I'm happy to say that the November 9 Blog Carnival is up on my blog and you can find it by clicking here!
I'm exceedingly happy to be the one to hostess this time. Please be sure to comment when you visit and I look forward to meeting everyone!
- Laurie
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
EtsyBloggers Weekend News
Good morning! Here is some EtsyBloggers weekend news for everyone to enjoy. As you read, take a moment to click around, and check out all the wonderful new items for Autumn and Winter in the below listed shops in this post.
Along with the Fall season, our team has also undergone some changes lately. With last week's saying goodbye to some wonderful long-standing teammates Cozy and Stormy, this week brings new additions to our team in the way of team event coordinators, blog authors, and volunteer listmakers.
Take a look at this inspiring artist feature done by our wonderful and always helpful Deb of http://storybeader.etsy.com which is posted here on our team blog -- a great read: http://etsybloggers.blogspot.com/2009/11/internet-artisan-interview-photographic.html
Take a moment to welcome our new BirthdayMini Coordinator, Sandi of http://HandmadeBySandi.etsy.com -- she has written the belated bday wishes post for the second half of October Birthdays and a November bday too: http://etsybloggers.blogspot.com
If you haven't yet read last week's edition of the EtsyBloggers Blog Carnival, you can read about it here. Do check that out because the new edition of the Blog Carnival event will be posted sometime between now and Monday morning. You can always find the current edition right here on our team blog every other Monday. Thank you to http://IndulgeYourshelf.etsy.com for hosting!
Now handling the EtsyBloggers MiniMondays for our team will be our adventurous Jackie of http://AKeepersJackpot.etsy.com along with another lovely volunteer http://MagdaleneJewels.etsy.com For any not in the know, the EtsyBloggers MiniMondays event is held weekly. Please see the FAQ's and sign-up thread for that event is here.
There some new volunteers who have made helped with listmaking/updating this past week. Updates will be seen on our team blog/team shop this weekend. The October volunteers' avatars will be located over there on the right-hand column. Thank you again to all these volunteers, you are appreciated!
http://NICOdesigns.etsy.com
http://peacoxcreations.etsy.com
http://mamasmagicstudio.etsy.com
http://MadeByMelissa.etsy.com
http://sykin.etsy.com
http://foxygknits.etsy.com
http://sassalynne.etsy.com
If you too would like to volunteer for November, please let me know. And if I missed you from this list (ack, sorry!) please also do let me know so I may correct my thank-you list. :)
As for our wonderful bi-weekly EtsyBloggers Blog Carnival, I am now handling this team event. If you have any questions, please convo me via my Etsy shop.
Last but certainly not least!! The November ROLL CALL and Featured EtsyBlogger for November will be sent to all EtsyBloggers teammates this weekend via eMail. Have a lovely day!!
Posted for the EtsyBloggers team by your Admin & Team Leader, Joey & Aleethea
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Along with the Fall season, our team has also undergone some changes lately. With last week's saying goodbye to some wonderful long-standing teammates Cozy and Stormy, this week brings new additions to our team in the way of team event coordinators, blog authors, and volunteer listmakers.
Take a look at this inspiring artist feature done by our wonderful and always helpful Deb of http://storybeader.etsy.com which is posted here on our team blog -- a great read: http://etsybloggers.blogspot.com/2009/11/internet-artisan-interview-photographic.html
Take a moment to welcome our new BirthdayMini Coordinator, Sandi of http://HandmadeBySandi.etsy.com -- she has written the belated bday wishes post for the second half of October Birthdays and a November bday too: http://etsybloggers.blogspot.com
If you haven't yet read last week's edition of the EtsyBloggers Blog Carnival, you can read about it here. Do check that out because the new edition of the Blog Carnival event will be posted sometime between now and Monday morning. You can always find the current edition right here on our team blog every other Monday. Thank you to http://IndulgeYourshelf.etsy.com for hosting!
Now handling the EtsyBloggers MiniMondays for our team will be our adventurous Jackie of http://AKeepersJackpot.etsy.com along with another lovely volunteer http://MagdaleneJewels.etsy.com For any not in the know, the EtsyBloggers MiniMondays event is held weekly. Please see the FAQ's and sign-up thread for that event is here.
There some new volunteers who have made helped with listmaking/updating this past week. Updates will be seen on our team blog/team shop this weekend. The October volunteers' avatars will be located over there on the right-hand column. Thank you again to all these volunteers, you are appreciated!
http://NICOdesigns.etsy.com
http://peacoxcreations.etsy.com
http://mamasmagicstudio.etsy.com
http://MadeByMelissa.etsy.com
http://sykin.etsy.com
http://foxygknits.etsy.com
http://sassalynne.etsy.com
If you too would like to volunteer for November, please let me know. And if I missed you from this list (ack, sorry!) please also do let me know so I may correct my thank-you list. :)
As for our wonderful bi-weekly EtsyBloggers Blog Carnival, I am now handling this team event. If you have any questions, please convo me via my Etsy shop.
Last but certainly not least!! The November ROLL CALL and Featured EtsyBlogger for November will be sent to all EtsyBloggers teammates this weekend via eMail. Have a lovely day!!
Posted for the EtsyBloggers team by your Admin & Team Leader, Joey & Aleethea
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Friday, November 6, 2009
Internet Artisan Interview - The Photographic Aspect
OK, you're in for a treat today! Mark has to be my all-time favorite photographer, and I'm so honored he took time to respond to this interview. He has a unique way of capturing motion and color that is absolutely breathtaking. All day long, I'm surrounded by black and white images at work, in "my" archives. To come home and read Mark's blog is a real treat. If you are interested in photography yourself, you need to follow his blog and see the techniques he uses for capturing beautiful images. He has an Etsy account, but doesn't have a large stock there. You can always go by his online studio.
What's the name of your business/shop?
I came up with the name Aspect Studio about 20 years ago when I decided to start my own graphic design business. I thought it worked nicely for both design work and photography, so I have been using that ever since for both.
Do you have a registered domain name and/or a blog (urls, if available)?
My website is www.AspectStudioPhotography.net, with portfolio galleries and purchase info, and I have been writing a blog, "The Photographic Aspect" at aspectstudiophoto.blogspot.com for nearly a year. That has been a great project, because it allows me to examine my own motivations and thought processes, while at the same time getting feedback from a wide variety of viewers.
