KimsButterflyGarden

Hello my good friends! I have not been on this account in a while... (hello 11,989 messages!!) and I wanted to let you all know what is going on:

I now own my own business selling fairy doors!
That's right! And my business name is Flying Frog Creations!   I love it!
I no longer post new work on this account, but instead have a new business account set up on DA here: FlyingFrogCreations.deviantart… you can see all of my old work as well as all of the cute new fairy doors and other interesting sculptures I am making. Come on over and say hello!

Oh, and you can now purchase my fairy doors and homes on Etsy! www.etsy.com/shop/FlyingFrogCr…

Also visit me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Flying-…

I apologize profusely to those of you who have been making nice comments and leaving messages, I didn't intend to leave this account unattended for a year before I posted this message... and I love you all! Thank you for the love and support from all of you lovely DA people!



your friend
-Kim

Flying Frog Creations

Hey guys, I just wanted to let ya all know that I started a new group called "Fairy Doors and More," a group for artisan/handmade crafts related to fairies. I noticed there are plenty of fairy groups for people who like them/have drawings or other 2-d fairy art. Unfortunately there wasn't already a group for this...
I am not sure I know what to do next, other than begin searching for all sorts of great fairy art/fairy fans.
ANYWAY... If you know any deviants who make fairy doors, homes, costumes, wings, sculptures, stained glass pictures, or anything else like that with a fairy theme, please suggest them to the favorites. Oh, also if YOU happen to be a fairy artist/fan, Please JOIN!!

Huzzah! I finally got my Etsy.com shop set up! www.etsy.com/shop/FlyingFrogCr… I am there under the name Flying Frog Creations, and so far all I have put up there is some of my clay stuff but if I can get shipping worked out for delicate, heavy stuff my glass and other things will be there too! Come on over and check it out!

Flying Frog Creations www.etsy.com/shop/FlyingFrogCr…

Okay friends, I am about to finally plunge into selling my work online! I have settled on Etsy.com for their low posting prices and good reviews I have heard from other users. I am ready to sit down and put all of my work that I am going to sell up as soon as I can just... come up with a name!!! Aagh!

Picking a name! The big problem -> When you sign up on Etsy, the username you use is also your Shop's name, and you CAN"T change it! I would have to start a new account and move all my stuff over to it if I wanted a different name. It would likely cost a lot of time and some money, so I am hoping I can come up with something that I like the first time around so I don't have this problem!

The main thing holding me back with this is picking a name that adequately explains or helps promote my work. If you have seen my gallery at all you will notice that I have no single theme, idea, medium or technique that would make this easier to pick a name for... So I am trying to go with something that either evokes good/fun thoughts/feelings when people see it, or something that describes my work/how it is kinda random and unusual.

I made long lists and hated most of what i came up with, but there were a few options I was mostly happy with, and I want to see what people think. Please give me some constructive thoughts or jsut "good/bad," any input is helpful at this point, cause I am just tearing my hair out!! (not literally)

Name Finalists:
1. Flying Frog Creations
2. Artastrophic!   (yes, probably WITH the exclamation point)
3. Eclectic Creations / Kim's Eclectic Creations
4. The Chocolate Octopus
5. Starshine Creations
6. Happy Cat Creations

Time to make the decision, and the leap of faith, time to make money... on the INTERNET! I am interested in setting up an online shop, but I have been resisting until now for two reasons - I am not sure if it would be better to work through eBay.com or etsy.com, (one is bid-based and the other has a set purchase price system.)
The other reason is that I would like to have a decent name for my business, and I would like to start using that name when I set up shop online.
Ideas I am tossing around:
Kim's Butterfly Garden (or substitute "Kim's" for "The" or "My?")
Flying Frog Designs/Flying Frog Artisan Crafts
Glass Garden (although I am not doing glass exclusively, so I should probably stay away from that one)
aaand... thats it. I could certainly use other ideas, so please, if anything sounds fun or interesting to you that might in some way apply to my type of work, don't fail to mention it.
Oh, I also have to decide on the proper way to be pricing things, and if I go for eBay I want to figure out what good bid/buyout prices would be for some of my nicer items BEFORE I put them up for sale.