Today is my New Canadian Shops on Etsy post on CanArtisan, written on Sunny Skies Jewellery. I'll leave you with a link to the post : http://canartisan.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-canadia-etsy-shopssunny-skies.html and my favourite piece from her shop! Until next time, Kim xo.
This is my first wishlist post!!! I decided on a kitchen/cooking theme because I have been revved up to do more cooking since I saw Julie&Julia - infact I went right out a bought Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking". Last night I made my first dish, and - success! :) So here are my pics :
So I mentioned in my last post that I had been scouring the internet for more promotional opportunities right? Well I came across this blog called CanArtisan that features only Canadian artisans who have shops on Etsy, Artfire, byhand.me, etc and noticed that there was a free directory listing. Of course I applied right away for that - always a great idea to take advantage of as many free directories as possible! While I was filling out my info on the form, the "want free advertising" plug on the page caught my eye. With my interest further piqued :) I delved further - turns out Brandi (writer of CanArtisan) was offering free advertising in exchange for writing on the blog! Sounded great - what did I have to do? Just pitch her an interesting story. So I did. I proposed writing a piece showcasing a new Canadian Etsy shop every week. And by new I mean new within the year new. Cool idea huh? Brandi liked it! Super awesome! Ok so now all my browsing and "window" shopping on Etsy has a purpose and a direction. I'm pretty stoked - free listing, free advertising, and my first opportunity to guest write on a blog, very cool :)
Yikes! Its been 3 weeks since my last post. Oops :) Time flies by so fast - especially when you're moving! Our new house was majorly dirty when the last owners moved out, and we also decided to repaint the whole thing. Lots and lots of work - but its done now and it looks fabulous!
Also is the last 3 weeks I have been making new items, taking pictures and more pictures, listing them, running Facebook ads to find myself some new fans (successful!) and searching, searching, searching for new opportunities to promote my shop. Oh yeah and working on the dreaded business plan. Makes me tired just reading that again phew!
So all in all this are going well. Also this week I will begin a guest blog post on CanArtisan featuring new Canadian Etsy shops! Am looking forward to this alot - I think it will be alot of fun! Speaking of which - I have to get started on that post. Oh yeah, I made myself a new banner - what do you think? Until next time, Kim
Finally I have finished the pieces I need for the Fall Weddings Showcase! Lots and lots of time spent with a needle and thread - yes I said needle and thread :) This time I decided to stitch some of my pieces together instead of just stringing them on beading wire. Tomorrows job is descriptions and pictures, I need to list this week. The spots I have are Sept 11 and 12 - so I still have a week to get things together but I want to get them done early. I also want to completely reorganize my site, and maybe get some advertising going. We'll see how much I get done this week! This is a short post this time but I promise there will be more next time! Until later, Kim :)
Aak! I am very sporadic at this blog - I must get a more regular schedule of posting down!!! Gosh, this last week has been super mad busy, and this next one coming isn't going to get any better.... we are painting and cleaning our new house so we can move in at the end of the month. So between that, looking after Claire, and working on a new jewelry line I am not getting much time in on the business proposal. I hate, hate, hate not making deadlines! It makes me feel like such a failure :( Ughh - guess that is what I'll be doing this weekend. Plus I have this marathon I am supposed to be training for - did I mention that? Yup I joined up with Joints in Motion for the Arthritis Society of Canada to fundraise and run a marathon in Athens, Greece next year! To date I have not even started thinking about my fundraising because I have been busy launching my Etsy shop. Well once things level out abit I will have to get started on that.
As mentioned I have been really busy, busy launching my shop. Actually truth be told, I have been reevaluating the direction of it and have now decided that my focus will be bridal jewelry. I have been working really hard lately getting enough to launch next week - also expect a completely reorganized shop layout!!! Now to get some sleep - gotta early start tomorrow! Until next time, Kim :)
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