The Bento Box

as some of you know i sell my wares on etsy.com.  my first store, sparklechic.etsy.com, has gone thru several name changes, but the url remains the same.  the name right now is bella lotus by leighbeads.  in this shop i now only sell my finished jewelry items.  at first i was selling both my finished items as well as my extra materials.  although i did sell a couple of my finished items i found that my extras were successful at being sold.

so, i opened a second store, leighbeads.etsy.com aka leighbeads, and from here i now sell all my extras or unwanted supplies and materials.  and although i’ve only sold 6 items and have only 2 feedback so far, i’ve had more interest for my items in this store than i ever had in my bella lotus store.  i’ve sold more items in leighbeads at a faster rate than bella lotus.  i think people are more interested in buying supplies and materials than finished products.  of course i think these are people like me who like to make their own jewelry or who have their own business making beaded jewelry for sale.

so far, all my business at leighbeads have been from international customers.  one from scotland, one from singapore and the most recent one from australia.  so far i’ve only received feedback from my singapore customer.  i’m wondering where my scottish customer is?  did she receive her items?  did she like or hate them?  no word whatsoever, not even to tell me whether she got it or not.  i think i’ll go convo her and ask if she received it.

 anyway, i’m slowly adding more items to my store as i have time.  it’s been very busy at home and at work that i’m so exhausted by the time i have any to do any etsy business, i’d rather just catch some zzzz’s than deal with my stores.  hope to get back to it soon!

hasta luego…

today is good friday and i have the day off…it’s a state holiday here…which means i get to stay home with the daughter (yipee, yeah right…).  so far it’s been good, she’s not misbehaving or whining.

 the last couple of days have been good for my etsy shops.  one bought from my jewelry shop, but she picked up the last of the supplies there (sp headpin), and the other bought from my supplies shop.  and, a couple of other people showed some interest, but i haven’t heard back from them or had their business yet.  so will see.  in my supplies shop most seem to be interested in the gemstones.  i offer them in very small quantities so that buyers don’t have to spend a lot of money for a whole strand.   so, i’m pretty satisfied so far that my stores are getting some looks.

 so anyway, it’s time for our afternoon siesta.  the daughter’s already nodded off, after a bit of whining and crying.  now it’s my turn to get some shut eye.

until next time…