gawker artists & trunkt

Yesterday was one of the best and most important days so far for my business. First, I was accepted to Gawker Artists. You can see my page here. Gawker Artists is an online exhibition for emerging artists run by the gossip website Gawker. I'm so thankful to the curator, Liz Dimmitt, who runs Gumshoe Culture.



The other equally as exciting thing is that I was accepted to Trunkt. See my portfolio here. Trunkt is a website that helps bring wholesalers and artists together, and the company I am in over there is fabulous. I hope there is never a day when things like this don't mean something to me.

I have so many things storming around in my brain that I need to do! I get so quickly bored with my blog, I think it may even be time for a new design, and perhaps for my domain as well. What do you think? I'm very critical of my own work, never happy with it, even though to others its fine.

One thing I'm working on right now is adding notecards to my shop. I have them, as you saw here, but I keep debating with myself over whether I want a .10" or .25" white border around the photo. I know, I know, stop thinking about it and put 'em in your shop before Mother's Day! Well, I'm working on it!

inspiration daily

I am so excited! Ez of Creature Comforts featured me as her Inspiration Daily yesterday, April 14th. Check it out here. Thank you so much, Ez!

The photograph featured, Like a Painting, is available in my shop, right here!

new prints in the shop

I'm sorry for my absense over the past week and a half! The first part of last week I was at my mom's house in New Jersey taking pictures. This is one of them, and I've listed five more in my shop. Coming soon: Notecards! Perfect for Mother's Day.

Another new thing is that I am now offering a free sheet of mini Through the Viewfinder series stickers with your order when you sign up for my mailing list! Sign up on the sidebar on the right or visit aliciahurst.com.

shop opens today

My shop is officially open today!

This has got to be the most nerve-wracking thing I've ever done! The past month leading up to today, trying to finish getting everything ready late last night, waking up hours earlier than usual to begin listing. Listing itself! Crazy.

Make sure you head over to my shop! It's going to be a crazy day. I don't think I will list everything today, so if you don't see something you like right away, stay tuned because there is more to come.

photo of a photo

In each of my Etsy listings, I plan to have one digital image of the photograph and one photo of the actual print (as seen below), and perhaps also a framed version, too. So far there are two possible locations for taking photos of my prints. I'm also considering bringing them to the park and taking them in or around trees, and another option is to set up a clothes hanger on the wall and clip each photo to a clotheshanger. I love that idea, but the lighting in my apartment is so poor, I've been considering these other options.

Do you prefer either of these? These are just test shots, so quality will likely improve for the final version.