Business, Booties, Buttons !

A brief post about some new stuff. Business has picked up a little. I recently made 2 baby blankets which sparked orders for 3 more. I sold some stuff on ETSY. Namely my Corny Ears Earrings and little Frankie Stein. Glad they will have a good home but kind sad to see them go.

I got a nod from Kristen from Craft Leftovers. I entered a contest she was holding and got an honorable mention. I won a discount in her etsy shop and a button. I feel like I won! She's like a craft celebrity so its nice that she acknowledged my work. I took one of her patterns, some denim scraps ,and homemade bias tape, and made my new favorite crochet hook case. See.....

All else is well. I started a myspace page...www.myspace.com/artistikdiva...what was I thinking? I had to get over my doubts about the whole myspace craziness and go for it. I thought this was hard to maintain...whew I really have no idea what I am doing. I need to remember to cross reference the blog , etsy, myspace so all the work I put into getting out there is seen. Ive made friends out of all the crafty people I can find. It's all about who you know people!

I ordered some buttons from AmyLynn at kittycrossbones18.com. She has an etsy shop too. I love the buttons so much I cant wait to order some more. I may design a line to sell....the ones I bought are intended to promote my business... I also started on a new baby bootie project this weekend. I was so inspired by my best friends pretty new baby girl I had to make something. I intend to post them to etsy soon. They will be known as The Nia bootie after that sweet baby girl.


So anyway, I am going to publish a zine. It's really only for my friends and family. This will be a Christmas gift for some. I am sending out an email this weekend if not sooner giving you all the details. I am asking for help from friends so if you want to help drop me a line at artistikdiva@gmail.com. I will be posting the info here soon! In case you didnt know its all about DIY and other crafty-ness. I had something else to say.....but it totally sliped my mind just now. Dang! I hate when that happens. Well I guess thats it then. Until next time...remember

Creativity takes courage!

August Thoughts

I haven't blogged in a while. Why? because I'm totally intimidated by all the creative blogs I see. I'm starting to wonder, maybe this isn't for me, but I will keep trying. Really, I find it hard to maintain a blog when I work full time, create part-time, etsy part-time, and keep up with housework. There are terrific people doing great work all over the web. I'm not so sure I can etsy, blog, and flicker and still create quality items. I will make an attempt to blog once a month and see how that goes.

That's me looking especially orange in my guest bathroom. I'm tryin' to show you the new camera E got for me but I can't help but be aggravated by how the peach on the walls casts this gross color on the photo. Look people I'm no photographer. But I do enjoy learning how to use my camera to take photos of my etsy items....

Anyway, I woke up this morning mortified at the sight in my bathroom. Ants! lots of ants. I literally gasped at the sight of them covering my counter and all in my sink. My counter was filled with my various sundries. Deodorant, mouthwash, makeup, toothpaste and brushes. They were all over everything even the soap my comb, my earrings! I felt most violated that they were on my earrings. I'm mean come on! I figured that because its so freaking hot out they decided to come visit me in the coolest part of my house. Of course I wasn't thinking that way while I was spraying down my counter with bug spray. Spray I just bought for the ants in my garage around my trash can. Spray that claims to be safe enough to use in your pantry- Yikes! I later felt bad because E said, "You killed them? That's messed up they were just trying to cool off!" What was I supposed to do? I apologize to all the critter lovers, I will repent immediately.

SO, I have all these hats I've crocheted and need models all the time I'm going to start asking people off the street soon. Styrofoam Stella (my foam hat model) Just ain't getting' it! I do have one model however. The handsome Mr. R, the cutest kid I know is shown here wearing a pumpkin hat I made. I'm going to post it to etsy today. The pattern is my own then I used other pieces of patterns in my library to make the stem and vine. He is so super cute and gives the best "blue steel" look around. A shout out to his parents for letting me exploit him and for being supportive of my hat making venture, you rock!

Well that's all for now! I've got tons of etsy-ing to do and plenty-o-pictures to take. Wish me luck, I'm headed outside to swelter in the name of craft as it has become clear to me I am only a good photographer in natural light!

XOXO