Twitter works!

<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=26671728"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450875755249254802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7szq-swThV3L75zy6N8BXnusk0IVU4o60uli53XVtLjNqgJ4EnI8wh2BW0ZMoked0wpKll7Jr_26LztEDxtIsEW9WTIJIlzKcKDoB8WJRua2xXbNcpxC3S3pVyrXemQPT1aapJJWO-bv/s400/il_430xN_130696568.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 367px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> I listed this <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=26671728">purse</a> that I did one of my "tattoos" on and put a link to it on twitter to etsy. It sold in 5 minutes! I guess twitter does work as a tool to get the word out. It's nice to see that all that plugging and promoting does work once in a while. Now I need to find some more cool purses like this one to tattoo.<br /><div></div>

Twitter works!

I listed this purse that I did one of my "tattoos" on and put a link to it on twitter to etsy. It sold in 5 minutes! I guess tw...

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It All Started With A Purse and an Idea

<div><br /><br /> </div><div></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442350323340717410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyjMHSWuuS2QQolzQGP7cdDrygmcj8Z0DhyW1tKepK3IgNQrls6y4wywlkZVpLbYxkvYlle5FDWE3nlirw_SZwrPSQodBgWgYzQsacu39CyAWOXI_hVqz6DD3Mq6HW7Gif2TmXVnp_4U/s400/camera+purse+1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 279px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /> <div><br /> </div><div>It all started with browsing through <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">etsy</span> and seeing illustrations of antique cameras and I decided to draw on my purse. I started getting stopped on the street and asked about it. Then I came up with the idea of "purse tattoos." I am hoping to offer them on my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">etsy</span> shop--you mail me your purse and I "tattoo" it and mail it back. I'm still working out the details.</div><div> </div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442353015160610050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwijqR2EZDVJ5ooCzHCegvuC1em8-5xGvD_0Uo545MpbdFTEkZhqnjYKLiLnt3bu61MFTtLEcS4wK7Ylfi7FJBMFTpg6tG3TWKU8keHr6ui97Ftn17f5EktkvSw_aoghWGUv7MMf7kt4/s400/DSC_2284.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 312px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Then a friend asked me to do one on a vintage <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tourister</span> suitcase called a Tiara.</div><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442350309043486050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCE-6R1Jh0bkgNa5AU-TAzN-cN15ozeJ28Am4iNwqY-xeZzbSEZSaoOX7IfPsEG6AEuSNu3xWy7-3v33aBEmoIihKxp-nhLldm3-XEy1iaxcFpcFToKkG53iLvoMZritAeQU_gJB1zHgE/s400/peace+purse+3.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 248px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /><br /><div></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442350311666086706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqK7C0do-6-aQt3Y08khxAirW_9FFTAANEDxA-PIBXyTOKxmLfWop17-hYXgYk8TJReaISpcCq-W1cMP2aNw-LL2uO4dt_9_9IEIA0uSWDXdrXRmSguivpPAkOjbqC5xMpNXmrS7aGQoU/s400/peace+sign+purse+1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /><br /><div> I stopped in at Eight-o-Eight (a resale shop) in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Clawson</span> and Carmen, one of the owners, gave me a bunch of her purses to tattoo. This one is an illustration of Carmen herself!<br /><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442353004951120978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4rfY2HF4ieptUC5dhndGpS0rdl7oXe49k5JIdHnfr1hA9MwoLe4wmDRqm-8E8YjaXD2-kVy-ZajcWQ0MVChCzD1WDuaH5Q7KaDOTdxuMQjkc0eIbYhmqX6vA9tPBZSg5FhyPUF8FTJA/s400/carmen+purse+3.