ve noticed that a good majority of my customers are doll house or Blythe/Pullip doll collectors. They use my figurines to decorate their houses or as an accessory for their collectible dolls. I’m thinking it would be a good idea to promote more where the doll house miniature and doll collectors get together. I’m having a hard time though. I’m not sure where to look, and when I do find a site that looks like a good place to check out, I get worried that I might come off spammy. Which is what I definitely do not want to do.



Hopefully today or tomorrow (or Wednesday…I don’t know) I can get around to listing the handful of ACEOs I made not too long ago. They’re all ready to go. I just have to muster up the energy to list each one. I really wish Etsy would come up with a batch listing option. I know that might just encourage more resellers, but I also think it would be a valuable addition for the real sellers. Why leave us all high and dry because Etsy as a site can’t monitor their user’s content enough? How about give us batch listing and hire more flagging staff?

That’s enough whining for one day I think.

Oh! And I also have a handful of summery Plinis and two or so kittehs to list also. That won’t be for a little while though since I still have to finish taking all of the photos. But I can’t wait to list them. They’re really cute!