What type of handmade products do you sell?
Fine art photographic prints.
Show us a piece you recently finished
This image is from my most recent excursion (back in July) to Arizona. I already posted it on my blog recently, but maybe the readership here is a bit different than over at my place and I think it's one of my best from that trip. I haven't printed it full size yet, but it will probably be the first from that group to be printed and framed for sale as soon as I can get to it, in the next few weeks.
What are you working on right now? Any sketches?
Photography is really a multi-step process: traveling and shooting, followed by processing and ultimately, printing. I like to go back to shots I made months or even years ago and rework ones that I wasn't quite happy with, and often find new interest in ones that I completely passed over first time around. So I'm constantly working on something, even if it's just researching and planning a future trip, or something like printing greeting cards on scraps of photo paper.
If you have a website or blog, what do you use for advertising? What do your avatars look like?
Well, marketing my website was the original motivation to start up a blog, but then that in turn needs to be promoted, doesn't it? Fortunately there are quite a few tools for that and one of the most important is just visiting other people's sites and leaving your "footprint" in as many places as possible. I'm certainly not as good at it as many others, being limited in both time and energy while trying to run a business. Among all the blog directories out there, my favorite by far is BlogCatalog.. it's very useful for finding and communicating with other bloggers and being able to see who is visiting your site. I have been with EntreCard since I started the blog also.. I think quite a few readers have found me through that site and I like the proactive concept of it, but there are some things recently, especially with the paid ads and changes to the credit system that I don't like about it, too. I haven't been spending much time over there recently.
If you have a website or blog, tell us about your favorite widget.
I think the networking widgets like Friend Connect and BlogCatalog are very useful.. you can see who's been visiting and reading. I try not to go overboard with too much of that stuff in my layout; I don't like clutter and they really start to slow the site down when you get too many. I have actually stopped visiting a few blogs just because they take forever to load, with all the ad links, widgets and animations.
Which online selling vendors do you use? What do you like best about each one?
I do have a spot on Etsy, because with them you produce and ship your own work and they just facilitate the sale... but I haven't put much effort into promoting my presence there. The flood of art marketing websites and millions of artists promoting their work is making it very hard for anyone to stand out in the online environment, isn't it? Getting actual prints in front of people's eyes, in person, where they can see and feel the quality is the only thing that really works for me. I don't like sites like ImageKind or Red Bubble that just use your artwork to sell their products. If anyone is selling well under that type of system, I am happy for them, but that's just not my goal right now. I prefer to produce my own prints, and sell them directly.
Are you involved in social networking? What's your favorite and why? If you're not involved, you must have a good reason!
No, I've signed up for Twitter, and I think I even have a few followers, but I don't do anything with it. I already spend nine or ten hours per day working at a computer and that is enough for me. I haven't utilized Facebook or Myspace yet either.. I suppose I'll have to get into them eventually, though.
All of us can use a helpful business hint once a week. What's yours?
Try to work at something you enjoy, so that it really isn't work at all.
Do you have a "modus operandi" for computing the price of a handmade object? Tell us your formula?
Mostly I look at what other work that I feel equivalent to mine is selling for in local galleries or on the web... and try to stay in that range. Of course, there are a lot of variables with photography... size, matting, framing and all that, so I have quite a wide price range depending on the presentation.
We'd love to see your little corner of the world, where you create.
The answer to that is to look at my photos! It's much different than being a studio artist or designer... When I'm out shooting, I get to experience some of the most amazing, beautiful and isolated locations anyone could imagine. It's one of the true benefits of landscape photography that I need to make that effort to get out and find places that I would never otherwise see, if I wasn't so compelled to photograph them. Of course I have a work space where I do mounting/matting/framing and store my framed pieces... I guess I could show you a picture of my desk and computer, but neither would be very interesting.
Where do you see your artwork in one year? Any plans in the works?
Of course I'm constantly trying to add to my body of work and expand my audience. I plan to eventually run my own gallery, selling my work along with some complementary work by other artists/crafters; probably in the little mountain village of Idyllwild, CA where my wife and I have a home that we built back around 2000/2001. It's a very "arts-friendly" location, with lots of creative people and we plan to live there full time in the near future. In this current economic climate though, I'm very happy just to be making a living from doing commercial work, which allows me to pursue my photographic art at a comfortable pace and not have to worry every day if I sold something or not.
OK, it’s the storybeader’s turn to pick a favorite. This is very hard for me, because I love so many of them. Here’s one of the first images I saw that Mark had taken. Titled “Fall Saplings” from Utah , 2007.
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What's the name of your business/shop?
I came up with the name Aspect Studio about 20 years ago when I decided to start my own graphic design business. I thought it worked nicely for both design work and photography, so I have been using that ever since for both.
Do you have a registered domain name and/or a blog (urls, if available)?
My website is www.AspectStudioPhotography.net, with portfolio galleries and purchase info, and I have been writing a blog, "The Photographic Aspect" at aspectstudiophoto.blogspot.com for nearly a year. That has been a great project, because it allows me to examine my own motivations and thought processes, while at the same time getting feedback from a wide variety of viewers.
What type of handmade products do you sell?
Fine art photographic prints.
Show us a piece you recently finished
This image is from my most recent excursion (back in July) to Arizona. I already posted it on my blog recently, but maybe the readership here is a bit different than over at my place and I think it's one of my best from that trip. I haven't printed it full size yet, but it will probably be the first from that group to be printed and framed for sale as soon as I can get to it, in the next few weeks.What are you working on right now? Any sketches?
Photography is really a multi-step process: traveling and shooting, followed by processing and ultimately, printing. I like to go back to shots I made months or even years ago and rework ones that I wasn't quite happy with, and often find new interest in ones that I completely passed over first time around. So I'm constantly working on something, even if it's just researching and planning a future trip, or something like printing greeting cards on scraps of photo paper.
If you have a website or blog, what do you use for advertising? What do your avatars look like?
