My First Etsy Sale! And Other Stuff

July 1, 2008
So I made my first Etsy.com sale today! Of course it was my cousin, but hey a sale is a sale right? and she bought two items! I am so excited :D It just gets me revved up to make more things and keep going with promoting and marketing my site. So thanks Xiara! Love ya babe ;)

In other etsy news I have been busy joining all kinds of sites and groups and trying to get my link out there. You can see some of the sites I've joined to the left. I also joined some Flickr groups which let you post your photos for members to see and they have forums where you can get alot of advice on selling and stuff so that's pretty cool.I've also been busy making more yoyos and putting them together. The picture above is actually an older picture to give an idea of what they look like before I decide which backing they will have. Hair ties, clips, bobby pins? Who knows? But, lately the fabrics I am using are brighter and cuter and more modern so I'm looking forward to seeing how they look when they're all done. I'll post them up soon. Right now I have a bunch in a box just pinned together so my next step is to sew it all together.
Oh! And I am also going to be getting a sewing machine this weekend! I am super excited about that! My mother has one and is paranoid about me using it...with good reason lol. Plus I want my own to learn with and then I can make the ideas that are floating around in my head like bags, purses, wallets, pillows, and oh so much more!

Uploaded Photos and a Craft Show??

June 15, 2008

I finally got the new photos off my camera and uploaded them to my Flickr account. You can see all of them there. I wish I had a better camera, but they came out pretty good.

So in other news I've been looking around for craft shows in my area and I think I found a good one. I've never done one before since I'm a newbie crafter so I
had to call and get some info.
It's in Leesport and I've heard some good things about it so I would be really excited if I can make it. The fee is pretty cheap (only $25 for a 10x10 space in the open) and its all day.
As I said before I've never done a craft show before so I wonder how much inventory should I make and sell for and if I should make something other than hair barrettes.... I just don't know. More research time! If anyone has ever done a craft show and could pass down some wisdom I would love to read it!

CupCake Time!

June 15, 2008

I LOVE cupcakes! Anything made that looks like a cupcake I am in delicious love with.

This yum yum delicious looking felt cupcake is made by a very talented crafter, Amanda Graff, also known as Smarmy Pants. It's a pin cushion! How cute is that?

It is 12AM, June 15th and...it's my birthday! Yes well don't all get up at once :)
I am 26 today. Yikes! I have no plans for the day. Maybe eat a cupcake or twenty...who knows?

Yo Yo Time! I have been making yoyos all day... well in between moaning about being prego and taking care of daughter. That's life!
So I already had alot of circles cut out so today I just sewed em and threw em in my yoyo box. Which, in fact, I had to convert to a bigger box because I have so many. And let me say a box full of just yoyos gives me such satisfaction...that I think it might not be normal actually.
I completed and took pictures of some finished yoyos this morning and have yet to get them off my camera. I'll have to write a post-it to remind myself for tomorrow. With this prego brain I forget EVERYTHING. So note to self: upload pics and post to blog....got it. oh yea and make cupcakes...

My First Sale!

June 14, 2008
I made my first sale yesterday! It wasn't through the Etsy site. I still have lots of work to do on getting some potential customers to my shop. No it was my daughter's therapist who comes every other week. She noticed my cramped (but stylish tyvm) crafty corner of my living room

I literally just took this photo as I write this...so no my house is NOT crooked.

and asked what I was working on. She fell in love with the hair barrettes and bought 4 for her daughters. So I made my first $12 yesterday! Yay I'm so excited :)
In my excitement I forget to remember which ones she actually bought LOL. Since every item is so different I have to make sure that I don't have the same one that I sell in person in my shop to sell. Yikes! So I had to go through all my inventory last night (thank god I numbered all of them!) and assign the numbers to the photos in my computer and see what was missing. And get this I have 5 numbers missing...and I only sold 4 which is what was left over after numbering everything! So I have a rogue hair barrette. I'll find you damn ...thing.
Ok so that was that, but I'm still happy about my sale. I bought shampoo, conditioner and a huge pack of chewy chocolate chip cookies....yum so worth it :)

My First Post

June 13, 2008
This is my first post on my new blog and I am pretty excited!
I will use this post to introduce myself and stuff like that. Let's just get it out of the way shall we?
My name is Jessica and I love art. I am a very visual person and have always appreciated looking at things and making things to look at. I am a pencil artist at heart...


but I have ventured into the craft world with my obsession of yo yos as you can see from my online shop. Here's an example of what I make:


I am a mother of a 2 year old sweet and kooky little girl, Emily Belle


and I am expecting another one this Fall.

Baby's ultrasound at 16 weeks. Rubbing its belly, dancing to "My Baby Does the Hanky Panky"...I swear!

We live with the father of my babies and life is pretty...interesting to say the least.

I have a beautiful and funny mom who lives across the parking lot from us.

She's single! Eat your heart out.

She actually might be moving soon which she claims I am trying to hex...and so what if I am?? She is my sanity and I can't let her go that easily you know.
I have 4 other brothers and sisters, lots of cousins and nieces and nephews. A big family that keeps getting bigger!
So this one was all about me yes I know, but I want to showcase other cool and artsy things I find online and my process in making new things in future posts. Come back now ya hear?
Anyone can leave comments here so gab away!