Thursday 8 August 2013

Maybe it'd be a good thing to catch you up with where I currently am with my business venture...

You wouldn't do that to me would you shuggz?

I'd say that Fauves has been really up and running since...well...(after several minutes scrutinising my calendar)....it's quite hard to put a finger on actually. I started watching some beading tutorials and getting interested in beading around January of this year (between the space of then and now my gift giving has become really quite predictable). I became a bit fixated and began spending a bit much time in the haberdashery section of John Lewis, sitting cross legged in front of the beads in a state of inner turmoil over how many colours I could currently afford.

Home sweet home. 

I was sat in room in my student house surrounded by more earrings and bracelets than I could possible wear myself and it occurred to me that I might be able to make some money out of this. My first (and to date only) craft market was on the 6th of July at a school fete in london. The stall was shared between myself and two other lovely ladies and I was pretty chuffed with the 85 quid I'd earned by the end of the day. I was a bit disappointed that I only managed to sell 1 pair of earrings but my dolly mixture bracelets sold like hot cakes!

When I was little I definitely would have tried to eat these.

Since then I've set up a shop on folksy (which since it's creation roughly a month ago one item has been sold...still, I remain hopeful) and a Facebook page, Twitter account and Pinterest page (and although Pinterest still vexes me a little I'm starting to get to grips with it). And excitingly I've got two real life shops stocking my wares ('Raindrops on Roses' and 'Sanuk')! I've made little sales here and there but I suppose at the moment I'm still trying to make my business as accessible as I can! If you're reading this and can think of anything else you think I should be doing I'd really love to hear from you- just drop me a comment :)  

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  1. I think those bracelets are adorable. You might want to try linking up to people's blogs by what they call "Link Parties" it's a way to share your work with others that way you get more traffic. You could also try getting intouch with daily deal websites like Pick Your Plum or The Plaid Barn. (All of this ofcourse is if you havent already)

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  2. I've heard of these 'link parties' I will definitely have to have a look into it! thank you so much for your helpful feedback, I'm currently struggling to add a 'pin it' button to my images but I'll add your suggestions to my to-do list

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  3. Cute bracelets, they remind me of soft, chewy candy!

    On my screen the back ground image is in the top left corner. But I am on my design computer that has a higher resolution setting.

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    1. the image is also on the upper left corner, may look better larger and not interfering with your logo text.

      Love the cute bracelets, my granddaughter would be in heaven! Good luck, my best tip is to have links to your shops and post in other avenues, like "linkedin" groups, twitter, Facebook, etc. and post often, so people can see them. Especially twitter, it gets lost within minutes.

      Good Luck!

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    2. I tried to share, but couldn't find your social media links.

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    3. Ahh! Thanks for letting me know! This is something I'll have to investigate as that's not how it's meant to look! It could be that I've designed it to fit a laptop screen?

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    4. Cute beads! I love the color, very sweet!

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  4. I love these bracelets!I just found this series on Building your Creative Business: http://www.handmadeology.com/category/31-days/. I too am right in the very first steps:) Congrats on your sales so far and just keep moving forward. You have a great product and your blog is adorable:) Keep in touch and let us know how its going!

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    1. What a lovely comment :). Thanks very much for your encouragement!

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  5. Love your blog! I also have just started my blog and it's so exciting! Good luck to you!

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    1. It is exciting isn't it! I'm spending a lot of time wondering what to write about next

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  6. Cute blog and post! Congrats! I would like to see bigger pictures!

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    1. Thanks! If you click on the pictures they should appear bigger in an image slideshow, but maybe I should make that more clear!

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  7. Your bracelets are so cute. I know how you feel about bead stores. I spend way too much on my crafting obsessions.

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