Well, marketing my website was the original motivation to start up a blog, but then that in turn needs to be promoted, doesn't it? Fortunately there are quite a few tools for that and one of the most important is just visiting other people's sites and leaving your "footprint" in as many places as possible. I'm certainly not as good at it as many others, being limited in both time and energy while trying to run a business. Among all the blog directories out there, my favorite by far is BlogCatalog.. it's very useful for finding and communicating with other bloggers and being able to see who is visiting your site. I have been with EntreCard since I started the blog also.. I think quite a few readers have found me through that site and I like the proactive concept of it, but there are some things recently, especially with the paid ads and changes to the credit system that I don't like about it, too. I haven't been spending much time over there recently.
If you have a website or blog, tell us about your favorite widget.
I think the networking widgets like Friend Connect and BlogCatalog are very useful.. you can see who's been visiting and reading. I try not to go overboard with too much of that stuff in my layout; I don't like clutter and they really start to slow the site down when you get too many. I have actually stopped visiting a few blogs just because they take forever to load, with all the ad links, widgets and animations.
Which online selling vendors do you use? What do you like best about each one?
I do have a spot on Etsy, because with them you produce and ship your own work and they just facilitate the sale... but I haven't put much effort into promoting my presence there. The flood of art marketing websites and millions of artists promoting their work is making it very hard for anyone to stand out in the online environment, isn't it? Getting actual prints in front of people's eyes, in person, where they can see and feel the quality is the only thing that really works for me. I don't like sites like ImageKind or Red Bubble that just use your artwork to sell their products. If anyone is selling well under that type of system, I am happy for them, but that's just not my goal right now. I prefer to produce my own prints, and sell them directly.
Are you involved in social networking? What's your favorite and why? If you're not involved, you must have a good reason!No, I've signed up for Twitter, and I think I even have a few followers, but I don't do anything with it. I already spend nine or ten hours per day working at a computer and that is enough for me. I haven't utilized Facebook or Myspace yet either.. I suppose I'll have to get into them eventually, though.
All of us can use a helpful business hint once a week. What's yours?
Try to work at something you enjoy, so that it really isn't work at all.
Do you have a "modus operandi" for computing the price of a handmade object? Tell us your formula?
Mostly I look at what other work that I feel equivalent to mine is selling for in local galleries or on the web... and try to stay in that range. Of course, there are a lot of variables with photography... size, matting, framing and all that, so I have quite a wide price range depending on the presentation.
We'd love to see your little corner of the world, where you create.
The answer to that is to look at my photos! It's much different than being a studio artist or designer... When I'm out shooting, I get to experience some of the most amazing, beautiful and isolated locations anyone could imagine. It's one of the true benefits of landscape photography that I need to make that effort to get out and find places that I would never otherwise see, if I wasn't so compelled to photograph them. Of course I have a work space where I do mounting/matting/framing and store my framed pieces... I guess I could show you a picture of my desk and computer, but neither would be very interesting.
Where do you see your artwork in one year? Any plans in the works?
Of course I'm constantly trying to add to my body of work and expand my audience. I plan to eventually run my own gallery, selling my work along with some complementary work by other artists/crafters; probably in the little mountain village of Idyllwild, CA where my wife and I have a home that we built back around 2000/2001. It's a very "arts-friendly" location, with lots of creative people and we plan to live there full time in the near future. In this current economic climate though, I'm very happy just to be making a living from doing commercial work, which allows me to pursue my photographic art at a comfortable pace and not have to worry every day if I sold something or not.
OK, it’s the storybeader’s turn to pick a favorite. This is very hard for me, because I love so many of them. Here’s one of the first images I saw that Mark had taken. Titled “Fall Saplings” from Utah , 2007.
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A birthday greeting - a little late
Do you know Lindab142? She is a member of our Etsybloggers team. And her birthday was the 1st of November!
I just started writing the posts for Etsybloggers about birthdays in the group - so missed singing Happy Birthday to Linda.
Linda, I could always sing it now if you would like.
Help me send birthday wishes to Linda!!
Until next time
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I just started writing the posts for Etsybloggers about birthdays in the group - so missed singing Happy Birthday to Linda.
Linda, I could always sing it now if you would like.
Help me send birthday wishes to Linda!!
| Etsy Buy Handmade Lindab142 |
Until next time
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Hi Etsybloggers Teammates!!
I am Sandi from The T-Shirt Lady, Handmade By Sandi and Sandi's Stash.
I have been picked as your new Birthday Greeter, and I am so excited about about doing this. I feel every birthday should be marked as a special day, and I hope all of your birthdays will be wonderful!!
We are celebrating the 2nd half of October's birthdays, and while we may not have sung Happy Birthday to you on that special day, please know that you were not forgotten :D
zertuchina's birthday was the 19th of October
mysticwynd's birthday was the 23rd of October
glorybe1024's birthday was the 24th of October
sillycheeks's birthday was the 28th of October
avisiontoremember's birthday was the 29th of October
rockababyclothingc's birthday was the 29th of October
TiLTCreations's birthday was the 29th of October
RainyDayArt's birthday was the 30th of October
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I am Sandi from The T-Shirt Lady, Handmade By Sandi and Sandi's Stash.
I have been picked as your new Birthday Greeter, and I am so excited about about doing this. I feel every birthday should be marked as a special day, and I hope all of your birthdays will be wonderful!!
We are celebrating the 2nd half of October's birthdays, and while we may not have sung Happy Birthday to you on that special day, please know that you were not forgotten :D
zertuchina's birthday was the 19th of October
| Etsy Buy Handmade Zertuchina |
mysticwynd's birthday was the 23rd of October
| Etsy Buy Handmade Mystic Wynd |
glorybe1024's birthday was the 24th of October
| Etsy Buy Handmade Glorybe1024 |
sillycheeks's birthday was the 28th of October
| Etsy Buy Handmade Silly Cheeks |
avisiontoremember's birthday was the 29th of October
| Etsy Buy Handmade A Vision To Remember |
rockababyclothingc's birthday was the 29th of October
| Etsy Buy Handmade Abracapocus |
TiLTCreations's birthday was the 29th of October
| Etsy Buy Handmade TiL T Creations |
RainyDayArt's birthday was the 30th of October
| Etsy Buy Handmade Rainy Day Art |
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Belated wishes for October Birthdays!! (part 1 of 2)
These teammates all had birthdays in the month of October. Belated birthday wishes to you!! Hope your days were wonderful!! More birthday features from October babies will be posted this week:
Posted by: Joey & Aleethea
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Posted by: Joey & Aleethea
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Read the EtsyBloggers Blog Carnival -- October 26th Edition is here!
