avenue H & Poppytalk

Happy November! It's finally getting cooler here in Florida, but if you live in warmer climes, maybe you're already confined to indoor spaces, which means maybe you're looking for some new online distractions. I got em right here!

Check out my new Etsy shop: avenuehandmade.etsy.com
And my new MySpace: myspace.com/avenuehandmade
And my new blog: avenuehandmade.blogspot.com

And don't forget my virtual "table" at this month's Poppytalk Handmade Market!

developments.

hmmm.
so obviously i haven't been updating this very regularly. not that anyone reads it or notices, but if someone someday is actually interested & looks at the archives, they might notice a significant gap between the last post & this one.
just sayin.

so what have i been doing in all this time i haven't been posting to my dear old blog?
well, work (the day job, that is) has been pretty hectic, so quite frankly i've been going home at night lacking the energy or motivation to do much of anything besides eat & sleep & cuddle with my hubby.

not have the energy to create?! perish the thought! yet here i find myself. in more ways than one.... but! i have not been entirely unproductive.... (although Lord knows i really oughta be crafting like a madwoman, what with stitch rock on the horizon--october's closer than you'd think!)

but in the past few weeks i have been pondering some new ideas, & i think they are just about ready to bring to life. i've gotten my hands on some new (to me) materials that i'm excited about, & i'm planning to spend a good part of this weekend making stuff. i also have a couple of custom orders to start working on, so that's pretty exciting too.

AND...drumroll...i've been working on a website! yep, my very own website. try not to be too underimpressed, cause right now all you'll see is my "under construction/redirection" page. but someday (soon?) it will be a glorious specimen of pixel compositions! er... ok, not really. i'm quite amateur at this sort of thing...but i hope at least to have a couple of different pages with some photos & such. who knows, maybe one day even this very blog will be hosted there.... (oh, & eventually those disgusting ads at the top of the page will NOT be there.)

anyway, that's my big exciting news for the day. i'm stoked.
i hope all's well with you, whoever you are.

sure enough, she had won.

well, here it is.
or here we are.
or maybe just here i am, alone.
hopefully there will be more of us soon....


so i suppose this might be an appropriate time to talk about the song that inspired the name of my (not as yet incorporated) company...but i'm not gonna do that.
i don't have any profound analogies or connections to give meaning to the name, so i won't make something up just for the sake of explanation. i like the sound of the phrase (i'm a sucker for alliteration & interesting consonance), i like the image it evokes, & i like the sound of the song from which i apprehended it.
that said: listen to the band.


moving right along.
i guess i oughta delineate some semblance of goals &/or purpose for this'ere bloggy-thing. well, maybe not so much goals as intentions. here's what i intend to discuss/promote:
+ crafts/crafting/craftiness/crafty folk.
+ basically all things crafty/creative.
+ forecasts: new projects & ideas i'm stoked about.
+ crafting narratives & episodes of disaster/victory.
+ Etsy/selling/marketing tips...which will probably appear in a "learning from my mistakes" incarnation.
+ whatever else i want.

so welcome, bienvenidos, hello & howdy!