Artsfarm's Blog (9)

Come one, come all to our new Etsy shop, AestheticsAndOldLace , and check out the huge print sale going on through the month of November! 20% off all prints, plus $2 flat rate shipping, no matter how many prints you purchase at one time! (Reg. $4/$2 for each additional print) Choose from a wide assortment of vintage Audubon bird prints, beautiful 19th century photogravure prints; themes include classic literature, Shakespeare,… Continue

"What exactly is a 'YART', anyway?" you say--well, listen up kids! YART=yard sale + art (virtual, in this case) Last year, a big bunch of Etsy sellers got together and ran a collective sale and it turned out amazingly well, with lots of great deals in art, craft, vintage items and supplies. So we're doing it again this year! The YART sale is the brainchild of the Etsy Supply Street Team (ESST), who are promoting the event onsite and off. It runs through Sunday, June 14 and right now, there ar… Continue

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The EtsyVintage Street Team (EVST) is holding our first holiday promotion, "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" and good times are to be had by all! Visit the EVST blog for a chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate from one of our wonderful vintage shops! Each day, a participating member shop will be featured. Just go to the blog, leave a comment with a link to your favorite item in that shop along with an e-mail address where you can be reached. Each evening, one reader will be chosen at random fr… Continue

I'm a member of the eJAG (Etsy Jewelry Artists' Guild) Street Team, and we're holding our first annual "Autumn Splendor" Challenge! The Guild is made up of a talented group of artisans working together to raise awareness of indie business, hand crafted jewelry and our own work through projects, networking and promotion. The theme of the challenge is "Autumn" and each participant was required to create a piece of jewelry with an Autumn/Halloween theme, and list the item in their Etsy shop. The… Continue

The title here is a take-off on a late-19th century song title, and kind of illustrates how I've been feeling about a dilemma concerning my shop name/identity up until a few minutes ago when I finally settled it (I think LOL) I'm just about ready to add a 2nd shop on Etsy. I was waiting to see what the 'new and improved' site changes involved before spending more money on re-listing everything that's moving over to the new shop. The 'artsfarm' shop will keep the jewelry that's already there plu… Continue

I've just started doing something that's very fulfilling, yet a bit intimdating in a good way. I had a bit of a revelation recently concerning job/income/what-am-I-doing-with-my-life. I've been mulling over the fact that I need to make a decent amount of money to live, but at the same time, would die inside if I had to work one more unfulfilling, soul-eating job. Much grinding of teeth, whining and ravelled nerves later, I realized I don't 'want' to make a living as an artist, I 'need' to. I'… Continue

I'm very excited about something I just found. There is a great thread going on at Etsy, a serious, in-depth discussion on what is 'acceptable' in the world of art/craft and how the established, more mainstream side views the 'indie revolution', and vice-versa. It started yesterday as basically a simple question but is evolving into a thought-provoking exchange (my favorite kind!) and I think it definitely worth following. But there's more. Within the thread someone posted a link to a blog writ… Continue

There's a thread asking a similar question going on over at Etsy right now, and I thought I'd toss it out here as well. By nature, artistic types tend to downplay their abilities and the value in them. I find too many people feel uncomfortable even using the word 'artist' to describe themselves, and this is something that, if one is to become 'successful' in any sense of the word, needs to be corrected. No amount of praise from peers, strangers or anyone else is going to do any good if we don't… Continue