Clearance Sale

CLEARANCE SALE
25% Off All Clearance Items
Free U.S Shipping / 1.00 International Shipping

CLEARANCE SALE

HOLIDAY SALE

***HOLIDAY SALE***

 candycrack.etsy.com 

 20% Off Message In A Bottle Necklaces

(Customize your own personal message!)

10% Off The Entire Store

FREE U.S SHIPPING + 1.00 INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING

SALE WILL LAST FROM BLACK FRIDAY - CYBER MONDAY

SHIPPING SPECIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE REST OF 2010

Find out about the rest of the estybloggers who are participating in this sale! 

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

The holidays are finally upon us and so is my holiday sale. Starting Tonight at midnight From Black Friday through Cyber Monday all items in my shop will be 10% off, with my message in a bottle necklaces 20% off! This also includes free US shipping and 1.00 international shipping which will last through the rest of the year!

Getting Ready For The Holidays

HUGE SHOP UPDATE!

The past two days have been keeping me very busy, with shop related things. I've been creating new jewelry, photographing new jewelry, advertising new jewelry, and more! I am currently on a jewelry overload! My shop has had about 15 new pieces added too it the past two days and hopefully I will be able to crank out just a little more over the remainder of the weekend.

Many of my new pieces are also very affordable with the majority being priced under $20.00! I'm hopping I will get a decent amount of sales for the holiday. I'm really looking forward to see what happens with my Black Friday - Cyber Monday Sale!

Hopefully Dexter will be a good little puppy the rest of the weekend like he was today! I don't need anymore chewed up power cords or lost earrings! Yesterday I was photographing outside on my deck and came in to grab something I had forgot, when I went back out a earring and mysteriously gone missing.

If you haven't noticed, the newest owl pieces are my favorites.

Getting Ready For Holiday Sales!

 

That would be my adorable little puppy Dexter. Dexter decided the other day that he was going to use my camera cord as his new chew toy. Because of this I have been unable to update my shop with all my newest designs. Hopefully I should be receiving my new one soon and I won't have any problems with it. 

I just signed up for the etsy bloggers 2010 Holiday Sale! I'm excited to be taking part in this, this year. The sale will be featuring numerous shops from the etsy bloggers team and will last November 26th - November 29th! For the Sale I will be offering 20% Off on my entire message in a bottle collection and 10% off the rest of my store.

Starting today I will begin my Free US Shipping + 1.00 International Shipping. This shipping special will last until the end of the year!

Oh My, Where Did The Time Go.

It's been about a year since I last updated my shop, blog or did much of anything even related to etsy. Today I went out shopping for some new supplies and found some very inspiring things. I made 4 new things when I got home, even if one ended up being for me.

Hopefully, I will slowly get back into keeping up with my shop again and not completely neglecting it for so long. I really enjoy creating new things, but with work and other things etsy related activities got put on hold for much longer then I initially expected.

I have been making some treasuries over the past few months, you can take a peak at all of those here. I really like how quite a few of them turned out.

New Things!

Just put 5 new necklace designs up in my shop, be sure to stop by and check them out! I just made a new record for myself, one of my new deisngs just sold. Definitely a new record for me, it sold within an hour of being posted.

TREASURY
Got a chance to make a new treasury today, it's called Autumn Spice and is filled with a beautiful variety of autumn related items. Be sure to check it out, Autumn Spice Treasury.

NEW BLOG
This morning I created a new blog strictly dedicated to etsy finds! The blog is called ALWAYS.etsy, please be sure to stop by and check it out! This is definitely going to be my newest project, and I'm looking forward to getting it started. It's still in it's infancy stages right now, need to still figure out affiliates and other blog such things.

Summer Is Coming

Memorial Day weekend is here, and that means its the unofficial kickoff of summer. The weather is getting warmer, the landscape is greener and summer is right around the corner. (It just can't seem to get here soon enough).