Read about what the EtsyBloggers did for Halloween, and also about Protection and Awareness since October was a month for awareness of Breast Cancer, Domestic Violence, and Cyber Security.
See all the blog posts here.
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See all the blog posts here.
Got a blog? Love Etsy? Check us out! etsybloggers.com
Friday, October 30, 2009
Internet Artisan Interview - Coffee Pot People
Anitra's blog is a favorite place for me to go. To keep the Coffee Pot People company, she introduced a line of Tea Kettle Characters. Too Funny! She has so many creative ideas, it's hard to keep up with her. You just have to go by and see her creations - they always put a smile on my face (sorry, there are not links to every photo.) Even if you don't have the chance to buy one of these fabulous characters, you can always catch their escapades, on vacation notecards. Perfect for your coffee or tea drinking friends!
What's the name of your business/shop?
I call my business Coffee Pot People, but I actually have two etsy shops, http://www.coffeepotpeople.etsy.com and
http://www.aniwatersprite.etsy.com
CoffeePotPeople is where I sell what I make, and AniWatersprite is where I sell beads, sewing patterns, a few vintage items, and, once in a while, aprons my mama makes. She's an expert seamstress, and I'd like to get her set up with her own shop, but we haven't had time to do that yet.
Do you have a registered domain name and/or a blog?
I have a blog: http://www.coffee-pot-people.blogspot.com
What type of handmade products do you sell?
Hoo boy. I'm ADD. The short answer is, "Anything that pops into my head to make!"
The actual list includes Coffee Pot People and Tea Kettle Characters, who are garden and kitchen folk that start with either a coffee or tea pot for a head. The big ones have names and personality profiles/bios that tell about their jobs, hobbies, and idiosyncracies, and the little ones get just names.
Other things I sell are China and Mega Blossoms, which are "flowers" made from glass and china dishes and other shiny bits; greeting cards that feature the Coffee Pot People and Tea Kettle Characters; jewelry--button stack bracelets, cuffs, fabric pins, earrings; and fabric gift and wine bags from recycled fabrics.
As if that weren't enough, I have a long mental list of things I haven't made yet, but NEED to.
Show us a piece you recently finished
(She's in my Etsy shop!)
What are you working on right now? Any sketches?
I get ideas, and then I sit down at the table with my materials and see if they work. Once in a while when I'm away from home something will pop into my head and I'll grab whatever piece of paper is handy and sketch it out, to keep myself from forgetting it. Then I forget about the piece of paper until it resurfaces, sometimes months later, which can leave me scratching my head, wondering what I meant to convey with that little drawing!
Right now, I'm working on cuff bracelets made from recycled belts. I've been using belts with double or triple rows of grommets, and lacing electrical wire through them in a crisscross pattern. Today I'm trying one that uses chain instead, to get a cuff with more shine. The belt inspired that change, as it is white and chrome; it seemed like gold would be nice on it.
With the Coffee Pot People, it's all in the assorted "Junk" on the shelves of my workroom. A piece that would make a great hat, or a coffee pot with exceptional character, a lamp that looks like a gown to me--those are what get my imagination running. I stack up the pieces until I get a person I like, and after that it's pure engineering to figure out how to connect everything. The last step it to paint the face on. When it's all done, I stand the person in the kitchen or on the dining table until s/he tells me who s/he is!
If you have a website or blog, what do you use for advertising? What do your avatars look like?
This is the avatar I use most:
It's Ari, an engineering major who got into designing her own retro fashions to wear swing dancing. They've become so popular, she's thinking about changing majors and careers!
I don't really advertise, per se. I do Twitter new posts, and I hand out a lot of business cards at art/craft shows. Posting on various websites puts my name out, too.
Oh, and recently a website, http://www.thinkcrafts.com invited me to be a regular contributor. They have my bio and link back to my blog.
If you have a website or blog, tell us about your favorite widget.
The Linked Within widget that puts, "You might also like:" after each post. I even click on those myself sometimes, because after a while you forget what you've written a year or two back!
Which online selling vendors do you use? What do you like best about each one?
Right now, the only one I'm using is Etsy. The low fees are great, and it's pretty easy to list an item. I also love the fact that everything on the site is either handmade, or supplies. And I know some people get a little exercised over the vintage items that are sold, but I like those, too.
I used to use eBay, and may go back to it, since I have a store there. I'm even a power seller, but their fees seemed to get a little out of hand, and I quit listing there quite a while ago.
Are you involved in social networking? What's your favorite and why? If you're not involved, you must have a good reason!
I do Twitter, where I let my Political Me out, and am intermittent on MySpace.
My favorite is Facebook, because I get to see what my family and friends are up to. It's like eavesdropping on a whole bunch of people who don't mind that you're doing it!
Last night there were new pictures of our great-grandson, from way over in New Zealand. It lets you feel like people aren't quite so far away, you know? Another example: During the 2008 election, I chatted back and forth with an old classmate who lives in Japan, and we watched the returns together that way. It was so cool.
I haven't figured out the Fan Page thing yet, but I'm not really sure I want to, since I'm not sure what it's good for, other than bothering people! (Bad Anitra! Bad!)
All of us can use a helpful business hint once a week. What's yours?
Don't quit, and stay active! With Etsy especially, the more you list, the more sales you'll have. (That's a business hint for me, too, since my shop isn't the hottest store on the planet. Yet.)
Do you have a "modus operandi" for computing the price of a handmade object? Tell us your formula?
I'm a member of an artists' co-op, Trillium Artisans. Their formula is: Cost of materials + (time X $12. per hour). If you're putting your items in a store or show, you add the percentage they're going to take to that. The idea is to make at least $12 an hour. I use that as a guideline, but it isn't carved in stone for me.
One thing that enters into it for me is affordability. I've spent most of my life not being able to afford many things I loved. When I price things, I want to include as many people in the "I can afford that!" Club as possible. It may not be the best business sense, but it puts a happy feeling in my heart.
We'd love to see your little corner of the world, where you create.
