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Crafting and Drafting

 I have an Etsy shop. 

Just a little something that my husband suggested, since I like crocheting so much. “If you’re going to be making stuff, might as well see if you can sell some of it and make some money too.” 

Honestly, I don’t really care about it that much; it gets pretty good traffic and people favorite stuff all the time, but I’ve only made one direct sale on it. People message a lot though, wanting items that are listed for $75+ for $15-20. I kinda get a kick out of telling them no and then they wail about how they can get the same thing at Walmart. I’m like, so get your keys and drive to Walmart then. 

It’s funny, people don’t want you to confront them for being cheap, yet I’m supposed to bend to their demands. 

Maybe that’s why the shop doesn’t do well. 

But, again, not really why I opened it. 


Moving on to the main purpose of this blog; I have gotten down some more pages for my story. And also some pages for some fanfic that I use to push something out when the words for my main work won’t come. 

Still slamming into that road block wall pretty hard, but some things are managing to leak through, so hopefully the dam with break soon. 


Link to my Etsy, just for fun. 

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