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HOLIDAY SALE now going on in my ETSY SHOP! { winter art } [seasonal decor ]
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Wishing everyone the happiest of Thanksgivings! There is so much to be thankful for and I appreciate the support of and interest in my art. xo With a thankful heart, I decided to start my holiday sale early and it is now running in my ETSY SHOP. It's the one time my prices drop this low with 40% off on many of my works! The sale will run through Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and end on Cyber Monday. Independent artists are small businesses - we are your neighbors and friends and we buy local and support local businesses and industries!
Wishing you many blessings and much to give thanks for!
Wishing you many blessings and much to give thanks for!
Etsy's Front Page! Ohio Fine Art Photographer
Friday, June 22, 2012
Etsy changes their Front Page many times throughout each day. The Front Page showcases collections curated by Etsy members, and is a wonderful way to have your work literally front and center! Once of my fine art photographs was in a collection that made Front Page this morning! Woohoo! Please stop & visit the amazing artist that area part of this collection with me!
Gorgeous, Unique Handmade Art and Gifts ~ Discover Etsy!
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
ETSY???
A lot of people say "What is Etsy?", when I tell them I have an online Etsy shop. Well, in the words of Etsy, it is the worldwide online venue where you can buy and sell handmade or vintage items, art and supplies. For a great You-tube video on Etsy, look HERE. For me, Etsy is a way to show and sell my fine art photography. It is a community of indie (independent) artists all over the world. It is a place to buy or sell handmade goods and art. I feel it is a personalized experience for both buyers & sellers. In a way it is the opposite of everything "Big Box". And in a very basic way - the Etsy shops in the US are home grown small business with made in America goods and art. The basis of Etsy are "Treasuries" which showcase specific items. If one of these treasuries gets lots of traffic, it has a chance to make it to the "Front Page" of Etsy. Below is a Treasury which I curated showcasing of the beautiful and unique items found on Etsy! You can click on individual items to be taken to the direct link and shop. Enjoy!
A lot of people say "What is Etsy?", when I tell them I have an online Etsy shop. Well, in the words of Etsy, it is the worldwide online venue where you can buy and sell handmade or vintage items, art and supplies. For a great You-tube video on Etsy, look HERE. For me, Etsy is a way to show and sell my fine art photography. It is a community of indie (independent) artists all over the world. It is a place to buy or sell handmade goods and art. I feel it is a personalized experience for both buyers & sellers. In a way it is the opposite of everything "Big Box". And in a very basic way - the Etsy shops in the US are home grown small business with made in America goods and art. The basis of Etsy are "Treasuries" which showcase specific items. If one of these treasuries gets lots of traffic, it has a chance to make it to the "Front Page" of Etsy. Below is a Treasury which I curated showcasing of the beautiful and unique items found on Etsy! You can click on individual items to be taken to the direct link and shop. Enjoy!
'Lighter Than Air ...' by joystclaire
Since it is soooo very hot here in Ohio, I thought a cool, breezy beautiful treasury would help! Happy Summer!
 CLOCK buJACZEk foLK whi... $55.00 |  Modern Day Aristocrat T... $65.00 |  Faded Pink - Fine Art V... $10.00 |  Vintage French Dining T... $1640.00 |
 Farmhouse Burlap Bolste... $20.00 |  A kind of hush - Fine a... $30.00 |  Vintage Painted Cottage... $1595.00 |  Crocheted pure new wool... $20.00 |
 ivory, champagne celebr... $39.50 |  bird canvases $42.00 |  Pleated String Lights $174.00 |  BIANCA layered capes bo... $168.00 |
 Forged Steel Clock $190.00 |  Pincushion - Felted Cup... $30.00 |  Felted slippers - will ... $73.00 |  50% off with code TRAC5... $97.00 |
Eco Chic Green Art Festival! Eco Chic Craftacular! {Columbus Ohio Artist and Photographer}
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
I'm so excited to be an exhibitor artist at this fabulous juried show in Clintonville this weekend at the Whetstone Park Recreation Center on North High Street. This is Etsy Team Columbus' 3rd Annual Eco Chic Craftacular!! The event is a large 2 day indie craft show, indoors and outdoors, promoting green living, community involvement, handmade art and crafts, buying local to support the economy, and plain old having fun. We have live music, crafts for kids, free swag bags, raffle for AWESOME prizes, live demonstrations and more! Stop by for great food, music and art! There will even be a worm composting demonstration and other great green living demos!
