Slightly Productive

I'm pretty proud of myself right now. I have 3 new bags to put in my shops on the web and on Etsy! Not bad. I think I'm going to give myself the afternoon off.

The only one I'm going to make a big deal of, is Jenny. It's a new design for my handbags section. Jenny is a roomy little messenger bag with loads of pockets and a really long strap. You can wear it over your shoulder or across your body. Pretty handy, huh? Anyway, I think it turned out pretty nice. There's only one on my website right now, but I've listed some other fabric options for it. More coming soon, including a version with a flap closure & no zipper.

As for the other new items, look over there on the left side & you can see them on my site. Only one of these newbies has been listed on Etsy so far, I have too many things for sale over there right now. I don't want to get into too many pages. Good news, I sold another one of my monkey cozies today, that made room for another item. Hooray. So long Burt, have a nice time in New Zealand, lucky monkey.

My friend etsy

Etsy is a great place to "buy and sell all things handmade". I love this website. What a great way to give regular people a way to put their handmade goods on the web without a huge investment. I have a shop on etsy, and to tell you the truth, that's where pretty much all of my sales have come from. They have over 32,000 users on this site. That's a lot of traffic potential.

As for selling things, it's pretty easy. All you do is pay a nominal fee, that lasts for 4 months, for each item you want in your shop. Then you just write a description, add some tags, upload the photos, easy. Especially easy for someone who has already put in a billion hours creating product images. They charge you a small percentage of the profit, but I think it's worth it. This is a great way for the average person to have an online shop. You don't really have to put a lot of work into it, it's great for an "on the side" kind of deal.

So please go check out etsy, support your local crafter, buy something from a real person! In the future, I plan to feature some of my favorite etsy sellers here, so come back often to see some great, original items.