Sticker Set and Upcycles

It's finally here, a whole robot sticker set. Mainly because I've heard a few people asking for it.

Plus, since I sell each individual sticker for $1 each, and these ten for $8, you're saving $2, and shipping costs.


I'm showing a couple shops today, the theme being upcycle.
It is amazing how many people on Etsy can take things other people might throw away and make useful, interesting, crazy, or beautiful items for you to use, wear, play with or enjoy.
These two have caught my eye.

Hippie Kingdom who creates jewelry from recycled paper, and gets very interesting, and pretty results from simple newsprint as well as other types of paper. And it's eco friendly as well.

Bottle Hood who makes glasses and other items from discarded bottles. Want your very own Corona glasses? They have them. How about Absolute Vodka? They have those too!

They recycle bottles from local restaurants, and events around San Diego, and are making useful items out of something that might have been thrown in a landfill.

Fairies and Robots

I have added a Robot Charm today.

I also painted a fairy (which will be added to the shop eventually).

This is the first watercolor I've done in years, and I am not quite finished with it. However, it is far more finished then anything else I've done in quite some time, with a background and everything. Hopefully I'll be doing a few more watercolors like this as it actually worked out well.

Touring through etsy I found this charming little shop. French Market Stitch.

Ever since coming to Washington, and Seattle, I've been fascinated by the burlesque scene, and corsets. Of course I love the ones in this shop.

It has been suggested that I put in sets so that people can pick and choose... so in that line here is my first set. Robots!

I believe my second set will be fairies. I'm working on them at the moment. After that... Dragons? Mermaids? Any suggestions?



The third thing I like about Etsy is that you can find some of the most amazing artisan crafts, things you could not find in, say, walmart. You have to go to someone who will make it custom for you, and thus we have Merimask who does leather masks, a true artisan craft.

Halloween is Near

Today's post is another charm, meant for Halloween. A chibi mummy. It is my favorite of the Halloween drawings so far, and actually what started it.

Also, I finally got my first sales. It just thrilled me! I can't wait to send it off in the morning.




Today's Etsy item is a pair of robot stitch markers which I'd probably use as a charm from my cell, or clothes or something since I don't knit or crochet.

They come from Crafty Gamer Girl. I absolutely love her name, and she has a night elf on her banner. (My first WoW char is a night elf hunter.)

Check out her notebooks and other charm/stitch markers.

Robots and Coral

Today I posted a cute little robot bookmark. I enjoyed making them, they are quite fun to draw, and people on etsy seem to like robots.

Today the subject of etsy blog is "Too Precious to Wear" and the plight of the coral reefs, and how popular coral jewelry has become. It is a very interesting read, and I can agree with the fact that coral should not be needlessly harvested for pretty bobbles like pendants and charms.

On the posting side, I've decided I am going to have to make at least seven items on my days off so that I have something to post daily, otherwise I'll fall behind too easily.

I have also decided to give this three months. If I can't find my "niche" by then and actually get enough sales to cover the posting fee then this is just not a good way to spend my time. It also means I will have to start finding ways of promoting or I'm not doing enough to make this work and I have no one to blame but me.