Where 'Retired' Prints Go

I have quite a few pieces of art...
thousands actually...
and..sadly...most of my art can't even be
viewed online.

They were pieces that sold without ever having had
even one photograph ever taken.
Those were 'back in the days' before the internet..
or digital cameras.

I never even thought about taking pictures of my art...
heck...I didn't take near enough photographs of my kids...
raising six of them..
putting food on the table and a roof over their heads
always came first.

But...anyway....I do digress.
So what happens to my 'retired' prints.
Many of them end up on
Zibbet.

It doesn't cost me anything to list them there...
it's all set up and ready to go.
And...it's a site that I have really neglected.
I'm really going to have to get better about that...
and I've been trying so very hard.

I've been pretty much 'bed-ridden' the past three days...
I have the nasiest ear infection
in both ears!!  And the pain has been more
than a little distracting...
so, it has put me a bit behind in all my work..
but
I'm trying to get back on track.
My ears are still bad...I can't hear a darned thing...
but the pain is tolerable today...so I'm determined
to get some work done:)

Retired Prints SALE

It's been awhile since I retired any of my prints

and it's time.

So...I've selected 22 prints that I'm "retiring" from my

Etsy Shop.

This means they won't be available on Etsy, once they've sold

or the 'retired prints SALE' ends.

These can be found in my

'Retired Prints SALE' Section.

A few of the prints will probably be listed elsewhere,

I'm thinking in my Rustic Goth Zibbet Shop.

I'll be working on this shop in the coming days,

and folks will be able to find some of my 

long ago 'retired' prints there.

I've decided I'm going to be bringing back

a few bookmarks

and I need to make room.

(The kids' TNT Creations shop had to be put on vacation

due to the sudden death of my son-in-law's sister

and I don't know when they will want to reopen it.)

Plus...I've got some new canvas on the way

and hope to have some more new paintings listed

in the next week or two.

I recently listed, 'Forest Deep', which was a merging

of an abstract landscape with my whimsical creepers,

and I like it a lot.

Maintaining my Sanity!

I've been in the
'customer service'
profession
my entire life.

Every job I ever held required that I deal with people.
And...I've always tried very hard to do the best job I could possibly do.

To my horror, when customer service is taken 'out of my hands'
i.e....International Shipping/ Post/ Customs...etc..
I tend to Stress majorly!

Everything's okay now...the week off did wonders for my stress levels...
but I did decide to maintain fewer listings in my Shop
keeping the number of items between 150 and 175.

To do this...and still be able to list new items...
I will need to pull some of the older items from time to time.
I've already pulled some items...
Wearable Art Bracelets...
1/3rd of the Scrabble Tiles and Some Prints.

I'm right at 175...with new pieces in the works...
so  I'll be pulling more items this next week.
I've decided to put some of my 'favorites' in my other Shops...
since those shops don't get the 'love' I give to my Etsy Shop.  Course...there's
really no place quite like Etsy...but, I have a few pieces I just can't bear to
retire just yet!
 

Lowest Print Prices EVER!

I am FINISHED with my Commissioned Paintings...

and almost caught up with my Shipping!

So....I decided to take a break from shipping and show my

Rustic Goth Zibbet Shop some 'love'.

My prices in this shop were already lower...I guess because I've never

gotten a lot of traffic there...

so the 24 Hour Half Price SALE..

puts these prints at my lowest prices EVER.

I'm running the Sale through Thursday....and most of the prints

are exclusive to this Shop!

Shop Update

You may

or may not have noticed...

I have pulled a lot

of pieces out of

my Rustic Goth Etsy Shop.

About once or twice a year I evaluate

everything I have listed in my

Etsy Shop 

and decide what I want to do 

with each piece.

Well...it's that time again!

I have either pulled

or I'm in the process of pulling

a number of pieces.

I like to have a manageable number

of items in each of my shops...

and when the shops get too unwieldy for me..

I 'clean house'.

So...if there was a piece you were 

'in love' with and you don't see

 in my Etsy Shop...

you can check..
Rustic Goth Zibbet,

1000 Markets,

or

Rustic Goth Artfire.

I have a LOT of artwork...

and much of it isn't even being offered anymore,

plus...

it didn't make sense to have duplicate artwork

in my shops...

so

I am in the process of

making each one of my shops unique

in the art that is being offered.

