Pretty in pink

I'm enjoying making two things in particular right now -- all sorts of origami boxes and iris-fold cards. I need to make a listing for my Etsy site for the origami boxes since I'm getting quite a pile of them made now.

Trading and Craigslist

I'm so excited. I just made my first post to my Etsy shop on Craigslist. Here it is: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/art/417931687.html. I hope it brings a lot of buyers to my shop.

Also, I traded lots of my pet cards (here's an example) to people who make dog treats. Rosie the Wonder Dog is going to be so delighted with the wonderful treats she's going be getting in the mail from vegan propamanda, chambers, kellies delites, dragon's den, vegan honey and shallakar's peanut butter bites. I can hardly wait to open my mailbox these days.

Another treasury today

I'm enjoying this curating gig. Today's treasury is called California Craftin' and features members of CCCOE -- California Crafters Club of Etsy (I can never get that exactly right)

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=6097

I ran across this great saying on the Etsy Greetings blog this morning that I thought I'd share:

"Spread Love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier" ~ Mother Teresa.

It was from the artist who runs this shop: Remember Me.

My treasury

Last night, just as I was about to sign off for the day, I became the curator of my Etsy treasury. For the uninitiated, a treasury is a collection of images collected from other shops, usually following a theme of the curator's choice. My theme is Rainbows and peace. Here's a link if you'd like to see: http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=5780
I also started making little origami boxes and ended up with eight of them. I thought about selling them, but the other sellers on Etsy sell them at such a low price that I'm not sure it would be reasonable. On the other hand, I will probably make dozens, and there are only so many you can give to friends. I'm trying out different types of coatings to render them more permanent; so far I've only tried Golden's Heavy Gel medium. It's not at all tacky (as in sticky) but neither does it give a kind the kind of rigidity I'm seeking. More later, I guess.

Yesterday I started making Halloween cards. I love this little dog. It's a rubber stamp made by Paper Source.

First day of my blog!!

I've been a member of Etsy for over a year now, selling handmade paper art. I'm also a member of the Etsy Loco for Gocco Street Team, Etsy Greetings, and CCCOE (creative california crafters of Etsy, I think). Everyone is very excited about their blogs and says this is a good way to let people know about your work. So here I am.