Shop Handmade!
I've sold two bracelets in the past week. Sales have increased by a million gazillion percent!
Hahah. Pretty sure I've sold a grand total of about 10 things on the interwebs. But that may soon change!
I started using this silly thing called Twitter. I started following Artfire on Twitter, and the next day, I got a sale!
Imagine my excitement when immediately after I tweeted (chirped?) about my sale, Artfire replied and congratulated me! AND linked to my store!
You have to understand. This is probably the most action my Twitter feed has seen in ever. People hardly EVER reply to me. Sometimes that makes me a little bit glum, but then I realize that they're probably doing cooler things (in the real world, no doubt!) than checking my Twitter feed to see what lame things I have managed to tweet/chirp about.
But there's more! 2 days later, I got another sale. Not from Artfire, but from my ShopHandmade store. This website is awesome! So much better than Etsy. Smaller, more familiar, lots more free listings than Artfire, and just overall a nicer website, in my opinion.
But I had forgotten that I even made these stores! I made them last summer, when I first started this hemp-bracelet-making-business. And lo, with sales grinding to a halt as the weather grew cold, I left these pages inactive and desolate. And so last night, after tearing apart my room to find my beads (since I had sold a bracelet that didn't exist, and had to make another one), and getting carried away and making two or three new things... I re-discovered how lovely it is to create something. To sit quietly, with nice music playing, and think "Oh hmm... what if I did... THIS!" *carries out new crazy plan*
And not to just create something... not just something beautiful, even. But something beautiful that someone is going to wear, and really like (or love!), and potentially show off so their friends go "oh that's so nice!"
I like sending little thank-you notes to people I don't know, written in nice cards or on nice paper, even though they probably won't respond or rate the transaction... *mild grumble* but knowing I didn't half-ass making that little piece of hemp jewelery makes it all worth it.
In other news... my boyfriend is leaving, on a jet plane. And I'm not quite sure when he'll be back again. I feel so lame for missing someone so much. Vulnerability can be a little scary. But alas, I will work, and make bracelets, and keep my hands busy, and otherwise try to distract myself. And if all else fails, I can always drink. Bahah.
Love. <3
Hahah. Pretty sure I've sold a grand total of about 10 things on the interwebs. But that may soon change!
I started using this silly thing called Twitter. I started following Artfire on Twitter, and the next day, I got a sale!
Imagine my excitement when immediately after I tweeted (chirped?) about my sale, Artfire replied and congratulated me! AND linked to my store!
You have to understand. This is probably the most action my Twitter feed has seen in ever. People hardly EVER reply to me. Sometimes that makes me a little bit glum, but then I realize that they're probably doing cooler things (in the real world, no doubt!) than checking my Twitter feed to see what lame things I have managed to tweet/chirp about.
But there's more! 2 days later, I got another sale. Not from Artfire, but from my ShopHandmade store. This website is awesome! So much better than Etsy. Smaller, more familiar, lots more free listings than Artfire, and just overall a nicer website, in my opinion.
But I had forgotten that I even made these stores! I made them last summer, when I first started this hemp-bracelet-making-business. And lo, with sales grinding to a halt as the weather grew cold, I left these pages inactive and desolate. And so last night, after tearing apart my room to find my beads (since I had sold a bracelet that didn't exist, and had to make another one), and getting carried away and making two or three new things... I re-discovered how lovely it is to create something. To sit quietly, with nice music playing, and think "Oh hmm... what if I did... THIS!" *carries out new crazy plan*
And not to just create something... not just something beautiful, even. But something beautiful that someone is going to wear, and really like (or love!), and potentially show off so their friends go "oh that's so nice!"
I like sending little thank-you notes to people I don't know, written in nice cards or on nice paper, even though they probably won't respond or rate the transaction... *mild grumble* but knowing I didn't half-ass making that little piece of hemp jewelery makes it all worth it.
In other news... my boyfriend is leaving, on a jet plane. And I'm not quite sure when he'll be back again. I feel so lame for missing someone so much. Vulnerability can be a little scary. But alas, I will work, and make bracelets, and keep my hands busy, and otherwise try to distract myself. And if all else fails, I can always drink. Bahah.
Love. <3