There is a lovely Spotlight that I hope you will check out – I am one of the featured artists.  Here is the Spotlight. These are similar to Etsy treasuries.  The main site is Made By Hand. By ME.

There is a blog I have found that I want to share with you – a GIVEAWAY blog – all for Etsy items!  Many days handmade goods are being posted that are part of giveaways that feature items from Etsy shops.  It is amazing to me!! So you can go and shop each day … for free here .. and you just might win.  I found out about this blog because the Design Style Guide Giveaway that featured me was featured on the Etsy Giveaway Blog!

Etsy Giveaway Blog – Featuring the Design Style Guide Giveaway

I was wrong yesterday – NOW there are only 24 hours left to enter the FREE giveaway – so make sure you go and check it out now – enter a comment in this post at this link and you are entered into the giveaway.  All you need to do is comment with a favorite item of mine … or retweet!! Easy as pie … well I never found making pies easy, just eating them!  Last time I will remind you – thanks for checking it out!

You can win a FREE $20 gift certificate to any of 3 of my shops … with FREE shipping and handling. For those who like my art, I hope you will take advantage of this free giveaway!!  I am also willing to list another image if you win and your favorite isn’t there.

The Design Style Guide is a wonderful place that is bringing together thousands of items that are appropriate for Home Decor. Their main purpose is to promote the team and its members to Interior Designers (and like-minded consumers) through various promotions and advertising techniques.   This is part of the move to promote handmade items instead of mass produced things. Their focus is on marketing and branding “Handmade Home Decor” to professional Interior Designers.

They are having a series of giveaways – the current one with Diane Clancy (yes, ME!!) at Etsy and 1000 Markets.  This is a free giveaway and I encourage you to join in and see if you can win!!  The Giveaway is through October 20 – so join in today!!  Here are the details about the giveaway on the Design Style Blog.  You know my art – I encourage to go join in the giveaway. Here are my shops Diane’s Etsy shop and Diane’s 1000 Markets Shop and Diane’s ArtFire Shop. This is a great opportunity and let’s hope one of you wins!

If you would like to join Design Style Guide, please click here:

Thanks for stopping by!

I have been adding lots of new items to my shops.  Thank you for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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Only 24 hours left to enter the FREE giveaway – so make sure you go and check it out now – enter a comment in this post at this link and you are entered into the giveaway.  All you need to do is comment with a favorite item of mine … or retweet!! Easy as pie … well I never found making pies easy, just eating them!  Last time I will remind you – thanks for checking it out!

This is fun – I found another blog post about this giveaway!!  Here is the link at Etsy Giveaways!  I never knew about this blog – looks good!! Lists all sorts of Etsy giveaways.

You can win a FREE $20 gift certificate to any of 3 of my shops … with FREE shipping and handling. For those who like my art, I hope you will take advantage of this free giveaway!!  I am also willing to list another image if you win and your favorite isn’t there.

The Design Style Guide is a wonderful place that is bringing together thousands of items that are appropriate for Home Decor. Their main purpose is to promote the team and its members to Interior Designers (and like-minded consumers) through various promotions and advertising techniques.   This is part of the move to promote handmade items instead of mass produced things. Their focus is on marketing and branding “Handmade Home Decor” to professional Interior Designers.

Design Style Guide Giveaway #5

They are having a series of giveaways – the current one with Diane Clancy (yes, ME!!) at Etsy and 1000 Markets.  This is a free giveaway and I encourage you to join in and see if you can win!!  The Giveaway is through October 20 – so join in today!!  Here are the details about the giveaway on the Design Style Blog.  You know my art – I encourage to go join in the giveaway. Here are my shops Diane’s Etsy shop and Diane’s 1000 Markets Shop and Diane’s ArtFire Shop. This is a great opportunity and let’s hope one of you wins!

If you would like to join Design Style Guide, please click here:

Thanks for stopping by!

I am adding new things every day to my shops – I am getting back in the flow – so keep checking to see which one YOU want to take home!! Thank you!

~ Diane Clancy

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You can win a FREE $20 gift certificate to any of 3 of my shops … with FREE shipping and handling. For those who like my art, I hope you will take advantage of this free giveaway!!  I am also willing to list another image if you win and your favorite isn’t there.

