June

I want this to be the month that I get more organized about my shop...s. Yes, I will shortly have two Etsy shops: elpy [Handcrafted] and rJax. rJax has been registered for a while, but I was indecisive about actually trying it. elpy will continue the way it has been, with more new additions in different categories throughout the rest of year. rJax will have photography and paper goods. Paper is/was my first medium and therefore my favorite. So in a way I'm going back to my first love. Am I crazy? Maybe. But if I don't try I'll always wonder and that would drive me crazy.

I'm not exactly sure how I go about organizing. I should track my spending more carefully. I need a plan, what kinds of items I want to offer and who my audience is. Thinking about this recently, I discovered that the audience I want may not be the audience I'm actually attracting...which is fine, just need to switch mental gears. I need to work out a more solid pricing structure. Figure out how much my time is worth, charge accordingly and not apologize. Promoting is the ultimate conundrum for me. I can make lists and stuff to get back, but actually opening my mouth or even sending an email sometimes...

Shall see. I get a level of resolve at the beginning of every month. But I can't run two shops by the seat of my pants so I have to do this. Creating is my passion...one of them at least. (Writing is the other, can you tell?) It deserves to be presented and cared for as professionally as I can.

Post Picture: A tree I passed on the walk to the PO.

qoop

My qoop order came today. Very pleased. Though it probably shouldn't have it has inspired me to make my second Etsy name, rjax into a shop. I admit to being an amateur, maybe I shouldn't. I admit to having an extremely fickle camera, though, again maybe I shouldn't. I don't think of them as 'fine' art. But if you like them, I'm happy.

It's an experiment. I can be a little more lax with this shop. (it hasn't officially opened yet. Play around more. There will be other paper goods, too. Maybe I'll get a gocco. My hobby is creating, just like my business is.

Post Picture: [bastion] I call it. A pic I took last year in May. One of the prints from my qoop order.

TV Aside- 5.30

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So I watch Lost like some millions of others. Yesterday was the finale of Season 4 here in the US. I think it was the best 2 hours of Lost ever. Not the best two of television ever, or the best two hours of drama-related programming...just the best two hours of Lost.

I'm not a 'Lostie' or whatever the uber-fans of the show call themselves. I don't read forums or spend hours thinking about the missing clues. I take it as its written, interpretation was never my forte, and am slowly becoming convinced that this show may go down as a media farce along the line of Y2K...only worse. But they redeemed themselves for a few minutes when they reunited Desmond and Penny in what might be the most anticipated moment in TV history. We only waited four years. It was cheer-worthy.

There was an exceptional fight scene, too. Best I've seen on TV or the movies in my opinion. Bro2 agreed with me...or I agreed with him. And of course there were loose ends galore and whatnot. Death, sacrifice, lapses in judgement, not many answers. But for that brief moment, it was good...very good. Thank you, writers!

Post Picture: Photo credit of ABC.

Feature 5.28- thetinies

A dearly beloved Etsyan has started a new shop called thetinies. It's almost sinful how cute they are. I can't wait to see what other ones she makes. I also can't wait to get my pair, the ones in the picture. I could have faved them. But it seems when I fave things they sell quicker and I wanted them for my own, my precious. (Just watched LOTR last night)

I think this is only my second feature. You can check my click the 'feature' label at the bottom of this post. But I felt I had to. They're just too delectably cute. But you'll have to get your own.

Post Picture: MINE! Soon anyway. Photo credit thetinies.

Lethargy

I'm not sure why, but I'm dead tired when I wake up. It's like I didn't sleep at all. Very odd.

We're going to the movies today. A theater that closed and then re-opened has a 'matinee-price-all-day' thing on Tuesdays. The choice is between Iron Man and the new Narnia. I think we're leaning Iron Man.

I've done some offloading on eBay. Searched for supplies and didn't get the D-SLR that I thought would be mine. Not that I actually tried...just admired from a far. It was a nice camera, for what I know of them. One day...

Got my Metalliferous order, too. Chain tags and earwires. I hope they put all their stuff in their online store. It's so easy. I could get addicted to buying online.

Post Picture: Taken by me in April '08. I thought it was cool how the moon looked like a button.