Tree Bark Greeting Card and Advertising

I just got a new greeting card listed:

Rounded Golden Tree Bark Greeting Card



I've used this paper before in an address book that sold:



I have a bunch more cards I'm going to list soon. I also put an ad box on this blog. It's to help advertise other craft blogs and sites. I'm also trying to make a little money off of it. If you use Project Wonderful, you can click here to advertise on my blog. Right now, it's free to advertise so it'd be great to promote other Etsy shops and craft related blogs.

My Thread of Thought 1000th Entry Giveaway

It is my 1000th entry on my blog. To celebrate, I'm giving away one greeting card of your choice from my shop, Move the Needle.To enter, just leave a comment with your e-mail and write down any extra entries you did. The giveaway ends on October 20th (12 midnight eastern time) so you have about 2 weeks to enter. I will announce the winner shortly after.

Extra entries:
*Follow or subscribe to this blog
*Favorite my shop on Etsy or favorite an item (up to 2 entries)
*Like Move the Needle on Facebook
*Follow Move the Needle on Twitter
*Follow Move the Needle on Google +
*Follow Move the Needle on Pinterest
*Follow Move the Needle on Flickr
*Follow Move the Needle on Tumblr
*Like Move the Needle on StumbleUpon
*Post on any social media site with hashtag #mythreadofthought about the giveaway (up to 2 entries)
*Open a store on Etsy with my referral link
*Purchase from my Etsy shop
*Subscribe to Move the Needle's mailing list

Good luck!

Fourth of July Inspiration

Happy Fourth of July! Here are some Independence Day themed photos that inspire me.












You can see more things that inspire me on my craft Tumblr. Do you have any plans for Fourth of July?

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.