Happy New Year!!
I am a little late, wishing y'all a Happy New Year, huh? Lots of new things coming this way. I've decided to take my business in a different direction, well, a few different directions.
I LOVE all crafts. Even more than loving all crafts, I love sharing all crafts.
For example, did you know I knit? I crochet? I cut vinyl? Yep! I also embroider. Haha. Crochet and knitting were my "first" crafts. I find them so relaxing! Pretty stuff usually comes out of the deal, as well. Anyway, I have been crocheting and knitting a lot more than usually late. I figured I would add the completed items to my store as well! Why not? I think they're pretty awesome, and I bet you will too.
A lot of times, shops with mixed media are frowned upon, and often skipped over. Why is this? I don't feel as if it's giving people like myself a fair shake!
Speaking of shops. If you haven't heard, I'm in the process of moving my shop from Etsy to Storenvy. I am doing this for a number of reasons. The first and most important one is the fees that Etsy charges. After doing some book keeping from my sales last year, and what I've paid in fees, I'm not very happy with where I'm ending up. In order to be happy, I would have to raise my prices a bit! I'm not about doing that, because I've always tried to make myself and my family some money, but remain affordable at the same time. I don't think a customer should bear the brunt of that.
My second reason is because Etsy is supposed to be handmade, right? Well, handmade products, and supplies. There are people on there selling stuff that is mass produced in factories, and passing it off as handmade. Etsy is aware of these folks, and has done nothing to stop it.
On to the new business ideas. I want to work on offering a variety of items. Like I said, embroidered, sewn, knitted, crocheted, and some vinyl decals. I know that seems like a lot, but I promise my shop will be well organized, and maintained. There will be weekly uploads, starting next week. I will still do the Instagram auctions once or twice a month. There will be lots of notice before I do those, so everyone has a chance to check out the items, and bid.
A quick note here - because of the hand made nature of my items, some may take longer to ship. I will include production times on each listing, so there's no confusion!
Let's bring in this New Year right!
Oh, my resolutions? Get more organized, stay organized, and to be held accountable for my goals. So, I guess you can say this post here, yep, the one you're reading, is not only to inform you of the changes, but to keep myself accountable!
Here's the link to the new shop, I'm slowly working on getting stuff up and going over there!