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 368px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442350327181011842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fuxuCSfDWsoM-oiSs6Qnj0S0V07k_Ok_TfYT_0yaLhvBQ4FnFnmm9qxsDfVEKaMKFnAdLhWPT6_uacfRMtKStrfmjATlk5Ew_YsUetw1WRku8SfWaM7C7_Crubum59mgWytFO9gIPD0/s400/white+purse+2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 224px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></div><div align="center">I bought this cute white purse at Eight-o-Eight and I'm going to offer it in my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">etsy</span> shop too. Check out the vampire teeth on it!</div><div> </div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442350331927897026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXai7vbWjTC2iETc4TgJQyZyRT3Q2UjP3Tc-1452nVtcKr4zPbk_OzOFX4MpTnaw358Uijc_hfse-kjL5n2aMKmxWaJvxVnLJO4ROyhpM3Zng8q77zpZzdLrLC6mv78yC9balW_U1-lA/s400/white+purse+4.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /> Most of my product shots are self portraits and I always do them in front of the same wall in the same way and although I do like them sometimes I just get bored. So I hopped up on our trunk and took this one. I liked it so much that I got my daughter to pose for me too.<br /><br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpO3RtjDHPBCrC4MZsGook-LhKTK-_k1lN895keug_-Z-BlIFyZ6EBMev76pq8XFC-btvTt0FQWF_MH6HTGPKgSfe2JPLeDaOhJdEUgpNFOuVtbwRf0tSypeTelkmNI-4_kwV4LJg24A/s1600-h/Justy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442349558843436418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpO3RtjDHPBCrC4MZsGook-LhKTK-_k1lN895keug_-Z-BlIFyZ6EBMev76pq8XFC-btvTt0FQWF_MH6HTGPKgSfe2JPLeDaOhJdEUgpNFOuVtbwRf0tSypeTelkmNI-4_kwV4LJg24A/s400/Justy.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29Ja1C7sFYaXhPM5g198OYZaB8FlFoFFJEZFEU1zeyFqNCBGLKMGRonJmLBPsbS6v1LSx6P33MYsGLMjq3F6aH04F_qSdew8Qn2hmzm8mMkQNPJrk8P_6AgsKfQqEBrX-7NMeZa7pXMo/s1600-h/Self+portrait+window.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442349555024079394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29Ja1C7sFYaXhPM5g198OYZaB8FlFoFFJEZFEU1zeyFqNCBGLKMGRonJmLBPsbS6v1LSx6P33MYsGLMjq3F6aH04F_qSdew8Qn2hmzm8mMkQNPJrk8P_6AgsKfQqEBrX-7NMeZa7pXMo/s400/Self+portrait+window.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 263px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Then I decided to take some self portraits. And there you go-it all started with a purse and I think it ended with some of the strongest self portraits I've done. Or at least I hope!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5K7uPnNtjfRSusLi7jBAH5M3OzUIRTnOIJckSAo_s6YgAuWQb3czXphrCViYtxgtqFZWx0nzwXxRAypWdTgbZXK0ki4gVwtmYZIWlBEu0px6FXtEux82yKWpA278OV5DqgTXh-KQbsQ/s1600-h/DSC_2771.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442349544411004914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5K7uPnNtjfRSusLi7jBAH5M3OzUIRTnOIJckSAo_s6YgAuWQb3czXphrCViYtxgtqFZWx0nzwXxRAypWdTgbZXK0ki4gVwtmYZIWlBEu0px6FXtEux82yKWpA278OV5DqgTXh-KQbsQ/s400/DSC_2771.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 388px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydLmGYVSusDhuBbjJvnnTLPVUlD4ydzau6WQnx-LREQfPgzV7-5djDyfZJRQOuE_DB1d_k9O1QTbDfYOXPVYIgbhv6U0Ui4FcrcO6epvu3KURTEespoaLoCgor85sylVcsMdHDFYEIUg/s1600-h/DSC_2777.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442349540390112850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydLmGYVSusDhuBbjJvnnTLPVUlD4ydzau6WQnx-LREQfPgzV7-5djDyfZJRQOuE_DB1d_k9O1QTbDfYOXPVYIgbhv6U0Ui4FcrcO6epvu3KURTEespoaLoCgor85sylVcsMdHDFYEIUg/s400/DSC_2777.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kvBbgNJ3bHiUP6_2_JvSbxOnIQ5nYg15X4imXqgc8sOlr4RDSDauOuPPbk_qmMZZeoF-kBdrZBvND4YamLWgaRRrTRFQ2sc_FIEYpLotEQfVajp0DV-iQWqLPznfQs9CIr4f-jwRP-I/s1600-h/DSC_2768.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442349537275526450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kvBbgNJ3bHiUP6_2_JvSbxOnIQ5nYg15X4imXqgc8sOlr4RDSDauOuPPbk_qmMZZeoF-kBdrZBvND4YamLWgaRRrTRFQ2sc_FIEYpLotEQfVajp0DV-iQWqLPznfQs9CIr4f-jwRP-I/s400/DSC_2768.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 340px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

