#30 French inspiration

I am at #30 in my 100 teeny tiny envelope set challenge. These teeny tiny miniature square envelopes are green with red and white accents. Very sophisticated, and quite lovely.

Bravo! Front page for a little while

This card made it to Etsy's front page a few weeks ago, thanks to curator luchi. Here's a link to her treasury.

Selling onlilne

I've added a third shop over on ArtFire and am slowly populatiing it. Three shops is a lot to handle since every venue has a different social and graphical structure. I am so spoiled by being a part of both the CCCOE and EtsyIrish forum threads where we know each other well. There's nothing comparably active that I've found on either ArtFire or 1000Markets, although ArtFire's chat function might be more dynamic...

On another note, I was looking through the hearts on my Etsy shop tonight and discovered a new seller. One of the things I like about selling online is that you've got all sorts of regional marketplaces all subsumed in this international venue. The midwestern crafter in the U.S. side by side with someone in Thailand or Sinagpore. New York and Minnesota, California and Tennessee, Louisiana and Ohio. Different crafts, different trends, different histories, different stories. All ages, men and women, children, collectors, crafters, craftspeople and artists, pragmatic and profane.

The gift guide has launched

The incredibly talented CraftyWren, a.k.a Shop Whimsy is the graphic designer who put this amazing site together. She has an able crew of CCCOE members who are also working on a constant basis to write up Spotlight articles (OhMay Designs) or curate the collections on the front page (ButtercupBloom). You can find the gift guide here.

Gift Guide front page today

CCCOE's Handmade in California Web site included me as one of the front page picks for the day. Go by and visit to see all the other great CCCOE artists that have signed up.

Handmade in California

The California Crafters Club of Etsy (CCCOE) has a wonderful PR team which has set up our spring "Handmade In California" Web site, following on the huge success of the Winter site. The new one won't go live until February 1, but you can get a preview now. Last time I checked, one of my cards was on the front page.

Valentine's Day is coming

I got my first request for this year's batch of teeny tiny envelopes for Valentine's Day this morning. That was a fun project, and, of course, led to a trip to not one, but two craft shops. Scrapbook Territory is one of my all time favorite shops because they have beautiful paper, wonderful stamps and a great store dog named Wilbur. Diane is the friendly proprietor. I also went to Michael's. You know what that's like. I got a new pad of beautiful double-sided cardstock, some Valentine's cardstock to make more teeny tiny envelopes, and some stamps for making my Valentine's cards. The visions of them are starting to dance in my head. Look for them in my shop in the days to come.

CCCOE Gift Guide for 2008

My street team, CCCOE, or California Crafters Club of Etsy, is sponsoring a holiday gift guide this year, featuring the work of a whole range of artists. Please stop by and visit it. You can find me in the Paperie, Holiday, and Gifts under $25 sections within the next 48 hours. In the meantime, you can visit my shop for all sorts of new cards for the fall and winter holidays -- and just every day.