Note - I am writing this post while I am listening to Maxwell''s Summthin, Sumthin.
I decided not to do a Christmas/New Year Post. It was not in me. Plus I had other things going on family emergencies, illness and just plain busy and not busy, some of which was not blog or Jets Jewelry related. I did read some of my favorite post from other bloggers and fell in love with all the Christmasy(yes it is a real word. Check the North Pole Dictionary) blogging that was going on. In one of my previous post, I mention how much I miss my hometown, Chicago. Not only because I was born, and raised there,but the vending opportunities are off the chain. You can do a show every weekend and Christmas time until the New Year(Kwanzaa) is the best time. Since moving here, my shows are far and in between. I miss the time when I was making something to sell every single day. Sometimes I was making things for the next show, while vending at a show. What also boost my sales, I not only sold jewelry but, scarfs, belts purses, perfume, home decor, candles, soaps, tee shirts, accessories, hair goods and candy. Yes candy. What ever caught my eye, I would try to sell. If my kids got to close to my table, then so be it. My favorite thing to do was to take a finished piece and turn it completely around. That is how I got started. I would take old necklaces apart and make earrings or bracelets. Sometimes, I would make game out of it. I would see how many earrings I could get out one necklace. Depending on the size of the beads or the length of the earring, I could manage 6 to 8 pairs of earrings. Not bad, not bad at all. I think it time to return back to my roots. I am not just not in mood for necklaces. Maybe as it gets warmer. But for now, I will be concentrating on earrings and bracelets. As Maxwell says, it is a little Summthin, Summthin.
I decided not to do a Christmas/New Year Post. It was not in me. Plus I had other things going on family emergencies, illness and just plain busy and not busy, some of which was not blog or Jets Jewelry related. I did read some of my favorite post from other bloggers and fell in love with all the Christmasy(yes it is a real word. Check the North Pole Dictionary) blogging that was going on. In one of my previous post, I mention how much I miss my hometown, Chicago. Not only because I was born, and raised there,but the vending opportunities are off the chain. You can do a show every weekend and Christmas time until the New Year(Kwanzaa) is the best time. Since moving here, my shows are far and in between. I miss the time when I was making something to sell every single day. Sometimes I was making things for the next show, while vending at a show. What also boost my sales, I not only sold jewelry but, scarfs, belts purses, perfume, home decor, candles, soaps, tee shirts, accessories, hair goods and candy. Yes candy. What ever caught my eye, I would try to sell. If my kids got to close to my table, then so be it. My favorite thing to do was to take a finished piece and turn it completely around. That is how I got started. I would take old necklaces apart and make earrings or bracelets. Sometimes, I would make game out of it. I would see how many earrings I could get out one necklace. Depending on the size of the beads or the length of the earring, I could manage 6 to 8 pairs of earrings. Not bad, not bad at all. I think it time to return back to my roots. I am not just not in mood for necklaces. Maybe as it gets warmer. But for now, I will be concentrating on earrings and bracelets. As Maxwell says, it is a little Summthin, Summthin.
