etsy update

i love summer. and i love etsy. wait...i hate summer. it's hot and gross and when i take the time to brush my hair it looks awful the second i step outside. (reason number 872 why brushing is stupid.) but, i do love etsy.

etsy is like having a huge communal garage sale and you don't even care about what you're selling anymore, all you want to do is look at what everyone else is selling. there is so much cute stuff on there it makes me want to puke a little. the trick is not buying everyone else's stuff. so much is SO reasonably priced and SO unique! it's like living in one of those cutesy little boutiques you love to shop in but can't afford anything in, only at etsy, you CAN afford things.

i've had good responses with my work, made new connections and was asked to donate a piece to a downtown, silent auction for a sexual violence center's fundraiser...and this is all within less than a week. (which i'm really excited to do! it's a great organization and it is one more place to leave business cards and attempt to make more connections. and besides, which artist wouldn't want to see a piece of their art sitting in a trendy downtown restaurant, being bid on? omg. what if no one bids on it? yikes. that's a possibility. a real one, too. crap. now i'm nervous.)

the coolest thing is though, this has absolutely turned on my brain--like flipping a switch i always thought was there but could never really find because it was dark. i am completely obsessed with marketing, promotions, holiday sales, making smaller things to sell, finding frames to refinish (i was expecting to be starting on that by fall but would like to push it up and start now...after all, it IS garage sale season), making connections and getting myself into the art world more. i'm going to get what i put into this and i love having it all be on me and not having to work with anyone else :) (i'm a terrible person, i know. i just work better alone. when i work with others i typically get overly bossy or step back, letting them make all the decisions so i don't get bossy--either way, i've never completely done my own thing like this and it feels really refreshing.) ((and also, at least i know how i work well. i mean, lots of people never really figure that out. right??))