Seals and etsy

I spent the whole morning in my pyjamas in front of my pink computer, trying to catch up with all sorts of bits and pieces and doing some work for my shop. It was very inspiring to meet the Etsy admin. representatives- they recounted the history of the company- it basicaly started with a young man who made furniture and was frustrated with trying to sell it on ebay- he thought there must be a better way and there was etsy! It was work shared with friends, roommates etc, a very small seed for something that in four years has become such a big company that has an increasingly expanding global reach! Woohoo for them! I feel so excited to be involved in a company with such a fun, innovative and international character- Can't you just feel that buzzing energy? At the same time it is tons of work as many of you know, and one of the things that was stressed was that the Etsy admin. are very focused on increasing 'speed' and 'security' but also see bringing in 'clients and keeping them' as a very high priority in their list of to dos. Bringing in clients was one of the reasons for the recent connection to facebook and in general they feel they need to explore non-traditonal means of advertising etsy which seems totally appropriate for a company with a very innovative, non- traditional profile. Saying all that , the means are non-traditional but some times I feel that Etsy is like the village square with all the well known to eachother vendors chit-chatting away...

Talking of etsy, here are a couple of two more seal stories ready to go to the store as prints...

I like all the experimentation I 've been doing lately, no, I don't like it, I love it, there just aren't enough hours in the day!!!

Have a good day (actually I am going to bed soon, its been a lovely hot summery day and I think I will dream of seals!)