SALE!!!!!!!!!! And new goodies :D

SALE
I'm holding a sale at crafting4causes.etsy.com! THIS WEEK ONLY: 25% off of EVERYTHING (before shipping).
ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND........
If your purchase is $15.00 or more (before shipping) you get this FREE pair of earrings! (Valued at $6.50) *The first person to make a qualified purchase wins it-not everyone)
PICTURES OF EARRINGS: 1 AND 2


This month all proceeds from my charity shop go to the Humane Society to care for all of those cute little critters :D

*****25% off of the listed price-you must mention this deal from the forum when purchasing and I will refund you the discount via paypal*****

New projects:
On the left you'll see the cutest card I made today-I think I'll be making lots of these :D

And on the right I have a picture of a custom painted book box I made for someone for a trade. I just really like it :D And all of these pictures are taken in the new lightbox :D

1 for the money, 2 for the show, buckle up 'cause here we go!!!!!!!!!

We're back in business!

I've attached some pictures of my newly organized crafting tables. Including the smaller new light box awaiting a permenent second lamp and attaching the fabric as well. I've got lots to list next to it and everything else lined up :D I've even unpacked my new scale from the post office, though I haven't tried it out yet. I usually do my items at the kitchen table that my work tables are next to or at the couch pictured :D My cute little puppy Pepper is staring at you above :D I also do a small amount of items during slow times at my work (i.e. punch out paper tags, cut paper for matchbook notebooks).

Anyway, I even got 3 orders finished and packaged to mail tomorrow. I don't usually work on Sundays-a policy of mine for religious reasons but I kinda fudged it today. I couldn't stand the chaos and disorganization. So tomorrow will be nice-I only work 2 hours at my school district job and then I will work on some of these custom orders/trades awaiting my attention then start the daunting task of listing new items and re-taking pictures and re-calculating shipping now that I have my new scale and have a better handle on this all.

I'm excited to be a bit more organized and have a handle on things. Soon I'll get back to daily picks and I have a couple of tutorials in the works. ;) I am still deciding a sort of contest or giveaway for this month-for the crafting4causes shop and since it's my 25th birthday on the 26th!!! But I don't know what to do!

The Light Box Blues

Well well well, here we have a light box and are still struggling! I made a large one to fit a variety of items, but the light I bought just doesn't light it up enough, I would need more lamps. Luckily I also made a smaller one that works better. I'm experimenting with different fabrics, lightbulbs, and camera settings to best represent my items. No matter what your venue (jewelry, vintage, etc) you also have to be a photographer to sell on etsy! Here are some before and after pictures I have up. 1 is the earring with flash, but no special lightbulb/fabric covering the light box. 2 is with the lightbulb and actually no fabric, and then brightened up a bit using paint.net (like photoshop) And then the beads are using the lightbox, no cover, and edited to brighten up the background. If you want to see all of the shots, please look here and feel free to comment here on my blog!

*UNDER CONSTRUCTION*

My stress level out of 10 is about a 12 lately. But I'm trying to stay focused balancing everything. I'm taking a break right now during my re-vamping of my shops. I am checking for errors and updates in titles and descriptions as well as policies. I am also constructing a light box so I have better pictures. I just bought the supplies. Then I will have the lovely task of re-taking all my pictures. I just received in the mail as well my scale so I can accurately guess shipping costs including listing foreign destinations to help my customers out. In other words---we're getting serious, and we're getting busy! I have so many other items I'm working on and want to get listed-just envision a chicken running around with its head cut off. I want to do some giveaways, and contests, and on and on and on, but I need to do ONE THING AT A TIME! Lol. Not to mention I've gone overboard on the trading fun. Anyway, that's my blurb for now. I won't be doing too many updates until I get this under control. Though I did get a lovely package with some GREAT items from a very generous etsian yesterday to list in the crafting4causes shop. I'm so excited! I will post some pictures here soon.

Also, in case you haven't seen, come sign up for Secret Santa!!!! Here it is on the forums: http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6274962

I'm Still Alive!

Wow, I go a couple days without posting and I feel so neglectful! I sent off the money from the proceeds of Crafting4Causes.etsy.com to the Second Harvest Foodbank of the Inland Northwest today (and added in a little extra cash since the shop didn't make much). Another kind etsian is sending some items my way to help in the great effort. Please spread the word!!!

As for my jollyjennifer shop I've gotten behind as well. I have lots of items to be made and lots of items to be listed but life has been running me ragged lately. I was 40 minutes late to my day job today because I slept in :( I'm going to have to be more disciplined and concentrated soon as I anticipate starting yet another part time job on top of my current work load. But I still have great plans for etsy-I'm loving it despite the nearly non-existent sales. I really need to simmer down on all of these unneeded trades I'm currently doing, lol. I'm trading away so much stuff-some of it for Christmas shopping and some just because :P

Anyway-here are my picks of the day>
You will see a Kanzashi Flower Barrette here.

I saw a similar barrette on the front page of etsy and LOVED it. After hitting the forums asking about it-I was told to search for Kanzashi-the type of folding/flower design. There's lots of great stuff, this is just one that I like :D

And from my store-here is a simple pair of earrings that I listed a little while back. I had a long detailed dream last night about missionary work. I served a year and a half long mission for my church in Poland not too long ago and loved giving service and teaching others about Christ. These earrings are simple yet a pretty symbol of Christianity. You can see them here.

And as for possible giveaways and sales-I'm making all sorts of plans for my birthday this month, for this month's sales going to the Humane Society, and for Halloween upcoming. So keep tuned! Also, do you want to participate in SECRET SANTA????? Visit this thread in the forum and sign up!

The uncreative title for another great post :D

Soooooo, it's past 2am. I should be in bed :P Here are some picks that I like--You'll see a beautiful Christmas Ornament with polymer clay detailing. I actually found out about this etsian through another blog I follow and enjoy their work. This particular ornament is on sale and can be found here.

My feature for the day is this lovely pair of earrings. I fell in love with the beads and just had to make something from them :D They are being sold here.

Giveaway Winners and Daily Picks :D

My first giveaway just ended and I'm proud to announce the winners: Grand prize of $10 in my jollyjennifer shop goes to 5erg, and runner up prize of 25% off or a random prize in the mail is gugu. Thanks to all those who entered!

As for picks of the day, I'm proud to show my cute little Coloring Book Booklets for Halloween. It's my first time making Matchbooks as well as making my own custom crayons :D I love this and plan to make some as stocking stuffers for Christmas as well :D You can find them here

And as for my other pick of the day, here is a cute headband by Weezawear. They have lots of cute stuff and reasonably priced! I wish headbands worked in my hair better-I must have a funny shaped head or something. Who knows, I still might try one... the listing is shown for the apple one here.