New in the Etsy shop - Market Totes

Finally! I got three of this new item listed today...

The photos aren't perfect, but the wind is gale force today and the sun hasn't been cooperating.

But it's better than no listing at all.

I'm really thrilled with how these came out. I've got them available in Natural colored cotton duck right now, but white will be coming very soon.

Thrift Store Score!

For those of you who are not sewing geeks like myself, this is a classic how-to book. I spied it at my local thrift store for 50 cents.

I was a hero at the cash register. Apparently, the two women at the register were also sewing geeks, who hadn't been able to check out the table where this book was hiding.

Ah... the thrill of the hunt.

Woot! First Sales!

It's such a huge relief to have my first sales on etsy! Two of them, to be precise.

I'm really looking forward to having some sunshine tomorrow to get some photos done. I've got Craft Aprons and Market Totes just waiting for their closeup.

Thank you universe.

Sometimes, when you have too many irons in the fire and your etsy banner is looking funky and you wonder if you have made any headway at all in the past 5 days, you come across exactly what you need to hear.

So, in lieu of an actual post with actual thoughts and words, please enjoy these wiser words at Modish Biz.

Let's get this first post out of the way, shall we?

Hi to all! Welcome to Merit Made. My name is Mendy, and I have an etsy shop called Merit Market.

On this blog, we'll talk about crafts, look at pretty, pretty pictures, and hopefully exchange some good ideas.

Now I'm going to go mark "First Blog Post" off of my to-do list.