The past week or so has been sheer insanity. I've been trying to get my craft room set up. Its still not quite completely ready. Hopefully by the end of this week, it will be. I did utilize the space though already. I've made a few gifts. And several new pieces of jewelry. Just over twenty to be exact.
I absolutely love making jewelry, I'm just not so fond of getting it posted for sale. Its a time consuming process. Pictures have to be taken. Etsy allows five pictures per item. So I end up taking at least ten pictures for each piece. You never know how the picture really looks until I get it up on my computer. Then I have to figure out which five pictures best show the piece. And which one should be the main picture that's shown. Each item needs a title. And a description. My description also involves what changes I can make to the piece for a customer and shipping info. You have to label each item into a category, then tag it. Oh, I almost forgot... I have to measure each piece, so people know exactly how big something is.
Once I get all of them onto Etsy, I still have to post on Facebook and Twitter. Twitter is easy. Facebook involves uploading more pictures. And I go back to write the title and put a link with each photo. I try to make it as easy as possible for someone to find the item they want.
But enough about jewelry and sales...
Mother's Day is upon us as well. So I've been trying to collect things for my mom's gift without her finding out what it is. Hopefully it will remain a secret until Sunday, and I hope she likes it.
Last thing... My baby brother is going to be a Marine! He's set to go to bootcamp soon. I honestly can't believe he's growing up so fast. I know that sounds like a motherly thing to say, but I can remember just a few years ago, he was shorter than me. And I'm barely over 5 feet. Now he towers over me by pretty much a foot. Time flies. He will be 19 years old in a few months.
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Little bit of self promotion...
The site for my jewelry is http://www.etsy.com/shop/MBSummer . There will be more than just jewelry soon. I'm hoping to post clothing in the near future, along with other things.
If you're on Facebook, my jewelry page is http://www.facebook.com/pages/Summer-Designs</span>/15459219126979
If you're on Twitter, my jewelry page is https://twitter.com/#!/Summer_Designs
