Great Days!

So the past couple of days have been fantastic! Yesterday I logged on to Deviant Art and found the my Fluttering Butterfly had received a Daily Deviation. I was floored and so happy. Then today I go to check my Etsy shop (like I do about 100 times a day) and my Dragon pattern was right there on the front page!!  I can't help but feel like things are looking up for us, nothing like a spirit boost when times are a little rough. :)

And in other news; My wonderful husband has decided he too would like to open an Etsy shop. He'll be making mancala and other wooden board games (in fact he's knee deep in sawdust right now working on them). As soon as his store is up and going I'll leave a link. They look great (and I'm not just saying that because I married him:)

Oh the last little bit of happy from my universe, I'm done with all the crocheting for my book! All I have left to do is take the photos and place them in the patterns and send the whole lot off to my publisher. (And it looks like I may have a chance to take a deep breath or two before the baby arrives).

Well thanks for listening, and have a good night!!

Long time no post

SO I have had a crazy hectic couple of weeks, sorry about the lack of posting. I moved my B/F down here only to find he'd rather be up north, so we packed up and moved yesterday (well everything but me til monday) I've got a new pattern up in my shop

and I'm working on halloween stuff soon, so check back in a week or two and if there isn't anything new on here I give you my permission to poke me with a big stick :)

Summer Slow Down, and Speed up

With the gorgeous weather we've been having I've been spending more of my time away from the internet, I apologized for the stuttering posts. But rest assured that I am working my sunburned little bum off. I've an idea in the works for a comic book/crochet pattern crossover and some new patterns floating around waiting to get made. And then there is the print shop I plan on opening on Etsy, just as soon as i figure out the best way to do that :) Until then, here's a sneak peak at the comic crossover.

Meet Flap jack. He joined the evil army of cute creatures two years ago, but thanks to an accident it sewing phase, he's still not potty trained. Flap jack only has 6 tentacles so he's not an octopus or a squid, please don't call him one ( he has a complex). Loyal as a dog and not quite as smart, Flap Jack is always fun to have around the house, but he's ruined more than one evil plan. We leave him at home now with a baby sitter.

Market Bag Pattern Available Now!

At last after days of distraction and just plain laziness I have finished the pattern, worked out all the kinks (knock on wood) and now have a shiny new listing on at my etsy shop for these gorgeous and super fun bags.
This picture just makes me laugh, we have almost no food in the house right now, and our local market was closed so in order to illustrate it's holding capacity i used open cereal boxes and spotty bananas....needless to say I did not use this photo on my etsy listing :)

Not the best day ever

So it's been four days without a sale and I'm feeling a little glum. On top of that my T-rex is not working itself out like I had hoped and for some reason there is no money tree in my backyard. So I'm going to back burner the Rex for the night and work on some of the other things floating about in my gray matter. Hopefully the ideas for the T-rex will congeal in there whilst waiting and I'll be able to look at it without thinking firey thoughts. :) that's it for now, oh I do have new pictures In my Etsy and on my Flickr if you want to check them out or tell strangers about me, you know whatevs. Ta ta and good night.

My first Artfire Sale!!!!!

Yay! I've been signed up for a couple of weeks without any sales, but today not only did I get a sale but a request to make a pattern. I'm so excited I squealed and did a happy dance.
Just to show you what Artfire is (in case you didn't know)

Visit Voodoomaggie's ArtFire Shop

It's similar to etsy, but probably a lot cheaper.
somehow I don't think it looks like it should so check the side bar it'll be over there too

Easter Goodies

So In case you haven't noticed...which being that no one is out there, you haven't. I'm no good at keeping up on these things, I've never felt I had much to say that was actually interesting. But in the interest of leading myself to success I'm going to give it a whirl.
Easter is coming up and I'm working some new Plushies, maybe even a bag or two. I have yet to reach a consistent goal of making $17 a day on my etsy site, soI'm going to work my fingers to the bone to come with patterns to sell. The first of these is a girl dressed as a bunny so far she's adorable but she's just a head so we'll have to see how that evolves. Next up in no particular order is a chick and a lamb and a carrot bag. SO wish me luck and stop being non-existent. :)