Treasury Madness, ya'll!

OMG!!!!eleventyone!!111!

I'm in another treasury!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=8272

Whoo hoo!

My work has been featured in an Etsy treasury! Check it out!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=6620

And here's the one I just curated:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=8028

Yippee!!!

I sold my first piece on Etsy overnight. Whoo Hoo!!!!! I am over the moon, I am so happy.

Must. Focus. On. Work.

But I sold something. Wow!!!

What's new?

The Etsy community has been so friendly and welcoming! Folks have been more than willing to give thoughtful critiques and ideas for improving my shop. In fact, so many people have asked for more sushi plates that I just had to start one this weekend.

Saturday was the remnants of tropical storm Hanna so I was sort of trapped in the house not wanting to treck out to the studio or risk running the kiln with the distinct possibility of power outages so I ran out this afternoon and cut a sushi plate out of a couple of shades of purple glass. It's simple, but right now simple is really appealing to me. It's firing as I type this. Tomorrow, if my mold doesn't need re-priming, I'll slump it.

I wish I had a bigger kiln so I could fire more things at one time, but that's part of the point of all this selling business anyway. Gotta pay for the cool tools somehow. LOL!

Treasured Images

Woo hoo!!!! I just snagged my first Etsy treasury. Check it out! http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=6143

Photography Fail

I have learned a number of things about photographing my work today.

1. Always have spare batteries on hand. Yours will always fail the minute you start taking good shots.

2. Natural light is not optimal after 6pm.

3. If you need five good pictures, you should take at least 10.

4. After about 20 minutes of crouching down on the deck to take pictures, I start to shake even when I have a camera rest.

5. It is entirely possible to delete the only good shot of an item if you are rushing.

6. Husbands hate being ignored.

7. If you want more variety, use more props. Figure this out before the batteries die.

I'll get better at this one day. Heck, maybe I'll actually get a setup where I don't have to lay down on my rickety deck to take pictures.

On the other hand, new work is up in my Etsy shop. Click on the link on the right. You know you want to. LOL!

Squeeeee!!!!!

My Etsy shop is open for business!!!!!! Come visit me at http://www.illusionfusion.etsy.com .

That is all.