Crafting Stop!

 

 During the average week, I will make about 3 trips to Michaels and I love to check out every single nook and cranny and to see what's new and what all I can use in upcoming projects! I'm there constantly, since I am usually running in for custom work that someone requests from my shop. This week their 1.00 carousel has a VARIETY of alphabet stamps!! I love these for learning projects, making cards with the kids and all around just fooling around! These were such a steal, I took 3 different ones!

One of my favorite tips to do when I shop, is to print out my coupon and write my list on the back of it!! Since I constantly have my list with my as I shop, I know that I will not forget to hand over my coupon! I always get my craft store coupons online.

Here is this weeks coupon, just click to enlarge and then print! Enjoy your weekend readers!!!

~Michelle!~

Fabulous it's Friday!

How fabulous! I am so thrilled that it's friday (not just because husband started his new job today!), I can't wait to start the weekend! I'm sitting in the back, watching the kids play and i'm off to join them, so a quick post first! My Fortune Cookie Necklace was featured in a treasury and I would just like to say thanks to H&J Star Creations for including me!

I would like to take this friday to feature Craft Boxx on Etsy, I fell in love with these super cute play food items that she creates and the prices are reasonable enough to stock up the whole kitchen! I can't wait to get my kiddies some of her fun felts!

Something I Love!

Does anyone else know people that have everything? I mean seriously! They have the money to buy all they want and have all they need? Well I was browsing Etsy for such a person awhile back and fell in love with the PERFECT gift EVER! These glasses are made from ACTUAL bottles!?! How cool is that? I'm totally in love with the cleverness from YavaGlass's Shop! Stop in an have a look around!

Have You Seen It?

Our new street team blog has begun it's week and more of giveaways! Please stop in to the blog every day to see who is featured and what they are giving away! Enter all the contests! Mine is tomorrow! I have an idea of what I am giving away, but I still have to think about it for a bit of time! For today you can win the cutest set of crochet strawberries!

Stop on into my shop today and check out the new sweets I have added in! Such fun goodies sure to make your wardrobe pop this year!

Breakfast Time Necklace by MCW 13.00

I have some new trinkets to list in my Destash Shop today too at some point! so be sure to check that out too! Have a great day everyone!

Thinking Ahead With Monday....

So we're thinking ahead to Spring Time today! I am so tired of the Winter Blues and the yucky snow and slippery roads, so I decided to start thinking Spring! Maybe if I think hard enough and wish long enough, it will be here! I started working on my Spring Packaging and Shop look over the weekend. I will be photographing on the Egg paper throughout the month of Easter and figured it would even still look Spring like if the items don't sell in that month. Since I am using the pink jewelry mailers for the months of January and February for that whole Lovey-Romantic Valentine-y feel, I figured I would change to blue and yellow containers for the Spring months. I will also be shipping my smaller jewelry in actual Easter Eggs the month of Easter too! I figured it would be fun!! What kind of Monday would it be, if I didn't mention it was time to CHANGE UP THOSE FEATURED ITEMS! Get into those shops and move stuff around! Go with a theme maybe? Or perhaps think of different items from your shop like a ring, a bracelet and a necklace? Just dust them off and bring them to the front!

I was kindly informed this morning by the wonderful Ziemabir that I was included in another treasury today! She did a great job! Thank you so much for the feature! That's my Oyster Bar Necklace up at top right hand corner of the page!

These are some new treasures I listed this weekend in my shop! I fell in love with the Matryoshka Necklace that I just had to make myself another! hahah! The Date Night Brooch is one of my favorites! I love the tiny pack of manicured nail tips and the little package of pantyhose! Perfect for a night on the town! The Waffle and Butter ring sold right away, so I have my last one listed! So hurry up if you want it!! I love the scalloped edging of the Ice Cream Sundae and Spoon Ring, the detail in the piece is really good! The Cupcake Hair clips came out so sweet when I added the cabochons to them! While creating the Champagne and Glass pearl bracelet, I of course was drinking a glass of my very favorite Rosa Regale! We bought it in the Italy pavilion in Epcot and it's delightful!

My first big box of charms and beads and baubles was listed today in my destash shop! It is full of tons of crafty goodness! These are my smaller trinkets! I have a box of my chunkaliscious charms coming and a box of miniatures coming too! Have a great Monday everyone!!

Shop Vacation?

