I’m pleased to report that I am almost done with the onerous fabric reorganization I’ve been working on for days. After cleaning and pressing this month’s FabMo fabrics, I sorted them into the bins along with my other fabrics, and today I finished the swatches for a whole four of these bins. Now I only have one bin left. Hooray!!! I’m afraid I’m sadly behind on this month’s action plan, but it’ll be such a relief to get these materials sorted out. When I was at yoga tonight, my teacher Rachel observed, “Wow, you’re really tight today!” That’s what I get for skipping Monday yoga and spending so much of the week hunched over my desk!
In other exciting news, thanks to a tip from Jenn of Art by Zahrt, I’ve joined Cosa Verde. I’m slightly at a loss for how to describe it. Technically I suppose it’s an advertising site: it doesn’t actually sell any of the items listed, but redirects would-be buyers to the sellers’ Etsy, Artfire, Bigcartel, etc, shops. But it feels a lot like a cleaner (less cluttered) Etsy, with shops and features and all that. I admit that at first I only joined because it was free and provides more exposure for my shop, but now that I have explored it a little, I’m super-excited. For one thing, unlike mega-marketplace Etsy, it’s still small; a search for “makeup pouch” turned up only my Tropical Rainstorm pouch and one other. Moreover, prospective sellers have to be approved, so the photo and product quality appear so far to be very high. Best of all, its focus is exclusively on handmade and eco-friendly goods! I hadn’t realized quite what an amazing thing this was until I started searching for items, and it suddenly hit me that it was like searching a highly filtered version of Etsy (except that it searches other sites besides Etsy). Time will tell how well they do, but I know that Cosa Verde is now going to be my first stop when I need to buy something online.
Oh, and one more thing! My Drawgasmic piece is now live online. The scan isn’t quite as crisp as I’d like, but oh well. My art is public! 😉
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i’m so excited your Drawgasmic piece is available online!! what a milestone!!
i wanna see a photo of all the fabric swatches/rings when you’re finally done! and don’t worry about being behind on your action lists this month… i’m in the same place. my laptop died a couple days ago and uuuuurgh what a hassle! everything i was working on was instantly put on indefinite hiatus and all the tentative deadlines i had in my head went out the window. but we’ll get back on track soon enough!!
Your Drawgasmic piece looks so cool on the official website! I’m not sure why, but it makes me so happy to see you work on something that’s in my neck of the woods. 😉
Cosa Verde sounds really cool! I can’t wait to hear how it works out for you.
Tamara — Good thought! I will take a pic when I’m done… though I’m not sure when I will get to that one last bin. We went to the climbing gym last night and now my hands are sore. ;b I can’t stand the thought of doing any more stapling and hole-punching! Good luck with the dead laptop… ugh. I can’t imagine how I’d deal with that. ;b
Mo — Thank you! 🙂 It makes me happy to think my art is hanging out in your state too. 🙂 My cousin will be moving there in early July… still trying to get a visit together at some point!