How to Add an Etsy Store to Your Blog (in Blogger)

A quick tutorial on how to help your readers see your items for sale without forcing them to leave your lovely blog.

Part one - etsy

• Login to your Etsy Account

• Then click on Your Shop (at the top of the page).

• Scroll down and click on Etsy Mini on the left sidebar.

• Follow the steps on etsy to pull listings from your favourites or from your shop.
• Then show Thumbnails.
• Then choose the layout that you want on your blog. I tried this a few different ways before I found the layout that I wanted. I ended up choosing 2 columns by 3 rows.

• In the box, you will see the HTML code that you need to copy and paste into your blog.

Part two - Blogger

• Login and click on Dashboard.

• Click on design.

• Go to your sidebar and choose Add a Gadget.

• Choose the HTML/JavaScript option

• For Title, write something clear for your readers. I put “My Etsy Shop.”

• In the Contents box, paste in the HTML code from Etsy.

• Drag and drop this new gadget so that it appears where you want it to. As you can see, mine is towards the top of my sidebar, right under my contact information.
• Save this, then click on view blog. If you want to change your columns and rows at this time, go back to etsy and repeat all these steps.

Voila! Now you have some of your etsy store items right on your blog! :)

Thanks for reading!

New Art Pieces! :D

I've been working hard on a video package for you, lovelies!!

It's really going to be quite a great set of tools - I'm REALLY excited to be able to bring this to you. Watch for it next week.

In the meantime, I have made two new mixed media pieces. They both use a blue background with varying levels of brown ink over top.

Tell me what you think of them!

The tutorial package coming out next week will feature these two pieces.



Mixed Media on Wooden Artist Panel. 6" x 6" x 1.5"



"We have to jump before we can fly" (Chickadee)



 

"We have to jump before we can fly"





Mixed Media on Wooden Artist Panel 6" x 6" x 1.5"



Both of these items are available in my etsy shop, but I have a feeling that they'll go quickly so go ahead and "jump" on it!!

Insert Coins

I'm at a bar in downtown Vegas that is FULL of video games. My husband is in nerd heaven!! The great thing is that there is a real DJ spinning records, so all is not lost for me. Plus, I have you, my lovelies, to write to and share this experience with.

It seems that I can't add captions to photos on my mobile device but I have to tell you about the photo below with all of the televisions. This bar is set up like a sports bar except that all the TVs are linked up to game consoles. All of those TVs are being played by people with game controllers. I've never seen anything like it! Although I'm not a gamer myself, I can totally appreciate the culture and associated nerds. I am a big nerd-lover, so anything that brings me closer to that wins in my books!

Also, I should emphasize that I'm blogging from a bar in Vegas. If that doesn't say nerd, then I don't know what does!!

There are probably promo codes for saving money on your next trip to Vegas.

New Specs!

I'm not usually one to promote companies, but I have to say that I'm pretty happy with Clearly Contacts. They are a Canadian-based company who offer all sorts of optical products, and they always have some sort of promotion going, whether it's free shipping or crazy-awesome sale prices.

I recently ordered a new pair of glasses for less than $100 and they showed up on my doorstep within 3 days. Now THAT'S great service.

Also, their prices are pretty great considering I have really poor eyesight (-6.00) and was able to get the thinner lenses for that price.

What do you think of my new glasses?



Aren't the little wings just the BEST? :)

If you love these particular frames, they are made by Derek Cardigan and are described as Green Tortoiseshell although there is no green to be found. 



Doesn't This Look Juicy?!

Just came across this online workshop from Joanne Sharpe.

There are a million and one online workshops out there from artists.

I rarely take them and hardly ever promote them.

But this one looks REALLY awesome...

Are you taking it? I think I'd be more inclined to take it if I knew that some of you were taking it too. Then we could compare notes and chat about it (informally).

Let me know :)

NEW INFO (updated March 8 at 3:30 PST):

*online class goes live April 9, 2012*


*25 alphabets in

*25 video lessons with

*25 printable reference pdfs

*FOREVER ACCESS CLASS*

*5 weeks April 9-May 11, 2012

$35

WIWO Wednesday - It's What I'm Working On.

This week I'm working on SO MANY THINGS!

More to come in upcoming posts, but in the meantime, I thought I would take this opportunity to show you a new idea that I've listed on etsy.

I have a LOVELY vintage, baby blue typewriter that is probably one of the five things I'd grab if there was ever a fire in my house. No, really.

Here she is in all her glory:

Isn't she beautiful?

Back to etsy.

When I first started creating mixed media art, I was always on the lookout for cool fonts. I LOVE text in art and especially when there are unique fonts.

Let's face it: typewriter fonts are everywhere. You can use Courier in your MS Office documents, and you can download others from font websites.

But do your fonts have random ink splatters that add to their appeal?

Do your fonts actually imprint into the page because of the impact of the typewriter keys?

Didn't think so.

Starting this week, I'm offering up my typewriter for you to use. Well, sorta.

These two etsy listings will give you up to 30 words or up to 100 words delivered to your door. That's right, shipping is included in these listings.

So go ahead! Send me something to type out for you.

Make your art AWESOME with REAL typewritten words.

New Journals! I've Been BUSY! :)

Hello lovelies!

If YOU want to get into art journalling or if you're just looking for a new place to be creative in words or in art, then check out my new journals in my etsy shop.

I've made 12 journals using different paper cut into different sizes. They're bound together with a metal coil binding and sandwiched between two pieces of ultra heavy chipboard.

These journals are a dream, my lovelies - and I can be honest with you since I'm a journal-a-holic. I have at least 10 unopened journals that are ready to be filled. But sometimes I want something a little more awesome.

Some of the journals may include:
- graphing paper
- overhead acetate
- regular white printer paper
- Artists' papers from Strathmore
- accounting entry paper
- coloured paper
- cardstock in many colours
- book pages (for this set of 12 I used "The Secret Garden")
- maps
- scrapbooking paper


These books are specially designed to be added to. Specifically, they are about 3/4 full of paper in terms of what the coil binding will allow. This means that you can add your own items to the pages and not stress the binding. For example, you can add your own cards, photos, or other bits of papers to the existing pages. The book will still lay flat when closed instead of splaying open (as seen in one of the photos).

So check out these samples of some of the spreads you'll find in the journals and drool away. Then hop on over to the listing on etsy to find out how you can treat yourself to one.

The covers are plain black - ready for you to customize!

  

 The journals are about 3/4 full of paper in terms of what the coil binding will allow.
This means that you can add your own items to the pages and not stress the binding.