Just listed our 200th item in our Etsy shop!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175858.....icker-for-car?

It's not one of my own designs, it's clipart, which is why I'm posting about it here in a journal instead of my gallery. But it's still a big deal.

Last Feb, we did the local Motorcycle Show. They had 65,000 attendees and we lost our shirts. Sold less than we do at a 2,000 person furry con. One of the side effects was that we had a massive amount of decals we had made in anticipation of sales in line with a 65k show. While the vinyl is rated for 5 years, the transfer tape gets cranky after 2 years, so we had several boxes of decals slowly marching toward their expiration dates.

So I really started pumping things up on Etsy. In the last 8 months I have listed about 170 new items. For each listed item, there are 2-3 images created to give you an idea what the decal will look like when you get it. So around 650 images. That's a huge amount of work now that I'm looking back on it.

While this was going on, our friend Kandi really stepped up and became our face at the shows. If you are talking to someone at our booth, it's most likely her, not me. I couldn't sell a bucket of water to a fish in a desert. She is awesome at the shows, and she makes us look far more professional than I ever could.

And in the last couple months, my husband Phoenix has taken on our Social Media and has really grown our FB presence. In a very short span, he took us from 23 likes to over 400, and it's snowballing. He's having some kind of contest right now, check it out! https://www.facebook.com/sewardstreetstudios

So in almost exactly one year, we have gone from a huge loss to chugging along nicely. From WTF are we going to do, to having all sorts of ideas to grow our little fledgling business. It's been a lot of hard work, and I couldn't have done it without Phoenix & Kandi.

But I also have to thank you guys. I do SF cons, motorcycle events, and Furry cons, and you guys are absolutely the best. You have so much excitement and energy, it is always a blast to go to the Furry cons. Thank you for all your kind words and great ideas! Without you guys, I don't think I would have pushed so hard and done so much.

Thanks!