Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Etsy Shop Launch

Today I listed the eight first items in my Etsy shop, No Prob Bob. I put up a few rugs, some yarn and a pair of boot socks. That's all on the back burner right now, as I'll be busy cooking and baking as soon as I get off work for a dinner tonight. Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday, November 18, 2011

Clean Slate

I've been on Etsy for months now. I've been wanting to open a shop, and I had the idea to start a more flexible crafts blog rather than my previous knitting blog. I've only been seriously working on either of these things for the last few weeks. I use the term 'seriously' loosely however; I've actual spent more time prowling Etsy for neat things to buy. Knowing that if I don't make better use of my time this thing will never get off the ground, I became acquainted with GIMP to make some graphics for the site. This is an image for the product tags I'm planning.
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I drew the logo, scanned it, and then cut it out using a few different tools in the program. Let me tell you, it took forever. It became very apparent to me that when it comes to digital graphic design, I'm next to useless. Not that I mind; I like to take my time.