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By charlie on 2012/02/29
I knew he was the one when he asked me to come house shopping with me…It seems so blatantly obvious but I was caught of guard! We had many discussions about renting versus owning. I already owned my own condo in town, but I guess all of conversations had finally convinced him to take the [...]
Posted in A bit of Insight | Tagged Wedding Wednesday, Week 2 |
By charlie on 2012/02/27
When I ship ceramics I often have the urge to put on a Fragile label. I rarely have an accident (maybe 1 per year), but still I can’t help but think it is the responsible thing to do. The problem is the labels are generally so ugly: I went ahead and corrected that problem by [...]
Posted in Fabulous Freebies, Selling Online | Tagged Free Fragile Label, Free Printable Fragile Label, Handmade with love free printable |
By charlie on 2012/02/24
I was doing this… (yes that is my son enjoying a trip to Hawaii) When I should have been at home working on… Making charms for the Ornamentea Lucky Charm Swap, which I didn’t find out about until I returned this week! I would have made some metal clay charms, but really just didn’t have [...]
Posted in Creative Space, Metal Clay Gallery | Tagged bead soup, bead soup blog party, hawaii vacation, January 2012, michelle mach bead challenge, napoli coast, ornamentea lucky charm swap, suddenly spring challenge |
By charlie on 2012/02/17
When I saw Michelle Mach’s Valentine’s Challenge, I knew that I would have to try to be a part of it! Paper is not my forte, which was going to make it even more fun for me! She sent me the following card: With the card in hand, I knew that I was going to [...]
Posted in Metal Clay Gallery | Tagged michelle mach, valentines challenge |
By charlie on 2012/02/15
When I saw this roll across my RSS feed, I knew I had to give it a try… When I saw that I would be one of the participants I knew that the deadlines would be close, but I was determined! I ended up with the beautiful green pinwheel. Such a fun color and one [...]
Posted in Creative Space, Metal Clay Gallery | Tagged jade scott challenge, pinwheel necklace |
By charlie on 2012/02/13
I’m sure most of you have heard of the concept of paying it forward. Someone does something nice for you and you turn around and do something nice for someone else (without expecting anything in return). In my eyes this kind of giving is the ultimate example of good karma and the Golden Rule. And [...]
Posted in Fabulous Freebies | Tagged pay it forward, pay it forward blog game, pif |
By charlie on 2012/02/10
It is time for another round of ideas…I hope you are finding these helpful. Drop Off Who: Perfect for mommies with pre-schoolers. When: A weekday morning from 9:30 to 11:30 AM Why: These women are busy, get their attention by getting them to stop by before or after pre-k [From Top Left] Lemon-Blueberry Yogurt Loaf [...]
Posted in Selling in Person | Tagged drop off, home jewlry show, home show idea |
By charlie on 2012/02/08
Admittedly I really enjoyed reading about Stephanie’s relationship over at luxe chandelier and I figured why not join in? I know it is a bit off topic for me but just think about how much you will learn about me! Not to mention I will share with you as many of my wedding crafts as [...]
Posted in A bit of Insight | Tagged a bit of insight, Wedding Wednesday |
By charlie on 2012/02/06
This year I have a goal of reading 12 Craft and Business books! Why, you ask? Well, simply because I love to read and with my graduate school behind me I have more time to do so! So here is the list: The Spark Kit by Danielle LaPorte Right Brained Business Plan by Jennifer Lee [...]
Posted in Business Planning | Tagged Craft Inc., Creating a Successful Craft Business, Danielle LaPorte, How to Make Money Using Etsy, Jennifer Lee, Kari Chapin, Marketing and Selling your Handmade Jewelry, Meg Mateo Ilasco, Right Brained Business Plan, The Boss of You, The Fire Starter Sessions, The Handmade Market Place, The Spark Kit, Viki Lareau |
A Little Update
By charlie on 2012/02/20
I finally had the chance to read my annual report from WordPress. A brief summary: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 22,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 8 sold-out performances for that many people [...]
Posted in BYOW, Selling Online | Tagged comment with social media site, IGIT Related Post With Thumb, Link Within, Slick Social Share Buttons Plugin, social connect, wordpress plugin, Wordpress social media plugin | 3 Responses