6 posts tagged “shop”

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I listed my photographs at Artfire.com this weekend, in the interest of finding a promising alternative to Etsy and just generally trying to get my name out there... and I'm off to a really "fiery" start! Someone posted my "roast" print on a popular scrapbooking forum, and just a few short hours after launching, my brand new Artfire shop has almost 400 hits and 1500 item views. Wow!

Unfortunately, most of the comments toward my photos are negative, and some of them are downright mean (who knew scrapbookers were such a grumpy bunch?), but hey, exposure is exposure. Calobee Doodles is getting some positive attention as a result of all the extra traffic, so I can't complain!

It will be interesting to see how the Artfire shop does given its unique start. I'm always surprised by what appeals to people (and what doesn't). My photography gets much more attention at Etsy--in the form of treasuries and front page features--than my doodles... but I've sold equal amounts of each type. I suppose there's something to be said for making art that appeals to two drastically different audiences.

Speaking of which, I'm in the process of redesigning sixhours.net to add my illustration. I'm not doing much photography right now (unless adorable baby portraiture counts) and it seems silly to keep sixhours exclusively for photography when the portfolio hasn't been updated in over a year. At least it will look somewhat current with the illustration included. Now I'll be lucky if I can find the time to sit down and code it.

Originally published at sixhours photography by caroline moore :: blog. You can comment here or there.

It's been a busy week here! Between custom orders and new doodles and shop updates and baby fun, I'm learning to juggle many roles, old and new. Tomorrow we throw another into the mix: The Day Job.

If you'd asked me 8 weeks ago how I was feeling about going back to work, I might have thrown the baby at you and said, "I'll see you at 5!" Now I'm feeling more ambivalent, but I think it will be OK. If parenthood has taught me anything, it's that plans and expectations are for people without kids.

For example:

• We planned a drug-free home birth and ended up at the hospital saying "Epidural, please!"
• I planned to breastfeed exclusively, but milk supply issues nipped that in the bud, so now Ellie is all too familiar with Mr. Bottle and Mrs. Enfamil.
• I spent most of my pregnancy reading anything and everything about sleep training, fearing I'd never see an eight-hour stretch again, only to discover our daughter is a champion sleeper.
• I planned to cloth diaper almost exclusively, but my first encounter with formula poop was enough to convince me that $40 for a bulk box of disposables at Sam's Club is money well spent.
• I told myself that no baby needs fancy schmancy toys to thrive, so we would not be spending money on the latest and greatest baby swings, bouncers, or playthings... she'd live on love and her imagination. And then I met Mr. Fisher Price and the Precious Planet series.

So although I'm feeling a little sad about heading back to the office, I've decided to approach it like everything else in my life these days... with no firm expectations whatsoever. Maybe I will be pleasantly surprised.

Originally published at sixhours photography by caroline moore :: blog. You can comment here or there.

I've been a busy little bee!  Calobee Doodles has been updated with a new poster design and a new custom listing. Yay!

Originally published at sixhours photography by caroline moore :: blog. You can comment here or there.

Yesterday was quite a rush, so today we're taking it easy. Thanks to everyone for the congrats! We went out to eat last night to celebrate, and stopped by the local Borders to pick up a copy of The Somnambulist just so I could stare at it and giggle. :)

In other news, I finally finished up the layout I've been working on for the last week! Go see!  I normally don't like a three-column layout because it can look crowded, but this layout lends itself very well to blogging and shopping, which brings me to....

... the surprise: I've set up a shop at Sixhours.net! I'm experimenting with Prestashop, an open-source PHP-based Web interface. It was relatively easy to set up, and I think it is easy for potential customers to use. Etsy has been great to me, and I'll continue to maintain those shops as well, of course. But I've wanted to have something hosted on my own domain, too, in the event that Etsy goes down for an extended period of time. I believe it's sage advice to not have all your eggs in one basket.

There may be some kinks to work out, and for now I can only accept PayPal (support for Google Checkout is coming soon), but I look forward to seeing how it goes. I'm sure that, like everything else involved in running a business, it will be a learning experience.

Originally published at sixhours photography by caroline moore :: blog. You can comment here or there.

I am so excited! Only one day after unveiling my new "custom doodles" listing I have two new orders. Two! I am so incredibly flattered and surprised, and I am having so much fun working on them. So much, in fact, that I've basically done nothing else all day, haha.

There is another custom doodle offer up in the shop!

The one other thing I did accomplish today was to buy a treadmill. Yay! I finally found a decent used one for sale, so T & I drove all over the bumpy back roads of Maine in a borrowed truck to go pick it up and bring it home. It's sitting in the middle of the living room looking very ominous... because now that I have it, I have to use it. Feh!

Now, if I rigged up something like this, I would walk a lot more...

Originally published at sixhours photography by caroline moore :: blog. You can comment here or there.

(Tree photos at Flickr, as promised.)

One word: VACATION! Booyah!

In celebration of my short-lived freedom from work... I'm having the carpets cleaned. I'm also having a beer and watching Jeopardy.

It doesn't get better than this.

In photo news, I've added gift certificates to my Etsy shop! They're great in the event that you know someone who would like my art but you can't decide which print(s) to give them. And there are lots of new prints to choose from!

There may be more coming, too... I have a photo shoot tomorrow with the awesome miss Hannah, and I need to start preparing for that right now, in fact!