New Site?

I have been toying with the idea of starting a new site.  With the new hobby of knitting, a developing hobby of photography, and a general lifestyle of making and selling things, I am thinking of having a store/photo/blog.  There's so much info and it seems pretty easy to pull off.  At the moment I am overwhelmed by the possibilities.  Wordpress seems to be a good option and I've found that you can actually have a store on your blog there.  Another option would be to have a blog with links to a store set up at etsy.  Anybody have any experience with either a storefront blog or blogging linked to etsy.  I don't want to lose the personal feel of a blog by adding a store...  Hmmm.... options.