Squirrels, Woodpeckers, and Treasury HTML-ing Tools

I started this post because I was dying to try out the Etsy Treasury HTML Code Generator made by Whale Shark Websites. (And detailed on the Handmadeology blog. Thank you, Handmadeology!) "Aha!" I thought "What a nice idea for a quick blog post. Surely this will put me back on the path to blogging every single day!"
As is my habit, however, I blew this project all out of proportion, and now it's this monster post. Hi!
Okay. So. What better way to test out this tool than by illustrating the ancient war that has been raging on my porch all summer?
Squirrels. Woodpeckers. What do they have in common? They both covet acorns. Specifically the acorns that the woodpeckers have been *ahem* squirreling away under the eaves and in the walls of my house for, oh, eons. The squirrels got wind of this, and bam! Turf war, right on my porch. Right in front of my studio window, in fact. Now, before you accuse me of having a wild imagination and a lying cheating heart, BEHOLD THE FOOTAGE:

Squirrels hate Woodpeckers. And vice versa. from Absolutely Small on Vimeo.

There. Actual, filmy proof of the hatred squirrels and woodpeckers harbor in their bosoms for one another. On my porch. And walls.
And here's the treasury to commemorate The Great Squirrel/Woodpecker Battle of 2011:

'Squirrels vs Woodpeckers' by absolutelysmall

Squirrels and Woodpeckers are mortal enemies. I know this because there is currently a turf war on my porch. At stake are literally THOUSANDS of acorns stuffed into the walls and under the eaves. Who will win? Only time will tell.

ORIGINAL Squirrel Water... WaterInMyPaint $40.00	WOODPECKER Bird Waterco... lorisworld $18.00	Still I Love Snow - Squ... mingtaphotogra... $15.00	ACEO signed PRINT - Woo... poordogfarm $5.00
garden woodpecker limit... beethings $25.00	Squirrel Art - Jane Ste... amberalexander $20.00	5x7 Print Downy Woodpec... studiotuesday $18.00	Peek - Grey and Brown S... ByTheWinter $12.00
Meet Sam The Smallest S... doodlebirdie $20.00	Woodpecker, Limited Edi... badbird $60.00	Love to Swing - PRINT JAustinRyan $16.00	Woodpecker print 5x7 berkleyillustr... $10.00
Red-headed Woodpecker W... SandraHealy $45.00	Squirrel Art - Dionysus... amberalexander $20.00	Needle Felted Red Belli... InspirationByK... $175.00	Needle Felted Wool Ani... darialvovsky $98.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Look at that! You can click on everything! And I coded NOTHING! Hooray!
In other words, dang, this tool is fun. I see myself making a LOT more treasuries in the future thanks to this baby.
Go forth and add treasuries to your blogs willy nilly, people!

Putting on an Etsy Sale

It's been a really long time since I've put on any sort of Etsy sale, mostly because it's so darn inconvenient. My shop usually hovers between 150-200 items, so going through and editing each listing (and then editing them back) is really NOT an option. Or I could tell people to check out like normal, and then wait for a revised invoice...yeah. Shockingly, that doesn't go well, either.

But then.

Etsy on Sale came along, and changed everything. For those not yet introduced, Etsy on Sale is a 3rd party ap that connects to your Etsy account and allows you to easily put your shop on sale mode. No more editing every listing yourself! No more revised invoice nonsense!

There's already a really great tutorial on how to use it over at the Handmadeology blog.
Or if you want to just jump in and take it for a spin, hop over to Etsy on Sale!

My own experience with the Etsy on Sale ap has been great so far. I found the ap easy to work with, and better yet, it actually WORKS! (I've been having such troubles with Etsy lately...all that reconfiguring and redesigning has left most of my Etsy Hacks sadly non-working, and me sadly too lazy/pregnancy brain addled to deal with them.)

The only thing I found a little squirrely is that if you relist an expired item, it doesn't have the markdowns taken. Which makes total sense, actually. Just a minor inconvenience.

I set my sale as 20% EVERYTHING in my shop, from now until Nov. 13th. So far, people seem to be really responding well to it! (Which is awesome, as it has been a slooooow Fall.)

I also followed another Handmadeology blog post, Running an Etsy Sale But Nobody Knows, to get the word out. That seems to be helping a ton!
I've set up a giveaway on my Facebook Fan Page to help spread the word...and that actually has not been going so well. Oops. (I'm giving away 2 Chickenpants at the end of the sale. And so far, I have a whopping two comments. Feel free to hop on over there, leave a comment and massage my poor broken ego. I'm pregnant! Pity me! Feed me cookies!)

Have you put on a sale with this ap? I'd love to hear your experiences. And if you're currently running a sale, by all means leave a link in your comment with the details!