In business

Another new endeavor for me (besides fondling my new pens) has been my Etsy shop, Wall Work. I'm selling modern cross stitch pieces, mostly plant and animal designs, with a few word pieces thrown in (as seen at left).

I've been featured on Etsy's front page three times (here, here and here) and in Etsy's blog, The Storque, in a post called "Who's Got Talent?" I've also been featured in a couple of other blogs, including the very cool decor8. And all that attention is extremely flattering, even if it didn't result in any actual sales.

In total, I've had six sales in the past three and a half months, which I think is pretty good, considering what I sell and at what price point. My first sale was this shell piece:


I've become moderately obsessed with Etsy, visiting the site dozens of times a day, hanging around the discussion forum, following on Twitter, monitoring my shop on Google Analytics and the various other sites that track shop stats. I try to do as much of my shopping there as possible, and I have bought some really fantastic stuff. In short, I'm having a lot of fun with it.

I don't want this blog to turn into a nonstop Etsy promotion, but because it's on my mind so much, I may write about it from time to time and may even feature some of the really neat shops I discover.

In fact, here's a shop I just recently came across:

Ashley Pahl makes some beautiful note cards and other paper goods. I especially love how she combines paper and felt. Makes me want to reach out and touch them.