Did the Anniston Downtown Market this morning.

Did the Anniston Downtown Market this morning.  It was a lot busier, but I sold only two things.  That was kind of a bummer because I was really hoping to get enough money to buy some more supplies, but maybe I'll get some Etsy sales this week.  My mom and brother did much better this time so that's good.

We had a tent and I was not sick as hell today.  I ended up with a pink face and slight headache.  Ran out without sunblock because I'm not good at early mornings.  I will make sure to have some with me next time.  I did take a nap when I got home because I didn't sleep as much as I needed to last night.  I was too into working on jewelry.  I got started and couldn't stop.  I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to glue my new stones into things and photograph them tomorrow, but they aren't quite dry enough and I don't want to ruin them.  So I have to wait and it sucks, but hopefully my patience will pay off.  If all goes as planned I will have some pretty neat new things with me next week, so yay for that.  😃

I have to check my inventory later to make sure, but I have a feeling that someone took one of my rings without paying.  Hopefully I miscounted, but Mom also ended up missing a corset, so I'm not so sure.  I'm sharing her attitude of "I guess they needed it more than I did" and am not gonna let it get to me.  But if something is missing I need find out what it was so I can replace it ASAP or remove it from my Etsy.

Other than that we moved my dryer out from the wall a little bit ago and cleaned the tube thing.  It had some dust in it, but not too bad.  We went outside and found where the pipe comes out of the house and cleaned some lint out of it, as well.  We turned on the dryer (without the tube thing attached) and it seems to be blowing just fine, but I'm still going to take the back off and clean it while it's not against the wall.  Might as well be thorough while we're doing all of this.

So, that's what's been going on with me today.  I feel so busy and like I'm probably missing a bunch of cool shit here on the Internet, but I think jewelry has to be the priority right now.  OxfordFest is coming up soon and I don't have nearly as much made as I want to.  I know this might be a lofty goal, but if I could make at least $1000 from it that would help me a lot.  Well, of course, every little bit helps, but I would love to just KICK ASS and make a good chunk of money.  LOL  I have no idea what to expect, but I know it's huge and more of my target group of shoppers will be there, so maybe it is possible.

Anyway, I guess I'm off to do things.  I hope everyone is doing well!  ❤

Heading to the Anniston Downtown Market.

Heading to the Anniston Downtown Market.  Come and see me!

Time to get this Friday started!

Time to get this Friday started!  I have a lot I want to accomplish at my day job at SCM.  Then I need to get home and prepare to take my Polish All the Things jewelry to the Farmer's Market in Anniston on Saturday.  I'm hoping to have a few new things to take, but we'll see.  I've been working on new stuff all week, but I am not sure it will be done in time to go.  😕

At the very least I am going to sleep tonight.  LOL

I am guessing that most of you didn't know this, but it takes several days to a week to complete one item.  😳  I know that sounds crazy, but there are usually 5 - 6 layers of polish on each piece and they all need to dry THOROUGHLY before I add the next layer of polish and especially before the glue comes into play.  Then the glue needs another 24 hours to cure.  So yeah.  LOL

Due to that I usually make things in batches.  My batches start out at like 20 pieces, but by the end it's usually down to 10 that come out how I want them to.  I'm a perfectionist, so sometimes I probably scrap things that are ok, but if people are paying money for this stuff then I'm gonna make sure it's worth paying for to the best of my ability.

Anyway, if you like anything on my Etsy / Polish page, get it now because I'm probably going to close my Etsy temporarily while I'm at the Farmer's Market until I get my inventory updated.  I guess that's the down-side to selling both places, but I need to make some money.  The Farmer's Market was actually pretty cool, too, so as long as I can keep from getting sick it's a go.  😃

Later, friends!  🙂  HAPPY WEEKEND!

P. S. Got some nail mail today. 😃

P. S.  Got some nail mail today.  😃  My first Butter London, called Dosh.  It's green.  They are normally $15, but I am not gonna pay that (unless it blows my mind, which it doesn't quite - I just like it).  I think my new way to buy polish is to shop like hell on Ebay until I find something that's normally expensive for really cheap.  I feel like I'm winning the world when I do that.  Cheating the system.  LOL  I got it for $5.  And also an Urban Decay (my first one of those, too!) for $5.  But it's not here yet.  It's got a cool skully top.  😃  Can't wait to have it IN MY HANDS.  😳

Getting ready to head to work.

Getting ready to head to work.

