A preview of some new 'stuff'.

Here's a new
'Red Riding Hood'
and a new
'Alice in Wonderland'.

I'm taking these to the show...
since I don't really have
time to list them
first.
I suspect they'll probably sell at the show...
but..
you never know.
(It's supposed to snow this week-end....I hope not!)

Here's my lovely
'Resting'
print...as a 'wearable art pendant.'
This is going to the show
as well...
check the shop next week though...
I am saving back a few pieces...
our pendants sold very well
at the last show...
and we've got a number of folks that have
committed to coming to this next
show...
just for the "wearable art".

The first "Ophelia" mirrors...
this print really came out quite exquisite...
and it IS in the shop.

My 'Twilight' mirror...
also another 'first'...isn't in the shop yet...
but I'll try to get it in
before the week-end.

I've got more mirrors and a couple other
art pendants pictured
on Flickr.

A Successful Fair!

Here is Jaime...sitting at our booth!
I took a couple of pictures
while things were slow.
We were set up in the University Basketball arena...you can see
all of the bleacher seats behind her
as well as a few of the wood pieces of the fellow
set up beside us.

Here are photos of some of our
art dolls, art boxes...
some Seasonal Dolls and ornaments
and
a handful of our postcards.

We had to do a several postcard printings
(and a few prints too)
to keep up with the demand.
and....Our poor art pendant tree is sooo depleted...

I sold almost all of my
'Fairy Tale' art dolls...
so I need to get busy and create some
new ones.

I'm pretty sure we sold 'some' of everything we brought in.

It was a great experience
(although sooo very exhausting....I'm still in recovery mode)
and I'm glad we decided to do the show.
(I'm also glad we won't be doing it next year...
this was the last year the Fair will be
held in Lincoln.)

We're already having to 'gear up' for the next
show...
October 10th and 11th.

I have more pictures to share
in later posts...

3 Days Down ---- 8 More to Go!

I haven't done an arts/craft show
in 5 years....
and it 'shows'.

I am sooooo tired every night...
and doing the 'time check'
every 15 minutes
the last couple of hours.
(Traffic is very minimal in the evenings...and 9 pm
tends to feel more like midnight!)

But...we've had a pretty good show so far!

I'm told that the week-days
are realllly LONG...even though the Fair
always goes for 11 days...
kids are back in school,
parents are back at work...
and traffic really slows down.

And...me keeping vampire hours...
having to get up
at the time that I'm usually
just heading for bed...
I'm so very tired!

But...I'm still glad we decided to do the Fair!
Call me...crazy!!

While we're at the Fair...

The State Fair show starts today...
we've got a lot of set up still to do.

I can tell I haven't done an art/craft show in
several years...
and this is the first one I've tried
without my husband.
(He was the one who took care of the
set up...pricing...and interacting with our collectors!)

But...I'm sure it will all 'come back' to me.

While we're at the State Fair...
we will be offering the same originals that
we have in our Etsy shops
(we ran out of time to do Fair originals.)

Just a reminder that
we do have limited access to the internet...
so we won't be 'pulling' anything
out of the Etsy Shops unless they sell at the Fair.

We've done a number of
'brand new' items for the Fair to see how they go.
We are hoping to have a lot of
'brand new' to our Etsy shops items
in coming weeks.
This is very exciting....really!

Doing some Google searching...

Sometimes...
even though I've got so much
I NEED to be doing...
I just like to spend a few minutes
"Googling" myself.

Or..in this case...
Rustic Goth.

I think it important to find out
where I'm 'at'...just to be sure there's nothing
'hinky'
going on with my art.

I suppose it stems from seeing so many of the
'rip-off' artists that have been
stealing the work of artists that I am familiar with...
having listed beside them on eBay.
In many cases, these artists actually 'rip-off' the
photos the artists listed...right off Etsy...complete with the
eBay watermark in the corner.

Just last week...an 'scammer' from Beijing listed a piece
I immediately identified as a
Michael Angel original.
It was actually the picture he had put in his
eBay listing.

They came on Etsy...opened a shop...filled it with items
they had totally ripped off of legitimate artists...
managed to sell an item or two
BEFORE
they were booted off.

Normally these scammers are 'caught'
and kicked-off...
often they have sold an item or so
before that happens though.

I don't know if the buyers are actually receiving anything
or not...
anyway...I just like to check for these kinds of
goings'-on...
though I'm not sure how 'Googling' myself will help.

'YART' Sale on Etsy

So, "what", you say, "is a 'YART' Sale?"

There are many art museums, artists, and groups that have yart sales annually to raise cash. The first 'annual YART' sale was held on Etsy last year, by the Etsy Suppliers Street Team.

This year it has been extended to any shop who wishes to participate.
Originally, I was going to end my sale on the 10th...and discovered the 'YART' sale would be held from the 10th to the 14th...so..I figured, 'what the heck?'

So...my sale has been extended another 5 days!

Rustic Goth Zazzle Shop

I LOVE....LOVE...LOVE this little Mug!
I'm going to be ordering a set
as soon as I put some new pieces on
to go with it.

I cannot believe I have been so 'remiss' in getting
all of my wonderful little Rustic Goth
pieces added to products
available in my Rustic Goth Zazzle Shop.

So....I am taking this last week of May
to get more items into this shop.