After I finished the bulk of my garb site, I spent time listing 1/3 of my handmade jewelry on eBay. I didn’t sell any, but I had a few auction watchers. So after agonizing for a bit, I decided to take Wolf’s advice, and opened a store on Etsy. I’ve had a few page views, which is encouraging.

I haven’t finished loading up all the jewelry yet, though, since it takes a while to go through all the information they want. But at least the listings stay live for 4 months, and it costs half of eBay’s fees! That widget automatically loads up the newest listings, so you’ll know if I’ve added anything to my store.

In other news, I am now officially solvent in my affiliate marketing. Saturday night, I had a purchase, or sign up, or something, that shot me over the edge. My BANS program is now fully paid for out of its own earnings, as well as the domains I bought for the stores. The hosting I was paying for before I got into anything other than AdSense, so I’m not counting that. After this, everything is profit (unless I actually open my wallet for advertising).

Saturday night and Sunday, I cut out the pieces to make: 2 pair of bloomers, 2 tops, 1 pair of pants (trousers), a table cloth, and a Christmas stocking. I’ve since cut out 2 hats. So, hopefully, this weekend I’ll be sewing it all up. Or at least some of it. That would be nice. Particularly since I intend to actually wear one of the tops in public- and I hope the other top and the pants will be public-worthy as well, though maybe not as I used… ahem… unusual fabric.

And since I hate throwing out scraps, I’m thinking of starting a crazy quilt. Do you think I should start with the black cotton with the glow in the dark eyes? That’s what I was using for a pair of the bloomers, and I really just think it would be… special.