Dean gets bored and starts knocking things over and then tries to climb the walls. I would have gotten out the laser pointer but I'll leave that for later.

He can be a very sweet kitty and a very weird one. Since the cats don't have the oversized chair to sleep on they've been sleeping on my bed. And when I got bed or go to lay down - if he's on the bed, he'll jump down.

And go curl up in the recliner where I was just sitting. But in the mornings they are both on the foot of the bed (this is relatively new). I'm not used to it so I've kicked them off a few times by accident.

I have no answers.

But.

ZOMG, GOOD NEWS EVERYBODY! I sold my first pysanka online! In my very own Etsy shop! Even with insanely high shipping costs! (for i am new to online selling, and very confused by complex things like variable shipping costs, so just went with the large flat rate box cuz i know that works.) This, after selling my very first pysanky in person at a craft show on Saturday. Holy crap, if i sell 3 more online this year i'll turn a profit!

You might have noticed i am excited. I am EXCITED! Just need to way for the paypal payment to clear cuz i already have it boxed and will be ready to ship tomorrow!

Anyone here have sucess selling on Etsy? I could use pointers. And help. And suggestions.

Woot!

Wait, i just got an email telling me: "To claim your payment, you'll have to upgrade to a PayPal Business account. Log in to your account and follow these instructions:"

Is that true? I can't receive monies through paypal without upgrading to a business account? I don't need a business account. eta: it seems like rubbish. the email came from the buyer's email account, not from paypal. And paypal's site makes it seem like business includes additional features, but that you can still receive transactions through a personal account. Hrm. Imma gonna be really bummed if my first sale was some kind of shill attempt from paypal.

erin, I didn't know you make pysanky! There are a few of my husband's up in my flickr account--can you link (or point) to pictures of the one you sold? Got any more?

I'm sorry to geek on you, I just love them a lot. How long does it take you to make one?

Er--sorry, the rest of you. Relinguishing the steering wheel of the conversation.

my etsy store is here For me there is a menu option for "sold" items that shows the one i currently have boxed up, waiting for paypal to tell me that monies are good before i take it to the post office.

The one that sold is about a 4-5 hr dealie. I made a whole bunch of super simple 3 or 4 color designs for a craft show last weekend so i could sell them cheap for $20 each, and those only take 2 or 3 hrs each. But of course i love love LOVE the super intricate designs that take 10-12 hrs and work best on goose eggs. LOL. I've got about 6 dozen chicken eggs and 4 completed goose eggs market ready but didn't want to list more than a dozen at a time...but of course i went a little overboard and ended up listing 16 :)

eta: and interestingly of the 4 i sold over the weekend in person and one online, all were designs from one of the Ukranian Gift Shop designs books. Three of the ones in the etsy shop are original designs but they aren't quite as striking as Luba's creations :)

Erin, do you ship overseas? I have fallen in love with the red fish one. Beautiful.

Lemme look into it more...i think UK is ok (or at least i've shipped a pysanka to the UK before and customs didn't hold it...but then i started hearing horror stories about decorated, blown eggs being held and destroyed by customs agents on the ground of them being an agricultural product which seems silly and ridiculous but would of course make me very sad.) So, um, dunno yet. but will get back to you!!!

Erin, your art is beautful and congrats on your sales! Maybe the business Paypal account allows you to collect monies from people who want to use a credit card?

Also, I'd look into variable shipping. It's not that hard to figure out. I sold full-time on eBay for three years and found that people really don't like paying more than necessary for shipping.

Seska - message me your address and i'll look into it, see what shipping would be