Interview by Etsy Team Columbus (ETC)!
Saturday, March 12, 2011
I was delighted to be interviewed by members of Etsy Team Columbus - a great group of women artists here in Central Ohio. This post appeared on their Blog, and I decided to cross post here!!
Etsy Team Columbus Blog Interview
1. Tell Us a bit about yourself. (Please include your Etsy Shop name, real name, how long you’ve been a member of the team and whatever you want us to know about you. You may also talk a little bit about your family here.)
Joy StClaire shop: http://www.joystclaire.etsy.com/ Website: http://www.ohjoyphotography.com/
I’ve been a member of ETC for not quite a year & have been active with my shop for a year this January. I live in NE Columbus with my dog Maggie May & 2 kitties. I’m happily single and am fortunate to have wonderful friends to fill in as family (my parents passed 16 years ago).
2. Apart from creating things, What do you do?
I’m a portrait photographer, although I guess I’m still creating there!! My other passion is gardening. When I was little, I turned my Barbie into a Gardener Barbie! I’m very into eco conscious garden design & plantings using native plants. I stay grounded by taking daily walks with Maggie & bird watching along the walk (I am a closet birder!). When I can, I take off to northern Michigan to recharge my creative & spiritual well (& take fine art photos). And foraging in thrift stores makes me happy, especially if I find a great vintage camera!
3. What first made you want to become an Artist?
Now I know I was born that way – seeing things a certain way. But it was about 5 years ago when I enrolled in a workshop at my church called “The Artist’s Way” – based on the book by Julia Cameron. When I was younger, I always thought I was “strange” because I had trouble fitting “in the box”. It was through that workshop I realized what I was calling “strange” was actually being creative. It was that year I started my portrait photography business. Alternating between portrait work and my fine art photography helps keep me fresh creatively.
4. Tell us about your Art/Craft.
I am a fine art photographer 9portraits & landscapes). Many years ago (a LONG time ago!) I shot film & focused on black and white work. I still have my 2 original Ricoh 35mm cameras. About 8 years ago, I switched to digital out of necessity.
5. Please describe your Creative Process.
In my digital work, I process my photographs using Adobe Lightroom and have created specific presets to give my work its signature tones and hues. I also use Photoshop Elements to apply textures to some of my work. Flower photograph and still life works are my favorites. I will often get a subject and look at it for a couple days. Then I try to see it in a very different way – to stretch myself beyond my initial ideas.
6. What Handmade possession(s) do you most cherish?
Gifts from other artists – painted stones, a 2011 calendar, jewelry, photographs. These are all things that remind me of the maker - & that is what holds the value for me. Each time I see the handmade, I think of the artist.
7. What advice would you give to artists that are new to Etsy Team Columbus? If you are a new member within the past year, What are you looking forward to being a new member of the team?
I’m a relatively new member to Etsy and ETC, so I’m not sure I have advice yet! But I’m looking forward to participating with others in ETC in learning and growing as an artist.
8. What are your Favorite features on Etsy? What new features would you like to see?
I’m really pleased that we can now search for items among our favorites. I’m still trying to get the hang of circles. I’m liking the activity feed. In some ways I feel Etsy is trying to become a bit like Facebook & I would like to see them focus more on business/selling.
