A Quick Note

Hi all...sorry..it's been almost a month.  A lot has happened again. We moved into the new house a little over a week ago, so it was a crazy week trying to make the house liveable for family coming in for Christmas.  I will post pictures of the finished project as soon as we are done setting everything up..it might take a little while since there are quite a few things we need to get.

On another sad note..a couple days after my last post we lost the baby.  So, it's been a very sad time for me however having this house to finish so we could move in and now all the work that still lays ahead has helped. We have picked ourselves back up and are trying again..DH is actually the one really pushing for it..which is a little odd...I think this has actually helped him get over his fear of the whole process and realize how fragile of a process it really is and how each baby is a blessed miracle.

I'm hoping to get back into the full swing of things after the New Year..some new things to look forward to..facial puffs, child size bath puffs, reusable cotton balls, and facial scrubbies. Of course we will be keeping up with all the original bath puffs and dish cloths as well. 

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Today's Random Contemplations About the Store

It seems that I have come to some sort of crossroads with trying to make this store work. I feel like I spend so much time promoting and not enough to time creating, which isn't the items in your store ultimately suppose to promote themselves (as long as they stay visible). I have the supplies to make 3 more sets of dish cloths and one of the second set of towels, so shouldn't I focus more on those. I also have difficulties taking the photo's of my products and of course that is ubber important but I just can't seem to get them as clear as others. I have just accepted the fact, thanks to my feedback, that my items are selling worthy, that my items are worth people paying for, but I am still struggling with finding my niche. I get so excited when I list a new type item that I think will be a big hit only to have them turn out to be a complete dud (which I know is not suppose to be a personal thing but I can't help but take it a little personal) or have to go on the forums to get people to even look at them. I'm sure many of you feel the same way I do..confused, maybe a bit frustrated. I also know that I have come a LONG way since I really started working on it this past June, from one sale (which was my mother) to 15. I can say that even one sale is enough to give me a natural happy high for days..I get very excited that someone actually wants something I make, but there is always the anticipation and let down of waiting for the next sale that as the days and weeks go buy just gets worse and worse. I also know that summer is a slow season and it will hopefully pick up in a month or so. I also know that many time my ideas and dreams are bigger than what reality really is. All in all, I will stick it out until at least the end of the year and see what happens. My goal is to get at least one sale a week..preferably two, I don't think due to some of my time constraints I would be able to handle keeping up with more than that as far as creating goes. I need to figure out what the most effective ways are for me to advertise. I need to start focusing more on creating than sitting on the forums waiting for someone to want something. All in all...I need to stop worrying about trying to make this work..I mean hey...if I it doesn't work then I have a lot of Christmas presents already made right.. :)

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