This is one end of my workshop, where I create the Coffee Pot People:
And here I am, out in the yard, my preferred place for making the China and Mega Blossoms:
Where do you see your artwork in one year? Any plans in the works?
Hallmark! Made in Oregon stores!
The greeting cards are a bit of a focus, since they let me market an image after the actual item has sold. I've got ideas for flip books, and my daughter is working on an organizer with Coffee Pot People images sprinkled throughout. We'd both like to see a coffee table book of Coffee Pot People.
The other thing I work on is lining up shows. Each new venue scares the bejeebers out of me, for fear I'll mess something up, or not be able to find it, or some other newbie disaster. My goal is to have a whole list of annual shows that are familiar and reliable, and not have to look for new ones ever again!
OK, the storybeader's turn to pick a favorite.
It definitely has to be a Coffee Pot Person.
I found Amos on one of Anitra's photo storage sites.
Isn't he a doll! I've always gone for the strong, silent type (hehe) And so handy. He's a bricklayer by day, firedancer by night. That's his lady friendm Angie. You can see more of Anitra's photos on a new (to me, at least) internet photo storage site called dropshots
http://www.dropshots.com/DifferentEyes
http://www.dropshots.com/CoffeePotPeople
and she also have a flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14925282@N08/
Got a blog? Love Etsy? Check us out! etsybloggers.com
What's the name of your business/shop?
I call my business Coffee Pot People, but I actually have two etsy shops, http://www.coffeepotpeople.etsy.com and
http://www.aniwatersprite.etsy.com
CoffeePotPeople is where I sell what I make, and AniWatersprite is where I sell beads, sewing patterns, a few vintage items, and, once in a while, aprons my mama makes. She's an expert seamstress, and I'd like to get her set up with her own shop, but we haven't had time to do that yet.
Do you have a registered domain name and/or a blog?
I have a blog: http://www.coffee-pot-people.blogspot.com
What type of handmade products do you sell?
Hoo boy. I'm ADD. The short answer is, "Anything that pops into my head to make!"
The actual list includes Coffee Pot People and Tea Kettle Characters, who are garden and kitchen folk that start with either a coffee or tea pot for a head. The big ones have names and personality profiles/bios that tell about their jobs, hobbies, and idiosyncracies, and the little ones get just names.
Other things I sell are China and Mega Blossoms, which are "flowers" made from glass and china dishes and other shiny bits; greeting cards that feature the Coffee Pot People and Tea Kettle Characters; jewelry--button stack bracelets, cuffs, fabric pins, earrings; and fabric gift and wine bags from recycled fabrics.
As if that weren't enough, I have a long mental list of things I haven't made yet, but NEED to.
Show us a piece you recently finished
(She's in my Etsy shop!)I get ideas, and then I sit down at the table with my materials and see if they work. Once in a while when I'm away from home something will pop into my head and I'll grab whatever piece of paper is handy and sketch it out, to keep myself from forgetting it. Then I forget about the piece of paper until it resurfaces, sometimes months later, which can leave me scratching my head, wondering what I meant to convey with that little drawing!
Right now, I'm working on cuff bracelets made from recycled belts. I've been using belts with double or triple rows of grommets, and lacing electrical wire through them in a crisscross pattern. Today I'm trying one that uses chain instead, to get a cuff with more shine. The belt inspired that change, as it is white and chrome; it seemed like gold would be nice on it.
With the Coffee Pot People, it's all in the assorted "Junk" on the shelves of my workroom. A piece that would make a great hat, or a coffee pot with exceptional character, a lamp that looks like a gown to me--those are what get my imagination running. I stack up the pieces until I get a person I like, and after that it's pure engineering to figure out how to connect everything. The last step it to paint the face on. When it's all done, I stand the person in the kitchen or on the dining table until s/he tells me who s/he is!
If you have a website or blog, what do you use for advertising? What do your avatars look like?
This is the avatar I use most:
It's Ari, an engineering major who got into designing her own retro fashions to wear swing dancing. They've become so popular, she's thinking about changing majors and careers!I don't really advertise, per se. I do Twitter new posts, and I hand out a lot of business cards at art/craft shows. Posting on various websites puts my name out, too.
Oh, and recently a website, http://www.thinkcrafts.com invited me to be a regular contributor. They have my bio and link back to my blog.
If you have a website or blog, tell us about your favorite widget.
The Linked Within widget that puts, "You might also like:" after each post. I even click on those myself sometimes, because after a while you forget what you've written a year or two back!
Which online selling vendors do you use? What do you like best about each one?
Right now, the only one I'm using is Etsy. The low fees are great, and it's pretty easy to list an item. I also love the fact that everything on the site is either handmade, or supplies. And I know some people get a little exercised over the vintage items that are sold, but I like those, too.I used to use eBay, and may go back to it, since I have a store there. I'm even a power seller, but their fees seemed to get a little out of hand, and I quit listing there quite a while ago.
Are you involved in social networking? What's your favorite and why? If you're not involved, you must have a good reason!
I do Twitter, where I let my Political Me out, and am intermittent on MySpace.
My favorite is Facebook, because I get to see what my family and friends are up to. It's like eavesdropping on a whole bunch of people who don't mind that you're doing it!
Last night there were new pictures of our great-grandson, from way over in New Zealand. It lets you feel like people aren't quite so far away, you know? Another example: During the 2008 election, I chatted back and forth with an old classmate who lives in Japan, and we watched the returns together that way. It was so cool.
I haven't figured out the Fan Page thing yet, but I'm not really sure I want to, since I'm not sure what it's good for, other than bothering people! (Bad Anitra! Bad!)
All of us can use a helpful business hint once a week. What's yours?
Don't quit, and stay active! With Etsy especially, the more you list, the more sales you'll have. (That's a business hint for me, too, since my shop isn't the hottest store on the planet. Yet.)
Do you have a "modus operandi" for computing the price of a handmade object? Tell us your formula?
I'm a member of an artists' co-op, Trillium Artisans. Their formula is: Cost of materials + (time X $12. per hour). If you're putting your items in a store or show, you add the percentage they're going to take to that. The idea is to make at least $12 an hour. I use that as a guideline, but it isn't carved in stone for me.
