I’ve been meaning to tell you about the shop I’ve been working on, but then time sort of got away from me as I crafted like a mad woman and fell into bed every night in a fuzzy heap of exhaustion. And then, before I knew it, it was ready! So that explanatory post I had planned has turned into an introductory post, and here I have for you, my brand new shop: Home Baked.
I’m quite proud of it, it has taken a lot of my energy over the past few weeks, so it feels good to finally unleash it upon the world. Easily one of the most exciting aspects of it, for me, is that some of my stuff is also available at Copacetique, and will soon be available at Pink Thread & More and Dream & Sugar, alongside the work of so many talented artists and designers. I feel like a bit of a fraud in the company of such creativity!
I laboured for a very long time over the decision of whether or not to get into the shop business. Some of you might recall the jewellery I designed and sold/swapped on this site a couple of years ago (under a name that I thought was charmingly cute at the time, but turned out to be spam-worthy in ways you really don’t want to know about. Lesson learned: research possible nefarious uses of all names and phrases before committing to them). I very much enjoyed the low-key, low-threat sales/swaps that happily came my way, they allowed me to meet some great people (local and not) and continue designing and crafting at my sometimes-bridled/often-manic pace. And since the pace around here has been tending more towards manic lately, I thought it might be time to venture back into the shop game. Also, I’ve been delighted to see so many avenues of support for indie artists and crafters crop up on the Web over the past year: there are a number of excellent consignment boutiques that sell indie art/craft at reasonal rates, not to mention directories, collectives, and interesting & fun marketing avenues.
Final analysis? Mostly, I just couldn’t resist giving it a go! Stay tuned for progress reports.
What a fantastic shop! You are so talented!
Huge congratulations to you! I see a few pieces calling to me next payday!
Wow! I love the necklaces!
AWESOME shop Amanda!! I agree with Kelly – I’m coming back on payday for some of your jewelry fer sure!! Congrats!!
i think its a brilliant idea, just go for it!!, your designs are unique and the owls are super cute, best of luck, with the new venture!!
wow ~ that is so great amanda!
and the shop is beautiful in design and i love the writeups on each item. too cool.
Awesome job!!!! On both the website and it’s offerings. I’ll be in touch to place orders
Amanda, congratulations! Your creations are gorgeous. I am coveting the necklaces and earrings. They’re all beautiful. (And we are one the same wavelength, name-wise; I am thinking of changing my blog name soon; hope you won’t think I’m a copycat!)
Wonderful job, Amanda!!!! I see a necklace I just have to have!!! – will be in touch.
Hi! Found your blog from your Indie Collective application (I run the site) and thought I would say hello! I’m also in T.O. – small world!
love the simple design. great logo and shop name. very nice.
Wow! I am definitely going to have to come back and check out the shop! I love the name, by the way!
I received my postcard from Myra’s swap today! How very creative. Now I’m going to have to raid our Media Center at school and see if I can get some cards from the card catalogue! You are talented!
The shop looks great! I love the necklaces. Beautiful job.
congrats on the shop amanda! looks good!
Hey Amanda!
Congrats on opening the shop! One of my future goals as well–good luck with it.
Many thanks for the postcard. Librarians are near and dear to my heart (of course!)