What's new?

It's been a while since I last posted here so there are a few things to catch up on.

Firstly; the free advertising space on Craft Count. My advert was on the site for about a week (longer than the 3 days I was expecting) and from Google analytics I can see that it led to some extra views in my Etsy shop. This was only 2, 3 or 4 extra views a day though and I don't know of any sales I had from that, although some of those views may turn into sales in the future.

As the Craft Count site is still new that probably affected the number of views I had. So my conclusion is that although it didn't lead to any sales now it was free, so worth a try, and I wouldn't rule out trying fee charging advertising on this, or a similar site, in the future when a more established site could lead to better views and hopefully sales.

I also wanted to share more of my recent ACEOs from the series of 365 ACEOs for the year - which I am quite behind on already :( Maybe 365 was a little ambitious!?

No.8 - An ink (Quink) drawing of the Invisible Man based on a project I did a while ago. This has sold already, but I might do some more on a similar theme. I like how black Quink, when mixed with water, splits into different colours from blues to yellows -it reminds me of the chromatography we did it chemistry lessons at school :)

No.9 - 13 are all kaleidometric patterns (patterns made from circles). When I was about 8 or so I was given a book about these patterns and have enjoyed making them off and on ever since. They are quite time consuming to make - each starts by drawing a pencil grid: drawing a circle with a compass and dividing that circle with other circles and lines. Then the patterns you see here are made by drawing shapes and lines based on, but not restricted to, the grid.

These are all mixed media pieces and I have used them to experiment with acyrlics (which I haven't used much for a long time), watercolours, different pens and ink.

These kaleidometric ACEOs and other ACEOs are for sale in my Etsy shop. :)

I haven't forgotten about my buttons either - they just take a long time to sort but I'm hoping I can post more on them very soon!

Pick of the week... Craft Count and free advertising

Yesterday I was introduced to a new website called Craft Count. It's a really interesting site for Etsy statistics on the top sellers. You can view the top sellers overall, by country or by category. As well as just being interesting to see who the top sellers are it's a great way to discover Etsy sellers you have never come across before!

The site is not officially launched for another week or so, but until the 31st January they are offering free advertising! I thought that would be a great opportunity to try online advertising so have submitted an advert which will be on for the next 3 days. As I have never tried anything like that before I'm interested to see if it leads to increased views/ sales. I will let you know in 3 days time what I find - I'd be curious to hear if anyone else has experience of advertising on sites like this too.

If you would like to find out more about the free advertising go to the EtsybyNumbers blog.