One thing that enters into it for me is affordability. I've spent most of my life not being able to afford many things I loved. When I price things, I want to include as many people in the "I can afford that!" Club as possible. It may not be the best business sense, but it puts a happy feeling in my heart.
We'd love to see your little corner of the world, where you create.
This is one end of my workshop, where I create the Coffee Pot People:
And here I am, out in the yard, my preferred place for making the China and Mega Blossoms:
Where do you see your artwork in one year? Any plans in the works?
Hallmark! Made in Oregon stores!
The greeting cards are a bit of a focus, since they let me market an image after the actual item has sold. I've got ideas for flip books, and my daughter is working on an organizer with Coffee Pot People images sprinkled throughout. We'd both like to see a coffee table book of Coffee Pot People.The other thing I work on is lining up shows. Each new venue scares the bejeebers out of me, for fear I'll mess something up, or not be able to find it, or some other newbie disaster. My goal is to have a whole list of annual shows that are familiar and reliable, and not have to look for new ones ever again!
OK, the storybeader's turn to pick a favorite.
It definitely has to be a Coffee Pot Person.
I found Amos on one of Anitra's photo storage sites.
Isn't he a doll! I've always gone for the strong, silent type (hehe) And so handy. He's a bricklayer by day, firedancer by night. That's his lady friendm Angie. You can see more of Anitra's photos on a new (to me, at least) internet photo storage site called dropshotshttp://www.dropshots.com/DifferentEyes
http://www.dropshots.com/CoffeePotPeople
and she also have a flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14925282@N08/
Got a blog? Love Etsy? Check us out! etsybloggers.com
Friday, October 23, 2009
Internet Artisan Interview - Vintage Chenille
If you've a regular reader to my blog, you know my affinity for stuffed animals. What Leah has created are adorable soft toys and rattles, with individual personalities. I love her dogs, but they all have touched me in one way or another, whether it's my favorite foods, animals, or ethnic dolls from my family's past.
What's the name of your business/shop?
Vintage Chenille
Do you have a registered domain name and/or a blog?
here is my blog http://handmadebitsandpieces.blogspot.com/
What type of handmade products do you sell?
mostly soft toys and quilts created from vintage chenille
Show us a piece you recently finished
What are you working on right now? Any sketches?
I don't have any sketches, I have many ideas and not enough spare time! I am creating stock for 3 craft markets, some wholesale orders and hopefully some Christmas items.
If you have a website or blog, what do you use for advertising?
What do your avatars look like?
I have an animated ad that I use for advertising on websites and project wonderful, it rotates between my logo and some of my toys.
If you have a website or blog, tell us about your favorite widget.
The followers widget, because I can click and visit their favourite blogs too (I spend too much time on my computer!)
Which online selling vendors do you use? What do you like best about each one?
Etsy and Madeit, I love Etsy because of the huge variety of items for sale and the enormous amount of helpful info on the forums. Madeit is an Australian site and I am an Aussie, so I like to purchase Australian made when possible.
Are you involved in social networking? What's your favorite and why? If you're not involved, you must have a good reason!
Twitter is the one I use the most because it seems to be the quickest. I love browsing on Flickr.
All of us can use a helpful business hint once a week. What's yours?
I think that my blog is a great business tool and I love connecting with other amazing creative bloggers through my blog.
Do you have a "modus operandi" for computing the price of a handmade object? Tell us your formula?
I don't really have a formula, the cost of my materials varies greatly!
We'd love to see your little corner of the world, where you create.
I create in all corners of my home, I don't think that I have a pic!
Where do you see your artwork in one year? Any plans in the works?
I have many new creations and "branding" ideas that I would like to try, I hope that my business continues to grow as it has in the past 12 months.
OK, it's the storybeader's turn.
I think Spot has got to be my favorite. These are his two sides. I love the name and Leah's play on words. And, of course, I'm partial to doggies! (Update: Spot has wandered out of the shop!)
Got a blog? Love Etsy? Check us out!
etsybloggers.com
What's the name of your business/shop?
Vintage Chenille
Do you have a registered domain name and/or a blog?
here is my blog http://handmadebitsandpieces.blogspot.com/
What type of handmade products do you sell?
mostly soft toys and quilts created from vintage chenille
Show us a piece you recently finished
What are you working on right now? Any sketches? I don't have any sketches, I have many ideas and not enough spare time! I am creating stock for 3 craft markets, some wholesale orders and hopefully some Christmas items.
If you have a website or blog, what do you use for advertising?
What do your avatars look like?
I have an animated ad that I use for advertising on websites and project wonderful, it rotates between my logo and some of my toys.
If you have a website or blog, tell us about your favorite widget.
The followers widget, because I can click and visit their favourite blogs too (I spend too much time on my computer!)
Which online selling vendors do you use? What do you like best about each one?
Etsy and Madeit, I love Etsy because of the huge variety of items for sale and the enormous amount of helpful info on the forums. Madeit is an Australian site and I am an Aussie, so I like to purchase Australian made when possible.
Are you involved in social networking? What's your favorite and why? If you're not involved, you must have a good reason!
Twitter is the one I use the most because it seems to be the quickest. I love browsing on Flickr.
All of us can use a helpful business hint once a week. What's yours?
I think that my blog is a great business tool and I love connecting with other amazing creative bloggers through my blog.
Do you have a "modus operandi" for computing the price of a handmade object? Tell us your formula?
I don't really have a formula, the cost of my materials varies greatly!
We'd love to see your little corner of the world, where you create.
I create in all corners of my home, I don't think that I have a pic!
Where do you see your artwork in one year? Any plans in the works?
I have many new creations and "branding" ideas that I would like to try, I hope that my business continues to grow as it has in the past 12 months.
OK, it's the storybeader's turn.
I think Spot has got to be my favorite. These are his two sides. I love the name and Leah's play on words. And, of course, I'm partial to doggies! (Update: Spot has wandered out of the shop!)
Got a blog? Love Etsy? Check us out!
etsybloggers.com
Monday, October 19, 2009
Mini Monday - Foxy G. Knits
This week our Mini Monday features Foxy G. Knits. This shop easily blends fun and style and has been doing just that on Etsy since September of 2008. The fun starts with her profile. Take a minute to read it below.GETTING STARTED
Knitting is my passion that has its roots in childhood. I learned from my mom, way back when we were carving our needles out of dinosaur bones. And then, sadly, I fell off the wagon and embraced needlepoint and counted cross stitch for countless years (pardon the pun). However, being a woman of true grit and strong character, I saw the light and found my way back.
