Catching Up

It has been too long since my last blog post. Mea culpa mea culpa. Last weekend was a whirlwind of delight. The hubby and I stayed out late last Thursday night-5am late. And slept most of the next day which was a friday. Checked my shop at about 4pm. And it was abuzz. Literally, well-maybe there were no bees there but.... it had been dead for a week and now it was aflame. 9 conversations to answer, 7 sales. Of course my first reaction is what the sweet potatoes! It seems that one of my pieces had been included in a storque blog titled "Etsy Finds; Free Delivery" something like that. Well, I had like 66 views the day before and 1,394 that friday. Of course I am telling you the truth. Mount Vesuvius. Over 120 people added me as a favorite shop, and it resulted in about 20 sales directly. My shop still is running 120-130 views a day. I think I had hitched my overall shop threshold a little higher. Yippee, yahoo. Bought alot of supplies this month. The czech beads are so gorgeous! Drooling gorgeous. And I am aiming for better quality materials-pure copper and brass chains, sterling silver and gold filled, handpatinaed, pearls. It makes working with the materials joyful and confident. Thank you Beloved Divine One.

Meditation or Chocolate and Coffee for Breakfast

One is reality-the other is not. I am in a desert of no sales right now in the shop. I have humans coming to see-around 100 yesterday, but not really any sales. I try to wax philosophical about it. This will happen I say. To everybody. But then I look at another shop.....let us say 'Sparkle Peach' and see they have 1400 sales in the same amount of time, and I think-well, obviously not everybody. Can those sales be real? Let's see-6 months x 30 days=180 days. 1400 divided by 180=8ish sales a day. If those sales averaged $20 each-that is 160 per day or 4,800 per month minus everything they do to make a profit. Well. I didnt get the job in Topeka. I feel that I am being stripped bare. I hope it is for some great purpose-like to be made pure. Or to prepare me for some great new phase. I get scared when I think the rest was an illusion and I am nothing really. To help counter this pain (this pain) I bought 300 dollars worth of supplies on etsy and had coffee and chocolate for breakfast. Om.

Satisfaction

I am satisfied with my shop right now. The happiest I have been with it since I started. When I go through the items, I like what I see. Which means of course-that I need to step up and push the boundaries a little. I don't have big dreams with my etsy shop. I never planned on developing my own jewelry line and going mainstream. I may however-place some pieces in our local art building. I would love to increase my profits..I wont mention any dollar goals here, but enough that I would not have to work at another job. When I order supplies-I order them with purpose and intent. I used to order them like I bought fabric, just to add to my pallette, my stash. In case I needed some of 'that'. Now I order because I can see what I will do with it.

It does look like I will be working at a 'real' job soon. I think I have a job working at the Topeka Marian Clinic as a part-time nurse for 4 months. It is just about perfect. It is across the street from where my husband works. We will be able to drive together and the hours are exactly the same. It is 3) 8 hour shifts. And it is over at the end of September. It gives me 4 months to pay off bills and build up my store so that when it ends 'Gamut' will be stronger. I put up a few new things I especially like.