Etsy One Million Challenge Update

Well, the challenge started off with a bang! Then, BOOM!!! Flickr went down. They can say whatever they want, I just know our little group broke Flickr. There server couldn't handle the massive uploading of wonderful Etsy users into the group.

When the site went down we had 90 members and 1,998 pictures uploaded! It was an awesome start to a fun challenge.

How long do you think it will take for Etsy Members to upload One Million Photos in the group's database?

Etsy One Million Challenge!

Our street team, AREtsy, is putting out a Etsy Wide challenge to pool ONE MILLION pictures of their art work and items for sale. The Flickr Group can be found by clicking HERE.

Lets see how fast we can get 1 million photos pooled!

Yet Another Before and After

Above is my original banner (I was never 100% happy with)
This was phase 2 of banner makeover
The Banner above is my new banner. It may change again!

Etsy Avatar: before (above) & after (below)

My avatar was inspired from my Hot Pink Yarn Makeover:

Before (above) & After (below)

All my listings are getting redone. With all new pics. It is actually pretty exciting seeing the changes. I feel much more professional. Will share more tomorrow.

Before and After BERRIES N CREAM

Before and After...pics are getting a little bit better.

Berfore and After-Happy Day

Just plain awful screen shots of before and after. BUT you can sorta see, in the big pic, of how dramatically this changed how the yarn looks. Much nicer now.

I attended a workshop yesterday, put on by EtsyLabs. It was all about updating your shop and how to take better pictures. This is my Happy Day Yarn. CHECK IT!!!

I am now working on Berries N Cream. Hopefully, I can get better screen shots!

Cupid Lost his Cookies in my Dye Room

Yes it's true. Cupid has thrown up all over my yarn. With Valentine's Day being a little more than a month away, what better than a bunch of Love Themed Colors. I was a crazy dyeing lady today! I hand painted three skeins of yarn, solid red, solid pink, and red and pink together. Also, I did three sets of roving...one 5 ounces in shades of pink and white, the other two one ounce samplers of pink and white. The one laying across the yarns in the pic below is my favorite. It looks like cotton candy.
Enough with the Cupid Puke. I had a wild hair and I knit up the yarn I spun. It turned out pretty nifty. It was a small amount, so I used size 19 needles and cast on only 6 stitches.
I think I may make a cell phone case out of it, just to keep it as my first hand dyed, hand spun, hand knit project. Hopefully first of many more to come! With more consistency and less over spinning. I see a spinning wheel in my near future.
Lastly, I did get some Valentine's Day Roving up for sale on Etsy. It was so hard, I really wanted to keep it to spin myself...but I have to make money some how! CLICK HERE if you want to check it out.