365 Days of Crafting?

Well Im gonna take the plunge and attempt to do the 365 Days of Crafting! My crafting motivation sucked the last 6 months, and Im determined to get back into it this year. So here are the rules:

I will make something and post a picture of it everyday for 365 days! Ok so that might be a little extreme. If for some reason I cant actually make something I promise to post someone else’s cool creation! I also plan to list at least two new item in My ETSY SHOP every week! This is going to be such a good challenge for me and I couldn’t be more excited! Im actually making plans to fix my light box and load Photoshop on to my laptop to make things easier on myself!

So today I plan on doing a lot of crafting, organizing, picture-taking etc. I promise to post an actual craft project later today. For now I leave you with recent items I have HEARTED on Etsy!

BROOKLYN rehab

Tea For Bini

Little White Dresser

Tis the Season

New Ornaments listed in my Shop.

Im Totally Obsessed with..

Paper Cut outs! They are soooo stinkin cool! Im going to attempt to find a book on this and make some!

Books are Friends

I own these two books and really want to use them. This months goal is to make at least two items from these books!

Maybe Not.

Well my first craft fair was a bust. For real people, no good. At first I was just depressed, but the more I thought about it the more I realized a few things. First: I have a specific crowd, my stuff is way more urban outfitters than country kitchen, and not everyone may get that. I also think this crowd leaned way more on the country side. Second: I need my art to have more of a purpose. I love so many things, and find inspiration in such unique items, but I have yet to turn my art into anything overtly useful.

So because I do love to craft and it does make me happy I really feel like I need to focus my talents instead of just winging whatever happens to motivate me at the minute. Crafting is a great hobby, but without being able to sell my art it really becomes too expensive and too stressing to continue.

In the next few weeks I really want to revamp things and I actually think I may come up with a little more of a color or theme to go off of instead of such randomness. I also think I may come up with a new name and open a whole new shop! So for now I will just let my shop sit and do its thing until I am ready to make changes.

Craftin’ up a Storm

My house is a disaster of crafting! Which is fine by me, I love craft supplies and the weather is a crisp 50 degree and Im enjoying being inside in my mess. Just some shots of whats coming up for my craft show this Saturday. I plan on listing anything that doesnt sell in my Etsy shop on Sunday. Hopefully drum up some christmas business. Tonight Im going over to Mr. Gaunts mom’s house to pick up some display items and to learn how to sew a button on!

Heart Keychains are back!

Holly Pins

Mess Galore!

stocking stuffers!

Autumn Gift Tags

We Are Back on the Ball People!

Exciting news! After two days of my shop being re-open I’m in my first Treasury* which you can check out here. Thanks to The Angry Cupcake for featuring me (I’m on the bottom right)!

*For those who dont know much about Etsy, the Treasury is an ever-changing, member-curated shopping gallery of handpicked items. These gallery’s are often picked to be on the front page, the more treasuries your in the more likely you will be on the front page!