How Is The New Year??

How has the new year been for you so far?

Anyone still waiting on a 2010 sale?

Share anything Let's get chatty!!

So far I have done pretty well, I have been too busy to list too much new stuff though, so that is my downfall. I need to buckle down and create.

I just got an order from a VP of a major corporation, so I'm super excited about that! I hope it works out well!!

My goal this year is to get super organized. I want my entire studio to be in tip-top shape and I want to be able to find what I need when I need it straight away.

I was slow from about the week before Christmas until about a week into January. Since then I have had a reasonable (for me) trickle of custom and regular orders. I have a package to mail when I run errands shortly and a custom project to finish. I have created about a half dozen new items this week. I hope to continue to see an increase in sales with the coming year.

ooo good luck on the custom work! I always find it so challenging to work on custom pieces. I normally just like to create whatever comes to mind when I look at supplies! haha!!

Etsy has been slow, just a handfull of sales. But I've been busy with local sales. Just finished up an order for a girls basketball team, will be picked up today

Michelle, I agree with the looking at supplies and creating stuff. That is usually my favorite. However, sometimes I need a little push and some of my custom requests have turned into a line that I decide to carry and wind up getting to look at my supplies to create the next one.

I wouldn't have had the sunflower pics if someone (that didn't follow through) hadn't inquired about sunflowers on a bookmark. I realized with that request that sunflowers are still popular enough that it would be worth having some pics on hand to work with. (I'm hope to get together a sunflower note card set soon.) Most of my feather sales have been custom work, but not all. Here is my most recent custom feather piece, http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=23985310 .

Wendy, Congrats on your local sales.

For January it's been pretty good. Only one sale on etsy this year, but a few from my website and a few large wholesale orders which are keeping me busy. Actually I think I've just taken my 5th wholesale order of the year, which is great! Hopefully the rest of the year will continue like this!

Glad everyone seems to be doing ok so far- lets hope this year will be better than last!