USA Ahoy

To be jealous of a bunch of cards? Sad, but understandable: California and Massachusetts in this case...

Recycling

So I reached the second page...and immediately ran out of listing steam, I am so predictable! But while I'm back to one page ( the good way, sale, yay!) I am in two minds about the second page in that I think the card that was shunted out there got all of a single view for the entire time I had two pages, I just don't think people are bothered enough. Hm, which has just made me realise I need to have better products :P!

Anyway, because I HAVE run out of listing desire I decided to come at the cards from a different angle for the moment - recycling the 'bronntanas/presents' cards...so here are some of the Befores...

Down more Listings: but the good way!

SALE!!!!!!!!!!!

Result: Sale :)

Yes, a two card sale, woot: although she did frog-jump over my poor phonetic cards to pick 'em! Never mind, they have since won themselves a heart, I'll take it :)

...And only my second ever Irish Sale :)

Biggest Ever Order of cards Contd....

March is over...

Well, essentially March is over, and this is a good thing for me. It has been a mad, hectic, tiring and draining culmination of a couple of mad, hectic, tiring and draining months. In fact, it may take me a while to reaclimatise to 'normal' mad-hectic-tiring-draining life, but I'm off to a great start: on March 22nd I had my biggest ever order of cards, 7, from a very kind and lovely and enthusiastic person - my FAVOURITE kind! And yes, she is on the official list for Nicest People On Etsy. Fact.

Only downside to lovely people on Etsy making me blush and smile to myself is my tendency to add extra cards to their order! It almost seems like I am taking advantage of them, when they 'only' get what they pay for! It does add up just from the point of view of card, envelope, slip-case, and added shipping...but I think I'll keep doing it. I will put it down as 'advertising', especially because I would usually add a style of card that thay haven't got. But would Richard Branson/Donald Trump et al approve?!

St. Patrick's Day was good to me...

I had a sale, aw :)

Just the one card, but it's one of the claddagh ring ones which I'm glad about. Also, the lady is a return customer which is pretty sweet. I am so chuffed, in fact, that I quickly did up another little blank card for her, which actually looked pretty nice - very Oirish, but I may think of listing a few!

New Frontier!

2 sales in one day :)

Oh, actually it was 2 SHIPPINGS in 1 day, 'cos of the weekend...Still loved bundling off the two little packages though!

Also: work in progress "business cards" - round and made of paper = paper pennies...

Fós Beo!

I'm still alive, wheeze! I've been away for a few days and there's no end to the things that need to be caught up on...I had put the Etsy on hold and since turning it back 'on' have had another sale...I'll get it ready today and then I may have to fly into town first thing tomorrow morning to make sure it has a good chance of getting to America BEFORE St. Patricks's Day! Finger's crossed! And after that I won't be so one-step-behind, I'm sure :p

Back in the Upswing

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=39115749

3 things:

1. New sale - and to a familiar Name: Peppercorns2! Which I am convinced prompted...


2. Receeding cold, cough-cough-phew! It's a miracle! And the final miracle...


3. a new treasury! As a result of having the great good luck to be born on this damp lovable little island, I have struck leprachaun gold and been featured in an Irish centred treasury, http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=87279 ...yay!

My favourite item of the treasury is the photograph listed above, or more precisely the next photo in the series, Dark Hedges 2 - the link below the pic goes to Photosworldwide's shop for a peek ;)

Etsy Treasury Nod!

Is this happening? After such a desperately bad week, is this really happening, no strings attached?!
I was contacted by VintageEmbellishments, my third ever sale and my second biggest ever sale, to say that she had added me to a treasury list she had made! She's amazing!!
And to see my little thingín beside real etsy art - right beside a $225 piece of art, in fact! - is beyond the pale...
See here http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=110290 to tell me if it's really, really happened!

OMG! There's more - Peppercorns2, possibly the only Etsy person in the world EVEN NICER than V.E., and my first ever sale!, posted a comment on the treasury list bigging me up! I'm pretty happy.
PRETTY happy! ;D

Another Sale!!!

Lovely Lady number 2 has been in touch, and asked for 3 cards, and they are not even what I'd consider the nicest one of the Thank You cards, which makes it all the sweeter for me! Alas I don't have any blinkin' PAPER to make the cards, as we are suffering from the 'unprecedented' cold weather here on the edge of Nowhere, and I haven't seen civilisation in days...which includes a retailer of purty papers.
Never mind - there's always tomorrow :)

Final touches

The finished product...

SALE!

Yup, another sale! And this after my prices are...existent! So in theory I may have made a wee cupla cents of profit, but actually I realise that my ignorence over the exchange rate between the euro and the dollar means it isn't as much as you'd think, oops!
Anyway, as it was just for one card here's what I came up with as a package...
I can't line up the pics with remarks, so here's what happened: I was covering a board in green paper with a pale image of one of my trees, with the intention of slipping the lower flap up under the...belt?!...to hold the card up...but it looked crap so I cut off the flap and decided I'd have to 'wrap' it in some paper or something.

Etsy Feedback

And by Etsy Feedback, I mean I haven't had any yet - which suggests to me that the lovely Buyer-of-my-Christmas-cards will not have had them for Christmas. That's sad, mostly 'cos it would have meant a lot to me to have it all go RIGHT for my first ever sale, and also 'cos she was really lovely...
We shall see...and I do have pics of what I sent her, hopefully showing why I was so pleased with it, but unfortunately the memory card containing them is gone for the holidays. Lucky memory stick!