Some of the same pieces will
be offered on merchandise in my
Zazzle Shop...
and will eventually be offered as a
Print on Demand print
at
Fine Art America.

I like that collectors will be able
to purchase Canvas Art Prints
at Fine Art America,
as soon as I have signed up for the
print on demand program.

So...that's an 'update' on
my shops...
and I'm hoping to have everything
all 'restructured'
by the end of next week.

I'm Having 'SALES' All Over the Place

I'm having 'sales' ALL over the Place!
First...I'm having a 'different' kind of sale
in my Rustic Goth Etsy Shop.

Get 4 regular size prints and receive 2 prints
of your choice Free.
Or..2 Large 11x14 Prints and get 1 print Free.
AND...I am also throwing in
Free Worldwide Shipping
on Everything...
at least through Mother's Day!
I may not 'update' all of
my listings with a 'Free Shipping' notice
in each title...but every listing has already
been set to 'free shipping'.

I wrote about the introduction of
Large Limited Edition Art Prints
a while back.

At the time of this writing, I have
8 Limited Edition Large Prints
in my Etsy Shop.

I have 6 different prints in my
Artfire Shop,

6 in my
1000 Markets Shop,

and
6 in my Zibbet Shop.

Each shop has different prints...

why???? would I do this??

Well...after the March debacle on Etsy...
I decided to open shops on several other sites...
but, because of the ongoing problems
and with Etsy being my main site..
my Etsy shop took sooo much of my time,
that I felt the other shops were pretty much neglected.

I don't know if any of these other shops are worth a hoot
or not...
but I thought I should, at the very least, offer a few
items...exclusive to each shop...to see if I could
find out
one way or the other.

New Pieces - New Shop

I recently decided that it might be a good idea to have more than

one online shop..

and opened a new Rustic Goth shop on Zibbet.

Well, I didn't want to just have the same things in multiple

shops...so what I am doing is...

creating new items exclusive to each shop.

This is a 'Gothik Virtures' art bookmark

of  'Mercy'

and it is only available in my

Rustic Goth Zibbet Shop.

Also Exclusive to this Zibbet Shop

are my bookmarks,

'Chastity' and 'Temperance'.

I really LOVE these new pieces and will be doing

a whole series of

'Gothik Virtues'

prints and bookmarks.

Rustic Goth 'news'

I had a 'stall' at the

Handmade Market all week...

I decided to 'give it a go' and see what happened..

I'll have to check stats to see how

it worked out.

It's a fun little site but a little time consuming

to set up.

My shops at

Zibbet

and 

1000 Markets

have some exclusive items,

unique to each shop

and I am working on new pieces

for each of my shops.

 New pieces also added to

my Rustic Goth Etsy Shop.

I took on a new

custom painting request..

I'm working hard to get it done as it

needs to get to the Netherlands by May 1st.

Jaime is the 'featured Zibbeter' this week..

she gave a wonderful interview.

Now I'm taking some

time away from the computer...so I can get

everything done and also get several

lines ready to present for licensing.

A Melancholy Dwelling

Jaime Best has a shop on Zibbet

'A Melancholy Dwelling'

I really love Jaime's art...it is so

vibrant and beautiful...

especially in person.

Forget that I am somewhat prejudiced...of course I am..

but I am being completely unbiased when I

brag on this girl's talent...

her style really is uniquely her own.

I'm giving her a bit of a 'plug'...

she's going to be the Featured Seller on Zibbet

this week...

and I'm hoping she gets a lot of 'love' from my friends and readers.

Her interview speaks volumes about the kind of person she is.

Here's a link to her blog..

and to a really cool website she's put together

for her (and her husband's)

BestArtStudios2 site.

Recent News....

I was recently featured in 

Etsy's Dark Side Street Team's

Art Exhibition.

There are some 'wonderfully creepy'

pieces featured...

I did an interview with 

Tabz at Gothic Toggs on Zazzle

which will run in her blog..

though I don't actually know when at this time...

I'll post a link when it is published.

I've put some new stuff in my
Rustic Goth Zibbet Shop
that are exclusive to that shop,
I'll be adding more exclusive pieces in the coming
days and weeks.

I've got some Rustic Goth designs
ready for licensing...
but I need about a dozen designs
before I begin to submit them..
main thing is...I've begun!