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A cunning Plan, and hot chocolate
My cunning plan is unfolding according to - uh, plan. The afforementioned Plan being to make some money this Retail Holiday Season with a little line of earrings that hopefully will tempt people to snatch them up for gifts. $35.00 which includes Priority shipping and gift wrapping on request seems reasonable without seeming too cheap for a nice little stocking stuffer. I have 14 pairs so far scheduled to start on ebay tomorrow at 7:00 Pacific time. So I guess it's in one sense actually premature to say the Plan is unfolding until i've actually sold some, but just the fact that I've done this - actually started in September making stuff, and making a plan, and carrying it out, that's pretty cool, for me. I actually made two pair of each, and am listing the same earrings on etsy for $25.00, shipping not included, as etsy's fees are so cheap compared to feebay. The earrings also are designed to match the bracelets I have on etsy. So, i'm busy, busy! I have bracelets that need matching earrings, and earrings that need matching bracelets, but my time seems to get eaten up just taking pictures. i think it takes me longer sometimes to get pictures i'm satisfied with than it does to make the items. Note that i said satisfied with, not happy. it's surprisingly difficult to get good pictures of jewelry.
On another note, i have discovered a new hot drink treat - Earl Gray Cocoa! I discoverd it at a little bagel shop that serves it, tried it, and it's good! So i've been making it at home thusly: make a cup of cocoa however you do it, and pour it into a cup with an Earl Gray teabag. I know Earl Gray isn't everyone's cup of tea, but if you like it, you should try this. I like how it cuts the sometimes too much sweetness of the cocoa and makes it something more subtle.
My cunning plan is unfolding according to - uh, plan. The afforementioned Plan being to make some money this Retail Holiday Season with a little line of earrings that hopefully will tempt people to snatch them up for gifts. $35.00 which includes Priority shipping and gift wrapping on request seems reasonable without seeming too cheap for a nice little stocking stuffer. I have 14 pairs so far scheduled to start on ebay tomorrow at 7:00 Pacific time. So I guess it's in one sense actually premature to say the Plan is unfolding until i've actually sold some, but just the fact that I've done this - actually started in September making stuff, and making a plan, and carrying it out, that's pretty cool, for me. I actually made two pair of each, and am listing the same earrings on etsy for $25.00, shipping not included, as etsy's fees are so cheap compared to feebay. The earrings also are designed to match the bracelets I have on etsy. So, i'm busy, busy! I have bracelets that need matching earrings, and earrings that need matching bracelets, but my time seems to get eaten up just taking pictures. i think it takes me longer sometimes to get pictures i'm satisfied with than it does to make the items. Note that i said satisfied with, not happy. it's surprisingly difficult to get good pictures of jewelry.
On another note, i have discovered a new hot drink treat - Earl Gray Cocoa! I discoverd it at a little bagel shop that serves it, tried it, and it's good! So i've been making it at home thusly: make a cup of cocoa however you do it, and pour it into a cup with an Earl Gray teabag. I know Earl Gray isn't everyone's cup of tea, but if you like it, you should try this. I like how it cuts the sometimes too much sweetness of the cocoa and makes it something more subtle.