Some of my favorite items

Thought I would spotlight some of the items going into my favorites listing on Etsy;

http://www.etsy.com/listing/93540417/unique-dark-blue-flower-cabochon-stud

http://www.etsy.com/listing/93545320/pillow-cover-grapes-blue-green-cream

http://www.etsy.com/listing/93253931/aqua-green-and-aqua-blue-aventurine

I apparently have a BLUE thing going on this week :)

2012 Tasks for Business

Well, we can cross another to do off the list for 2012, I signed up for my first of many craft fairs that I want to do this year. It is not going to be easy to fit them in between my husbands busy work schedule, but if I don't, I run the risk of not getting my name out there and no business.

He was able to give me the last three days off, so I put them to good use, I have a good stock of items in which to set up a pretty decent display of items, and hopefully a good enough mix to be able to attract some perspective buyers.

I also was able to finally get the graphics in my front window, after observing for the last three days the volume  of people who think my house is a actual Quilt Shop, I wish. The city unfortunately would frown deeply on that, seeing as I live in a residential area with business down the end of the street but none directly on it :) We had lettering made up to announce that I do online sales only. Free local delivery,in case anybody wants to order in the immediate area, and my addition, Like me on Facebook. I was figuring with that last addition that it would be a good way of collecting people that I can keep updated on what craft fair I will be vending at or any new product that I am in the process of doing that can be bought or customized before it is listed.

BNR

Well, I took the leap tonight, after lurking to observe how things were done, I leaped in and joined the Promotional Frenzy BNR tonight. As of when I am writing this, my item is still sitting there waiting to have somebody visit my shop, but I guess these things take time. One of these days I am going to have to get over the teaching that unless you have something important to say don't say anything at all, and open my mouth and participate more. I seriously think this has got a little something to do with this stupid shop not doing any business, but then again the supply shop is holding it's own, and I don't open my mouth in any of the team forums for that shop. Who knows :\
The contest for my facebook page is going well, somebody is definately going to win that spring banner I have posted as a prize. When I last checked I had 304 likes, it gained 59 likes in 2 days, unfortunately the AD i tried to run with the $50 dollars I won never panned out, it apparently was not approved so we will have to go back to the drawing board and see what I did wrong. The good thing with the additional likes is that I have won a additional $100 of Ad money, so now I have $150 to work with. Now I am in the running for additional money to be handed out in a drawing after April 1st.
I also won a facebook prize from Dorene @ DLitesbyDorene on Etsy  for liking her page, so a GREAT big thank you to her for that.
Check out her shop here, she has the most gorgeous candles and tealight you could ever ask for. http://www.etsy.com/shop/DLitesbyDorene

If interested in entering the giveaway for the banner, you can visit my business page by clicking the link on the right :)

Quilt Top Done

Customer that ordered a custom Queen size quilt will be up in the middle of the month to give his go ahead, and drop off a deposit. I am waiting til he looks at it to go any further with it, not that I am worried that he won't like it, I just like them to be able to see what they are buying.
We attempted to send him a picture, but his phone won't except picture mail, and he has no online access where he lives :) I can't see be able to live without a computer, but he seems to do okay without one;

Potential Sale !

Well the gentlemen that wanted me to repair his childhood quilt came and got it today, and I asked if I could take a picture and post it, he said he would rather I didn't. He was very happy with it and couldn't believe what a good job I had done.
Then asked me to give him a price on a full size quilt, and wants me to tie it as the finishing technique. So once we decide on a pattern and what he wants for fabric, it looks like I will be doing another quilt for this gentlemen. Just goes to show that quilt buying is not just a woman thing. If he does this it will be the third quilt order for him, I think it has got to do with him coming from a quilting family, both his grandmother and aunt used to quilt.
I can't wait to get started on it for him !

A Great Addiction

I am seriously addicted to Pinterest, I have been combining it with Stumbleupon. I have made a few new boards and have found alot of great photos and recipes in which to pin on those boards.
I unfortunately have not learned the trick of getting them above the number 10 spot for searches in my shop thou, but I can seriously lose hours on the internet pinning and stumbling.
This is one of the great recipes I found just recently, and have my husband just about talked into letting me make it;

http://createandconquer.weebly.com/6/post/2011/06/stolen-tea-cake-recipe.html

Very Important Read

This was in my mailbox this morning, and is a very important read if you have a online business, or shop online;

http://www.etsy.com/protect-innovation

And this is a petition that you can sign;


https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/