9. How do you promote your work? (You don’t have to go into super detail but please be specific.)
I try to blog as much as I can – when I have a new product or sale I blog about it. My blog is also “networked” on FB so when I post to my blog, it automatically goes to my personal & to my Business FB pages. I also “tweet” (still trying to get the hang of that) about treasuries I’m in, sales, portrait promos and I try to do the Follow Friday on Twitter. I have a fan page on FB and through google analytics, it seems I get quite a bit of traffic to my Etsy through my Facebook business page. I send emails out to friends/aquaintenances about sales or news I’d like to share.
10. Where can we find you on the web? (Please include your Etsy website, a personal site if you have one, your Facebook/MySpace page and/or blog. Only include the sites you want to share with the general public.)
You can find me on the web in these places:
ETSY: http://www.joystclaire.etsy.com/
WEBSITE: http://www.ohjoyphotography.com/
BLOG: http://www.joystclaire.blogspot.com/
FB: http:///www.facebook.com/ohjoyphotography1
Twitter: @joystclaire
11. In ten years where would you like to be artistically and personally.
Wow – this is going to sound like a bio at the end of a book! Lol! But I believe in living with intention – picture it & make it so!
Joy StClaire works out of her studio in a rustic cottage in Northwestern Michigan near the Lake Michigan shoreline. She is thrilled over the recent opening of her natural light portrait & fine art studio, and has begun offering classes in fine art & portrait photography. Visit her at art shows nationwide. She lives with her husband and 3 dogs in the log and stone home they designed together.
Etsy Team Columbus Blog Interview
1. Tell Us a bit about yourself. (Please include your Etsy Shop name, real name, how long you’ve been a member of the team and whatever you want us to know about you. You may also talk a little bit about your family here.)
Joy StClaire shop: http://www.joystclaire.etsy.com/ Website: http://www.ohjoyphotography.com/
I’ve been a member of ETC for not quite a year & have been active with my shop for a year this January. I live in NE Columbus with my dog Maggie May & 2 kitties. I’m happily single and am fortunate to have wonderful friends to fill in as family (my parents passed 16 years ago).
2. Apart from creating things, What do you do?
I’m a portrait photographer, although I guess I’m still creating there!! My other passion is gardening. When I was little, I turned my Barbie into a Gardener Barbie! I’m very into eco conscious garden design & plantings using native plants. I stay grounded by taking daily walks with Maggie & bird watching along the walk (I am a closet birder!). When I can, I take off to northern Michigan to recharge my creative & spiritual well (& take fine art photos). And foraging in thrift stores makes me happy, especially if I find a great vintage camera!
3. What first made you want to become an Artist?
Now I know I was born that way – seeing things a certain way. But it was about 5 years ago when I enrolled in a workshop at my church called “The Artist’s Way” – based on the book by Julia Cameron. When I was younger, I always thought I was “strange” because I had trouble fitting “in the box”. It was through that workshop I realized what I was calling “strange” was actually being creative. It was that year I started my portrait photography business. Alternating between portrait work and my fine art photography helps keep me fresh creatively.
4. Tell us about your Art/Craft.
I am a fine art photographer 9portraits & landscapes). Many years ago (a LONG time ago!) I shot film & focused on black and white work. I still have my 2 original Ricoh 35mm cameras. About 8 years ago, I switched to digital out of necessity.
5. Please describe your Creative Process.
In my digital work, I process my photographs using Adobe Lightroom and have created specific presets to give my work its signature tones and hues. I also use Photoshop Elements to apply textures to some of my work. Flower photograph and still life works are my favorites. I will often get a subject and look at it for a couple days. Then I try to see it in a very different way – to stretch myself beyond my initial ideas.
6. What Handmade possession(s) do you most cherish?
Gifts from other artists – painted stones, a 2011 calendar, jewelry, photographs. These are all things that remind me of the maker - & that is what holds the value for me. Each time I see the handmade, I think of the artist.
