I am making progress though, and actually enjoying the harassed feeling!!
First of all, I'd like to apologise to the people who were expecting this blog post to include a step by step Yorkshire Pudding tutorial... The truth is, my muffin tin is in an awful state that I really wouldn't want anyone but family to see, and I forgot to buy a new one for the tutorial... I'll try to remember this week and get the tutorial done soon!
I noticed recently that my views on Etsy go up a lot whenever I add a new item. I put some thought into what this possibly means, and discussed ideas with J and K. We all came to the conclusion that I need to be adding a new item as often as possible...
So, today begins a year of adding listings to Etsy on a daily basis:
This lovely hat and scarf set was added today. Yes, I know it's July - but I live in England! We had our few days of sunshine and warmth a while back, so my thoughts are turning to winter now!
I have 5 more sets similar to this already made up. They will be added over the next few days.
The hat and scarf were made to use up some of the yarn I bought for a custom order - yes, really, a custom order! The customer wanted a small bag in a deep purple colour... I only needed 100g for the bag, but I couldn't find any suitable yarn in the right colour and ended up buying a massive 400g ball!
Here's the bag:
I also tried out a new bag design. I had an idea of how I wanted it to look, so I sat down with notepad and pen, hook and yarn, and made the bag. It's not often an idea works straight away, so I'm really pleased with it!
Do you remember this from my last post?
This preserve jar cover is on its way to Canada, where it will be appearing on a market helping to display the wonderful flowers made by Stephanie! Please have a look at Stephanie's Etsy shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/berryisland
It's been so wet here, that I haven't been taking many photos of scenery. I did test out my photographic skills by taking some photos from the car:
I'm really quite surprised at how well this turned out - especially considering we were going about 50mph at the time!
Lately, I've been wondering what to do with my yarn trimmings. I was planning to stuff a small pillow with them when I had enough, but decided that washing said pillow could be pretty troublesome as they are various materials, weights, etc.
I was looking at my bag of trimmings when Miss E came along and gave me an idea:
Purr-fect! All of the trimmings are now back in the bag and waiting for our next play session!
Lesson learned: One woman's trash, is one cat's treasure!
Love the cat treasure! Good luck with etsy, I have a shop and it's strange how things work on it when some get loads of sales and others very little. There has to be a method somewhere and I think your idea of putting things on daily is good. I've been blitzing it this past week and will try to do so each week. We'll see how we get on. Only July but xmas is a comin'......gifts etc! Suzy, your new follower x
ReplyDeleteThanks, Suzy! Yes, let's hope we can get this worked out and make a lot of sales!
DeleteI love your shops!! Feel free to add the links!
Best wishes,
Dawn.
Good luck with your Etsy store, It sounds like things are going well. I love your photo from the car, the view is amazing. Thank you for the lovely comment on my dress. It's a super easy pattern and I think anyone could make it. I wish I was a bit closer to help you with your sewing machine. I use YouTube all the time to help me out.
ReplyDeleteNow I know what to do with my ORT! MInd you there's enough mess in my little den.
ReplyDeleteLove from Mum
xx