Friday Shop(S) Update!

So it’s been a busy week but I was able to get a lot accomplished on the shop(s) front.

Let me first introduce you to my two new shops:

Green Earth Images (listed as GreenEarthImages on Etsy) – as mentioned before I had a separate web site but decided to move it over to Etsy; it’s slow going to get things listed, but I’m selling prints, matted prints, magnet, ACEO’s, greeting cards and bookmarks (and anything is customizable for the most part, so if you see an image you’d like, I can make it into the items just listed – because to make a listing for each item x100+ photos would mean 800 or so listings and that’s just crazy!); here are some of the pics I’ve loaded up so far (trying to make it a mix of different scenes):

j.c.spock (listed as jcspock on Etsy) – I realized that I should make a separate shop for my artwork since it really is different from my goodies shop and though I do print on eco-friendly photo paper and card stock for greeting cards, ACEO’s (Art Card Editions and Originals – they’re the trading card equivalent in the art industry), magnets and bookmarks, the bigger prints are on professional (not eco-friendly) photo paper, regular mats for matted prints and regular canvas (though I’m pricing out eco-friendly canvas that I recently found).  Furthermore, I felt I needed to lend my name to my artwork and since my full name is hyphenated and so dang long, I shortened it (not to mention that my nickname in college and thereafter by my friends was j.c).  Similar to my photography shop, I can customize items, so if you like an image but want it in another format, I can usually do that no problem.  Here are some examples:

Woo!  It’s been crazy!

Then I’ve added a couple items to my Green Earth Goodies shop and Green Earth Supplies shop, like these:

As I’ve mentioned, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Fall and Halloween, so I’m happy crafting this stuff…more to come!

Thanks for checking out my shops!  Have a great weekend everyone!

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I can feel it coming on…

Taken in October, 2009

When my nose and toes start to get cold on a regular basis, I know fall is in the air.

I grew up in New England, so fall is a holiday unto its own.  Like a local holiday.  The whole dang season.  And it deserves to be celebrated.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE fall.  The cooler weather, the smell in the air – especially in the evenings – the warm, rustic colors (though I only get to experience a much milder color variation than when I lived in CT).  And then there’s the urge, almost instinctual craving, to make things like apple crisp, soups and stews and anything with pumpkin.  Sure, every season has its foods, but nothing so quite comforting as the fall.  The transition from hot to cold.

In case you haven’t been able to tell throughout the course of my blog, I really enjoy the cold weather and hate hot, particularly humid weather – a large part of why I left the East Coast.  And every year since we’ve been in the mountains, we’d had a freak snowfall in September.  Nothing sizable but enough to let you know that things are a’changing, and quickly!  That’s probably my only complaint – that fall doesn’t last a little bit longer before transitioning to winter.

Crested Butte, 2009

One of the best things about fall is Halloween.  I just love that dang holiday and I particularly love that my adult friends still love it too.  One of my best girlfriends is the Halloween Queen.  She doesn’t have any kids, but that doesn’t matter.  Come labor day, she gets all her decorations up and even has a timer on her wall counting down the days to the beloved day.  She dresses up each year at work, hosts a party (click here to see my post from last year about it, complete with pics!) and in the months before, plans out what new decor she’ll be ordering.  I was just at her place last week and we salivated over her favorite Halloween catalog, dreaming up ideas of all the props and large scale decorations she could use.

With all this in mind, I’ve been drumming up ideas on how to incorporate my favorite season and holiday into my crafts and shop.  Here are some sneak peaks:

My latest girl - Witchy girl

What do you love most about fall?  Please share and reminisce with me!

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