Where to start? I had a great holiday and although I hated to shut down my online shop, it was much less stressful to come back to only 4 days of back orders, rather than 14 days, so it worked well for me. I hope it wasn't frustrating to too many customers. One downside to the holiday was that our villa was burgled, so I lost my brand new Samsung netbook with which I was going to keep in touch with my emails :( Thankfully I have the receipt so insurance should sort me out with a new one.
My next delivery of silver ceramic beads should be arriving in about 10 days, so watch out for some new shapes such as a small silver flower, silver chips and triangles. I am also going to start selling top quality Greek leather thong in 1.5 and 2mm sizes and in navy, black and brown.
The fabulous ceramic beads by Bulgarian artsit Vlad Ivanov are back in stock with some unusual new designs, so I hope to get them photographed and online later this week.
I was very excited to see my Greek ceramic coloured washers are used in a design by Brenda Harvey in this month's issue of Make Jewellery on pages 43 and 44. Until now, my business has grown by word of mouth and through my site being found via Google searches, but I have just taken out my first advertising space in Creative Beads and Jewellery. I have suggested to them that they might like to think about doing articles on women (OK and men too!) setting up their own websites and online businesses, selling at craft fairs etc and how to do it most cost efficiently, so watch this space!
Ouch, sorry about your laptop, but I hope the rest of your holiday was relaxing and fun!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing the new silvered ceramics - they're almost like the 'official' match for lampwork beads *G*