The Design Style Guide is a wonderful place that is bringing together thousands of items that are appropriate for Home Decor. Their main purpose is to promote the team and its members to Interior Designers (and like-minded consumers) through various promotions and advertising techniques.   This is part of the move to promote handmade items instead of mass produced things. Their focus is on marketing and branding “Handmade Home Decor” to professional Interior Designers.

Design Style Guide Giveaway #5

They are having a series of giveaways – the current one with Diane Clancy (yes, ME!!) at Etsy and 1000 Markets.  This is a free giveaway and I encourage you to join in and see if you can win!!  The Giveaway is through October 20 – so join in today!!  Here are the details about the giveaway on the Design Style Blog.  You know my art – I encourage to go join in the giveaway. Here are my shops Diane’s Etsy shop and Diane’s 1000 Markets Shop and Diane’s ArtFire Shop. This is a great opportunity and let’s hope one of you wins!

If you would like to join Design Style Guide, please click here:

Thanks for stopping by!

I am adding new things every day to my shops – I am getting back in the flow – so keep checking to see which one YOU want to take home!! Thank you!

~ Diane Clancy

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Pam Baker of Magdalene Jewels featured me in a post!! Pam is featuring me mainly to help promote the Design Style Guide Giveaway #5.  In part Pam writes “Diane views her artwork as something to uplift and inspire other people For those familiar with her work know that her vision is to portray her artwork through her use of many vibrant colors.”  She also kindly featured me another time with a long detailed, lovely post on her blog.  Here is that post – called “An Artist with a Vision!”  Pam is such an incredible supporter … but make sure you get your entry in too to give you a chance of winning my FREE art at DSG Giveaway #5!! (http://designstyleguide.blogspot.com/2009/10/giveaway-5-featuring-diane-clancy.html)  Thank you, Pam!

Pam’s Blog, Magdalene Jewels

The Design Style Guide is a wonderful place that is bringing together thousands of items that are appropriate for Home Decor. Their main purpose is to promote the team and its members to Interior Designers (and like-minded consumers) through various promotions and advertising techniques. This is part of the move to promote handmade items instead of mass produced things. Their focus is on marketing and branding “Handmade Home Decor” to professional Interior Designers.

They are having a series of giveaways – the current one with Diane Clancy (yes, ME!!) at Etsy, 1000 Markets and ArtFire. This is a free giveaway and I encourage you to join in and see if you can win!! The Giveaway is through October 20 – so join in today!! Here are the details about the giveaway on the Design Style Blog. You know my art – I encourage to go join in the giveaway. Here are my shops Diane’s Etsy shop and Diane’s 1000 Markets Shop and Diane’s ArtFire Shop. This is a great opportunity and let’s hope one of you wins!

If you would like to join Design Style Guide, please click here:

Thanks for stopping by!

I am adding new things every day to my shops – I am getting back in the flow – so keep checking to see which one YOU want to take home!! Thank you!

~ Diane Clancy

Technorati Tags: Design Style Guide Giveaway, Etsy, 1000 Markets, ArtFire, Pam Baker, Magdalene Jewels

The Design Style Guide is a wonderful place that is bringing together thousands of items that are appropriate for Home Decor. Their main purpose is to promote the team and its members to Interior Designers (and like-minded consumers) through various promotions and advertising techniques.   This is part of the move to promote handmade items instead of mass produced things. Their focus is on marketing and branding “Handmade Home Decor” to professional Interior Designers.

Design Style Guide Giveaway #5

They are having a series of giveaways – the current one with Diane Clancy (yes, ME!!) at Etsy and 1000 Markets.  This is a free giveaway and I encourage you to join in and see if you can win!!  The Giveaway is through October 20 – so join in today!!  Here are the details about the giveaway on the Design Style Blog.  You know my art – I encourage to go join in the giveaway. Here are my shops Diane’s Etsy shop and Diane’s 1000 Markets Shop. This is a great opportunity and let’s hope one of you wins!

If you would like to join Design Style Guide, please click here:

Thanks for stopping by!

I am adding new things every day to my shops – I am getting back in the flow – so keep checking to see which one YOU want to take home!! Thank you!

~ Diane Clancy

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Recently were Part I,  Part II and Part III in this art marketing series – this is all in response to Sue O’Kieffe of Sacred Circle Mandalas (http://sacred-circle-mandalas.blogspot.com) who recently wrote me “i am curious to know out of all the ways you sell your art, which is the most profitable for you and which is the most enjoyable?” I have been getting some good feedback from various people that this is being helpful to them.

