Brandi Graves

Running with Glitter (or something like that)...

SO, - BIG news (well, for me... for now, at least!) - Since getting my little Etsy site up and going, I've mustered the courage (with an equally-crazy friend of mine) to hurry up and get some things together to join in on the Petaluma Craft Mafia's annual winter craft fair........Running with Glitter.         

            

Many more picts to come, - but wanted to give you a preview of my new re-purposed Red Cross wool blanket Viking Helmets.... as you can tell, - my boys LOVE them, ... glitter or no glitter.  I'll be selling these, along with some other winter wool crowns, little boys and girls aprons, and some of the other things already on my Etsy site.... Wish me luck!

 

Check me out on Etsy... Loclocshop!

Hello friends!  I've just put a few things up on my brand new Etsy site... hopefully you'll head over there to check it out.  For the last year or so, I've been a little bit in LOVE with wool, - well - felting it to be exact.  SO, - 'wha-la' - my little handmade play mats... 

 

They're made by crossing the raw wool fibers back and forth in a pattern, soaking it with warm soapy water, and then agitating it by hand until the fibers sort of fuse together.  It's like... Magic.

 

I made three different kinds of roll-out play mats - farmland, desert, and 'pirate' - with little wooden pieces that I'm selling along with them.  I've got no idea how they'll sell, - I'm not (as I'm sure you've already figured) super 'pro', or motivated to get out there and read all the marketing and selling blogging and Etsy tips (!)... still, - I figured there's no time like the present to give it a try.

I think, really, - that the most difficult bit of this little project of mine was the pricing.  The actual creating was - of course - super fun.  While it's hard to know what might sell if someone happens to stumble upon it (no, no, - I'm not holding my breath), - its even more difficult to sort out how to adjust for my time.  .. And selling these very textural objects in such a flat online format, - well.. who knows?

So, anyway... here's my first go of it, and if nothing else, - it's a lesson I'm always trying to teach my boys:  "Live your life"... "Put yourself out there"... and as cliche as it may sound, - "Go for it."

If you feel like stopping by, - please do!  I'd LOVE to hear your feedback, suggestions, tips, etc.  I'm hoping to put a few more little 'stocking stuffer' style things on the site in the next week or so... we'll be in touch :)

(I linked my Etsy store above, - but if you wanted to browse in general, go to www.etsy.com - to find me, - go to the link for 'sellers'  then type in my store name - Loclocshop.  Thanks for looking...)