7. What advice would you give to artists that are new to Etsy Team Columbus? If you are a new member within the past year, What are you looking forward to being a new member of the team?
I’m a relatively new member to Etsy and ETC, so I’m not sure I have advice yet! But I’m looking forward to participating with others in ETC in learning and growing as an artist.
8. What are your Favorite features on Etsy? What new features would you like to see?
I’m really pleased that we can now search for items among our favorites. I’m still trying to get the hang of circles. I’m liking the activity feed. In some ways I feel Etsy is trying to become a bit like Facebook & I would like to see them focus more on business/selling.
9. How do you promote your work? (You don’t have to go into super detail but please be specific.)
I try to blog as much as I can – when I have a new product or sale I blog about it. My blog is also “networked” on FB so when I post to my blog, it automatically goes to my personal & to my Business FB pages. I also “tweet” (still trying to get the hang of that) about treasuries I’m in, sales, portrait promos and I try to do the Follow Friday on Twitter. I have a fan page on FB and through google analytics, it seems I get quite a bit of traffic to my Etsy through my Facebook business page. I send emails out to friends/aquaintenances about sales or news I’d like to share.
10. Where can we find you on the web? (Please include your Etsy website, a personal site if you have one, your Facebook/MySpace page and/or blog. Only include the sites you want to share with the general public.)
You can find me on the web in these places:
ETSY: http://www.joystclaire.etsy.com/
WEBSITE: http://www.ohjoyphotography.com/
BLOG: http://www.joystclaire.blogspot.com/
FB: http:///www.facebook.com/ohjoyphotography1
Twitter: @joystclaire
11. In ten years where would you like to be artistically and personally.
Wow – this is going to sound like a bio at the end of a book! Lol! But I believe in living with intention – picture it & make it so!
Joy StClaire works out of her studio in a rustic cottage in Northwestern Michigan near the Lake Michigan shoreline. She is thrilled over the recent opening of her natural light portrait & fine art studio, and has begun offering classes in fine art & portrait photography. Visit her at art shows nationwide. She lives with her husband and 3 dogs in the log and stone home they designed together.
Collaboration with Polarity on Etsy {Columbus Ohio Fine Art Photographer}
Thursday, March 3, 2011
For weeks, I have been keeping this under wraps & I can finally make the announcement! (I am such a good secret keeper!) I'm delighted to have entered into a collaboration with the fabulous Polarity! Since I first saw her picture lockets, I have been smitten! Her lockets are recycled steel auto parts, and include a set of 3 interchangeable tops. So fresh and clever & eco chic! To see what we came up with & for more info, STOP IN HERE.
In her own words about her shop and lockets:
Polarity Lockets™ are the original magnetic, interchangeable jewelry! I weld, with love and propane, these adorable little lockets from a recycled steel auto part that with the help of a strong little magnet turns one piece of jewelry into many! Doing more with less is something I am absolutely committed to!
I collaborate with the most amazing and talented artists to bring you the most gorgeous and unique jewelry you will find anywhere.
I am a mad scientist mom living life with polarity (the presence or manifestation of two opposite or contrasting principles or tendencies) at the beautiful Jersey shore!
I seek to repurpose sustainable materials in unique and beautiful ways and leave the lightest possible footprint in my wake. The polarity locket is made from a used steel auto part that has been given new life as a piece of jewelry that with the help of a very strong magnet and some beautiful lids can turn one piece of jewelry into several- the idea of doing more with less is something I am absolutely committed to embracing in all facets of my work and life!
Steel's distinctive environmental fingerprint has many advantages. More than half of the steel we see around us has already been recycled from scrap. This valuable material from old buildings, bridges etc. is a powerful energy and resource saver. It takes at least 60% less energy to produce steel from scrap than it does from iron ore. Waste disposal problems are lessened because used steel can be recycled over and over and its magnetic properties make it easier to separate in the waste stream.
