Featured Seller: DanaMiller

FEATURED SELLER: DANAMILLER
So I was posting in forums like usually when I stumbled into this wonderful little shop: DanaMiller. W/Luv. I feel in love with her extraordinary prices and AMAZING quality of items.

I love this elephant wallet! OMG! Its only $8 and SUPER cute! Its on my faves list and when I get enough money (and its still there.. KABAM). I might also be on the lookout for other safari animals. Like my favorite... Giraffe. OR LLAMASSS <333.>





Not only does she have cute wallets... but these amazing crocheted sun catcher earrings. Filled with color and vibrancy.

She is for sure on my "fave seller and MUST check out" list. :)

2008 Goals

2008 Goals

2008 is a new look at my shop, CagedBirdSings. I'm having the overall goal of turning what is a fun hobby into a small time business. If I complete my goals I will be happy as a clam! (wouldn't we all??) But To have a long term goal you also need to have short term goals which help you create the long term- it helps keep you motivated and at the end of each goal you can even treat yourself to something special.

Long Term Goals:
- Hobby -> Business
- Keeping a better track on cost of materials and shipping.
- Making 100 sales this year. (5/100) :)

Short Term Goals:
- staining the wood blocks used to hold the chimes
- improve shipping designs. (better "thank you!" notes etc)
- Sell 9 chimes a month. (to make 100 sales this year :))

Anyways. I'm hitting this month off strong with 5 sales! Next month I'll really be focusing on the 9 a month goal so that my 100 overall is an easier attainable beast.

Thanks for listening! Have a good year everyone! :)

New Addition -- Knotty Chime

KNOTTY CHIME

The newest addition to the CBS group-- Knotty Chime.

Why call it Knotty? During the process of making it, it drove me up the wall with frustrations and cut me several times (not because the pieces were sharp- just because of the way I handled it. Harder than usual. It fought back.. and won).
The colors were too intense and amazing to leave alone. I had to continue. Tough love so to speak.

I love this little knotty chime.. even though it was very.. naughty.

Enjoy! :)

1st day -- goals

Following with the "Make your shop better in 30 days" I'm going ahead with the 1st and then will do the 2nd.. just to catch up :')

1st day is making monthly and long term goals for yourself in your shop.

"This helps by keeping you focused and gives you more determination to get your business going. Each month you meet all of your goals reward yourself. It could be a purchase from your favorites list (make it cheap, though, we don’t want to cut into profits too much), a tasty treat, an extra hour of sleep one morning, a picnic for lunch, or something else you love."

Day 1 -- Goals for CagedBirdSings

Monthly------

1. Promote my shop off Etsy. Livejournal, myspace, and facebook. See what I can do.

2. Promote other OWL members.

3. Try to make 2 sales.


Long . Term----------

1. When I get back make more chimes

2. Do twice as many shows than last year

3. Double sales and work harder every month

4. Turn a cute business into a serious one.

5. Open a boutique in the UK on a corner lot somewhere.


there you have it :)

well anyways. if you would like to look into making your ETSY shop better look at Christina Perdue's blog here:

http://christinaperdue.com/blog/2007/10/01/30-days-to-a-better-shop-day-1/

she is already on day 6+ so catch up!

yey!

Wedding Challenges -- ETSYOWLS

Hey all!!! This week's challenge is a wedding theme challenge, in honor of WanderingGirl's upcoming marriage---TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!

A few of the Etsy Owls participated in this challenge this week. The winner will be determined by YOU--as there will be a poll at our team blog at etsyowls.blogspot.com where you can vote for your favorite!

Right now, there isn't a blog up yet, but we wanted to go ahead & get the ball rolling. Look at all the entries, & show them some love!!!

Nick's "Southwest Blues" necklace:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6925518

Sharon's "Chillax Bridezilla" Bath Salts:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6929408

Lora's "I DO choker necklace":
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6944831

Erin's "Ringing Bells"
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6948397

Kristen's "The Wandering Girl (Sterling Silver Earrings)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6943229

Feel free to comment on which one you like the best in here until we get the poll up. Hearts & purchases are also encouraged :) We'll be posting a link to it in THIS thread when the poll goes up!!!

Also, last week's challenge winner is Rita (KnotartWA)--who will be the Stellar Seller on the blog this week. Check out the final poll results at corgicreations.blogspot.com

Congrats Rita!!!

Better Days -- New Chime

Hey guys,

The chime you see in the later post of how I create a chime is doing well and listed in my shop. My IRL life has been hectic.. and so has my Etsy one. I work part time, though do extra hours (I leave for Ireland in 15 days so it s a"yipes!" for $$), I also run my Etsy shop, a 2nd shop to support my new charity, and my boss's shop who makes jewelry. I'll be handing over her shop to her soon along with a tutorial of how to survive Etsy. My grandfather has been having ups and downs lately and has just returned from his second E.R. visit. The meds he was on for his back surgery post-ness was giving him nightmares and hallucinations :( which lead to a seizure which led to bad calls. ugh. Its been a depressing 2 weeks and I hope the climb up to Ireland is a better one.

Good news:
I recently received a haircut where I chopped it all off and now its wild and curly (naturally) and its fun and I love it. I feel like a hot fairy. oh boy.
My etsy store which supports my charity got a sale recently :) the cold season is coming! ahhh! <3. style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0SzVMtcUwiCF046s_5zbmp232KnIUcut4dIyFi6AWhn8SsDi-GxI2CBtJaTY0TncoWzwoaCD1gowTUykW0YlsNzTLDZLkNU6JmbkSoKIozQ1UC-DZX9C0Eiluh3ivWDKkEXvi3MOSmMA/s200/HPIM2635.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105796458870795346" border="0">
But anyways... feeling a bit down I created another windchime and have titled it "Better Days" in hopes that the days to come will shine brighter and truer. I just got back from seeing my grandpa (they sent him home Friday yey!) and he's doing better and seems to be a-okay. not hallucinating as bad but still wakes up and is scared to get off his bed. Which is weird for me? Because I have hellish nightmares -all- the time. so it was weird to talk about his "disease" when its a normal happening for me.

Anyways! the chime: