Behind The Dreaming Doe

A blog about what happens behind the scenes of my shop 'The Dreaming Doe'

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I've been getting a lot of interest in getting lined notbooks with my covers. Problem has been finding one with a sturdy/hard if not at least semi hardcover. While being a reasonable price so they are not super expencive as end product. This is the first one I have found. They come lined, dot and grid. Is there any interest in anything besides lined? Also if anyone knows of a similar notebook like this or more of a hardcover please let me know! I donno how long Michael's will keep them in stock so I'm gonna have to hoard them up if I'm gonna do this.

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Remeber when I made these forever ago and planned to make more for ConnectiCon? Welp I never got a chance to make more. So I'm doing a give away at ConnectiCon! So make sure to stop by AC304 to enter to win. I'll draw the winners Sunday at 1pm.

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Less then a week away! I’ll be at Connecticon’s Artist Colony table 304. Stop by and say hi! I’m going get something special together for this year. I’ll let you know Thur the 12th!

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Any Etsy sellers have any thoughts on this?

I’m not particularly happy at all that they’re lumping the shipping costs into the transaction fees. It’s really going to impact international buyers, since they’re shipping is super expensive already.

Ugh, I don’t know, maybe it’s time to move to my own website again. About ¾ of the traffic going to my Etsy shop is driven there directly by me anyways. :/

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Honestly might be best to stay away from Etsy. Personally I can’t just leave yet since I don’t have enough of a following but I might want to do more cons so I can get off Etsy.

If they are willing to go up 5% on both the purchase and shipping. Then on top of it put up a pay wall for additionally features. ( a whole $20 min pay wall at that) I can’t imagine Etsy is going to get better. Especially for a hobbiest who just wants to sell their craft. It’s more and more geared toward those that already run it as a business and not for those who want to start out/ are hobbiests.  I’m going to have to hike up my prices even more to cover the fees and I donno if people will want to pay them.  

It just really gets me that they are trying to sell this as “We are doing this for you” as they stuff their pockets.

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Been working on some sketchbooks for ConnectiCon. Still quite a few to go.

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Just added all these guys to my shop! Also updated the categories. So hopefully its easier to find what you are looking for then just sifting though the entire jewelry section. 

Dreaming Doe Shop

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Ended up making two sketchbooks XD

Moon

Sun

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Working on another sketchbook. Just have to add the finishing touches. But for now sleep. 

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Updated the design for my Pumpkin Pie Pins. Found some smaller forks that in my opinion look prettier. ^.^ Also changed the pie so their is a better pie to plate ratio. I’ll also probably just make round plate pins for the foreseeable future.  (The ruffle plates just don’t sell as well as I planned.Though there is one left in shop) 

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Pumpkin Pie Earrings are now back in my shop! I also have pins and charms are coming soon! ( As I find the findings for them >.<)

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WIP making my pumpkin pies. One batch for earrings the other for pins and charms. Hoping to get them up next weekend. Just need to make their whipped cream. 

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Working on a bit over due seasonal project. Pumpkin Pies.

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Seahorse Sketchbook is now up in the shop! 

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Squid Sketchbook is now up in my Etsy shop! 

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Shop Update

I know I’ve been a bit slow in posting and updating things going on in the shop. So allow me to explain everything that’s going on. First off I recently started a new job. It’s full time so it takes quite a bit of time away from crafting. But since it’s an overnight job; on my days off I have a TON of time to craft. ( Since I stay up overnight to not goof my schedule on days off) Though getting used to the weird schedule has been a bit difficult. Though it’s not as bad as I thought it would be. 

This weekend I just got a new camera and I’m trying to update my pictures. I do have a bunch of new product ideas. I just need to find a moment that I’m not drained to work on them. At least I’m steadily getting used to the new schedule. My only other problem is one of the big things I want to make more of is sketchbook covers. Sadly I am currently out of blank sketchbooks. So I will hopefully be able to order more this coming week. 

So I may be a bit slow on getting new things up. But I have no intention of stopping to uploading new things. Just please be patient while I work everything out. Maybe I’ll post more WIPs to fill the empty space. 

Thanks! 

-Jonna

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Working on a couple sketchbook covers. That some might recognize as one of my first sketchbooks I made. It originally had a font and back cover. I decided to make them both front covers and add a few layers of resin to them. (And of course the seahorse to the once back cover)

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The last few things I didn’t get to from Conneticon are now up in the shop!

There are a few things I didn’t put up due to them being out of season or something I can’t see selling very well online. Hoping to get back to making more stuff soon!

S’mores Earrings

Steampunk Button Pin