I decided it’s time to start adding things I made over the summer to the Etsy shop — before summer officially ends! This is a mixed set featuring ladybugs but also some little dragonflies (or maybe regular flies, but I think the dragon-variety sounds nicer!).
Viva, summer. Viva, ladybugs!
A belated thank-you to LadyMetropolitan for including my Pumpkin Spice magnets in her Etsy “Autumn Lovelies” treasury, which was indeed lovely! I’m so tickled when one of my items shows up in anyone’s Treasury, but it’s a special pick-me-up when the curator is not someone I know.
Here’s a larger photo. I’m resisting autumn as much as I can, but I did like the cider-y look to these!
Despite that sneaky Labor Day holiday and the end of our permission to wear white, summer doesn’t officially end until September 21 — and I’m going to enjoy every minute of it!
See, just like magic you have an extra three weeks of summer! (Maybe I should go into business granting wishes — I wonder if there’s an Etsy category for that?)
It’s been a quiet week in the shop, so I thought I would start upgrading some photo backgrounds. These “I Want Candy” magnets look happier against a proper dinner setting, all set for a Labor Day picnic!A very happy Labor Day weekend to one and all.
I was so happy to find myself in an Etsy Treasury West today! Many thanks to tasteslikepurple for including me in “Violet, You’re Turning Violet!” I couldn’t get ScreenGrab to capture the image (just the frame) but here’s an image extracted from printing to a PDF (I'm in the bottom row on the left). Or you can visit the Treasury live before it expires here.
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Not a lot going on this week, so I thought I would play with the Etsy Mini and see how much I could squeeze into one post. It looks like the answer is 7 rows!1% of the sales price for these items (and all my Etsy sales) donated quarterly to earth-friendly nonprofits.
These green striped magnets are fairly dark and were completely defying any attempts to photograph them. I tried paintings, magazine covers — none of my usual background strategies were producing a result even close to the way they look in person. I had resigned myself to the fact that they needed a white background (a prob since I am able to turn even snowy white backgrounds gray). But then I stumbled upon these vintage drawings from the children’s page in a local newspaper, circa 1911.
The white balance and color levels are still giving me trouble — and for some reason Picasa’s sharp display image blurs each time I hit “save,” which is driving me nuts — but I love the drawings! The frogs (top) were what initially caught my eye, since the magnets are green. But I also liked the tiny child fairies playing on the books in the bottom image. Maybe the pixies here can show me how to use my camera properly!
1% of the sales price for these items (and all my Etsy sales) donated quarterly to earth-friendly nonprofits.
I decided it’s time to start adding things I made over the summer to the Etsy shop — before summer officially ends! This is a mixed set featuring ladybugs but also some little dragonflies (or maybe regular flies, but I think the dragon-variety sounds nicer!).
Many thanks to Designs by Vanessa, for nominating me for a Brilliant Blog award! I’m a big fan of Vanessa’s Etsy shop, which includes beautiful paper goods (check out her birdie and owl cards!) as well as jewelry — including the terrific Lady in Red wrap bracelet pictured at left.
Despite that sneaky Labor Day holiday and the end of our permission to wear white, summer doesn’t officially end until September 21 — and I’m going to enjoy every minute of it!
It’s been a quiet week in the shop, so I thought I would start upgrading some photo backgrounds. These “I Want Candy” magnets look happier against a proper dinner setting, all set for a Labor Day picnic!
These green striped magnets are fairly dark and were completely defying any attempts to photograph them. I tried paintings, magazine covers — none of my usual background strategies were producing a result even close to the way they look in person. I had resigned myself to the fact that they needed a white background (a prob since I am able to turn even snowy white backgrounds gray). But then I stumbled upon these vintage drawings from the children’s page in a local newspaper, circa 1911.
The white balance and color levels are still giving me trouble — and for some reason Picasa’s sharp display image blurs each time I hit “save,” which is driving me nuts — but I love the drawings! The frogs (top) were what initially caught my eye, since the magnets are green. But I also liked the tiny child fairies playing on the books in the bottom image. Maybe the pixies here can show me how to use my camera properly!
