There's an article in the NY Times this week that a few people have sent me (thank you all for thinking of me) all about successful sellers on Etsy: what they are making in profits, and what they are compromising in time and energy. A great read- you can see it HERE. Be sure to also read the comments people have left, if you have time. Some great feedback, especially someone writing something about how hard it is to be balanced in creativity and business-mindedness. That one hit home, especially right now, as I close out the year triumphantly, and the task of bookkeeping & taxes looms. If there's a science to this, I must have taken the remedial version... but experience is the best teacher, for sure.
Speaking of science, my sister in law sent us a link to this blog Not So Humble Pie this weekend, and I loved looking at all the science nerd cookies. Phil's entire family are scientists. Every last one of them! Even Phil was almost a biologist...but he missed, and became a filmmaker somehow along the way (a filmmaker who still habitually reports information about bugs & bacteria that I never thought I needed to know). Also digging this plates from Scott McCarthy on Etsy. A perfect blend of art & science.
Hope you all had a wonderful snowy weekend. We had fun sledding, shoveling, adventurously baking, drinking hot chocolate and working on some homemade christmas gifts (and one very very tardy birthday gift) that I didn't think I'd have time to finish. thanks, weather!
1 comment:
best tardy birthday gift ever. it's like christmas in july, only the exact opposite. can't wait till you see it in action. safe travels! see you both soon (-ish)!
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