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I'm 41 years old and home educate my only son, we live with my partner of 10 years. I have a very supportive family and along with my mum we have recently opened up a shop on etsy selling our creations.

Saturday 16 October 2010

Opening up my etsy store - an ongoing project.

Six weeks ago I decided to open my own store on etsy. I wasn't sure what to expect but quickly realised that it's certainly not a case of just banging your goods up there and waiting for them to sell. The last six weeks have been a huge learning curve and I've learned so many new skills.
First I had to buy a decent camera as mine was definitely showing it's age and not doing my items justice, so armed with my Polaroid i533 I began snapping away. Some of the pictures were a lot better and this was certainly the case in natural daylight but a lot of the items were still missing that certain something. I looked at other shops and some of the photography was amazing, so slightly disheartened I went away to deliberate. My partner is an avid reader of instructables and tired of my whining he decided to research how to build a light box. Eager to get started we set off to buy the necessary supplies and a couple of hours later we had a working light box!
The light box and a new camera have made a huge difference to my pictures,  here's one I am particularly proud of...



Chado tea set.


This is my first post for this blog, I hope you've enjoyed reading it. Future posts will include lots more about opening an etsy store, cooking, gardening, crafting, home educating and much more.
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13 comments:

  1. 'grats, good luck! Check out/comment/follow my blog http://skinnyhound.blogspot.com

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  3. I'm excited for you! I remember when I started my shop. I was super excited. Sometimes it'll be hard, but starting my shop has been one of the best things I've ever done.

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  4. Good luck with your new shop and your blog! Both look great so far, you have really cute items =) It's all a lot more work than it seems, but I feel it's totally worth it to be doing something you truly love =)

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  5. Thank you for all you lovely comments and yes I agree it's worth all the effort :)

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  6. Great start! Wish you alle the best with your ongoing business! It's pretty much an exciting adventure - at least, that's what we feel.

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  7. Saw your Etsy post and now following you Dawn. Great first blog post and love your Etsy shop! Val (discerningchichi)

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  8. Hi Nauli and Valerie - thank you for your kind comments :)
    I'll be following you too - If I forget to follow someone just give me a nudge, I'm looking forwards to having a read of all your blogs.

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  9. awesome blog!! am following you!! am going to your etsy shop to heart you!!

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  10. ok you need to put the link to your etsy shop right here on your blog !! go to my blog and see how i have my etsy shops linked!! good luck!
    http://georgiamarbles.blogspot.com

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  11. Georgia thank you! and good luck to you too :)

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  12. After all the trouble you went through to get on Etsy, isn't it worth it all just to post original and unique handmade items that stem from your own creativity and imagination? Well worth it. It is best to stick with what is your own, that way you know that what you offer is the only one of it's kind and only you can make it. Good luck!!!!

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