That's great, but I am SO tired. 😳

I stayed up wayyy too late working on jewelry.  The order that came in last night was for a made to order piece (basically, I am re-listing things that have sold, but pushing the ship date out a few days so I have time to make it... providing I have the parts here).  That way if something sells repeatedly - great, and if it only sells once that's no big deal, either.  Once I make a thing, I don't usually want to repeat it unless someone actually wants it.  I have too many ideas floating around my brain to do that right now.

Anyway, I'm just about caught up on bills, so after that I will start using the money I make on buying more parts.  I really want to have bracelets, necklace charms, and hair stuff by OxfordFest.  I'm really hoping that OxfordFest will be crazy good.  I think there will be a lot more people in my target audience there than at the farmer's markets, but that's ok.  Definitely doing the market again Saturday because extra money helps, and I handed out a bunch of little flyers, so I'm getting the word out.  🙂  I will be under a tent this time instead of an umbrella, though, because I can't afford to waste a whole day being sick again.  LOL

Well, I gotta run.  If you don't see me being very active around here it's because I'm busy making stuff.  Hopefully I can move what I started last night to the next step.  It literally takes days to make one thing, because you have to wait for stuff to dry and all that.  😳

I just got another order on Etsy!

I just got another order on Etsy! Yay! That's 3 this week. 😃

I don't know...

I don't know if it is the Etsy ads or you wonderful people sharing my shop that has caused this, but I have had 2 sales on Etsy in the last few hours. For a grand total of 3, but that's ok. 😃

I really thought the ads thing was probably crap, but maybe not. How exciting!

Ohmigah.

Ohmigah.  I worked on my Etsy almost all day.  Then I cut some grass, and then worked on Etsy some more.  I had other things I needed to be doing, like housework, or working on jewelry, but I feel better now that this is out of the way.

Almost everything that's up has the polish colors listed.  We shall see if that helps anything.  I also signed up to spend $7 this week to promote search ads or something.  If it doesn't go over well I can stop it.  But if it does, then great.

I've had SO MANY jewelry ideas today.  I need to write them all down so I don't forget.  😳

People, if you know anyone who might be interested, feel free to direct them to my Etsy shop.

Or just to my Facebook page.  It has a shop app right on there where you can buy through Etsy but see if there's anything you like first without leaving Facebook.  Woo.

Now, time to go away from this computer for a while.  ❤

I have so far spent most of my day...

I have so far spent most of my day working on Polish All the Things stuff.  I keep track of everything in a spreadsheet, so I updated that after I got all of my photo posting done on here.  I know I'm a big nerd, but Excel is my favorite program ever and it helps me see what's selling and where it's selling.  Looks like local markets and Facebook are working for me.  Etsy seems to be a bust so far.  😕

I have been updating Etsy for the past few hours.  OH SO TEDIOUS.  And I'm not even done!  For the pieces that I can remember I've added the polish names in the titles and descriptions.  When I was looking for a hard to find polish on Google the other day an Etsy listing with that polish used in an earring came up, so I thought "Duh.  I should do that."  For some things that is just not going to happen, but as a general rule I'm going to try to be more diligent about it.

So, I have a list of polishes that I know what they are but not the names, so I'll go and look those up in a bit.  And I still need to add the new rings with the plain bands.  I haven't even gotten there yet!

I am getting antsy from sitting at the computer, which is just as well because I need to cut some grass.  Etsy has been a crazy amount of work today, but I'm hoping it'll pay off.  Aside from sharing it around on Facebook does anyone have any suggestions on how I can advertise without being spammy?  I think I can pay to advertise within Etsy (and I might), but I don't have the money for that right now.  I think that after I get it all updated (either later tonight or tomorrow), I'll create a coupon code and see if that gets anyone's attention.  We shall see.

Later, peeps.  So much to do, so little time!

Last photo of the day!

Last photo of the day, and I saved my coolest new thing for the end. 😃 I love this band because it has two stones. I have them in the brass and silver tone, but this is the only one I've made so far. It's $10 like the 12mm earrings because it takes two stones and the band was a little more expensive. But I think it's super cute!

So I just posted 7 new statuses with jewelry. If you're interested, go and check them out. I think Facebook hides a bunch when you post back to back like that.

Also, please forgive me, but I'm about to post all of these on Polish All the Things, so if you are following that page, you'll probably see them again. I'm sorry. ❤

Creme de Mint by L'Oreal;

Bundle Monster plate BM-315;

Stamping technique