Day 5

[slfcllednowhere]

I think this is only borderline crafty, but it is making something, so I'm gonna say it counts. I made 55 pinback buttons today. Eight of them are for me and the rest are all going in my Etsy shop. They all had They Might Be Giants, my favourite band, on them--I have a whole section of my shop with stuff related to them and it sells really well. I'

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[calzephyr77]

Cable knit items always lool so nice. I am not a knitter, but I hope they are easy too.

What is the link to your Etsy shop?

[slfcllednowhere]

We've actually changed our mind about doing that pattern cos it requires double-pointed needles which I don't have (I didn't realize that when I picked it out), but I'm hoping to do it another time.

My Etsy shop is here. It's just zines and buttons currently, I'm not good enough at any of the crafty stuff I do to sell any crafty stuff yet, but if I get better I'd like to!

[calzephyr77]

I faved your shop :-) It can take a while to build an Etsy shop - I started in 2005 and it's only now that I am seeing some success!

[slfcllednowhere]

Thanks for favoriting! What's your shop?

I do pretty decently, but I think it's mostly because I'm active in a lot of zine groups online, and also the They Might Be Giants stuff does really well because I'm pretty much the only person selling it so if someone is looking for it they have to come to me.