Another sale :)

I has another sale, one of my other pairs of coin earrings. They're a pretty popular style! I actually really liked these ones a lot, and am a little sad to be parting with them. I'll probably end up making another pair for myself!

As far as shipping goes, I have bubble wrap now, so things should work out a lot better for shipping. Hopefully nothing breaks again :(

I'm a little upset, because I had my first ever complaint a few days ago... Apparently one of the pairs of earrings I sent out was broken during shipping, so when it arrived to the buyer one of the earrings was broken. I corrected the problem immediately though, and sent her a replacement. I'm pretty sure that was the best way to deal with the situation, other than maybe a refund. But in her email to me she asked for a replacement, so it seemed like a good idea.

Other than that not much has been happening in my jewelry world... I've listed a few more things on etsy, but I have been REALLY busy with classes (only 2 more weeks left, so there's a lot going on). I will definitely have more time to devote to the jewelry business after the first week of May.

Just wanted to keep everyone updated...

My first etsy sale!

I made my first sale at my Etsy store, a pair of dragon coin earrings that sold for $3. They were pretty cute, the same ones that I sent to a friend in Milwaukee so she could help me promote. So anyway, YAY! The girl that bought them has a brand new Etsy profile that was started the day she bought my earrings, so I'm assuming (hoping) that one of my business cards, or links somewhere, referred her to my stuff, she liked them, and set up and account to buy them.

Now I feel a little bit more confident about my stuff :) Also, I bought a light tent/box on ebay last week that should be arriving soon -- it will help me take better pictures of my stuff, which should translate into better sales (which is what I've heard from other people)

Well, here's to hopefully more sales to come!

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Finally, some sales!

I found a new site today call PoshPoints, which is sort an online trading site, similar to ebay except that you don't use real money, just points. You get 15 points when you sign up, which you can use to buy anything on the site. You can also sell your own stuff for any amount of points that you want. The seller pays for the shipping of the items, and the buyer doesn't have to worry about anything other than having enough points. Anyway, I listed a bit of my jewelry on there, and within the first hour I sold 3 pairs of my devil ducky earrings! Yay! I also bought 3 different packs of beads with my sign-up points. So I am going to ship them all out tomorrow, and of course I will include a few Tangerine Sunshine business cards in each -- 1 for them, and 2 or 3 that they can hand out to friends, family, etc. (hopefully)

Frustration

My motivation for jewelry making is really low right now.... My roommate opened up an etsy store and sold two things in her first day -- how come I can't do that? I suppose I ought to try harder, but sometimes it's just so frustrating... I always end up making things that I would like, which is apparently much different than what most people would like, ya know?

On another note... I made up a flier to hang on campus, but I am having some printer problems right now. Hopefully I'll get that all taken care of soon, so I can hang the fliers up early next week, and HOPEFULLY make a sale or maybe even two ;) I have the beads and stuff in a baggy for this necklace that I want to make, I might take it with me to work tomorrow and finish it. I currently have 8 things listed in my store, and I would like to have about a dozen or so when I put the fliers up.