Thx!

Working on looking even less like this:

Happy Thx-giving!

Wintery Post on Etsy Team Columbus Blog

Michelle over at Etsy Team Columbus included my Custom Initial Pendant in her post about wintery items!

First Snow

There are a lot of great items in the post! Check them out!

Picture is from Winter 2007 in Buffalo

Tree Drawings

I have a few new drawings of trees that I am thinking about selling at MollyStuff as limited edition ACEOs. Here's one of them:
Maybe I should change the color of the leaves according to season?!

Inspiration Board #1: Initials Collection

I've decided to put together inspiration boards for each collection in my shop. Here is the first one, for my Initials Collection.

Please click on the image for a better/bigger version of the inspiration board!

Featured Etsy Seller: JenSkelley

Here is the second in my series of features on Etsy sellers! Here is my interview with JenSkelley! Please check out her shop!


Your shop:
What is your favorite item?

My Country Bears art print. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12265092


What item in your shop gets the most attention?

The Exotic Bird prints...here is an example.. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13641269

Followed by the magnets.... http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13151654


If you had a thousand dollars to spend soley on your shop, what would you do?

I would put it towards buying a letterpress machine. I would love to print wedding invitations as well as letterpressed art.

Design:
What inspires you?

I am always shopping around (in person or online) for new ideas and color combos!

What is your favorite color combo?

Lately I have been really into green color combos. For example this new art print of mine is three shades of green with a little gold... http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13489487


What is your favorite lifestyle/design magazine?
Domino magazine (but I enjoy blogs more)

What blogs do you visit regularly?

Design sponge, Print and Pattern, Oh Joy!

Life:

What is your “normal Saturday” like?
A meal out, usually Breakfast, a little work, and relaxing

Where is your favorite vacation spot?

Beach!!!!

What is your favorite food?

Right now....pasta

Featured Etsy Seller: Audzipan

I decided a while ago to give some special Etsy sellers a spotlight on my blog. So, I asked a few sellers if I could feature them on my blog and Audzipan kindly answered some of my questions about herself and her shop. Please check out the shop and give some love!!


Shop:
Favorite item: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12729183


Most popular item: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=11007600

$1000 would go toward marketing and product development. I would love to offer a wider variety of items, and I am working on that right now.

Design:
I am inspired by everything around me. I love looking through treasuries and other shops on Etsy. Much of my inspiration also comes from animals. I just love animals.

I really don't have an overall favorite color combo. I love all colors, so my favorite changes from time to time. Right now, I would say I love brown and robin egg blue.

I enjoy my subscription to Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion magazine. It is my current favorite.

Honestly, I'm not much of a blog reader, but as a graphic designer I really get a kick out of Photoshop Disasters (http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com).

Life:
A normal Saturday for my husband and me usually includes sleeping in and a movie. Sometimes we go hiking, paintballing, or visiting friends and family, but it really is different every week.

My ideal vacation spot is Bora Bora, but I have never been there. I do love visiting California.

Unfortunately, my favorite food is ice cream. I also like frozen yogurt when I feel like trying to be healthier.

MollyStuff Collections

Inspired by Etsy Columbus Michelle's "Pimp Your Shop" seminar today, I reorganized my shop! I would like to narrow it down even more but for now I have 5 "collections". Sounds pretty serious, right? They're basically just themes I've found going on in my store. For now they all belong in one shop because... yeah... that's all I can handle! Here are the collections with a sample from each and a link to each one.

From the Circles Collection:


From the Dancer Collection:

From the Art Nouveau Collection:


From the MollyStuff Fashion Collection:

And last but not least the Drops Collection:

Etsy Columbus in the Pink Collection

I'm in another treasury, this one is featuring pink items from Columbus... yay! Here's a screenshot and link!

ACEOs: Good Idea or Bad Idea?

I'm not sure that I like my ACEOs now that I look at MollyStuff as a whole. I think these multicolored listings might throw off the sophisticated feel I was going for originally. I don't know... ??

This is a cropped section of new ACEO that I just drew and listed tonight. It's called,
Limited Edition ACEO Print- Framed Portrait with Attitude
Hmm... I'm going to make a poll about whether or not I should keep on adding ACEO's to my shop. Please go find it over there on the right and help me!

New Addition to MollyStuff

I'm a little nervous about adding something to my shop that isn't jewelry... but I figure this could be another way for people to buy my designs! For instance, if somebody really likes my dancer pendant but doesn't want jewelry, then they can buy a small (2.5 X 3.5") print of it instead! Here's my first ACEO (Art Cards Editions and Originals) for $5.00 (plus shipping).

Mmm... New Design... Tasty.

I'm making this for my Etsy store. Yay! This will be cut out of silver and hung on a silver chain. This was inspired by my love of lines from dance and fashion drawing.

Bracelet Illustration

Adorable!

Darling old-fashioned telephones just like Grandma once used! Only these are tiny original paintings by the creative minds over at Lab Partners in San Francisco. You have to pick one up... Ring, Ring!

(images linked to sources above)

http://www.decor8.blogspot.com

See That? Over to the Right?

Yeah, that's my Coroflot.com badge! It links you to my Coroflot portfolio and resume. If you're interested in hiring a freelance designer (or are curious about what I do), please check it out.

Charley Harper

Just saw this on the Oh Joy blog. I want it for Christmas fo' sho! Putting it on my Amazon wish list today!