Monday, November 17, 2008

It’s been a while since I mentioned my side business, but here’s a shameless self promoting post for you. I took a long break from it while I was so ill with morning sickness. However, in the past month or so, I have been working on a few new things and I did participate in my mother’s annual fall open house last weekend. Sales were slow, as I expected given the economy, but I did well considering.

One of the new things I made that I was nervous about was this necklace and matching earrings. But the cool thing was the instant feedback when the ladies first saw them - all seemed to think it was a pretty necklace and I had several interested in buying it. Ultimately, they did sell, which was very fun.

The other new thing I’m offering is glass lockets. I love these things. They are double-sided, so you can put two pictures in them. They’re easy to open, with a little screw at the top near the clasp. I sold one round one at the open house and I plan to list them in my shop today I have listed them in my shop. They are custom pieces - you order the shape you want and length of chain you want (16”, 18” or 20") and I’ll put them together for you. You have to do your own photos, though.

I also took on a few special orders from the open house - resizing a ring for a woman who has the tiniest fingers imaginable, a tea infuser, the locket, and a necklace to match a bracelet and earrings.

If you have jewelry needs for Christmas gifts, please remember my little shop. I’ll try to add new items in the next couple of weeks and I plan to mark down some of the older inventory, too.