First off:
{New year}
Um, I think that's obvious. It is, after all, the last week of December--New Years has a tendency to follow close behind. But what to do with it? Make resolutions you know you won't keep? Let yet another year slip past? Or brush off all the crap from last year and make a fresh start?
{I choose to let go}
I opened a shop on Etsy this past summer. I'd like to say I did everything I could to bring business in, but the truth is, I didn't. I was networking for a while, but then stopped, because I wasn't seeing any sales from those likes, and I missed seeing posts from friends that got buried under posts that I didn't read. While Etsy is on my blog, I haven't promoted it on my blog hardly at all. I did a bit of advertising on blogs and on facebook, but have yet to see any sales from it. I stay active in the forums on Etsy, and I facebook. So far, not so good.
But I am brushing myself off (after I have a good cry of course), and making a fresh start...
...With a new line!
{New Sources of Motivation}
Two words: Kids and Holidays
{New Stuff}
My Etsy shop will soon host my Korker bows, and I am also introducing new collections!
The first items are already beginning to be listed, and more items will join them as soon as they're finished:
Valentine's Day is already in full swing for crafters (we make it a habit to be 3-6 months earlier than the rest of you. I'm usually 3-4 months early). We start planning, ordering, creating, crafting, photographing, and editing long before decorations show up in Target. And next up is every girlie girl's favorite: Valentine's Day.
{As if we girls needed an excuse to wear pink}
Shortly after, and usually crafted simultaneously with Valentine's Day, is Easter. In all honesty, I have no idea when it falls in 2012, March, July, or somewhere in between, but I've already got a few things up my sleeve, thanks to my son (remember that New Source of Motivation from Kids? Yep. New source for creativity too)
So far, my "other" bows are still in pieces. Ends are sealed, bows are folded and pinned together, they only await my needle and thread to finish them off and turn them into beautiful Bow Ties! After all, who says bows are only for girls? These bows are for both :) Even for Mom! So far I only have a selection of Spring Greens, but I have no plans of stopping with only 3 color patterns.
We'll see what else I can come up with :)
As for a New Pattern? We'll see. My Diamond Sands Shawl is still awaiting completion before I write out the pattern and send it out for testing. I might get lucky and finish by the end of the year, which will make me very happy :) Aside from that? Who knows. I would like a lacy poncho...