For a long time, knitting was an avocation and not a vocation for me. While others expressed their creativity through cooking or gardening or painting, I was clicking away on my needles. In sheer and utter desperation, friends and family finally convinced me to open a store on etsy. I just know that they were getting so tired of receiving scarves, shawls, baby blankets and hats for birthdays and every other special occasion! I recently took the plunge and opened Foxy G. Knits where everything is knit by hand – from my heart to yours.
PICKING A SHOP NAME
I have a little granddaughter who is going on two years old. When we were selecting our grandparent names, I joked that I would be “Grandma Lo” by day and “Foxy G.” by night. When I was trying to come up with a name for my shop, Foxy G. Knits was a natural!
WHAT MAKES MY ITEMS UNIQUE/SPECIAL?
Foxy G. Knits features hand-knit, one-of-a-kind shawls, wraps and scarves that are versatile and designed for today's woman. My items encompass comfort and style, and you don't have to give up one for the other.
My favorite part of the creative process is coordinating and blending various yarn colors and textures within the same garment. In addition to designing and knitting all the items that appear in the store, I also knit shawls for a local hospice.
I am so glad that you stopped by Foxy G. Knits. Please let me know if there is something you would like to see or even if you would just like to say hello. I'd love to hear from you and how you found me!
The style is evident in every piece in the shop. See for your self. (Hint) When you decide which scarf or shawl you just have to have click on it to go right to the Foxy G. Knits shop on Etsy. If you are using a reader come on over to this blog to see all the lovelies in the Etsy mini that you are missing.
Of course this busy knitter has a blog. You can stop by the Den of i-KNIT-quity and say hello. Tell her the EtsyBloggers sent you!
Got a blog? Love Etsy? Check us out! etsybloggers.com
Friday, October 16, 2009
Internet Artisan Interview - Foxy G. Knits
I recently visited Lois' blog, and it is so very interesting. I later realized why it appealed to me: she's an organizatonal freak, just like me! Her blog, Foxy G's Den of i-KIT-quity, has a variety of weekly posts, featuring interesting artists and creative people who support good causes. And she's very business savvy. But I didn't realize I was a scarf lover until I looked at Lois' unique handwork. Everyone needs to check out her Etsy page, especially now that winter’s coming... at least in the northern hemisphere.
What's the name of your business/shop?
Foxy G. Knits
Do you have a registered domain name and/or a blog?
Registered domain name: www.foxygknits.com
What type of handmade products do you sell?
Foxy G. Knits features hand knit scarves, shawls and wraps for today’s woman.
Show us a piece you recently finished
What are you working on right now? Any sketches?
Currently, I am working on 200 children’s scarves. Recently, I wanted to build a Facebook Fan page and get to 100 fans so that I could secure my vanity name (http://www.facebook.com/foxygknits) So, I offered to knit a children’s scarf for the local homeless shelter for every new fan I received between July 15 – August 15. I posted that information on my Facebook page as well as tweeted about it. I thought that it would take me a month to reach 100, but it took only four days. By the time the promotion was over, I owed the shelter more than 200 scarves! Fortunately, I had built up a large inventory for my shop and am now in the process of taking photos, writing copy and listing those completed items.
If you have a website or blog, what do you use for advertising? What do your avatars look like?
I have not hosted any advertising on my blog to date and have advertised on others sites very little. When I did advertise, I participated in Project Wonderful on others’ sites. I have two avatars, one I use for etsy and my personal Facebook page. The other, I use for my Facebook biz page and online advertising. I have chosen to keep my shop name, Facebook vanity and twitter name the same to help build brand recognition.
If you have a website or blog, tell us about your favorite widget.
As I am on wordpress.com, I am at the mercy of the particular theme I am using for widgets. I would have to say that my favorite widget is “flickr.” I am very visual and enjoy having photos of my items in various colors on my blog. In addition, I like that when I add an item to flickr, it automatically adds to my blog.
Which online selling vendors do you use? What do you like best about each one?
This is an easy question – I am only on etsy.
Are you involved in social networking? What's your favorite and why? If you're not involved, you must have a good reason!
I am on Facebook and twitter . I post newly-listed items and other information on my Facebook biz page. I am a member of the Etsy Twitter Team, and we are very active in promoting our team as well as each other. Facebook is more narrative; you put information out there, and people respond or not. Twitter is way more interactive. I think each has its place in the marketing mix and also that both are effective if used to develop relationships.
I am also a member of two other teams: Etsy North Georgia Street Team and Etsy Bloggers Team and share useful information with them at every opportunity. I promote members of my teams, as well as other etsy sellers on my blog.
All of us can use a helpful business hint once a week. What's yours?
Run your business like you are the customer – be that customer. What makes you want to shop in a particular place – service, attention to detail? And do get comfortable with promoting yourself.
I know that many artists and artisans do not like to promote themselves, and I truly understand. However, if you don’t promote yourself, it is like throwing a party and not sending out invitations. I bet no one shows up. But there are ways to promote yourself that are not distasteful. As I mentioned above, I use a variety of methods to market or promote Foxy G. Knits, and they all involve building relationships and trust. I share useful information with my team members at every opportunity. I generously heart sellers whose work I like. (OK, those were two helpful business hints!)
Do you have a "modus operandi" for computing the price of a handmade object? Tell us your formula?
I have been advised that I should be charging three times the cost of the yarn per item. Sometimes that works, and something it doesn’t. For example, I am currently working with yarn that costs $13 a skein retail, and the scarf I am knitting will take at least two skeins. Now, there is no way that I can sell that particular scarf for $78. By the same token, I have knit items with yarn that cost only $5 or $6, but that required a lot of time. Those scarves are worth way more $15-18, based on that formula.
We'd love to see your little corner of the world, where you create.
My knitting is so mobile that I take my little corner of the world with me wherever I g
o!
[Lois, I found this photo on Lois' blog, back in August, on a Monday morning. This is her beloved ashtray collection... or part of it. She has even started a designated blog about her collection - I personally have to commend you on this, being a curator in a museum and knowing the hardships of cataloguing objects ]
Where do you see your artwork in one year? Any plans in the works?
