Just listed

I just listed another recycled wall hanging on Etsy. I sold the other one a fews weeks ago and I just finished this one the other day. I did it a little different this time and kept it in a rectangle shape. I also added hooks so it can be hung vertical or horizontal. I'm also working on another project using this same concept. So stay tuned for that.

Treasury time!

I made it into another treasury. Always exciting. :)

newspaper newspaper newspaper

I've been busy rolling bead and making some fun new bracelets. I'm starting to get them listed on etsy. I hate to toot my own horn, but I think they are awesome. I've been experimenting on making jewelry from newspaper for awhile. I believe I have it down now.

This one is made with the grocery section. It has a lot of fun food items on it.

This one is made out of the classified section.

I've also been busy reorganizing my craft room. Yes I have a craft room now. Well, It's actually my walk-in closet. I don't use it too much for my clothes so I figure it would be great for a craft room. Instead of having everything through out the house. I'm sure my husband appreciates it as well. That is all for now. I'm off to make more beads.

Christmas rush?

Well my sales didn't exactly flourish for the Christmas season. I plan on adding a bunch of new items to my shop. I'm also working on a new promotional plan for the up coming year. I know I haven't exactly had the greatest luck with etsy, but it is way too much fun to give up already.

Tracking views

I like to keep track of my views. Until recently I did this by simply trying to remember what my views were for the previous day. Then I had this idea to create a spreadsheet to keep track of them. I have each item listed and the views. Everyday I enter in the new amount of views. Some days they go up some days they don't. I usually try and jot down if I was in a treasury or if I posted some form of advertising. That way I can kinda see where my views come from. I can track how many views I get from re listing an item. It isn't very technical but I mainly do it out of curiosity.

It is also fun to create charts from the spreadsheet.

Jacob's ladder toy

I remember when I was a kid my dad made us a Jacob's ladder toy. I always remember it being a pretty cool toy to play with. The other day as I was flipping through my daughter's board book with her I got an idea. I wanted to make the toy with her book. One problem, I had no idea how to do it. I asked my dad but he couldn't remember either. Neither of us new what the toy was really called. We always just called it a flipflop toy. After doing a little research my parents found what I was looking for, a Jacob's ladder wooden toy. Well I cut my daughter's book apart and starting putting it together.



Here is K playing with it. He had a lot of fun with it. This was just practice I need to use something stronger than ribbon and find a way to reinforce the straps better.

Showcase results

Was it worth it? perhaps... Not really... I would have had better results relisting 35 times in one day. The first painting I had up got 2 new views.



The second item, my recycled magazine paper wall hanging got 11 views


and the third item, small recycled magazine paper wall hanging got 5 new views.


No new hearts on the items but I got two new hearts on my whole shop. I rotated these three items throughout the day. Relisting would probably get me better results. Atleast now I know for next time.