Showing posts with label etsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label etsy. Show all posts

Monday, October 10, 2011

Holy Cow. I'm suddenly a fan of Mad Men!



Ok, I know it's a bit silly, but it's moments like this that make running an Etsy shop so fun, so I gotta share my excitement. Imagine my surprise today when the Prop Master for the show Mad Men purchased these mugs from my shop! It was totally out of the blue. Especially so because I've been badly neglecting my little vintage shop lately.

Unbelievable to think that Don Draper may be sipping his coffee from one of my cups on an upcoming episode! Although I know a little about Mad Men, I can't say I follow the show. I'm not sure I've even seen a full episode of the show. But believe me, I'll be glued to the next season now!

Anybody else had a brush with fame (even an extremely minor one like mine) through their Etsy shop or their craft business? I'd love to hear about it!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

News! ...and an apology.


First for the news flash... This amazing avocado green phone from my vintage shop was included in a treasury that was on Etsy's front page today. 665 new views and tons of new hearts in one day! It didn't turn into any sales, but it was exhilarating none the less. Here's a link to the treasury if you're interested:

Spring Mood by Baymut

On to the apology... 
I started this blog (like so many other things) with the best of intentions, but it's become painfully obvious that I'm just not ready to be a regular blogger yet. Between my two etsy shops, my hobbies, my house, my husband, my cat and my freelance graphic design biz, I have too many irons in the fire. Something had to give and sadly, it looks like my blog is that something. So I owe an apology to everyone who signed up to follow my blog and hasn't heard a peep out of me for the last couple of months. Oh dear, this is starting to sound like a bad break up speech, "It's not you. It's me. Really." ugh.

So, where to go from here... Well, I want to keep the blog as a place that I can post extras about my etsy shops from time to time. But for the foreseeable future, there probably won't be a lot of new blogging going on round here, unless something cool happens like it did today. That's probably really how it should be. I'd rather be working on new items for my shop (and design work that pays the rent) than blogging anyway. So I guess I'm officially stepping away from blogging for a while to focus on other stuff.

So for now, I'll say toodles. I'm sure I'll pop up occasionally with updates and hopefully it'll always be with good news. Good night and good luck. :-)

Friday, February 4, 2011

This is all my fault

Last Saturday it was 73 degrees here in North Texas. Sorry to those of you who are tired of winter, but I just don't like it to be that warm in January. It's a reminder that August and 100+ temps aren't that far off. Winter is my favorite time of year and usually we get precious little of it around here. So last Saturday I created a little Etsy treasury devoted to winter.

And then... Sleet, freezing rain and record low temperatures hit the Dallas area Monday night. It hasn't warmed up since. In typical Dallas fashion, the city has been more or less shut down all week. (I've always thought it crazy to close the city for 2 snowflakes, but huge sheets of ice covering the roadways are something else altogether.) Just when hope was in sight with warmer temps in the forecast...



This is what we woke up to this morning. 5+ inches of snow. Dallas has gone years without that much snow in the past, so it's big deal for around here.

And it's all my fault. This is what I get for complaining.
Be careful what you wish for...