I am absolutely doing what I am suppose to be doing right now – selling on etsy and producing a regular blog. Where that takes me in a year, I do not know, but I am confident that it will be to the right place. I am pretty sure that as someone who has been a writer for her entire life and been in the communication field for more than 25 years, I will have expanded my writing options.
OK, it's the storybeader's turn! I was trying to see if I had a favorite style, but there was such a fantastic choice, it was hard to say. The sassy wrap scarfs were the most appealing to me, with the different textiles and colors. Hate the say it, but it reminded me of an animal - check this out!
What's the name of your business/shop?
Foxy G. Knits
Do you have a registered domain name and/or a blog?
Registered domain name: www.foxygknits.com
What type of handmade products do you sell?
Foxy G. Knits features hand knit scarves, shawls and wraps for today’s woman.
Show us a piece you recently finished
What are you working on right now? Any sketches?
Currently, I am working on 200 children’s scarves. Recently, I wanted to build a Facebook Fan page and get to 100 fans so that I could secure my vanity name (http://www.facebook.com/foxygknits) So, I offered to knit a children’s scarf for the local homeless shelter for every new fan I received between July 15 – August 15. I posted that information on my Facebook page as well as tweeted about it. I thought that it would take me a month to reach 100, but it took only four days. By the time the promotion was over, I owed the shelter more than 200 scarves! Fortunately, I had built up a large inventory for my shop and am now in the process of taking photos, writing copy and listing those completed items.
If you have a website or blog, what do you use for advertising? What do your avatars look like?
I have not hosted any advertising on my blog to date and have advertised on others sites very little. When I did advertise, I participated in Project Wonderful on others’ sites. I have two avatars, one I use for etsy and my personal Facebook page. The other, I use for my Facebook biz page and online advertising. I have chosen to keep my shop name, Facebook vanity and twitter name the same to help build brand recognition.If you have a website or blog, tell us about your favorite widget.
As I am on wordpress.com, I am at the mercy of the particular theme I am using for widgets. I would have to say that my favorite widget is “flickr.” I am very visual and enjoy having photos of my items in various colors on my blog. In addition, I like that when I add an item to flickr, it automatically adds to my blog.
Which online selling vendors do you use? What do you like best about each one?This is an easy question – I am only on etsy.
Are you involved in social networking? What's your favorite and why? If you're not involved, you must have a good reason!
I am on Facebook and twitter . I post newly-listed items and other information on my Facebook biz page. I am a member of the Etsy Twitter Team, and we are very active in promoting our team as well as each other. Facebook is more narrative; you put information out there, and people respond or not. Twitter is way more interactive. I think each has its place in the marketing mix and also that both are effective if used to develop relationships.
I am also a member of two other teams: Etsy North Georgia Street Team and Etsy Bloggers Team and share useful information with them at every opportunity. I promote members of my teams, as well as other etsy sellers on my blog.All of us can use a helpful business hint once a week. What's yours?
Run your business like you are the customer – be that customer. What makes you want to shop in a particular place – service, attention to detail? And do get comfortable with promoting yourself.
I know that many artists and artisans do not like to promote themselves, and I truly understand. However, if you don’t promote yourself, it is like throwing a party and not sending out invitations. I bet no one shows up. But there are ways to promote yourself that are not distasteful. As I mentioned above, I use a variety of methods to market or promote Foxy G. Knits, and they all involve building relationships and trust. I share useful information with my team members at every opportunity. I generously heart sellers whose work I like. (OK, those were two helpful business hints!)Do you have a "modus operandi" for computing the price of a handmade object? Tell us your formula?
I have been advised that I should be charging three times the cost of the yarn per item. Sometimes that works, and something it doesn’t. For example, I am currently working with yarn that costs $13 a skein retail, and the scarf I am knitting will take at least two skeins. Now, there is no way that I can sell that particular scarf for $78. By the same token, I have knit items with yarn that cost only $5 or $6, but that required a lot of time. Those scarves are worth way more $15-18, based on that formula.We'd love to see your little corner of the world, where you create.
My knitting is so mobile that I take my little corner of the world with me wherever I g
o![Lois, I found this photo on Lois' blog, back in August, on a Monday morning. This is her beloved ashtray collection... or part of it. She has even started a designated blog about her collection - I personally have to commend you on this, being a curator in a museum and knowing the hardships of cataloguing objects ]
Where do you see your artwork in one year? Any plans in the works?
I am absolutely doing what I am suppose to be doing right now – selling on etsy and producing a regular blog. Where that takes me in a year, I do not know, but I am confident that it will be to the right place. I am pretty sure that as someone who has been a writer for her entire life and been in the communication field for more than 25 years, I will have expanded my writing options.
OK, it's the storybeader's turn! I was trying to see if I had a favorite style, but there was such a fantastic choice, it was hard to say. The sassy wrap scarfs were the most appealing to me, with the different textiles and colors. Hate the say it, but it reminded me of an animal - check this out!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Mini Monday for Sykin's Shops
Hey Twilight fans! Are you looking for Twilight inspired accessories? Well Sykin's shop on Etsy is the place to find them. If you like what you see in the main shop and you make jewelry you need to check out her overstock shop as well. I will let her introduce herself from the profile page of her shop.I'm a 26 year old wife, full time worker, and mother to a little boy named Kyler. I've recently started designing beaded jewelry (inspired by books, music, etc) and hope to start designing clothes and other miscellaneous sewing items as well. *Almost* Everything here will be related to the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer in some way, shape, or form. Please feel free to browse through my shop and send me a message if you have any questions.Ready for a preview of the shops? Here you go.
I do take personal requests on jewelry, graphic design, web design, etsy design, etc. Don't be shy! My graphic work can be viewed at http://www.fraying-fabric.net
Don't forget to check out my SOLD orders to see custom items I've made for others!! (bella bracelets, matching earring/necklace sets, etc)
What would an EtsyBlogger be without a blog? Of course she has one and you can find it right here. Oh and when you stop by the blog to say hello tell her the EtsyBloggers sent you.
Got a blog? Love Etsy? Check us out! etsybloggers.com
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