Good News From Etsy

I wrote a while ago that I'd been neglecting my Etsy shop in favour of my Folksy shop. Anyway I've been busy lately making and listing jewellery on Etsy and today I had another sale! I still have a lot more to do as I only have 12 items on Etsy but at least I've made a start. It's amazing what a sale does to get you going again and believing in yourself and your "creations!"
I was also featured in an Etsy Treasury ~ alas not on the front page though :D

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Read This!

I found a great blog via Etsy too called The English Muffin Blog. Bess Callard has written a great piece titled "small business, small steps" about what to do during those "down-times", i.e. when sales slow down or stop for a while. It's worth reading plus read the 30-odd comments, as it makes you realize everyone feels the same when our shops go through a quiet period and suggests ways to use this quiet time to improve our businesses (and mood!)

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New items on Etsy

I also want to thank Creative Genius for featuring me this week in their Folksy seller interview ♥ which reminds me I have another load of questions waiting to be answered..........................

Louis Meets........

Say Hello to Louis, my very cute sock kitten from Folksy shop Pussy Galore!
Louis now has pride of place on my computer desk but before he settled there I introduced him to my furry trio - no, that's not a strange body part, I mean my cats ;D

"But darling, you're gorgeous! Now let me get back to sleep"

Charlie was pretty laid back at meeting Louis and quickly went back to sleep

"He's not having my dinner" said Tuppence

"Mine, all mine! Can I eat him now?"

Eddie has a rather robust character and I had to rescue Louis from a fate worse than death shortly after taking this photo. Put another way, if Eddie was human they'd have slapped an ASBO on him years ago

The perfect friends ~ generous, attentive and calm........ they don't move much though

A Jewellery School In Eastbourne?!!

Imagine my delight when looking through the latest issue of Making Jewellery magazine I noticed a small article on The Sussex Jewellery School. Ooh, I thought, I live in Sussex, I wonder where................  then I noticed it was in my hometown of Eastbourne! I don't believe it!

I checked out the website and contacted them to ask if they minded me doing a blog piece about them. They were quite happy, so here's a bit of info for any fellow jewellery makers in the Eastbourne area!

The Sussex Jewellery School opened in January and is situated very close to the railway station in Commercial Road, Eastbourne. The school is a mews-type premises over two floors with a 400ft studio, kitchen and common room.

Classes are available in PMC (Beginners and Advanced), Resin Jewellery and from Autumn they are starting classes in enamelling on silver. They will also be running advanced courses on adding gold to PMC and making silver boxes.

Tempted? I know I am. I've wanted to learn to make PMC jewellery for a while now so was thrilled to see they ran classes in just that. Most of the classes are held at weekends from 10am to 5pm, although there are also some classes on a Monday and Friday.

 They also offer one to one tuition by the hour, a kiln firing service and studio sessions where you can work on your own pieces in the studio after you've taken one of their classes.

At the moment my job clashes with the class times (bum!) but as soon as it's possible I will be booking a Beginners class in PMC. The price is £105 (correct at time of writing) which I don't think is bad for seven hours of learning something new and making up to three items of beautiful (hopefully!) jewellery. Watch this space!

Visit The Sussex Jewellery School website