What a great question, Sue!!  I know some other artists sometimes read my blog – I hope everyone will chime in – this could be very helpful to us all!  I am really looking forward to hearing from others too!  We have already done an overview of offline selling (much more to be said about that!), online selling from a shop where you the seller ship directly to your customer, and online selling from a shop where the site produces the merchandise and ships directly to the customer.

Today we will focus on one online shop (Etsy) where you the artist (and seller) ship directly to the customer.  Check back in Part II to refresh your memory of some of the pluses and minuses of this method of online selling if you like. I have several online shops where I ship directly to the buyer – there are LOTS to chose from.  I will give you details about my 2 current favorites and tell you why I like them.  They are Etsy and 1000 Markets.  These are links directly to my shops – it is easy to go to the main pages from there. Some artists have other favorites and I hope you (they) will post about them in the comments!  I have decided to break this post into 2 parts … the length is way too long to read I think … so tomorrow will be 1000 Markets.

This is a framed print from my Etsy shop that showcases my vibrant, colorful painting of Conundrum I.  If you check out this link, you will see that I have different views of this collage.  Most of the shops allow you to have several images of your art.  I have the image itself, the print matted and the print framed.

Inner Flow II Framed Tile © Diane Clancy

If you notice, I also have a short story or description of the painting.  This gives one a way, a hook,  to bring the customer into the image … it helps draw someone into the picture and perhaps enhances their experience of our artwork.  Given that our collectors are collecting us, “the artist,” besides the painting … it is useful to reflect to them our way of looking at this image.  Of course, people can always have their own relationship with our painting … but this can be useful.  Most if not all of the shops allow you to entice the collector in this way.  Of course, one would also put other details about the item to inform the buyer.

But what makes Etsy different?  The question some of you are waiting to hear answered.  One of the best things about Etsy is the teams that are there.  You can join (or apply) to teams that interest you.  Some of the teams really work together to market and support each other.  Teams can be based on various interests – where one lives, what kind of work one sells, one’s age, one’s special interests … the list goes on and on.  Take a peek here to look at the teams (there are over 450).  I started to sell at Etsy once I got active on a couple of teams.

Through the teams one becomes more 3-dimensional … and remember, people are buying the artist, not just the art.  Many, but not all, of my sales have come from relationships I have built by being active in the Etsy community.  To get back to Sue’s question – Etsy is where (by far!!!) I have made the most money from online sales where I directly ship to people.  I have a fair amount of sales.  Many of them are for smallish amounts, but for quite awhile I had a steady flow of sales.

Another wonderful thing about Etsy is treasuries!  Here is the link to the treasuries – they are called “Curated, Shopping Galleries.” Anyone who is registered at Etsy can create a treasury.  One chooses 12 items and makes a mini-gallery – often with a theme.  Most of my sales from people who didn’t know me at all have come from treasuries … they are a great marketing tool!

Downsides of Etsy – one has to be registered at Etsy to buy an item.  Many sellers have requested a method to allow buyers to just drop in and buy … freely!  There are so many different shops now that one needs to work to stand out.  Art is not the best seller at Etsy – in many ways crafts have tended to sell better there – though the artists are working to change that.  The other shop owners at Etsy (and the buyers too) are part of what is great at Etsy!!  I have a how-to get started at Etsy if you want me to write up that post here – I don’t think I have posted it yet – I wrote it for the Artists Resource site a couple of us had started. We can certainly talk more about Etsy on another day … and feel free to make comments and I will do my best to anser them.

So I recommend Etsy as a place to open a shop for sure.  It has gotten some good publicity.  I welcome hearing from others what your experiences and thoughts are!!  We may differ for sure!  I hope that we can help each other know the strengths of each shop.  Please feel free to ask questions to get more information … thanks for coming by!!  I will post the 1000 Markets in the morning – it is already written – I just broke this post into 2 to make it more readable.

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The vibrant, colorful painting of In the Zone is now on a journal in my CafePress Shop. Gratefully today I realized that I could make a new journal and feel productive – so here it is.  Here is the link for this journal.  I think it is pretty cool – I hope you like it!  You can also get this at my Etsy Shop as an ACEO for $6.

