April Giveaway!

Anyone spending $30 or more until the end of April can choose a free encaustic ACEO worth $10. I have a new idea for a competition to run in May - at present it's a secret but watch this space.

Promoting Again and Facebook

Still busy promoting and listing - just signed up for Timothy Adam's Etsy Marketing Course that start's next week and is free! Also joined Facebook - didn't seem that easy to load up Etsy links but managed it in the end.

Helped by these:
http://www.handmadeology.biz/home/archives/523


http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2388263529&b&ref=pd_r


http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/connect-with-us-on-facebook-1371/

Also going to add photos to Flickr today - here's hoping for sales!

Busy Promoting

As I'm on leave this week I've been busy promoting my Etsy shop and sorting out all my jewellery bits. This has made me feel much more organised and in turn has led to some more creations as for once (and it won't last!) I know where everything is. Checked Google Analytics this morning and I had 32 visits yesterday - this is much improved. As I've said before this is a laughable amount of visits for some people but think it's the most I've ever had in a day. Also registered with Timothy Adam's Handmadeology - I seem to be the only Etsy shop on there so don't know if I've done something wrong! New items:

Wire Wrapping Briolettes

I recently bought some gem stone briolettes and then realised I didn't know how to achieve a wire wrapping finish on them. Etsy offers some tutorials but these aren't free; a simple internet search found the following:

http://www.videojug.com/webvideo/how-to-wire-wrap-a-briolette-jewelry-making



A pdf version from a fellow Etsyian (this one's very clear):

http://madeinlowell.googlepages.com/Howtowirewrapabriolette.pdf



If you want me to find any jewellery techniques I'm a great Google searcher so let me know; this is the result of what I've learned: