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Geez..it's been a year and a half since I last blogged in here! Time flys. I must admit though that I am bad at blogging. I just can't seem to get around to doing it.
Well, here's the update!
Things have really taken off since my first post in here. For one thing I am now working inside...so no more depending on good weather to get a days work in. My husband and I turned one of our spare bedrooms into a studio! It's perfect. Not very big...but small and cozy is perfect. I have all my supplies together in one area now...glass, frits, packing supplies, etc....all within reach. I am a very organized person, so I set things up just right for me. I also have my CD's close by....can't work without good music playing along with me...great inspiration!
The other big thing is I that I am no longer doing this part time! Yep...I left my part-time office job just over a year ago now. It was a scary thing to do...not knowing how well my bead business was really going to take off. Well, things have turned out just fine...I worried myself crazy for nothing. Although it was one of the hardest decisions I've ever made, I now know that it was the right decision for me. So now I am working usually between 5 or 6 days a week...off and on. It's a VERY busy business as I do everything by myself...I am a one woman shop! The actual making the beads is only a small part of it all...there is cleaning, string, photographing, listing, answering emails, packing, mailing...lots and lots! I still don't feel I have this all down right yet...I need to organize my time better....I'm working on it.
All in all, things are going well and I'm really loving my work. I still feel it's so wonderful to be able to go into my studio, sit down, turn on my music, and begin the creation of something beautiful.....it's an amazing medium, and I never want to give it up
Well, now that I mentioned "packing", I just remembered I need to get an order out tomorrow...so off I go.
Please feel free to comment or email me anytime at all! Anne
Well, here's the update!
Things have really taken off since my first post in here. For one thing I am now working inside...so no more depending on good weather to get a days work in. My husband and I turned one of our spare bedrooms into a studio! It's perfect. Not very big...but small and cozy is perfect. I have all my supplies together in one area now...glass, frits, packing supplies, etc....all within reach. I am a very organized person, so I set things up just right for me. I also have my CD's close by....can't work without good music playing along with me...great inspiration!
The other big thing is I that I am no longer doing this part time! Yep...I left my part-time office job just over a year ago now. It was a scary thing to do...not knowing how well my bead business was really going to take off. Well, things have turned out just fine...I worried myself crazy for nothing. Although it was one of the hardest decisions I've ever made, I now know that it was the right decision for me. So now I am working usually between 5 or 6 days a week...off and on. It's a VERY busy business as I do everything by myself...I am a one woman shop! The actual making the beads is only a small part of it all...there is cleaning, string, photographing, listing, answering emails, packing, mailing...lots and lots! I still don't feel I have this all down right yet...I need to organize my time better....I'm working on it.
All in all, things are going well and I'm really loving my work. I still feel it's so wonderful to be able to go into my studio, sit down, turn on my music, and begin the creation of something beautiful.....it's an amazing medium, and I never want to give it up
Well, now that I mentioned "packing", I just remembered I need to get an order out tomorrow...so off I go.
Please feel free to comment or email me anytime at all! Anne
Finally..another entry
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Well, I'm back again finally. I have been too busy to keep blogging in here on a regular basis.
My bead sales on eBay are doing very well...which is very good, except for I can't keep up! I try to always have something listed in my store, but lately it's been a little tough keeping a more than 5 or 6 sets listed at a time. The weather is part of the problem. It was so nice last month in March..but April has had more rain and been a lot cooler out. Today, for instance, I could probably be out there making a set or two....I've been debating whether or not to all morning....but it is cloudy, chilly (around 50 degrees), and there is a bit of a wind too. Rain tomorrow, which is fine since Friday's are one of my regular work days at the office (I work part-time for a Child Care Food Program). This weekend looks iffy for Saturday, and Sunday a wash out....soooooooooo, I wait for Spring to come back again.
I still think about moving everything inside..at least for the winter months, but geez, I really love working outside on the sunny days. I just love being outside no matter what I'm doing...so I would definitely hate to be stuck inside lampworking when it's a nice sunny day out. Our winters here aren't bad enough for me to really move inside anyhow...just lately it seems the good days are when I'm at work at the office! Oh well
Well, off I go to pack some beads..and off to the post office. Hopefully by my next blog the sun will be shining, the weather warm, and my eBay store filled with lots of new and exciting beads! Have a wonderful day...Anne
My bead sales on eBay are doing very well...which is very good, except for I can't keep up! I try to always have something listed in my store, but lately it's been a little tough keeping a more than 5 or 6 sets listed at a time. The weather is part of the problem. It was so nice last month in March..but April has had more rain and been a lot cooler out. Today, for instance, I could probably be out there making a set or two....I've been debating whether or not to all morning....but it is cloudy, chilly (around 50 degrees), and there is a bit of a wind too. Rain tomorrow, which is fine since Friday's are one of my regular work days at the office (I work part-time for a Child Care Food Program). This weekend looks iffy for Saturday, and Sunday a wash out....soooooooooo, I wait for Spring to come back again.
I still think about moving everything inside..at least for the winter months, but geez, I really love working outside on the sunny days. I just love being outside no matter what I'm doing...so I would definitely hate to be stuck inside lampworking when it's a nice sunny day out. Our winters here aren't bad enough for me to really move inside anyhow...just lately it seems the good days are when I'm at work at the office! Oh well
Well, off I go to pack some beads..and off to the post office. Hopefully by my next blog the sun will be shining, the weather warm, and my eBay store filled with lots of new and exciting beads!
Have a wonderful day...AnneMy Very First Blog
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Well, here I am, typing up my first Blog. Heck, just a few months ago I didn't even know what a Blog was!
Not alot going on today actually. I have spent most of the day creating my website. It's going great so far...and I want to thank Curtis (my husband's nephew) for telling me about this place. If you read this...thanks Curtis!
No beadmaking today....we are going through an arctic blast! Since I am still working outside, it's way too cold! The high at the moment (2:10 pm) is around 42. I woke up this morning and it was 25! This is California, isn't it?
Hopefully tomorrow I'll go out for a bit and make a couple sets...we'll see. I think it's supposed to warm up a degree or two!
Anyhow, that's it for today.....boring wasn't it? I'll try to add a Blog every now and then...but not every day! Ciao!
Not alot going on today actually. I have spent most of the day creating my website. It's going great so far...and I want to thank Curtis (my husband's nephew) for telling me about this place. If you read this...thanks Curtis!
No beadmaking today....we are going through an arctic blast! Since I am still working outside, it's way too cold! The high at the moment (2:10 pm) is around 42. I woke up this morning and it was 25! This is California, isn't it?
Hopefully tomorrow I'll go out for a bit and make a couple sets...we'll see. I think it's supposed to warm up a degree or two!
Anyhow, that's it for today.....boring wasn't it? I'll try to add a Blog every now and then...but not every day! Ciao!