Vintage Green Train Case from JessJamesJake 38.00
We all need time away, but let's not forget to convey that message to our customers! Todays posting is going to be short and sweet since i'm on vacation for the holiday! Sometimes, we won't have the time to answer convos in a timely manner or ship out same day when we have family over for the holidays. Let's be sure to let our customers know with an announcement in our shops! I will not be returning until very late monday night and have let my customers know that. I will still ship that night all the pacakges that were purchased up to that date, but it's still a few days away and I felt the need to let them know that. I will still be answering questions, but not until the evenings when i'm back in my room. I let them know that too. I usually answer convos within 20 minutes during the day and within 5 hours during that overnight, so I wanted to be sure to let them know I was on vacation.



Remember to treat your customers just as we want those big box stores to treat us :)

Avatars and You...

Record Player Necklace by MichellesCharmWorld 18.00

Ahhh...the little box known as the avatar! It's such a mystery as to what works, what does not and what should we put there. For me it's killing me having my photo over there in the ABOUT ME section <------------------ I'm a product gal, it's one extra spot to have a photo of something dynamic to lure the eye in!

Ice Cream for One Ring by MichellesCharmWorld 9.00

I like to think of that little box, known as the avatar, as a window to my shop. A window to what they can see more of if they just click! I like to start a thread every now asking if my avatar is Click-Worthy . Pretty much just asking if it's worthy of your click.

Whipped Cream Ring by MichellesCharmWorld 10.00

I like to keep it simple. Photo and that's it. If I was having a sale, a little word saying SALE and leave it at that. Photos of people don't tell me what you sell and if i'm bored trolling to forums to pass some time and wanting to help out someone nice that made me laugh or made me smile a photo just won't do it for me. Yes, it's cool to see what you look like, but save it for a blog :) This is all about bringing your customer in. We all know that once our shops are FOUND people will browse, heart and most likely pick something up! Too much wording in your avatar is just an invitation for me to pass it by. It's usually to hard to read and remember i'm already reading in the forums, all I am doing as I read is glacing to the side to see who posted it. We don't need your name in your avatar. On Etsy the only place your avatar is located is in your shop and when you post in the forums. When we are in your shop, we know your shopname already. When you post, I see your shop name above your post. It's just repeating yourself.

Tall Present Ring by MichellesCharmWorld 9.00

I know some of this sounds harsh sometimes, but I just want to help people out. When I was first getting started online selling on Etsy I hung out in the forums trying to get a vibe for the place. I started out with my photo in the avatar and my views stayed pretty low and sales were pretty weak. (Bad photos and such had a lot to do with this too! hhaha) I tried a few of my pieces out in the little avatar and I was getting in more traffic, just looking at views alone. (Before I started the whole Relist, Renew, Repeat Process!) I like judging by views, since shop hearts are a little more difficult to read. Some people heart because you hear them, some people heart because they like you in the forums or are your friend..etc..not necessarily wanting to buy something from your shop. (More on hearts in another post!). As people were buying, I was getting comments in my messages to the seller box saying they found me in the forums! The most obvious part? I was actually selling out the item that WAS my avatar! I was usually selling the item in the avatar about once a week!

Making the Donuts Necklace by MichellesCharmWorld 12.00

Moving onto sold items in the avatar. SO many times I wanted to keep an old sold item as my avatar, because it was a great conversation piece in the forums, people loved it and I loved it and it garnered a lot of clicks.. My main advice on this is DON'T. I didn't do it because so many times have I clicked to buy and the person didn't have it listed anymore and it had sold days, weeks so on ago. I was sad and of course too impulsive to write about asking for another, I just bought something else that I found. I know if I didn't like it, then there would be others. Jewelry (especially mine) is NOT a necessity and there is a lot of it out there. People don't want to wait, heck I don't! So what are you waiting for? Get that avatar rockin'!

Earrings by Lil922 , Pendant by WireYourWorld, clutch by EmmaGordonLondon, Gnomes by CozyColeman .

This is a collage of avatars that earned my click today in one thread . The best part? They were easy to find once I clicked too. They were either featured in their shop or newly listed! I love that.

Advertise On My Blog!

Looking to advertise somewhere Fun? Creative? Active? Bold? Funky? It's here at MichellesCharmWorld! Your ad will run over on the lefthand column there and will remain there for 30 days from your purchase date!

Don't know how to make an ad? I can make one for you using your choice of photo. It will be pretty simple, since i'm not a pro and it will be just 2.00 extra. You can then have the copyright to the ad and use it wherever else you would like too!

Just send me your ad and where you want it to link to and I will put it right up. I will also be rotating the ads every 2 days so that everyone gets a chance to be in the top spot.

I post daily except on the weekends and promote my blog everywhere I can. I post daily on other blogs and that also helps bring in the traffic here.

If you are interested it will be 5.00 for the entire 30 day period and you just have to send the money to: MichellesCharmWorld@Gmail.com Subject title: Advertise

Enjoy!