I like Etsy. In fact, I’ve been spending a lot of time in the Etsy chat rooms and on the forums lately, because I’ve opened my own Etsy shop for my photography and eventually my woodcarving stuff. Anyway, one day I was perusing the wares on Etsy as you do, and I came across a guy that was selling plain old rocks from the ground with a bit of wire wrapped around them to make them into pendants. I kid you not, this rock guy actually exists and he has sold some of these items. I guess some people must like them, so to each his own. I hope he becomes a millionaire off that stuff. I’d bet that with only rocks and wire to pay for (both of which he can probably find for free) his profit margin must be pretty high.

Anyway, I’m finding the Etsy experience fun although I have yet to sell any of my photo prints. I’ll probably list one of my carvings on there soon and I intent to start doing more with it as time carries us forth on its inexorable path. If you’d like to look at my shop, go to Ridingthewind.etsy.com and feel free to send me a message on there if you’re interested in something. I’ll do custom items and print most of the stuff on my Flickr account, if you’re interested in anything there. If not, just continue reading our comic and I’ll be happy with that. I realize we haven’t been very frequent in the updates, but things have been busy. I’ll try to get on the ball.

Oh, by the way - we’re going to list all of the comics on my Etsy account from now on, so you can buy signed prints if you’d like. We’ll do them to order since each comic generally has different dimensions, but we’ll offer a range of printing sizes. We’ll work with you on whitespace and stuff, because since the images aren’t a standard size it’s up to you whether you want them centered in whitespace for framing, trimmed (so you can put them in matting, use them as a poster, or get a custom frame done) and if you want the print signed on front or on back or not at all, etc. Anyway, the first one is here, if you’re interested. Future prints will be available from the HandRooster section of the store.

~Mike

Update: We lost our internet for over a week due to some electrical problems following a thunderstorm. We hope to have a comic up soon. Don’t leave us, and stay tuned.

~Mike

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