A ROMANTIC AFTERNOON SET
BEACH SET
DIVA DOGS SET
In her own words about her shop and lockets:
Polarity Lockets™ are the original magnetic, interchangeable jewelry! I weld, with love and propane, these adorable little lockets from a recycled steel auto part that with the help of a strong little magnet turns one piece of jewelry into many! Doing more with less is something I am absolutely committed to!
I collaborate with the most amazing and talented artists to bring you the most gorgeous and unique jewelry you will find anywhere.
I am a mad scientist mom living life with polarity (the presence or manifestation of two opposite or contrasting principles or tendencies) at the beautiful Jersey shore!
I seek to repurpose sustainable materials in unique and beautiful ways and leave the lightest possible footprint in my wake. The polarity locket is made from a used steel auto part that has been given new life as a piece of jewelry that with the help of a very strong magnet and some beautiful lids can turn one piece of jewelry into several- the idea of doing more with less is something I am absolutely committed to embracing in all facets of my work and life!
Steel's distinctive environmental fingerprint has many advantages. More than half of the steel we see around us has already been recycled from scrap. This valuable material from old buildings, bridges etc. is a powerful energy and resource saver. It takes at least 60% less energy to produce steel from scrap than it does from iron ore. Waste disposal problems are lessened because used steel can be recycled over and over and its magnetic properties make it easier to separate in the waste stream.
A ROMANTIC AFTERNOON SET
BEACH SET
DIVA DOGS SET
The Gulf Coast Disaster
Monday, June 7, 2010
Images of tar balls on beaches and oil covered birds and wildlife are streaming across our TV screens, computer screens and iPhones. The lives of animals & oil rig workers, & the livelihoods of Gulf Coast residents are being lost. I feel helpless.
A shop on Etsy, Help the Gulf Coast, has been formed uniting Etsy sellers to bring help to the Gulf Coast. Proceeds from sales from this special shop will be split 50/50 between Oxfam America & American Bird Conservancy . This is a great opportunity to purchase art by independent (indie) artists and at the same time have your purchase help OUR Gulf Coast in this disaster. We can do little things to make a difference! Please visit this shop. If you are an artist, please consider making a donation to this shop. I have donated the above image to this cause and will be donating more art in the future.
Mother's Day / Central Ohio Fine Art Photographer
Friday, April 23, 2010
Mother's Day is just around the corner - where has the year gone? Moms always deserve to know they are appreciated. Are you doing something special for your Mom? Have your told her, or written her a note about just how much she means to you, about what a wonderful person/mom she is, about what a difference she makes? This day is also to make sure all the important women who have been like a mom know how much they are appreciated. Most people know that my Mom passed 15 years ago... what I wouldn't give to be able to give her a hug & tell her I love her. My Aunt Bernie stepped into the surrogate mom shoes & I try to tell her everytime I talk with her that I love her & she means the world to me!
If your are looking for a one of kind gift of art for your mom or someone special, stop by my shop for my Mother's Day sale! Until Mother's Day I will be having a Buy One/Get One sale... so treat yourself, too!
Tutus!! / Joy St.Claire, Central Ohio Childrens Photographer
Friday, April 16, 2010
This past Sunday was the most beautiful Spring day! The sun was shining & the spring trees were in all their glory. I met a friend at my favorite park - Inniswood Metropark - to do some shooting on my day off. In addition to getting some beautiful shots for my Etsy shop, I met a wonderfully talented mom who started her own business making boutique tutus. Let me tell you - they are just gorgeous! Her attention to detail and workmanship make these little tutus stand out! I'm looking forward to adding some of these gorgeous tutus to my collection and using them in upcoming portrait sessions! Find Janie Girl tutus on Facebook or inquire at janiegirltutus@yahoo.com
Valentine's Day Sale on my Etsy!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
I'm sharing the love in my Etsy shop! Through Valentine's day, I'm having a buy one get one sale!! Treat yourself to a little something - and give a little something to a friend - for free.
