In my last post, I mentioned that I had paid a bit for some advertising space over on Etsy. Nothing huge, just a few bucks to see my work listed at the top of the Pendants page. I was hoping that it would bring in more views and maybe even a sale or two, but alas, no such luck. I actually saw less shop/item views on Tuesday than I have in almost 2 weeks. I purposefully didn't do any other promoting that day so I could see how effective (or ineffective) the feature was, and, well...the drop in views was pretty telling. I'm not sure I'll use that option again any time soon.
But it was kind of exciting to see my work at the top of a page. I took a screen shot just to share it on here...
Whew! That was a process and a half, uploading that picture lol. Anyway, there I am, my Black Gradient Pendant featured in a sort of obscure section. The more research I do, the more it sounds like searches on Etsy are more text based rather than clicking through sections, so in the future, this whole being featured in the "Sponsored" section probably isn't something I'll try again.
In other news...Sarah, the lucky winner of my Facebook contest, sent me a message to let me know she'd received her prize today. Now, I did a sneaky little bit of self-promotion and tucked a little note with a coupon code for my Etsy shop in with her necklace. I couldn't decide if it was a good idea or not, but it turns out that it paid off, because in her "thank you" email today, she asked if I would make a pair of earrings to go with her necklace, and that if I could, she'd absolutely buy them from me. Of course I sent her back a message saying I would get on making a pair of earrings just for her. I'm so excited! This is the necklace I sent her:
I have another one really similar to this one, except it's strung on chain rather than organza ribbon. You can find it here
I hope I'm able to come up with something great for her. Today was a little frustrating for me on the design front. I have a really great idea for a pair of earrings that I've spent some time sketching out and considering, and I started working on them today. I've got all the separate component pieces figured out and most of them made, but I have no idea how to bring them all together. I know I just have to keep working at it and I'll figure it out eventually, so I'm not worried. But it's super frustrating to be able to see what I want the end piece to look like, and not know how to get there.
Oh well. It's all part of pushing myself out of my comfort zone. I might be frustrated right now, but that just means when I finally finish the project, I'll feel like I really accomplished something awesome. Creating something beautiful from is really rewarding, and it seems like it's doubly rewarding when I have to work for it.
I suppose that's all for now. Hope everyone's having a great week!
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