Getting On, Going On....

Day 3 is here, and I am still feeling the euphoria of new Etsy shop-ownershipness.  I've been listing new items each day, and this weekend hopefully I will have a few more to add for the weekend browsers.  :)

I am the type of person that always wants to try new things, new patterns, new ideas.  And from the moment I decided to open this shop, I realized that this would probably be my biggest obstacle to being successful.  When someone browses your shop on Etsy, they don't want to see 80 completely unrelated items all crammed together (unless you sell supplies, perhaps!).  So at first, I was going to totally limit myself to making my stuffies (what I always call my little amigurumi animals).  But I really love making wearable crochet and knit.  There is something different about making items that a person will wear, hopefully so often and for so long that they wear it out.  It becomes a part of their days, of their lives, and I think that there is something powerful and touching about that.  

After thinking hard, and long, and going back and forth over the pro's and con's, I have decided that it is OK to sell stuffies and wearables in the same shop, as long as I don't get crazy with different wearables.  Stuffies can only be worked in season themes so many different ways before you end up with items just like everyone else.  For fall and winter, people need gloves, stoles, scarves, wraps, cowls, and all sorts of warm items that I adore making but have no use for in Arizona.  And in spring in summer, we ladies love little cardigans over our tank tops, and delicate lacework scarves and little wraps.

So, there are my plans laid out for you.  Below I'll stick in a couple of pictures of my Tiny Amigurumi's.  :)

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