365 Day 87

a pretty good day

I put up 9 more auctions at Listia today -- it went quicker because the photos were already done. Now I have 21 auctions running!

I made some more progress on painting the final coat on Chime Cat. And I painted and sanded the handle of the pull strap. A couple more paint/sand/paint/seal passes and that will be ready to be added to the leather rein.









handle for Chime Cat Visits Cloud City -- painted one coat





handle for Chime Cat after first sanding












And I leveled the bottoms of the little clay guys. They are cracking me up now that they are all standing instead of laying down. It looks to me like they are having some sort of mingler or meeting.










34 little sgraffito clay guys -- before









34 little sgraffito clay guys -- after










a close up -- looks like a little sgraffito clay guy mingler or meeting of some sort

365 Day 86

progress but no pics

A lot of the day was spent taking photos of stuff I listed in auctions at Listia. I put up 12 auctions today. Here is a link to my profile. De-stashing is a good thing!

This evening I finally started the final coat painting of Chime Cat. I don't have any photos to show because frankly I was pretty done taking pictures for today...and you know I had to force myself to start the dreaded painting. Maybe tomorrow I will take some teaser shots.

365 Day 79

photos, auctions and soft edges

Today I took about a billion photographs of items I was listing at Listia. I played around with my light kit and the photos turned out pretty well. But that took most of the day.

Other than that, off and on (since this morning until now) I have been adding the soft edges to the 29 finger puppets that I am currently working on.

MAN -- THUNDER just happened...it is STILL rumbling!

Okay...I am logging off and shutting the computer off...it is STILL rumbling! Same boom! Shook the house.

365 Day 72

and this is just the stuff that was in the studio and ONE bin in the basement...



Suddenly there is a lot of actual work to do around here! I found my stash(es) of things I really don't need to be the caretaker of anymore.

It is all wonderfully wonderful stuff, it is just that someone else could be enjoying it and using it, you know?

I will be doing tons of Listia listings! Going through all this stuff, sorting it out, taking photos, writing brief auction listings...this is going to be work -- but SO worth it to:

1. get it out of my area(s) and make room so that I can organize the things I want to keep and
use,
2. know that other folks are loving this stuff as much as I did when I first brought it home,
3. not have to deal with SELLING it to people at a yard sale or on eBay...no "real" money on Listia...just credits.
















I am also running on about an hour's sleep and I just had to take a couple of Benadryls for my sinus headache...that is why I am posting the 365 Blog entry now -- I know I will be nodding out off and on all night and probably not be able to write coherently later (I hope this is coherent enough...LOL)

Listia -- what a cool idea!

Something else that has been occupying my time for the last 24 hours or so is Listia.

Listia is a new kind of auction site where you bid on other people's stuff using credits instead of real money. They make it easy for you to give away stuff you don't need anymore and get stuff you want in return for free. There are several ways to build up your credits on the site and it is easy and fun. Example: Take the video tour after you sign up and earn more experience points and credits. Or log in from Facebook...Twitter about it...you get the idea.

Everybody has stuff they don't need anymore...why not list some items just to try it out? I have been clearing out things that I am not using and that are relatively lightweight so I can offer free shipping.

This is my referral link -- http://www.listia.com/signup/348909 -- I get a referral bonus and YOU get a sign up bonus (once you have completed your first auction). I know if you follow it from my Facebook page it will take you directly to the sign up at Listia. Not sure if it will from this blog entry. (Scroll down my Facebook wall to find the Listia invitation -- located between the blackbird postage stamp and the "SQUEEEEE".)

ANYway...try it out, Listia is pretty neat!