Bumbling into something new...

So just as the summer was getting started, I decided to follow in the brave footsteps of Ms. Viking and finally start selling my carvings out via Etsy. Over the last couple of years, I had been press-ganged happily volunteered my carving abilities for wedding type things...  There had been a post here earlier about being able to carve lettering on a stamp which was actually a wedding invitation and I had also done a Vegas-themed stamp for a Las Vegas wedding this past summer.  After which I had been encouraged to go the Etsy route...

I figured there wasn't much to lose and mostly I wanted to set up shop to carve more pumpkins.  Anyone who has read this blog knows I came to carve stamps because of my pumpkin carving past. Last fall, I actually sold my first commissioned pumpkin (which was unexpected and made me quite happy).  So,  I set up the shop to carry mostly stamps which people might like year round, but as a place to host my carved foam pumpkins.

My shop is called Cuts & Scrapes and so far I've sold mostly custom stamps, but I have also sold one of my pumpkins.  I've learned quite a bit about what people like to use stamps for (not always what you think) and I've had some really nice feedback from people.

Anyways, I'll leave that here as an fyi and I'll probably post a link to my shop in the sidebar.  Now, as you were, go about your business...