Happy New Year!

 Toby - Baby New Year

Card Crafted by Kadie Ensley

Hello, everyone! It has been an insane month for me, so I apologize for not linking to this sooner: the very talented Kadie Ensley is the first one to make a card using my Toby New Year freebie which you can get from The Greeting Farm or by clicking here. I was *SO* delighted when I saw it on the TGF blog! I think she did a fantastic job with the color scheme and all the little details.

Besides the revamping of my Etsy store which was mentioned in my previous post, I've also been extremely busy on deviantART, uploading lots of deviations, including the cards I made for friends, family and loved ones, mostly for Christmas but also a couple other occasions:

      

      

      

This was in addition to my monthly designs for TGF, of course, along with the rest of the craziness that come with the holidays. It was an out of the ordinary month for me when it came to socializing: busy as I was, I went to a bunch of Christmas parties (including one I hosted at home for a couple of good friends) had to do some out of the ordinary, fancy dress shopping for said parties, and had so much stuff to do and take care of all around that I hardly know how I did it all. December truly flew by!

This is my last post of the year. It wasn't a bad year for me at all, yet I leave it behind joyfully and full of excitement for what this New Year may bring. I hope it brings you everything your heart desires!

Wishing you a Happy, Healthy and Lucky 2010,

-Marina

43 THINGS: How to re-vamp my etsy store

"I decided to start from scratch and change the products I offered entirely, switching from decorated canvas totes and wood panels to bookmarks."

How I did it: First I prepared my stock of laminated bookmarks, which between buying plenty of colorful tassels, lots of cute vintage cards and laminating the latter cost me roughly $80.00.

Cutting the excess lamination had to be done with a X-Acto knife to achieve the precision I wanted, and left my hands sore for many hours, but the result was worth it. The bookmarks came out so beautifully, that I kept many of them for myself!

Lessons & tips: I recommend patience and tenacity --especially when it comes to putting your finished product up on Etsy. When you accumulate a whole lot or are setting up a new store, uploading over 30 items can be grueling. But the end result should be worth it!

Resources: www.etsy.com

It took me 1 month.
It made me hopeful.

See more progress on: revamp my Etsy store.

Free New Year Digi!

CLICK ME TO DOWNLOAD!

Artwork by Marina Neira. Copyright 2009 by The Greeting Farm.

Hi everyone! Sorry I've taken so long to post this --it's been available for download at The Greeting Farm blog for a few days now. There are other things I've been wanting to share with you also, but this is just about the craziest month I've had in a long time!

Anyway, this baby bear's name is Toby, and I created him for Marie at TGF a short while ago. When it was time to choose a character for the freebie design I wanted to create, I thought it would be cute to do a "Baby New Year" sort of thing with him.

This digi  is my token of thanks and appreciation to all of you --not just to the TGF Design Team, but to everyone who supports the Farm by purchasing their stamps-- for the warm welcome you gave me when I joined and the continued support you show us day after day. I hope you like Toby, and that you have fun designing your New Year's cards with him.

Cheers, everyone!

-Marina