im all open!
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
My god today has been a bit of whirlwind! After finishing college today and getting some christmas shopping done I headed down to hobbycraft to pick up more paper I've been using for my calendar. Unfortunately they didn't have- ugh!!
However, when I got home I counted up all the pieces I had- which was enough for 4. Then I remembered I bought paper a while back that was on a deal so decided to try it. The came out well! However, the feeling of chuffness didn't last long as while I was in the middle of trimming the first print out, I checked the rest that was printing. And to my horror the ink on a few designs wasn't printing as it was low! I was so gutted! I had 3 designs from 3 calendars I had printed that I couldn't use!
Next when I was trying to set up my Etsy shop I had even more hassle! It wouldn't accept my card and I tried to get some help from the lovely people over at Handmade Hour and Handmade Nation, along with the people going along with #handmadehour trend. Luckily, some people informed me that I shouldn't have a problem but could consider checking out Folksy. So that I did.
I set it all up and was really nervous about actually opening it as I wasn't sure if I had made it too expensive or too cheap. With all the costs that included with Folksy I was getting quite confused with everything. But after having a conversation with a friend on facebook, which she mentioned something about fears and having to complete her UCAS a light switched on. I clicked the Folksy tab I had left open for about 10minutes and instantly pressed the 'list' button.
I was done! I could slightly relax.
Although, this didn't last long! I posted a tweet that I had listed it in, and the retweets, favourites and replies started pouring in! Then I received one from Caitlin saying "I just bought your calendar!! I love it so much :)". My heart stopped. I stared at the words about several times till the registered in my head. I had made my first sale within 30mins of me making my shop and within 15minutes of making the listing. I started shaking, heck, I'm still shaking!
All this in a one day, I am absolutely knackered! I will be needing to get the ink printer sorted though in case there is any other sales! But in the mean time I could use the college printers.
I promise I will try to do a write up soon about my development for this just been so busy and everything.
Oh I almost forgot! You can check out the listing here: http://folksy.com/items/5090701-2014-A5-Woodland-Calendar
Oh I almost forgot! You can check out the listing here: http://folksy.com/items/5090701-2014-A5-Woodland-Calendar
