I've got a list for the rest of us i.e. those of us who are left out of the lovey dovey antics.

beads
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I haven't been really talking about my supply shop. I guess it's because making jewelry is really exciting, and the supplies I sell are the ones that I have too many of for the ideas I have using them.

from boygirlparty's etsy, although I bought this from her online store.


My to do list is super cute now, although I'll probably not do much on my list. Listing is on the list for today.

Newb pounce! click undiscovered.

I have a bone to pick with stylehive! It took me ten minutes to find my url, and that's only because I backengineered it from my rss feed url! I'm internet savvy enough to know that a url that says 'myhive' can only be used by me when I'm logged in. The sharing tools were totally useless. Personally, people on my contacts in gmail- don't care what I think of the latest jewelry. My mom, my profs, people from grad school, people from undergrad...all people who don't want stupid spam in their box! Not to mention, facebook! folks from high school,undergrad and grad school? don't care about my latest fashion picks! That's why I need a url to show only people who actually care my stylehive. And make it easy for me. Web 2.0 is the hot new thing, but use common sense. I like social shopping as much as anyone else- but I know my friends irl[i.e. the main people I have in my email list] would rather eat a live mouse than get eleventy emails everytime I joined a new site.

elbow grease

double stars
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I think I have at least ten items to post on various websites this week. I wonder if I overdid it on the crafting. And then I have to promote promote promote..

When I saw sunlight, I ran outside and started snapping photos. 25 photos, and only a few need to be thrown out. I don't know why I take my best photos in the sun. Of course, I need to do a lot of cropping!

I forgot my own two year etsyversary. But the truth is that I don't remember when I started actually paying attention to etsy, so the date of my true etsyversary has been lost to history.

My new etsy goal is to reduce my list of favorite sellers down to 1000. I have 1056 right now. I'm hoping to get the size of my favorites down to 500, although that will be tough.

My mother found this article in the newspaper. I think I'll spend the rest of the evening working on flickr.

thread on digital art, and selling on etsy bookmarked here

Out of 23 photos shot, only 8 came out.

Look! There's a new etsy shop banner making thing!

15 items made! I did it! Although it was touch and go at that last bit!

Etsybead is in the storque. Stay tuned for our valentine's event.

12 items now. I should start taking photos in a few minutes.

10 items made so far, and 1 more item nearly complete. I'm going to have more since I found my glue. It was on the table.

The two sides fallacy:

I believe that whenever two groups come into conflict, especially when there is a powerful differential, this will happen. Let's imagine that crocheters post fifty threads per day on the etsy forums about how jewelers suck- they post too much, their stuff isn't really handmade because they just put storebought stuff together, everyone posts jewelry, and the jewelers post five threads per day about how fruit doesn't need cozies, and how nobody needs that many knitted items anyway. In discussing this, someone will say something about 'it goes both ways' or 'it's on both sides', completely ignoring the difference in volume between the two. Add a power differential, and well...that happens super often. urgh.

I made 5 items. My problem is that I keep losing things and have to look for them. For example, I have no idea where my craft glue is now.

Challenge update: with gluey fingers, I've gotten two items made.