It All Started With A Purse and an Idea

It all started with browsing through etsy and seeing illustrations of antique cameras and I decided to draw on my purse. I started getti...

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Drawing On A Bag

<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfWsb9rJoQbVxfz7qLeFHKFdLcSisrPn4qSZc-IvJQflYgxKOP_Tw3gLPGXhkCSArcFRV0JWvLBqMq0zL1AN8v2-op-oWxQRDcr0-uXRKDpYE1ophjDSXxG-4qbDITf4Zb2PHjS9SvFM/s1600-h/DSC_0812.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430739507864379410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfWsb9rJoQbVxfz7qLeFHKFdLcSisrPn4qSZc-IvJQflYgxKOP_Tw3gLPGXhkCSArcFRV0JWvLBqMq0zL1AN8v2-op-oWxQRDcr0-uXRKDpYE1ophjDSXxG-4qbDITf4Zb2PHjS9SvFM/s400/DSC_0812.jpg" style="WIDTH: 268px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p><div align="center">I was on etsy today (big surprise there) and came across someone who buys vintage bags and then stamps an image on them. My first thought was, "I can do that!" only instead draw on them. I pulled all of my purses out of my closet and decided to use my brown Sarah Jessica Parker bag from Steve & Barry's.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yy_XQKXLjVVQ2SPnrsCAu1AT9uPb9fvBo3v5CssKlM12jJIsFFExS290qjR91g_41poYjtXNAYYQazDrvOea6NnA0Amlwpv0F4C8fLu4XciF3opO_XMD7Uc4FWvpbwU4j7HJU_pbztE/s1600-h/DSC_0816.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430739401203325186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yy_XQKXLjVVQ2SPnrsCAu1AT9uPb9fvBo3v5CssKlM12jJIsFFExS290qjR91g_41poYjtXNAYYQazDrvOea6NnA0Amlwpv0F4C8fLu4XciF3opO_XMD7Uc4FWvpbwU4j7HJU_pbztE/s400/DSC_0816.jpg" style="WIDTH: 282px; HEIGHT: 164px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dFWwc8qBYFRwl3yuuE_exmkQBu-zUrcVRcWVHQ5ugHXRALNyBIDBAzFVluMnb0QlK5STc79mXGAg_LGUDKulC99OwgCmbiRpyqYX4KkJJEcH0v5QxYPJ6H9oPvMvuo-COXyHLv6xx_Y/s1600-h/DSC_0813.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430739505622784050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dFWwc8qBYFRwl3yuuE_exmkQBu-zUrcVRcWVHQ5ugHXRALNyBIDBAzFVluMnb0QlK5STc79mXGAg_LGUDKulC99OwgCmbiRpyqYX4KkJJEcH0v5QxYPJ6H9oPvMvuo-COXyHLv6xx_Y/s400/DSC_0813.jpg" style="WIDTH: 319px; HEIGHT: 277px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />I decided to draw a vintage camera (another big surprise there huh?) and drew it on paper first to make sure it wasn't going to look totally stupid.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTp3iO1aBAH05MHSqB5Ab_lSQqrFLczQNbXoliHOMCXdqWazij3euj2NKp5ObuXG4XANUjTn8as8YE7nee2ZFOFLjMgqQC6fhyphenhyphenDd6-IykB6GLYX99HzgCiyNGtxTEo7LhFLJZBHK_R1wc/s1600-h/DSC_0818.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430739390045303986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTp3iO1aBAH05MHSqB5Ab_lSQqrFLczQNbXoliHOMCXdqWazij3euj2NKp5ObuXG4XANUjTn8as8YE7nee2ZFOFLjMgqQC6fhyphenhyphenDd6-IykB6GLYX99HzgCiyNGtxTEo7LhFLJZBHK_R1wc/s400/DSC_0818.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p><div align="center">At first it was pretty nerve racking to be drawing in permanent marker on one of my favorite bags! I got over it fast though and it turned out exactly how I wanted. Whew.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9yyjx6Fkk4KYbcQeGlYXDdDpg_ONG-729axiqv6vOeoHeeeyWP32KCf21bE5aZS4Cnduolv0LVGIMFB9_vj3ee3I7zDdlcZn4BuiLJqhu38pSlPH5OZ5PGD5Hp53rJ2gpGtvmJZqQgc/s1600-h/DSC_0820.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430739385452556978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9yyjx6Fkk4KYbcQeGlYXDdDpg_ONG-729axiqv6vOeoHeeeyWP32KCf21bE5aZS4Cnduolv0LVGIMFB9_vj3ee3I7zDdlcZn4BuiLJqhu38pSlPH5OZ5PGD5Hp53rJ2gpGtvmJZqQgc/s400/DSC_0820.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWoQa_83fy6m_EIbeJW6jxzPyh8lpBibkzoBeYVVRMDLa86pmtlp_n0acvwKem3YytNSHepPuBpR38iNvKbX1JkfAE2cOdB6tWVN1a-ep03fRSj4xFea7wBpOACktJQ9X0ksz0-fXw-Y/s1600-h/DSC_0833.jpg"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDI6tFz9n0KBO9lrTVrX_J5LD2isvL5PM0vjzGTa5wr7v-bfKUK4wBS2-kClopnUZhFLfG2FrYChoYxKMkQsXtsZseP1EyM9hViaNs-XMzt5njKl8oW-BPdhLS0DNy2FSk2jQ9jubDvI/s1600-h/DSC_0835.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430739370790416114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDI6tFz9n0KBO9lrTVrX_J5LD2isvL5PM0vjzGTa5wr7v-bfKUK4wBS2-kClopnUZhFLfG2FrYChoYxKMkQsXtsZseP1EyM9hViaNs-XMzt5njKl8oW-BPdhLS0DNy2FSk2jQ9jubDvI/s400/DSC_0835.jpg" style="WIDTH: 260px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />I am thinking about offering custom "bag/purse tattoos" in my etsy shop. Let me know if you are interested. I could do just about any design/ illustration. I am thinking of keeping the price low--$10 for something simple plus $5 for return shipping (you pay the shipping to send it to me).</div>

Drawing On A Bag

I was on etsy today (big surprise there) and came across someone who buys vintage bags and then stamps an image on them. My first thought wa...

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