Come sell with the {NewNew} Etsy Team!!!

Quoted verbatim from the blog of Saru Star: (You should really check out her shop...gorgeous jewelry!)

 

The first ever Crafts in Chelsea handmade street fair, a collaboration between PS 11 and The New New, will be taking place on October 17, 2009! 

21st Street between 8th and 9th Avenues will be closed off from 10am to 5pm where you'll find the finest handmade arts and crafts the New York Metro area has to offer! Also, there will be free food for kids, games, a bouncy castle, and even a petting zoo! 

 

Come sell with us! The deadline to apply has been extended until September 12th-- get the form here!

 

Be sure to mention Danielle of Collective Elements sent you over!

 

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Today you can get your grubby little hands on a Little Black Box

I'm one of the featured artists in this month's Little Black Box, a indie sample box being sold at http://www.thelittleblackboxes.com/. You can score some free handmade cards from in addition to some fabulous finds from other indie artists. I'm tempted to pick up one myself when I see goodies like these http://thelittleblackboxes.com/etailers.html

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Okay I'm not trying to gross you out...

This greeted me on my way in from lunch last week, hanging out on the door to my office building. Now since I hate bugs and spiders as much as a Hatfield hates a McCoy, I quietly tried to open the door without that sucker flying into my face. It was huge! That's not the bad part of the story...

Yesterday I was teasing my daughter about the bug sound she could hear outside the window. (She also hates bugs and spiders.) If you live anywhere where the summers are kind of humid, you've heard the song of the cicadas. Now I didn't know what a cicada looked like. You hear them all the time but rarely see one. My kid being the daughter of an information junkie (me) asked me what a cicada looked like and of course I looked it up. Guess what that giant bugger up there is? Yeah a cicada.

Now in 36 years of living with the sounds of cicadas echoing in my ears during the summer I have never been worried about them. But now that I know what it looks like, I could feel myself freaking out as we walked home from the laundrymat and I could hear them singing in the trees overhead. Eeel!!! What if one fell into my hair?! I would have looked pretty strange running down the street screaming pushing a bright red shopping cart full of laundry.

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How to plan a child's tea party

If you're wondering how to plan a tea party like I did for my daughter, read my article on the NewNew Etsy Team's blog today!

 

http://thenewnew.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-plan-childs-tea-party.html

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I got a mention on Cuteable.com today!

My 1000Markets shop got a mention on the Share My Cute feature today! 

 

http://cuteable.com/share-my-cute-finds-22/6127

 

Unfortunately I hardly ever update this shop and had just deleted old inventory last night.  Needless to say, I was a mad woman adding cards this morning, lol

Lesson learned:  Stay current!!!

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Tea Party Done, Blog Redesign Done, Tomorrow Sleep

The tea party was a mini success. I say mini because only two girls showed up but they had a lot of fun and my daughter was happy. I admit planning was frustrating. I sent out ten invites and only had one RSVP the day before. So I was driving myself crazy about what I should buy. There's alot of leftovers. I really wish someone could have taken a minute to call or email and say "Sorry my kid can't make it." It's just proper and polite. **sigh**

I did manage to finish the redesign on my blog. I really like that it has a mood now. Thanks Dee on the compliment on the colors. I need to tweek my www.collectiveelements.com a bit more and I'm complete with the redesign a few weeks early. Woo hoo!

I'm still debating if I want to stay with an Etsy shop or work with Google checkout. I looked into a GoDaddy cart. The expense is just not feasible. Especially when I can code myself. The Google cart looks promising. I like the fact that I can make an inventory sheet and it automatically updates. We'll see. I have to get ready for the holiday season.

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First Draft of Redesign

I like the way things are shaping up. The tea party is tomorrow so I will probably finish up on Sunday. To make things move faster: I found a great template on http://btemplates.com/. I was really looking for more of a layout than graphic package.

This Dandy Dandelion template had the layout I was looking for. I just need to tweek it a bit to suit my needs but its great by itself. You can find it here: http://btemplates.com/2009/06/02/dandy-dandilion/

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Redesign in progress

Making final decisions on the redesign of my website and blog. I really like the new graphics I'm using. Right now I'm converting back to the plain template until the design is finalized. But you can get a sneak peek by visiting my home site http://www.collectiveelements.com

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OMG! I just wanna kiss myself!!! Fixed my email...all emails from 2004 to present day accounted for!! Hallelujah!!

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Good news:laptop up & running again. bad news: lost 3 years of emails and calendar entries. **sigh** I think I'll cry myself to sleep now.

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