Kinaree Jewelry Supply

http://kinareejewelrysupply.etsy.com/

As you know, I started selling some of the beads that I've collected over the years because as much as I love them, either I won't use them or I bought so many that I could keep some and sell some. I've also listed my handmade PMC pendants...we'll see how they do. Each and every one of those pendants is near and dear to my heart, since I made each one by hand. It's different when you're selling "supplies" and when you're selling a piece you created. On a great note, I opened the shop about a week ago and I've already made 3 sales =)

Some of the items in the shop are pictured above. Fun little tidbit, I used a very large throwing knife and my eskrima sticks (Filipino fighting sticks) as props!

Let's not forget my other shop, http://camarilladesigns.etsy.com

That's where I list my finished pieces, RTW jewelry. I need to figure out some promotion and marketing. If I could make even 5 sales a week I'd be thrilled. Gravy baby!

It's a new dawn, it's a new day....

Obviously I've sucked at keeping this updated. I'm really going to try to be better (heard that before? I'm sure you've even said it before!). Anyway, I finally quit my day job. Most people quit their day jobs when their side business is doing so well that they can. That wasn't the case for me. At 36 I'm still soul-searching on what I want to be when I grow up. Well, the two things I've been good at in my life are making jewelry and martial arts - in no particular order. I don't want to teach martial arts, so jewelry making it is :) Of course in order to stay home and do this I have to take my son out of daycare, but if I do this right, I'll still have time to run both of my etsy pages AND take care of my boy - who is very close to potty-training! Well... maybe.

You might have noticed I said *both* of my etsy pages. That's right, I started another store. There's my main store which carries my finished, handmade pieces: http://camarilladesigns.etsy.com. I've also started a shop that sells supplies - mostly beads. I went through all my inventory and found I had a LOT of stuff that I wasn't using. I started http://kinareejewelrysupply.etsy.com to sell it all. I'm even considering taking it a step further and buying strands to specificially sell on that site. We'll see about that.... I have to finish listing what I have at home.

For the month of May I'm going to update both shops and clean my house and HOPEFULLY when the boy is home with me all I'll have to do is some maintenance and upkeep. New items will be listed and orders will be packed during nap time. That's the plan, but we'll see what really happens :)

...and away I go!