With summer coming that means a new designs for the occasion. I've been working on a few new things especially for summer. My favorite so far is a peace sign design "slip necklace" which I absolutely love. The first one I made I loved so much I ended up wearing it myself before taking photographs of it. I was going out and wanted something just right to wear and it fit perfectly. I've been wearing it every day since, along with a similar bracelet that I've been wearing for about two weeks now. So needless to say some peace sign designs will definitely be popping up soon.

My next favorite thing is "Heavy Metal". I end up with lots of scrap chain and I've began creating "Heavy Metal" designs out of those scraps. They are basically a mix of random chains in various styles and colors.

I will also be doing a bunch of beach related pieces as the beach is probably my favorite thing about summer. One day I will live by the ocean on the beach. These man made lake beaches around me just don't cut it and I don't live by any of the nice Great Lake beaches like the west side of the state has.

Plus of course keys will remain a strong focal point of many designs.

1 Month Anniversary

Today marks my "1 Month Anniversary" for my etsy shop.

My One Month Stats

• SALES: 5


• SHOP HEARTS: 50


• CURRENT ITEM HEARTS: 51


• GIFT GUIDES: 1 (St. Patrick's Day)


• TREASURIES THAT I HAVE BEEN IN: 1 (That I am aware of)


• SHOP VISITS: 888 (Based on Google Analytic's)


• FRONT PAGE: 0

I must say I am quite happy with my 1 Month Statistics. I wasn't really expecting to many sales in my first month as jewelry is the most crowded area of etsy (after supplies of course). I've heard many people say they didn't receive any sales until after their first or second month. I was even more thrilled to be put into one of the gift guides, even though that didn't lead to a sale of the specific item listed. Hopefully I can continue this trend with growing sales, and visits and don't take a turn in the opposite direction.

I've also added 4 new items to my shop today, here's a preview of the new items.

You can find these items and more currently in my shop, candycrack.etsy.com.

Featured In: Etsy's St. Patricks Day Gift Guide

Wow, I just found out one of my necklaces has been featured in Etsy's St. Patricks Day Gift Guide! It might not be on the front page but I definitely feel accomplished to have one of my items featured in a gift guide. Especially since my shop has only been open for two week's!

Lile's Lucky Charms
(Click On The Picture For More Info)

You can view all my St. Patrick's Day related items in my shop. candycrack.etsy.com

My Very First Treasury

So I was roaming around the treasuries earlier today and noticed that the treasury west was going to have some opening. So I staled the treasury for 2 hours so I could make my first one. It was quite exciting and fun to make.

I chose the theme "Nature Inspired" It features items that are well inspired by nature and sticks to a color pallet of mostly brown and greens. I've had spring on the brain lately, I can't wait for the snow to be gone and all the trees to start growing their leaves.



You can view my treasury here!


Two new necklaces have also been added to my shop today, both of these are one of a kind designs. You can view these two necklaces and more at my shop, candycrack.etsy.com.



I was also informed by my first customer today that she has been getting tons of comments on her necklace, and is even now thinking about purchasing another!

A Lovely Morning Surprise

Waking up this morning, I was not in a great mood. I was still quite tired and hadn't gotten enough sleep. The cat's kept waking me up, hours before I needed to get up. When I finally did wake up even the lovely sunshine filled morning didn't make a difference. The sunshine simply irritated me. The blinding effect it had as it reflected off the snow just gave me a headache.

So after feeding the cat's and letting out DJ (our dog). I sat down and checked my e-mail and other various Social Networking sites I visit. I noticed I had a convo on etsy, from my most first buyer. It simply read...

The necklace is even more beautiful than I imagined! Thank you so much!

Talk about a lovely morning surprise. What was a terrible morning, turned around after reading these two short sentences.

I had all kinds of first seller jitters. What if she doesn't like it? What if my packaging wasn't good enough and it get's damaged?(Even though it was in a cotton filled jewelry box that was wrapped, and inside a bubble mailer with extra tape) Many other questions and doubts also rushed through my head.

