HELP, input needed!

I need a little input on this item before I add it to my etsy shop.

Should I:

1. Keep the bows
2. Ditch them (too gaudy)
3. Ditch the accent beads (too gaudy)

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Spring Fresh Fruit Tart

Now available in my etsy shop!

In all my years of working with polymer clay, which has been almost a decade now, I have never made a fruit tart before. It seems like one of the polymer clay foodie staples these days. Fruit tarts, macarons, and cupcakes are everywhere...but I never sat down to make one before.

With all this gross, winter, weather, I wanted a taste of spring, so I whipped up a few fruit canes and made this little tart.

Barcade Review Header Design

I just finished typing up my food review for The Barcade over on Sometimes Foodie, and I decided to design a simple, but fun, header for the post. (Seen above.)

Since the Barcade is, as the name suggests, a bar full of arcade cabinets, I decided to go with a retro, pixelated, style.

Sometimes Foodie Redesign!

Okay, as far as redesigns go this isn't a HUGE change, but I tweaked a lot of things here and there.

I'll post a before picture below so you can see the difference. I like it so far, but the changes are pretty minor.

I altered: 

• The Header: made it text only and made the coffee stain part of the background
• The Background: I added a pattern of spoons and coffee cup stains
• Etsy Banner: I made a little animated banner for my etsy shop
• Facebook Likes: I changed the coding for the Facebook likes to better fit that small area.

What I did Yesterday (2/5/14)

In an effort to be more productive, I decided to write a little blog summing up my day. I doubt that this will become a daily thing, but at least once a week. I think that is a fairly realistic goal. It's nice to be able to look back and see that I have gotten things done.

What did I do today? (2/5/14)

(I'm the kind of person who likes listing things, so this is list-style)

1. I made some new Thank You Art Cards for my Etsy. The last set was Nightmare Before Christmas themed, which was a lot of fun, so this time I'll be using characters from The Venture Bros. I like making a complete set, but I needed some cards right away, so I made a few random Bee and Puppy Cat cards that shipped out this morning. (See them after the cut.)

Etsy Challenge

I have had an etsy shop for several years and, considering I have never paid for advertizing, I have done pretty well for myself.

I do all my own banner designs, packaging, photography...everything. It's hard to do everything yourself, but it's a lot more cost efficient. (I'm cheap.) I really want to get more sales without resorting to paid advertizing, but it's kind of hard to have sales when your shop is so empty. Seriously, when did I stop making new items? Back in the early 2000's I had at least 60 different items, so logically I had more sales, not I have about a dozen and sales have become sluggish.

Long story short, I need to restock my shop. Rather than waste more money re-listing items that never sold in the first place, I want to revamp things and make tons of new items.

I have come up with a little challenge for myself. 

New year, new look.

Cliché, I know. It may be cheesy, and unoriginal, but a new year gives everyone an excuse to finally get off their butts and do something different. I am taking this opportunity to change the look and layout of my Poison and Antidote...label? Brand? Company? What am I?

Welp, I guess that is something something else I need to figure out in 2014. It's fun to be so varied and undefined, but it can be harmful. I never know how to market myself. I'm just me, and I do stuff... but that doesn't sound professional.

I need to figure this out....

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