Today is the first day of December, of a new seasons. It means to me that there are new plans & expectation. How can one (me in this case:) accomplish the new tasks if the old ones are still waiting to be fulfilled?
I´ve noticed today, that I completely missed the message on my fb with the etsy shop story by beautiful Debora from CraftedLocaly. Debora´s etsy shop in not only about her, But Crafted Locally is not just about Debora. It´s the place where she shows the works of many different artists from her area. This idea seems very fascinating & I hope that Debora´s nice story inspire somebody to lead such a project too :)
My dream is to provide a venue where artists and craftsmen can show their work and we all help promote each other. Maybe someone is interested in earrings, so they go to my site to look at earrings but then they see that another artists specializes in framing scripture quotes and they decide that would make a good gift. I am particularly inept technically and I thought there might be others out there with the same challenge. So instead of 3 or 4 of us having to learn the techie stuff, we would all work together to learn, support and encourage each other thereby leaving more time for our art or craft.
Currently there are only two artists - myself and Susan Baxley. Susan
is an expert in origami. She has combined origami and jewelry making
for a few items in the store. Susan is currently returning to college
persuing her second Bachelors degree so her crafty days are more limited
than mine. Any artist who lives here in Union County is welcome to
join CraftedLocally...hence the name. We would all support each other.
I love that etsy specializes in hand crafted arts. It was an easy way for me to set up shop and not have to learn too much techie stuff and on etsy, we should be just competing with other handmade artists and not factories that can churn out the same item 10 time faster than an artist can make one.
The funniest thing is that I thought selling online would be so easy. Turns out it's not. And the most difficult thing about it is the photography. I've tried light boxes, taking them out doors, having other people take the pictures for me etc. One of the days when I was taking pictures out doors, my cat decided he wanted my undivided attention. So every time I would get a shot lined out, he would step into the frame. Fortunately, I was able to edit him out of a most.
When I get to feeling lazy, I switch gears. Maybe I'm not in the mood to make jewelry, then I make myself get on the camera. Or I'll sit down at the computer and browse through all the beautiful things on etsy and get inspired an motivated. Sometimes, I just call it a week and go read a favorite book.
Thank you, Debora, for your wonderful story. I´m so inspired by your idea that I´m sure one day I´ll combine the handmade artists from my area in a cosy online shop.
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I´ve noticed today, that I completely missed the message on my fb with the etsy shop story by beautiful Debora from CraftedLocaly. Debora´s etsy shop in not only about her, But Crafted Locally is not just about Debora. It´s the place where she shows the works of many different artists from her area. This idea seems very fascinating & I hope that Debora´s nice story inspire somebody to lead such a project too :)
My dream is to provide a venue where artists and craftsmen can show their work and we all help promote each other. Maybe someone is interested in earrings, so they go to my site to look at earrings but then they see that another artists specializes in framing scripture quotes and they decide that would make a good gift. I am particularly inept technically and I thought there might be others out there with the same challenge. So instead of 3 or 4 of us having to learn the techie stuff, we would all work together to learn, support and encourage each other thereby leaving more time for our art or craft.
I love that etsy specializes in hand crafted arts. It was an easy way for me to set up shop and not have to learn too much techie stuff and on etsy, we should be just competing with other handmade artists and not factories that can churn out the same item 10 time faster than an artist can make one.
The funniest thing is that I thought selling online would be so easy. Turns out it's not. And the most difficult thing about it is the photography. I've tried light boxes, taking them out doors, having other people take the pictures for me etc. One of the days when I was taking pictures out doors, my cat decided he wanted my undivided attention. So every time I would get a shot lined out, he would step into the frame. Fortunately, I was able to edit him out of a most.
When I get to feeling lazy, I switch gears. Maybe I'm not in the mood to make jewelry, then I make myself get on the camera. Or I'll sit down at the computer and browse through all the beautiful things on etsy and get inspired an motivated. Sometimes, I just call it a week and go read a favorite book.
Thank you, Debora, for your wonderful story. I´m so inspired by your idea that I´m sure one day I´ll combine the handmade artists from my area in a cosy online shop.
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