Well what a busy time we’ve had here. Lots of orders are
coming in for Christmas, and I’ve been so busy with them there has been little
time for anything new, apart from these pretty beaded coral earrings, which
sold quickly, and a necklace I’m trying to work on too. This range will be
expanded in time.
Besides that, Etsy have caused a bit of a storm by allowing
crafters to outsource their production nowadays, which many of us believe
strongly that this will open the floodgates for mass produced items and
resellers, which are already a big problem within the site. A team was formed
after the announcements, which strongly speaks up for real handmade, according
to the definition of the majority of Etsy sellers, and according to the
original Etsy ideology. I joined the team and was asked to be a leader, taking
responsibility for treasuries, and helping out where needed with general
administration in the team. It’s been a lot of work as the team grew much
faster than the Captain, Stacey, ever envisaged, which is great, but also a lot
of work to keep up with things.
If you want to take a look at the ‘All Handmade by Me’ team,
just click on the name. It’s a very busy and active team and still developing
ideas to promote real craft and handmade work. Unfortunately because of the
team mission, we can’t allow vintage and supplies in, and are very wary of
copyright issues so if you’re using well known names and images, do make sure
you have proper permissions and licenses to use them and can show you have.
Otherwise, all handmade artisans and craftspeople are welcome to join us.
I’ve also had to have a scan for suspected gallstones. Happy
to say there are none, and no lumps or bumps that shouldn’t be there (the radiologists
words), so it looks like the problem might be a duodenal ulcer…more tests and
the dreaded camera I suspect. Waiting to hear from my GP.
