Be Ready for an Invitation to Travel . . .

I was lucky enough to be able to work in my studio All the weekend long. Sure, the kitchen floor still needs mopping, and the garden is looking very neglected, and the weather was beautiful, but I stepped outside to stand in the sun, and let the garden know I would get to the weeding and clean up soon.

This is the second painting in a short series of paintings that I am working on that are all loosely woven around the topic of Greece. I lived there for a few years in my early 20s, and have a wonderful and deep connection to the land, and the culture, the language, and the art, and have wanted for a long long time to express some of that love on canvas, so I am on my way.

In this instance, I am combining the Greek theme with another . . . Fortunes from Chinese Fortune cookies. I have a very very large collection of fortunes that are wonderful, whimsical and heart-ful (amassed over years of friends collecting their best fortunes for me), and I always thought doing a series of paintings around the fortunes would be cool. Somehow, the 2 cultures have meshed for now . . . I'll just have to see where it takes me.

I also very very quietly put 2 prints in the Etsy shop that I opened nearly 8 months ago, and then just left alone. I also, very quietly, but a little pink button on the left over there, that merely says buy things at Etsy, but links to my "shop". I feel so very self conscious - kind of like being 13 again, and I have pimple, and am trying to hide it with my hair hanging in my face - saying, yeah, I've got this little shop, and it will eventually have more prints and cards as well... but there it is.

For any of you who are Etsy experienced (unlike me), how do you make those lovely icons showing a few things in your etsy shop that I see on so many of your blogs?

Comments

[maryse]

not that i'm an experienced etsy user. but go to "your etsy" page (the page that has a list of all of your merchandise) and on the left hand side, all the way on the bottom, click on Etsy Mini. that will take you to the page to make the icons.

[Swirly]

I love the piece you are showing here...beautiful!! Your first commenter is right about the Etsy mini. Very exciting about your Etsy shop.

[Clare]

Great piece!

[Alex]

Hi there :) I found you through lovely Sparkletopia and I am in love already with your colors and your gentle words pulling me towards your story! I've been away from blogging and now I am starving for beauty like this! Thank you!!!