It's amazing the feeling you can get when you find out someone loves the item they bought from you. I look forward to having more happy customers in the future. My first time selling experience was simply great, I hope they all go this well.

Why I started on Etsy

This is a post for the Etsy Bloggers , bi-weekly blog carnival.

My Chosen Question: What made you open a shop on Etsy? What do you like about being a seller on Etsy? What don't you like?

Well I initially meant to start on Etsy a few years ago, I originally made my account in May 2007. That summer I was planning on starting up a shop and getting things going. However, at that point in time I was much to busy with school, taking care of a new house and numerous other things. So it got delayed, and delayed, and delayed, until just one week ago.

Anyways, I decided to start my shop because creating jewelry has always been something I have loved to do. Even when I was very little, I was creating my own jewelry. It's one of my hobbies from when I was young that definitely stuck.

I'm a big fan of believing that one should enjoy their "job". While Etsy may not be my full-time job, it is a part time job. Too many people wake up every morning and go to a job they despise, this is not something I chose to do. By day I work as a graphic & web designer. In my spare time I get to work on jewelry. I definitely cannot complain about either job.

My favorite thing so far about being a seller on etsy is the freedom to do whatever I would like with my shop. I get to create my own logo and banner, I get to create my own policies and of course my own jewelry designs. For me my shop is another creative outlet, and something I am passionate about.

Now when it comes to my least favorite thing, I can't really say what that is yet. My shop has only been open for a week and I have yet to find something I don't like. I suppose I could say lack of sales, but in my first week I already managed to sell one necklace. Which I think is quite good for someone just starting. I could also maybe say all the self promotion, however it's actually been a fun challenge for me. I've enjoyed doing the research and looking for various ways to promote. Overall I honestly do not have any complaints... yet.

THE FRIDAY FIVE: PENGUINS?

THIS WEEKS FRIDAY FIVE THEME: PENGUINS

While I was sitting at my desk thinking of what my very first friday five should be, in walks my cat meowing. He walks into the room, comes over to me and drops his little penguin toy we bought him for christmas right next to me. Then he proceeds to sit down and stare at me wanting to play. So as I picked up his toy to throw it I thought to myself. "Hmmm, penguins would make an interesting toy." Then as I throw the toy, Tigger remained sitting next to me and just glanced at where the toy was. That's a cat for you, although sometimes he will actually run after it and bring it back... However, those times are few and far between. Now on to this weeks Friday five...

THE FRIDAY FIVE

Set of 6 Penguin Greeting Cards PERSONALIZED for YOU ( A2 4.25 x 5.5 )
BY: mydeardarling.etsy.com


Print of my original folk art painting - Penguin Love - Valentine, heart
BY: DUDADAZE.etsy.com


Lovely Penguin Princess Leather Purse ( Yellow )
BY: leatherprince.etsy.com


Two Funny Penguins (small) - Wall Decal
BY: vinylwalldesign.etsy.com


PENSIVE PENGUIN -hand-pierced sterling silver pendant
BY: erinbowe

SHOP UPDATE
My shop was updated today with 5 new items, 4 necklaces & 1 pair of earings. You can view all the new updates at candycrack.etsy.com

In other shop news, I also had my first official sale today! I was so excited I packaged it up and shipped it out before going into work.

New Look

Well I finally found a fix for the template upload error that numerous people seem to be having issues with lately. Thanks to the fix I was able to upload and customize the look of the blog. While the new look is definitely a step ahead of the basic template I was using, I'm still not all to thrilled with it.

I will probably continue to play around with other templates, until I find something I am 100% happy with. Although if time permits maybe I will get the chance to sit down on customize one out myself. However, until that point I will remain content with this one.

In etsy news I received a conversation today, asking me to hold an item. I was quite happy considering I only opened my shop a mere 48hrs ago. This definitely perked up my mood and calmed over some worries I had about creating a shop.

I've been quite busy with work the past two days. I'm hoping twords the end of the week I can get some me time to work on some more new creations for the shop. I'm also awaiting some orders of some more vintage keys I can't wait to get my hands on them!