My friend Stephanie of The Jaunty Gnome created this darling little hedgehog… is it not just too cute? The wool of the body comes from local sheep, and it’s so soft and fluffy!

I always wanted a hedgehog…

Meet Your Maker, December 2010, Cozmic Pizza in Eugene

Had a nice show today in Eugene. I only sold a few things, but I was able to recoup my table fee and make a little extra, so I’m a happy camper. People were not very interested in the yarn, but I sold three hats. I guess if they’re shopping for gifts, they’re more likely to want something already finished? Some people didn’t seem to get it, or they’d pick up one skein and look at the price and not look at any of the others, though my prices vary widely. Ah well, all stuff to take into consideration for the next show.

I loved the variety of vendors. I purchased a very pretty little fabric wallet from my neighbor (I’ll post a photo and a link to her Etsy in a future post). My friend Megan started selling solid perfumes that smell gorgeous and I FORGOT TO BUY ONE, dammit, but she’s a neighbor so I can fix that easily enough. One of the other vendors tried on one of my hats and it looked amazing on her. I should have offered her a trade or something, it was like the hat was made just for her…. and I’m kind of bummed she won’t be wearing it!

I could easily fill my shopping bag with something from every vendor… I wish I could in reality!

From the perspective of someone just participating – not organizing – this event, I came away with some mixed feelings about the Cozmic Pizza venue.  The space was nice (even though the ceiling dripped on me, lol) but man, what’s with the ‘tude? I don’t know, there was a weird vibe in there at times. It definitely would not be a dining destination for me.

All in all, though, a really nice day hanging out with really nice people… and lots of ideas percolating for next time!

Which kind of explains why I don’t remember what I did last week. Whoo!

I continued to take photos every day. I’m not sure if I will actually be able to keep to the idea of taking every photo with the camera in the phone, but it’s certainly freeing to allow myself that leeway. Not to have to carry the Nikon around everywhere, just in case. The photos aren’t print-worthy, but that’s not the goal of the project for me.

Some shots from September, 2010

I feel like time goes by so quickly lately… just a complete blur. I was kind of hoping that a photo-a-day would slow things down a bit, allow me to mark the passage of each day. It’s kind of working. I remember the photos from last week, but not the chores. Ha!

One thing that I did accomplish last week is starting up a blog for the newly formed Willamette Valley Etsy Team, which is very exciting. We’re not official on Etsy yet because they’re rolling out some new program for teams and aren’t setting up new ones until that goes live — but we’re getting ourselves organized in real life, regardless. When the new program starts on Etsy, we’ll be ready to join up. So, if you’re reading this and you’re in the WV and you have an Etsy shop, please join us!

Is it obnoxious to say “the WV”? I kind of feel like it may be.

The other big thing I have going on is that I started a micro-business class through Willamette Neighborhood Housing Services. The first class was this week and I had to introduce myself in front of 20 or so strangers which was completely scary and I sounded like a fool. But nobody threw anything at me, so I take that as a good sign and am looking forward to learning how to write a business plan!

And now… I must be off. My feet are frozen and I have to brush my hair. Whoo, party!