What a busy week! Probably the fastest of the last year. Sunday I had a booth at my first craft fair, which I shared with you on Tuesday's post. That has left the rest of the week for taking photos of merchandise that didn't sell and listing it on etsy. I also spent a lot of time researching marketing and promoting ideas. For non-crafty accomplishments, I read an entire book in one day; the funny and engrossing The Imposter's Daughter by Laurie Sandell. It's a graphic novel/memoir, which made Laurie's life even more vivid. I finally got all the phone jacks in my house working, and I made up my bed with new sheets for the first time in a year. I know, pretty lame! But remember, for the past year I could barely pour a glass of milk, much less lift a mattress to slip the sheets around and under it. I felt a huge sense of accomplishment and called everyone I knew!
I only made one thing this week. A woman at the craft show bought a bracelet and asked if I had matching earrings. I told her I'd check to see if I had any beads left. I only had two, so I combined them with a few other beads and this is what I came up with.
The black wire is pretty nifty, but it's very soft so they'll fall out of shape from time to time. She loved them, which of course made me feel good.
Hopefully I'll accomplish a lot this week and have many things to share with you next Friday. For more finished projects, visit 3 Under 2 @ Lit & Laundry, our Finished for Friday hostess.
I only made one thing this week. A woman at the craft show bought a bracelet and asked if I had matching earrings. I told her I'd check to see if I had any beads left. I only had two, so I combined them with a few other beads and this is what I came up with.

Hopefully I'll accomplish a lot this week and have many things to share with you next Friday. For more finished projects, visit 3 Under 2 @ Lit & Laundry, our Finished for Friday hostess.

Good thing you are talented in the bead department - whipping up some nice earrings to match was very clever! They look darned nice, too! Did you learn anything in the marketing techniques that you'd like to share? Several of us craft and create for our etsy stores, and I'm sure it would be interesting reading for us as well! Have a great day, Elizabeth!
ReplyDeleteoh, very nice earings! and i love the picture too!
ReplyDeletehave a great day,
justyna
Hooray for crisp, clean sheets! ~Kari
ReplyDeleteSounds lie a very productive week in many ways!
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend!
You are rolling now! I like your new profile picture too.
ReplyDeleteOh I read and reviewed that book too! Wasn't it so good? I flew right through it.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I love how the earrings turned out!
ReplyDeleteAnd wtg on changing the sheets!
But does this mean you've been sleeping on them for a full year without changing? Or that someone else had to do it?
Justine :o )
Oh I love those earrings! and the colors are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI can so relate of the triumph of changing sheets! So way to go on a productive week!
And congrats on the craft show! Just getting out there and doing one is major work and an accomplishment!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Pretty earrings! And changing the sheets for the first time is a huge accomplishment, as is reading a whole book. I'm going to add that one to my list.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for joining in!
The black wire works well with those beads. I like your new photo too. WTG on the sheets and what that accomplishment really means!
ReplyDeleteI love that you participated in a craft show. And, it seems to have led to a flurry of activity, too.
ReplyDeleteVery nice earring! and the colors are beautiful!
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