Bob Ross Paint Day Results!

Ok, so i meant to post this like weeks ago!

I told you all that my mom was coming to town and we planned to do one of our special Bob Ross Paint Days! Something we've been doing for years! It's silly, but oh so fun! And, its a great way to just forget all our family worries for a day! (click here to see the past post for a reminder of what i'm talking about)


I think part of our problem was we were using 8x10 canvases - and he works on like 16x24 canvases. So it was hard to scale down that much. We couldn't fit it all in. But i think we still did pretty good! What do you think??

So ok, as promised here are our paintings from that day! They turned out nothing like his! lol But it was a lot of fun!



So can you tell who's painting is who's???




(i'll give you a hint.... mine looks more like a waterfall, my mom's like a river)

Hope you have a Happy Lil Day!

Other Venues

So have any of you been reaching out to other venues like i have lately? I don't know what's going on with Etsy, or really the lack of what's going on with Etsy, but its been so dead for me lately. Well, longer than lately. Usually the summer is slow - it was last summer, but it wasnt anything close to being this slow! And I've been trying to network really hard off Etsy, doing everything i can think of! But nadda! I was beginning to think my items really sucked. But the thing i was noticing was that nothing was getting views. Would be listed for days and not one view. How is that possible? Remember the days of listing a new item and getting like 30 hits in a couple of hours? What happened to that?

I can't help but really think all the search changes and SEO changes made in the last 6-8 months has truly affected traffic to all our shops. You'd be in denial if you don't think so.

So i started branching out. I listed some of my new hats on MadeitMyself.com 2 nights ago, within 5 minutes of listing a hat it sold! I was so excited! I thought, ok! My stuff doesnt suck! So i listed more! And i didn't really promote the listings, i didn't really promote anything, and they got views, and not just one or two, but like 20-30 within a day. Not huge numbers, but compared to what i was getting on Etsy, pretty big difference!


So today i spent a good amount of time listing on Artfire Byhand.me too. I know a lot of you have tried them - i just never got around to it, thought maybe it wouldnt help. But again, i'm getting tons of views already! It's kind of a nice feeling to see something! Ya know?


What i also noticed, and liked, is you actually are on the front page when you list. And, not just a tiny tiny square at the very bottom - but front and square center! You are truly seen. Yes they are smaller sites, but they also advertise all over! So i can't help but think they may be better avenues.


So tell me, what sites are you venturing into? What venues other than Etsy have you had any success with? I know there are tons of others. But i don't want to spread myself too thin.


And, don't get me wrong, I love Etsy! I love the people i have met on Etsy, I love all the cool features. But somewhere over time, seems things have gotten off track there. It's just nice to know that there are other sites welcoming us in!

Animoto It!

Ever hear of a site called Animoto??? It's Soooooo Cool! It's like a new and imroved way to do a slideshow!

I just did this cool one of my brand new baby hats i made for fun (as i'm still working on new pics). but i had to test it out and see how it worked!



See what you think!

And go try out Animoto here now! :) let me know if you do! If you make a cool one, post it here for me, and maybe i'll feature it later in the week!

Playing Peeka Boo?

Snagged a Treasury late last night.

Called "Who YOU Looking at?"



Kind of a black and white Peeka Boo of sorts.

So thought i'd share the alternates, to give them a bit of the limelight.


Please Click here to see the full treasury and show it some love :)