Maybe I'm just overwhelmed because I actually did something...

[valis2]

...but seriously, I'm a little freaked out right now. In a good way.

Yes, I finally have a few things on Etsy. After months of not having things on Etsy. And, unlike my ill-fated Cafépress endeavor, this seems exciting; some of my items have already had 26 views after only 24 hours. Now, clearly, a few of those views belong to me, but still--wow.

The pics are...serviceable, at best. The items are okay, nothing really amazing, just plain and simple, with good quality components. I've uploaded some of them to my Flickr account, and that's when it struck me--I looked at a whole page of stuff at once, and I felt giddy. Just utterly giddy. The thing is, I've been renewed in my passion for crafting recently, and this is such a warming moment--I feel like I could dance for joy, at seeing it all, so neat and tidy in rows, and wow.

Now I have to hope that something sells.

(PS: Please understand that I will not post links here in the journal, mmmkay? I need to keep these things separate--the last thing I want is a customer finding my slash fics. heh.)

Comments

[kakiphony.livejournal.com]

But will you e-mail the link?

knotestine at gmail dot com

;) (I'm still trying to convince J that etsy is doable, but I can't seem to get him to take me seriously. He hates the idea of having stock on hand and not just doing custom orders. I keep showing him etsy stores to try to persuade him that they don't need to be overly complex to make money.)

[ook.livejournal.com]

I want an etsy account but someone is squatting on the name that I want to use (which is illegal according to the etsy TOS). This other person opened an account 5 years ago and NEVER used it once. :P

[jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com]

Up until now I thought Etsy was just a nickname for Ebay :-) I googled and the things there are awwwwesome! I need to go shop now if you will excuse me....

[florence-craye.livejournal.com]

Hooray! :D

[juniperus.livejournal.com]

I've liked using etsy - I'm putting my store back up shortly.

[kaiz.livejournal.com]

Congrats! I hope that it works out great for you. I'm just about to open up my Etsy shop, too :-)

[sylvadin.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that your crafting passion is feeling re-energized. It's always a great feeling when that happens (and helps us long-time crafters to remember why we ditched the 9-5 job in the first place :-)

[verdenia.livejournal.com]

Cool!

re: the cheaper things in July - how long do those take to craft? Too long? Or is it supposed to be one of a kind?