Guarding The SuppliesI thought it was about time I made a comeback, I’ve been away far too long
Anyway just a few lines and a photo for today. Later I’ll be showing you what I’ve been up to while I haven’t been blogging. The photo shows what happens in our house when you leave your supplies unattended for a while. Roxy moves in and guards them for you!
Valentine’s Heart SwapLisa from noodlebubble kindly organised another swap over at Folksy.
The theme, a heart made in any way we liked. I sent mine to Kaz of buteartism and of course I forgot to take a photo of it before it went to the post! My little parcel from Chiyo came yesterday. It’s beautiful as you can see in the photo, lovely purples and a little splash of pink. I love it. Thank you very much Becky and thanks to Lisa too for her brilliant organisational skills.
Happy Valentine’s day to you all.
Snow Day
Snow hit Doncaster again yesterday morning with a vengeance. It started at 7.30am and lasted all day until late evening. The buses stopped running, schools closed and folks were sent home from work. I tried and tried to get in the crafting mood but it just wasn’t happening. No motivation at all while surrounded by snow. So what do you do on a snow day? Well Roxy has the right idea, you curl up tight, squeeze your eyes shut and just ignore it.
Folksy First AnniversaryTomorrow is the anniversary of my first Folksy year. It would of been sooner but I couldn’t decide if it was for me or not. At that time Folksy was very slow and that put me off a bit when I tried to have a look around the site, but I did sign up and a week or so later SophieCat was born. My sales have just hit 37, which isn’t too bad. I’ve learnt a lot of new things during the last year, mainly about promotion, thanks Leanne and met a lot of nice friendly creative people.
I’ve sold on line in other places before but I must admit Folksy is now my favourite place even though I’m now selling less than previous years. A blog and a Flickr account were created and the rest is history. The first item I sold after just a couple of weeks was a felt cupcake brooch, fabric brooches have been a good seller since. Little crochet critters have done quite well too. Even with little promotion most of my sales have been to Folksy members that don’t have shops themselves, but I have had some brilliant Folksy repeat customers including Sarah who’s set me a few challenges over the last few weeks.
I’ve taken part in a couple of destash swaps, swapped goods with other sellers and a Christmas ornament swap, won a blog giveaway and crafted for charity too. All in all it’s been a nice Folksy year for me. A big thank you to the bloggers that have posted about my items and thanks to Lynsey for featuring my cuties on Cuteable three times. I was and still am very chuffed at the attention. Thanks everyone for making my first year a good one.
Happy anniversary SophieCat.
Happy New YearWell what can I say, I didn’t realise how long it was since my last post. Almost a month, I just haven’t had the motivation to blog, I lost it sometime before Christmas. Now we have a brand new year now to look forward to, hopefully it will be a good for us all. On that note I’ll just say a Happy New Year to everyone and I vow to blog more in 2010.
The Winner Is
The giveaway for the Christmas decorations has just been drawn . I put all the names into a bowl and Joss picked one out. Sorry I couldn’t get any photos, it’s so dark here. The winner is Charlotte Hupfield. Charlotte makes lovely ceramic pieces that can be seen here . I will be in touch for your details Charlotte. Sorry to everyone who didn’t win, I do have some decorations in my Folksy shop if anyone’s interested.
