I've Been Blogged About

Today I received two messages through Etsy Convo from awesome people who have blogged about some of my items. First http://www.seemegshop.com/2009/10/30/friday-ramblings/ posted about how much she loved the earrings her husband bought her from my etsy jewelry shop sugaredwithspite.etsy.com . She says that she has been wearing the same diamond earrings she received from her husband on her wedding day since that day, but took them out because she wanted to wear the new earrings that badly.

Next http://www.sewcupcake.blogspot.com/ featured my Sleepy Robot Figure in her "Whacky Wednesday- Cute gifts for children". Though I really appreciate her featuring one of my items, I will just say I do not recommend giving any of my figures to children as they are fragile. This is the 2nd blog in the last few weeks to feature my Sleepy Robot.

New Figures Just added

I have just added a slew of new figures to my Etsy Shop, including an introduction of my Deadsley Bear series. Here's a preview. All figures are now for sale at sleepyrobot13.etsy.com

Mini Monsters Are Here!

I recently realized that a lot of my figures seem sad and lacking spirit. I'm not always sad and in a dark mood so I figured neither should my figures! That"s when I created mini monsters. They're happy, upbeat and colorful. Oh and did I mention they've come for our food? Mostly our ice cream cakes and pies. They are available now at sleepyrobot13.etsy.comet

New Earbuds

I have just posted some new custom earbuds I've been working on in my shop. Here's a preview. Buds are available for $11 at sleepyrobot13.etsy.com

My Thong Made Me Lose Weight

So I'm moving into a new apartment soon so over the last month and a half I have been organizing and packing. While doing so I came across one of my favorite thongs I haven't worn in a looooonnnng time. It's black and white striped with glittery cherries on the front. Just for shits and giggles I decided to try it on... I couldn't even get it up over my thighs. Granted I knew I still had a lot of baby weight to drop I didn't think I was still that big. I had gained 64lbs while pregnant with my son. I was 210lbs 2 days before having him (My usual weight is around 150).

So not being able to fit into my favorite thong inspired my to loose some weight. So far in the last 2 weeks I've lost about 5lbs. I'll keep you updated on my progress!

Oddmall = BUST!

Though I'm sure several others did well, Oddmall was a bit of a bust for me. I made back my $100 booth fee but only a little over half of my supply cost. Unfortunately the way the Clarion Hotel in Hudson is set up visitors didn't realize that after the main room there were 3 other rooms! All of us in room 2 were brooding most of the day because we didn't see that big of a flow of people that room 1 did. I can imagine room 3 and 4 were the same. Andy who put the event on tried to move traffic along to the other rooms, did so without much success. The majority of my sales came from other vendors. I believe if I had been in the main room I would have turned a profit. It was my own fault though I found out about the show late and booked my booth late. I was lucky to even get into room 2 as most of the spots were taken. If I choose to do the show again next year I will book earlier.

All in all despite dismal sales I met a lot of cool artists and got some good advise on events I should and shouldn't set up at. One person told me he did well at October fest of all places with his horror art. He said that he made $4000 over the weekend there.

Anyways lesson learned! Now I'm hitting the internet to find more Indie craft shows and conventions coming up in the near future to peddle my wares lol! If anyone knows of anywhere please let me know (:

Oddmall 2009

I will have a booth set up at this years Oddmall 2009 Holiday edition. I will be in room 2 booth 71. I will be selling selling several new items not available on my etsy page as well as some old favorites! Oddmall is this upcoming Saturday 11/7/2009 at the Clarion hotel in Hudson, Ohio. For more information about Oddmall please visit www.oddmall.info/
Thanks and I hope to see you there!