A good sign I hope.

Hopefully a sign of things to come ... today I sold two pendant necklaces on Etsy.

The Christmas Fair on Hornby Island is Saturday and I hope that the roads stay drivable. Specifically Denman Island's roads. Denman has some pretty steep spots that get crazy in the snow and ice.

To get to Hornby from the mainland (Vancouver, Seattle etc) you must take a ferry to Vancouver Island, drive to Buckley Bay, take a ferry to Denman Island, drive across Denman and finally take a ferry to Hornby.

My oldest boy plans to share a table in the gym with another kid and sell pictures that he's drawn. A bunch of kids plan to have tables this year - I can only imagine the mayhem in there. Fortunately I'll be in the Hall with the adults, good music and even better food.

The most important thing: remember to bring LOTS of lighting with a power strip.

too cold to run equipment

According to the manufacturers specifications - the M15 oxygen concentrator should not be operated in temperatures below 50F and mpt stored in temps below 30F. This means that I am done making glass until it warms up again - which could very well be April or May. What a bummer...

Hopefully I will sell enough glass at the Christmas Fair (a week from today) to place a bulk beeswax order. Beeswax is crazy expensive when compared to paraffin but it's a far nicer product. The plan is to make candles all winter until I can start making glass again.

making glass VS selling glass online

If you take the time spent making this pendant and compare it to the time spent taking the pictures (sizing, white balancing etc), and writing the listing - you realize that it's about 1:4  making/listing. The sheer volume of time spent on translating one small piece of glass jewelry into a commodity that can be sold via  the internet is a lot more than I had anticipated.

Not to mention that in the summer this pendant will sell (very quickly) for $50  while on etsy it's listed for $25 with free shipping AND will cost me a few dollars in relisting fees plus if/when it sells paypal and etsy will both get a percentage.

Writing this post has made me realize that perhaps trying to sell online isn't the right choice for me.

ads ... I just noticed them

I just turned off adBlock plus to see if any ads appeared on my blog ... and did you know ... ads DO appear on my blog.

I never really thought about it since I almost never see ads anymore. I have adblock plus and noscript running and they simply block everything. It's great :)

I don't know how I feel about this and I have an extremely wide range of emotions from which to choose.

more about this later

omigod ... wrk wrk wrk wrk

alright it's done ... I had the showcase, adwords, listings and blah blah blah PLUS I made some stuff in the shop too (not the greatest though).

final numbers

$26 ($15 adwords + $7 showcase + $4 listing fees )   Not too bad really.

It would have been nice to make a sale today...

thanksgiving market THIS saturday

damn ... I need to make inventory for this Saturday. I have a few hours today and tomorrow and that's it.  I am completely out of earrings and only have four jars made.

must work work work work work work work

photographing glass is hard

new pics taken for etsy - hopefully I can get in the shop today and make some jars.

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