Tales of humour, whimsy and courgettes
“Hey, Lucy,” called Yuffie. “How’d the date go?”
“Well, I took the new lady to the ice rink,” replied Lucy.
“Oh, nice,” said Yuffie. “Did you use the two for one ticket I gave you?”
“Yep,” grumbled Lucy. “She called me a cheap-skate.”
Original photo by Terry Matthews on Unsplash. Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.
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All of the new listings! ALL OF THEM!
OK, so, I’ve listed 24 items this week, 18 of them are new products. The Triffids, Fuens chicks, Capricorn and the Bugs have all returned. Now accompanied by Pisces, Aires, Leo, Aquarius and more.
Obligatory mid post link: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LittleFears
Up until now, I’ve sold around 400’ish prints at markets and events in real life. 150’ish prints through comments and emails. Then 9 through Etsy. A tad bad of me there. It means my Etsy store has very little feedback and an awful sales count. So from now on, I’ll be directing all comment and email sales through Etsy. The fees are worth it for the long term benefits of being established on an online market as big as Etsy.
I’m happy to say Red, up there, is my best market stall seller. Usually to adorn a children’s bedroom. I like that. Certainly never intended, but I can imagine having Red on my wall as a kid.
Any-who, yes, here’s the thing. Before Christmas I had an order come in for 250 of these prints. They’re printed on 200 gsm matte card. I kinda miss having the canvas texture effect of my old prints, but the quality of ink absolutely pastes anything I’ve ever printed myself. So much so, I have conscripted all my old prints to the scrap paper shelf in my cupboard. The ink has so much depth to it, it gives the colours a wonderful kapow that has been absent on my older prints.
My good friend Esme, who rides upon a cloud, put in an order for Fuen and the chicklets the week my order was arriving and nobbled the first of the new prints. Despite having to wait a week, she loved the print enough to give me a 5-star rating. If a print’s good enough for a cloud riding Esme, it’s good enough for me.
As always, despite a background in marketing, I have no idea how to market my own stuff. Anyone got an Etsy marketing class for me? Haha.
I figure a link at the bottom of the post is a good start.
Little Fears on Etsy: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LittleFears
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“Sprite, brah,” said Spectre.
“Yes, bruv?” asked Sprite.
“If I’m ever on life-support, I want you to unplug me,” said Spectre.
“And then?” pushed Sprite.
“Plug me back in and see if I start,” replied Spectre.
Original photo by Marcelo Leal on Unsplash
Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.
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“First day of 2019 almost over,” grinned Ello.
“Yeah,” grumbled Bugly.
“Not happy with the new year?” asked Ello.
“Wasn’t happy with the last one,” sighed Bugly. “And I’m not happy with where I am now.”
“Ah, I see,” replied Ello. “Can ya see yourself in a better place this time next year?”
Bugly, scrunched up his nose. “No,” he sighed. “I don’t have 2020 vision…”
Boom! Etsy shop being filled up! You can have a peek today or wait until tomorrow when all my current stocks online. Either way, I’m excited to finally have a full Etsy store. https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LittleFears
Thanks to Robert for the Ko-Fi and Warren for the $10 Patronage.
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“Hows the new neighbours?” asked Clouds.
“I baked them a box of skeleton cookies,” said Yuffie.
“And I threw them a house-warming party,” said Lucy.
“No, Lucy, it was arson,” sighed Yuffie.
“That’s just what the police call it,” grumbled Lucy.
Original photo by Luke Stackpoole on Unsplash
Thanks to Robert for the Ko-Fi and Warren for the $10 Patronage.
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The last #Colour_Collective of the year. Please say hello to Darkness. A mean arse arachnid-like monster from the Capricorn horror stories. It’s a character I’ve had for ages and I’ve never known how to present her. Turns out, giving her some spots and hanging her from a thread of web was the perfect way to present her.
It would appear, we’re one day away from new years eve. So, this is new years eve-eve, right? Or Hogmanay as they seem to call it in my new local town.
There are things I wanted to be done before the new year started that I haven’t managed. I’m still fixing the website. I’ve managed to repair about 100 posts with another 700’ish to go. Crab nabbit, that WordPress 5.0 update has mauled me. It’s taking me 5 hours for every 30 posts. Even then not all of them are working thanks to Gutenburgs… Quirks…
I’d say it’s easier to make new posts of all the old stories and mass delete the old ones. But then I could kiss goodbye to two years worth of SEO, search rankings and imagine all those links posted across social media going nowhere… Urgh. Oh well. Suck it up and get on with it.
I never managed to update my Etsy shop either (Obligatory link: etsy.com/uk/shop/LittleFears ). I have 24 new art prints, fresh from Moo, with a new and lovely card smell and none of them made it onto Etsy from a month ago.
I have to overhaul my Patreon and Ko-Fi too. When someone buys me a cuppa from Ko-Fi from now I’ll be linking to them in the footer of the next story post as thanks. Same with Patreon. I’ve always given new patrons a shout out, but I have very little support there. A few awesome Feary diehards. But otherwise, I get one new Patron a month. Then usually lose one in exchange, haha. Maybe I should be putting the weekly $10 into a daily $10 shout out. I’ve always thought if I ever got popular, that would asplode my post footers though. I’ll figure something out.
Though speaking of which…
With special thanks.
Weekly shout out to my $10 patron, Warren from IWrite. Without people like Warren, I wouldn’t be able to wake you all with my little fears and you’d probably cry a lot less in the morning than you already do. So please do check out Warrens blog.
“I can’t stand the loud ones,” sighed Reala.
“Neither can I,” replied Hydra. “That’s why I make my own.”
“You make your own fireworks?” gasped Yuffie.
“Oh yeah,” replied Hydra. “I mean, on the one hand, home-made fireworks are a blast!”
“And on the other hand?” asked Reala.
“I only have two fingers,” sighed Hydra.
Original photo by Timothy Rhyne on Unsplash
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“It just drives me mad,” squawked Fuen.
“All the feels,” said Reala.
“I mean I get it,” sighed Fuen. “It just annoys me when people seek constant reassurance.”
“Mmmhmm,” replied Reala.
“Do ya know what I mean?” grouched Fuen.
Reala, raised an eyebrow. Then poured another drink. “Yup.”
Photo by Edi Libedinsky on Unsplash
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“Got a pretty good vocabulary though,” said Clouds.
“I’ve never been able to spell or pronounce ‘mileniuimumn,’” sighed Hydra.
“Funny thing,” sighed Clouds. “I can never spell ‘icy.’”
“Well,” replied Hydra. “I see why.”
Original photo by Filip Mroz on Unsplash
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No #Colour_Collective again this week, so I’m drafting in Aquarius for this weeks portrait. Spooky-horoscope-sea-beasts gonna be spooky-horoscope-sea-beasts, yo.
Spooky-horoscope-sea-beasts also gonna be on my Etsy store. Just saying…
Linky: etsy.com/uk/shop/LittleFears
With special thanks
Weekly shout out to my $10 patron, Warren from IWrite. Without people like Warren, I wouldn’t be able to wake you all with my little fears and you’d probably cry a lot less in the morning than you already do. So please do check out Warrens blog.
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