So I am a little late... the latest on art, etsy and my life!

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Where have I been for 6 months ?! I know how do you follow a blog where the blogger never actually blogs. I had waited so long to actually blog again, I kept thinking, "what do I say at this point?!" How do you explain where you've been and what has been going on in any aspect of your life for this long? Or do you pretend you were there the whole time!? LOL. As far as art, etsy and my life go ... Throughout September to early October I fundraised as a volunteer for the Leon County Humane Society (www.lchs.info.) I want to thank all of the Etsians and artisans who participated. It was incredible to have items donated from so many fellow artists, including four different countries! Twittering even helped get the message out! Emailed and convos came pouring in, it was truly a full time job for a couple months but I enjoyed every minute of it. In preparation for the holidays I worked hard both on finding other artisans to trade with daily and making custom orders. As a result of gathering Christmas presents through trading on Etsy my shop has been pretty bare. I had to go out of town and then got sick for most of January, so my shop has practically cleared out. Currently, I am rebuilding my shop and restocking my inventory. More to come, but this is my start back into the blogging world !

I know, I know... I've been a Bad Blogger

You may be wondering why or how I managed to start a blog and then get so sidetracked that there were only two entries. Yet my store appeared to be making sale after sale. Well, first of all, after the blog I also joined Twitter and created a Facebook account for my store and a fan page. Twitter was so much easier than keeping a blog, I was only allowed to type 160 characters! Twitter was so much less intimidating. I could write it as I was running out the door. The blog simply kept dropping lower and lower on the priority list. Just an FYI - I still have not done a ton with my Lynsis Fishbowl account and fan page on Facebook, but feel free to look me up. I will accept you a friend. That was the other thing with Twitter I could follow friends easily and quickly learn what was going on in their world without reading a novel like this, haha. However, I must say Twitter brings views but I do not believe it has brought me a sale yet. Although I did have my first sale within two weeks and at one point sold three paintings in about a 24 hour period I worked at it nonstop. Many of my recent "sales" have actually been trades. Trading is a great way to introduce yourself to new people and save yourself some time, money and effort going out into the outside world for both presents and birthdays. Although I must admit I traded for quite a few things I don't think I am willing to part with. This is the latest in my Etsy life. I promise it won't be nearly 3 months before I blog again!