Hello, 1000 Markets!

Now that I've decided to focus on my beadweaving (no more stationery!), I took the plunge and opened a shop on 1000Markets. I had signed up for an account there a few months ago, but I never got around to listing anything or getting the shop approved.

So on Friday night I sat down at the computer and decided to finish the steps required for approval. I uploaded seven of my pieces and clicked the 'I'm Ready' button, and then I waited for them to respond to let me know whether I had been approved. About 16 hours afterward, I received the email! Yay!!!

Figuring that I'd just add an item or two a day to my shop on 1000Markets, I was browsing around through the shops and markets (wishing I could find a 'favorite' button or a wishlist or something to keep track of all the goodies I love!); and I received an email from Matt saying that he had featured my "signature" cuff, Bois Peint, on the Community page!!! How exciting is that?!?!?


So here's my link: time2cre8 on 1000Markets

Stop by and say hello. Tell me your shop name so I can stop by and say hello back. :-)

As much as I like Etsy, and as much as I appreciate the visibility it's brought me over the past few years (3 years?!?!), I have to say that I really like the look of 1000Markets. I have no intention to leave Etsy, but it's nice to be able to look through finished pieces and not be overwhelmed with supplies and vintage stuff.

If you're on 1000Markets, I'd love to hear what you think of the site. Have you had sales from your shop on there? What do you think of their forums? Are you a member of any markets?

I recently signed up on Talent Database as a means of promoting my artwork and beadwoven pieces. When I first signed up there was no real categorization for beadweaving, but after just a couple of weeks and apparently a lot of requests, the admins there decided that there should be a 'Crafts' category. As soon as that happened I recategorized my beadwork so it would appear in the right place.

Well, today I received an email telling me that I'm a featured artist in the Crafts section! Woo hooo! I could spend hours browsing through all the pictures on the database. It's filled with artists of all kinds who create unbelievably fabulous work, so I'm honored to be featured!

I'm featured on the etsygreetings blog! Wahoooooooooooo!!! Actually, I'm not there, but one of my cards is. It's the A6 sized version of my Quoth the Raven greeting card, which is one of my favorites.

How could you not just LOVE this card!?!?!

I'm enthralled with Enthral. I haven't previously featured other Etsy artists on this blog, although I have a list of favorites on Etsy that's over 30 pages long (I have very varied tastes and like a lot of stuff!).

But today I saw this necklace that Enthral had made from an old earring. It's the coolest use of something that might have otherwise wound up in the trash! I love being able to recycle and reuse things, and I'm always astounded at the creativity of people who come up with ideas that give something old a new life.

So you wanna see the necklace? Check it out, along with the process used to make it, here: http://enthral-enthral.blogspot.com/2007/05/buy-recycled-jewelry.html