New Etsy Treasury: Sensational Sages

I had such good luck with this theme on Artfire I thought I'd give it a shot on Etsy as well! Here are a taste of some of the wonderful Sensational Sages available on Etsy:

Worth Reading: Tips for Getting Your Etsy Treasury to the Front Page

I found this article from Handmadeology today and thought it was a worthwhile read. I would absolutely LOVE to have one of my treasuries featured, or to be featured in a front page treasury. In addition to the tips below I have also found that encouraging people to click on all of the items in your treasury and spreading the word to those featured helps to get your treasury closer to the front pages of the treasury listings.

Tips for Getting Your Etsy Treasury to the Front Page

My Artfire Collection is Featured in Today's Artfire Email!

Be sure to stop by and check out all these wonderful handmade artisans and their Sensational Sages!

Sensational Sages!

Curated By: kawarthabeads

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Handmade Gifts

$10 for $21 Online Store Credit at Cleverthoughts

If you haven't heard of Heartsy before than you sure are missing out! It's a wonderful place to snag some exclusive deals to wonderful handmade shops and more and more supplies sellers are also offering these exclusive specials!

 Today you can purchase a Heartsy voucher to Cleverthoughts for only $10 for a $30 Online Store Credit! With a beautiful selection of gift tags, boxes, punches, embellishments, stickers and more this is a FANTASTIC deal for anyone who likes to scrapbook or even for online shop owners who are looking to jazz up their parcel packaging! Happy shopping!

Heartsy Deal: $14 for $30 Online Store Credit at The Moonglade Garden

If you haven't heard of Heartsy before than you sure are missing out! It's a wonderful place to snag some exclusive deals to wonderful handmade shops and more and more supplies sellers are also offering these exclusive specials!

 Today you can purchase a Heartsy voucher to The Moonglade Garden for only $14 for a $30 Online Store Credit! With a beautiful selection of cardstock, punches, die cuts, embellishments and more this is a FANTASTIC deal for anyone who likes to scrapbook or even for online shop owners who are looking to jazz up their parcel packaging! Happy shopping!

Peterborough Craft-Market now has a Facebook Page

For those artists who are local (as well as wonderful shoppers of handmade), I posted just before the holidays about a vendor call for the 30 Craft Market. They now have a Facebook Page where you can get up to date information.

Vendor Call: Mom to Mom Sale Lindsay

The next Lindsay Mom to Mom sale will take place on Saturday April 7th (time still TBA). Tables are already 60% sold out so be sure to grab yours today! Vendor tables are $50 and mom's looking to destash their gently used kids items can get a table for just $10! To book your table simple email the show organizer at babybumcakes@gmail.com  or contact her through the website www.lindsaymom2momsale.com. Thanks again to Shannon of  Baby Bum Cakes for all your hard work in organizing the sale!

January Round-Up

It's hard to believe that the first month of a brand new year is already behind us! I'm thrilled with my business progress for January 2012 so I thought I would share it with you.

My goal for the month was to get to 160 listings in my Etsy shop (that was my own personal "magic number"). I am currently sitting at 136 listings with a couple of items completed and photographed that I still have to list and a couple of items that sold this week that I still have to relist, so overall not too bad. I had noticed last year that once I maintained approx. 120 items in my shop sales were much steadier. Whether I appear more frequently in search results, have a wider variety of items for shoppers to choose from, or a combination of those factors (and others I'm sure) it is always nice to see that "Congratulations you have a sale" notification more and more frequently. Let's hope that every month continues to show such a good growth over the previous year!

Total number of sales for January 2012: 12

Total number of sales for January 2011: 4

January also saw me place my first order for bulk supplies and I am now able to offer both miniature bookmarks and keyrings as wholesale items or bulk buys (such as wedding or shower favours). I also have a massive stockpile of envelopes on hand and am ready to tackle the year and continue to expand.

Looking ahead to February....
Goals for February include getting to (and maintaining) my 160 shop listings, expanding my collection of charms for all the items I make, develop and list my collection of charm bracelets, introducing a new line of gunmetal jewellery and posting more frequently on my blog and facebook pages. Whew! Looks like it is going to be a busy month!

What do you have planned for the month ahead?

New Product Sneak Peek

I've done a few custom orders for charm bracelets in the past but have decided to add some as a regular product in my Etsy shop. Here's your sneak peek at the very first one which I hope to list later tonight (cross your fingers the kiddos go to bed at a reasonable time!).

Each bracelet will be one of a kind and their current introductory price will be $12.75 each plus shipping. Blog/Facebook fans will always have a sneak peek (and thus first chance at claiming them for themselves). In addition to this fabulous Sewing Lover Charm Bracelet I have started a Country/Western themed one and Cooking Inspired bracelet. Interested in a custom bracelet of your own? I'm always happy to work with you! What other themes do you think I should explore?