In the Zone Journal © Diane Clancy

Since people are still buying functional items, I realized I can use some of my energy to create items in shops that you can use besides look at.  I think I might tackle shirts soon.  Any ideas?  Thank you for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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This vibrant, colorful painting was created for the 2009 WWAO Swap (Worldwide WOmen Artists Online).  It is an Art Card, ACEO (2 1/2 x 3 1/2″).  This one is called Shimmering Fields. It is a different style from the other flower pastels … I was playing around.  The original is gone, but prints are available.  Do you have a preference for one style over the other?

Today Susan Elkin and I went to the offline, real life meeting of the Western Mass (US) Street Team.  It was cool to meet some of the other Etsy sellers.  Search for the tag “WMass Team” if you want to see some work from this dynomite group!  Here is my shop and here is Susan’s shop.

Shimmering Fields, Pastel © Diane Clancy

WWAO on the site says “Worldwide Women Artists is an international collective of women artists showing and selling our work through the worldwide web. As women artists, we give birth to our ideas in a variety of styles and media. We embrace the diversity of each other’s work, celebrating the joy of creating our art and sharing it with the world. We welcome female visual artists from all over the world who create and sell their own original art.”

Thank you for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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Today is a glorious Spring day where I live!!  And it was warm at last!! Here is a vibrant, colorful painting for you to celebrate Spring!! Yippee!!

Spring Renewal, Digital © Diane Clancy

This is an ACEO in my Etsy Shop.  And right here is the listing for this Spring Renewal.  What have you been up to today?  Is it Spring or Fall you are enjoying (or not)?  Or perhaps you live near the equator and I am not sure how much there are seasons there.  Love to hear from you!  Thank you for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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Here is another two of these vibrant, colorful paintings – an Art Card, ACEO (2 1/2 x 3 1/2″).  I actually got these listed as originals in two of my shops!!  Each original is listed in only one shop – since I don’t want to deal with the possibility that at any original (so only ONE original) would sell at 2 shops at the same time!!  This one is listed at my 1000 Markets Shop – This Elegant Green pastel is for sale right here!  I might make some limited edition prints (that means, a certain number, not open-ended) … but there is just this one original!

Elegant Green, Pastel © Diane Clancy

This Purple Dusk pastel painting is listed in my Etsy Shop – I am delighted to show you it right here.  Saarmst1on Twitter called this a Purple Deco – I like that idea a lot!  I am very excited to at last get 2 of these in the shops online!!  Making progress!  Thank you so much for coming by and looking at these!  The originals have no signature on the front – only the back – and the color is more delicate than it is here.  The prints I make will be a little more vibrant as the color is here.  I lightened the images for the shops of the originals to more accurately represent the color.

Purple Dusk, Pastel © Diane Clancy

Thank you for stopping by!!  I would love to hear how YOU are!

~ Diane Clancy

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Jean Levert Hood of the BBEST Team featured me on the BBEST Team Blog yesterday.  There is a lovely writeup of me …  In part Jean says “I find Diane’s work to be energetic and yet peaceful. Her color choices, design and composition show a sharp eye for a creation sure to grace your walls! With work priced from $4.00 to well over $1000.00, you easily find something for every budget, any room, or that special gift.  … This is one talented lady!”  Thank you, Jean!

The BBEST Team at Etsy is a great group of people.  Here is what they say about BBEST on their BBEST Blog: “The BBEST Team is a vibrant and talented group of Etsians aged 40+ who are dedicated to Etsy which is synonymous with quality handmade items. Our very diverse group provides a place to chat, exchange ideas, help and support like minded members who call themselves the Boomers and Beyond Etsy Street Team.”

Irene of  www.themostsplendidday.blogspot.com said ” I would love to see more of your pastels, because I think your true artistry comes out best in those and they are so fabulous.” So this one is in honor of you Irene.  This is one of the vibrant, colorful pastel ACEOs that I created a couple of weeks ago. Irene went on to say “I think the computer does no justice to your talents, though you turn out nice things. I like the non virtual arts in which you excel. Even if they are the ACEO’s. Go and show those, they are lovely.”

Purple Harmony, Pastel © Diane Clancy

To be a broken record, I plan to get back to the studio to work in traditional mediums … Irene’s lovely encouragement helps me go in that direction.  Today I did manage to get somewhat back to work on digging out all the back-uped work from the family situations going on. It is one of those times for one foot after the other … and also getting into the studio.

I think I will put some prints of these pastels in my Etsy Shop.  I am working on some originals also so that I can list them in one or more of my online shops.  Let me know if you would like one … you can also buy one here.   Thank you for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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