Paper Goods Showcase

I was featured in the Paper Goods Showcase yesterday. The Tan Bicycle Lover's Greeting Card was featured:



I actually forgot about the showcase so I didn't get to screen capture my card on the site. I got a couple favorites, but no sales. It's kind of fun to do the showcases sometimes, but it's kind of expensive if you're not getting any sales from it. Do you look at the Showcase items? How do you shop on Etsy?

365 Food Project

I'm doing a 365 photo project where I'm taking photos of meals I'm eating every day for a year. Here's some updates to my project:











You can see everything on my Flickr. What's your favorite thing to cook?

Items for Summer

Summer is coming up. Summer officially begins on June 21st this year. I thought I'd share some items in my shop that are good for summer. Summer is a great time to start journaling if you have more time to yourself.

A Little Bit of Sunshine Journal



Rounded Lemon Collage Greeting Card



Glittery Sweet Tooth Fabric Greeting Card



Blue and Gold Marbled Journal




Balloons Birthday Card



What are your plans for this summer? I'm taking a fashion design class right now, but it's ending tomorrow so I'll have a couple months to relax and work on my Etsy.

Custom Items

I thought I'd do a post about custom items in my shop. You can get any type of item from my shop customized (e.g. a different paper/fabric) or I can make a brand new paper item that's made however you want. Here are some past custom items I've made:

Green Damask Altered 2010-2011 Moleskine Planner


Tree of Life Box



Newspaper Altered 2010 Moleskine Planner



You can order a custom item here or just contact me through my blog/email. I think custom items are really fun to make and make them more personal than my other items. Which one is your favorite? Have you ever ordered or made a custom item off Etsy?

Favorite Items

I thought I'd share some of my recent favorite items on Etsy.

Clipper ship silkscreen necktie, navy ink on cream SILK tie



VINTAGE Ansco Camera Canvas Printed Pillow



SALE Tiny Black Scissors Earrings on Silver Chain



the little baker necklace in antiqued copper.



You can see more inspiration on my Tumblr. Have you seen any interesting items on Etsy lately?

Mary Kay Cosmetics

I'm a beauty consultant for Mary Kay Cosmetics. I like watching makeup guru videos on YouTube and I sent some Mary Kay products to one girl to review them. In return, she posted a link to my Mary Kay store front website in her description box of her video. It was really fun to see what she thought about each product I sent and I hope it brings me some sales. You can watch the video below:

I also sent some of my Etsy items to review on another channel on YouTube video. Once that's up, I'll do a blog post about it. Have you ever tried Mary Kay products?

Art Journaling

I thought I'd share some of my art journal pages from my personal journal. I shared some of my pages a while ago on here, but I haven't done it in a while.











You can see more on my Flickr. I also just got a DeviantArt account. I thought it'd be a good place to share my artwork/promote my Etsy items. Does anybody else use it?

Two More Paintings

I thought I'd share some more of my oil paintings. Like the paintings in my previous post, I did these two paintings for my painting class in school. This oil painting is a copy of the painting "The Waterfall" by Rousseau: 

 

This painting is another still life painting I did with a plant and some toy frogs: 

Tell me what you think. I'm currently taking a costume design class in summer school. It's really interesting sofar. We're studying fashion design in film and television and I get to design some of my own clothes which I've never done before so I'm excited.