Meeeelllllting and etsy rocks...

Well, that snow isn't going to last long - just looked out and there is water pouring off the roof. Bella and Carlos (hubby) made cute little snowmen (and a snow chicken, of all things, which is just so Carlos' sense of humor) all over the backyard yesterday, at least they're surviving for a little while, though the ones in the sun are looking droopy...

Hooray for etsy.com, I must say. What a wonderful community of people, and what a great way to sell handcrafted goods. I can see why everyone there, more or less, considers eBay to be Evil ... eBay's fees are so darn high it's hard to make any profit on handmade items, and people, understandably, see eBay as a place to get things for cheap, so it's hard to charge any sort of price that takes into account the huge amount of time and work that can go into artwork. Yeesh.

But etsy is lovely. Very easy to set up a shop, lower listing fees, lower sales fees when you do actually make a sale and a great community of people, all of whom are making wonderful, artistic items instead of selling mass-produced junk from overseas... Of course the site traffic at etsy does tend to be lower, so there are trade-offs. But, anyway, if you are an artist/artisan/crafter and are thinking about selling on eBay - please check out etsy, first! You'll love it, I promise.

Speaking of which, I really have to get on the ball and take pictures of my latest scarf! It's sunny today, no excuse not to take advantage of that lovely natural light...