Work Space Home and Away.....

I thought that with this weeks Promotional Frenzy Blog challenge that I would show you all my "work" space away from home and at home.....

Huge Christmas Show in November 2010.

Arts and Crafts Festival in July 2010

Display and Rack For Finished Sets

Work Table Used For Creating and Photography Findings and Finished Jewelry

Computer, Desk, Tools, Displays, Stand Up Shipping Center in the corner, Files, etc. Everything all within arms length.

Goal Number 1 for 2011 Reached!!!

I am super excited about finally getting my office and work space organzied and revamped. The desk area is now more open, with easier access to current projects, orders pulled, shipping items, new ideas, paperwork, printer....everthing is within arms reach and I can find it all.

I wanted to tell you all a little bit about my desk. It is actually an old Sofa Table that I bought on clearance for $50 several years ago. It sat in my husbands shop and was covered in sawdust and dirt. When we built our house 2 years ago, we had left-over granite from the countertops, so I pulled the old table out and had them cut me a top for it. It turned out to be a great looking and functional desk. (it doesnt have drawers but I like it that way)

Now, that I am all organized, it now just time to get start on the rest of my goals!!!!

Traffic For Our Shops

Wow, here it is already at the end of September and we are still working on getting more traffic to our shops. My traffic has improved over the last month due to more time spent on Etsy Forums and tweeting more. I did realize that trying to work or spend time in 20 different threads was a waste of time so I picked 2 or 3 threads that were suited to my needs and have cultivated some great relationships with those other etsians in those threads. In turn, that has give me lots of exposure and referrals from other sellers that has turned into sales for my shop.

Twitter is a great way to get 20 to 30 people to look at a given item almost immediately. This usually translates into sales within 24 hours.

I also have started using craftopolis to see what more people are looking at so that I will know which sections are working and which sections are not working in my shop. Just these few little changes have resulted in a slow increase of sales in my Bounty Of Beads shop.

So, I will keep moving forward and I plan on trying to take full advantage of the upcoming Holiday Shopping Season.

Welcome Back!!!

Hello There, Long Time No Blog. Had to take some time off to revamp my store on etsy, close down my jewelry store in etsy and really spent a lot of time working on my festivals, shows and events.

Have lots of new goodies to share with you all and am really looking forward to getting back to where I should be on my blog.

Hopefully I will have lots of new followers and you will suggest my blog to all your friends. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or suggestions on what would make my blog better and stand out more!!! Thank you all so very much,
Bonnie