Etsy Bloggers Featured Blogger: June 2009

This months featured blogger is...LazyTCrochet. She has a fun shop with various crocheted goodies! Here's a sampling of her work:


You can find the above items at her shop. She also has a wonderful blog about her work and life located here. Now spend some time going and checking out her work and blog - both are fun, and you won't be disappointed you went!

My Studio by eyeletsagestudio

So apparently work spaces have been on more than just my mind recently! The Etsy Bloggers team posted the question of where people work if they don't have their own studio. (Apparently I'm slow to grasp the concept that I'm supposed to do this every two weeks...) They also suggested posting pictures, but because of the state of it and the fact that it's my bedroom, I figured it'd be inappropriate.

So where do I work? Most simply. My bedroom, plus one or two other locations around the house when I'm tired of my room or need more space to work. I'm working on figuring out how to organize it right now - to make it have a more "studio" feel - so that while I'm sitting at my desk I know I'm working. It's been a little difficult since by doing this I have to remove a lot of things from my room (which is MUCH easier said than done). I have two bins under my bed that I think are meant for wrapping paper, but I'm using one to store my fine art supplies and the other one (cleaned out a couple of days ago) is now holding the majority of my supplies for the Etsy shop.

I'm an avid collector of antique books (and books of all kinds) so right now the back of my desk is also functioning as a bookshelf, since the book shelf I have is already chock full of books. I'm hoping to get another shelf soon to add those ones to. My ideal goal is to have the top of my desk clear save for my computer, a jar of my essential tools (pencil, sharpie, x-acto knife, etc) and maybe a sketchbook. But I want it to be sparse so I have room to actually work on it.

Sometimes I also take over the floor in the family room and put up a card table to do my more craft-intensive work (like journals) since there are a variety of steps and materials needed (therefore I need a little bit more room to function).

But, it's pretty simple overall. Someday I hope to move out into my own place and have a completely separate room that I can devote to this work - I think I'll feel like it's a little more like work when I take my work space seriously. We'll see how it all goes!

Etsy Bloggers: Featured Blogger

The Etsy Bloggers team's feature blogger is Create a Thought. A fun little blog about Create's painting, projects and other items found online. Check out the blog here! Also, check out her store!

Blog Carnival: Show and Tell Summer Line

For those of you who are new to the concept...I've just recently been approved to be a part of the Etsy Bloggers Street Team (YAY!) As a requirement for the team you must blog about specific topics (in order to create a more cohesive environment). So here it goes...my very first blog carnival post :)

My summer line - rolling out to Etsy shelves soon! (Citrus themed)


The last two are still in the works, but will hopefully be hitting the "shelves" in a week or two! :)
Check out my current inventory now.