ACEO Exchange - Time Travelers Team

I received a great package (above) from Black Friday Studio - on Etsy.

Thanks Kat!

Here are two of the ACEO's I have received during our team exchange.  Thanks AgentOfChaos for starting this event it was a lot of fun.

The Dragonfly is from Mad Scientist Design and the Scene is from Decadent Delusions both on Etsy.

Here is the creation that I received from Lilybellesjewels on Etsy

This has been a great team event and I really enjoyed seeing everyone's Art Cards, absolutely fabulous.

The following is what I sent - each being an original especially made for each recipient. I based the theme on thinks that I saw they liked or faved in their Etsy shops.

Gabi seemed to like pink, and faces so she got a pink face.

Amth seemed to like eyes and butterflies

And Khulwhip seemed to like wings and eyes.

So there you have it, my attempt at creating ACEO's.  I hope everyone had a great time doing these.

This next one is a photo ACEO that I am listing in my shop, it was the beginning of the 2010 Total Eclipse of the moon taken through the trees in my yard.  I thought it was an awesome sight, but that's just me...Others my not think so, we'll see.

the next two are a product of catching the ACEO bug, think I have potential???

It's all how you look at it - geometrical illusions above and just a fine feathered friend below.

This is fun...Enjoy! ♥

Special order

Triple cedar tea light candle holder - the first photo is blurry but just showing how it looked when I started.

I have now removed the rough outter layer

After much sanding and shaping

then it gets a bath so I can see how it's going to look when I put the finish on it and I can see where more sanding is needed.

The other side

Now I have a little more sanding and then drill the holes, put the finish on it and it will be ready to shine and look beautiful!

♥Bettie

Here it is with the holes - just have the finish that I will apply today then it will be ready for listing just for

Ms. Paula!

Finished product

Special Order update

 Ms. Shelly - Your business card holder is looking for that bicycle basket, somewhere in California... (:



Almost there




We're getting closer

 

I think we're done

So what do you think?  You ready for me to post this for you?
I really like it.

Oh, now we're ready.  Got to have a key chain to hold your bike key right? The color is Amethyst, it just drys so dark it's hard to see the color in the photo.
♥♥♥ Bettie



Custom order

I am currently working on a custom order for a business card holder.  Here is where I'm at.  So Shelly, what do you think and which design do you prefer?

The front can be plain or the carved with colorful inlay.

A completed Front



Without inlay design
Upon customer approval



WIth inlay design

Top before burning
Waiting for customer approval

Back side

Article Interviews, Reviews and Critiques

Hello and thank you for your interest in being interviewed, or having me drop by your shop for my personal review at which time I will tell my readers what I found in your shop, what I liked, your customer feedback and how your customer service is based on those customer comments.  I will include links to your shop and perhaps links to the items I liked or felt was unique or different. 

I write these articles for the Examiner.com which has a worldwide following numbering in the hundreds of thousands, so exposure is good.

The first thing I would ask of you is for you to take a look at my interview articles and reviews to get an idea of what I write about, how the interviews are structured and how the article looks once published click here.


Then if you are interested I would like for you to subscribe to my article page, this allows the examiner.com to notify you via e-mail whenever I publish (you will never be spammed by the examiner.com nor will your e-mail address be shared or sold) because I don't have the time or resources to notify all of my folks.

You will notice that there are sharing buttons so that you can share the article via Facebook, twitter and other social media’s that you participate in (this is highly encouraged); there is a ‘like’ button and a ‘comment’ area, I encourage you to also use these support features for the article and Artisan’s featured, this helps promote all of us. When you leave a comment I like for you to include a link to your Etsy shop, that way the readers will always have the opportunity to visit your shop as well as those who are featured. This is a good way to keep you in the public eye. What could be better than free advertising just for leaving a comment?

I am doing my part to support all of you and would hope that you do the same for me and those featured. I have a full time job, a home and family, I also craft and have my Etsy shop. I do this on my own time and I do not charge my fellow Artisan’s for my service. My motto is always (as you will see) “Pay IT Forward”.

Okay, now that we have the technicalities out of the way, I ask that you include my shop in your circle just because it makes it real easy for me to grab your shop link. I tried doing my interview list via e-mail but then folks would send me multiple e-mails because they would forget this or that, so you can imagine how confusing and overloaded my inbox became. Now that Etsy has added the circle feature I find that I can manage the situation better. I will randomly grab shops to do quick reviews and publish quite often. I’m still trying to come up with a way to handle the interview process as I know not all folks will want to do an actual interview. For now I am just going to make a written list of those who are interested in the full review. My interviews are similar to those that Etsy does only mine are published to the Examiner.com which is an online news media.

I am happy to answer any questions that you may have, you can leave a comment here on my blog or convo me via Etsy.

Happy selling!

♥ Bettie
P.S.
I am going to include some critiques in future articles from shops that I have bought items from and this way the readers can get the scoop from someone has had an online shopping experience with these shops.
I cannot afford to purchase something from every shop so if you would like a critique from me, you will have to send me something.  If you want it back you will need to provide everything necessary for me to return the item to you.  Sign up via comment on this blog.

Jewelry Mirror Project update

Well here is my project progress.  I painted it a lovely copper which isn't relly very well depected in my photo.  I will have to do some adjusting before listing this item in order to show its real beauty.

So, copper paint with a black paint outline with copper nails to hang the jewelry pieces on and gold hooks.
I will be adding a cording or some other decoration around the inside area of the mirror to cover the raw edges and a jewel in the hole at the tip of the arrow. 

I will install a saw tooth hanger to the back so it can be hung on the wall.  If I were keeping it I would actually put a screw through it attaching to the wall (it would be more secure that way)

It is equiped to hold thrity three (33) plus pieces of jewelry.  I say plus because the hooks could really hold more than one piece of jewelry.