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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Etsy can kiss my BUTT!

I sit here crying. My Etsy shop was shutdown and it doesn't look like it will be re opened.  
I had over 3,000 sales.  It was my pride and joy. It was what I worked so hard on for the past 3 years. I woke up every day and worked on my shop. I invested my heart and soul, blood and sweat into that shop. Etsy shut it down and my world came crashing down in that one email.They shut my income (and everything I had that I felt mad made worth something) down in one click of a button without another thought affecting me and my family so badly. I am left with no number to call only an in personal way of communicating through an email.  I email them regularly now. After the first two copy and paste responses they just ignore me now.  To read more about my Etsy shop shut down and the email they sent me click below to see my other blog
Etsy is ignoring me now. Let it be. Let it be! (I watch frozen tonight... smiles:) I fight in my head. I can choose to dwell in this pain and depression or pick myself up and move on.  I fight the side that says it over! Your future in building a business for your self is gone! Etsy practically served my customers on a silver plate. They were my platform for bringing in customers. How can I get to the top of search results without Etsy? On the other hand I say no! I don't give up! I am strong. I am smart. I have something special here. My backwards and at time awkward ways of thinking and my self determination will get me through this! This is two steps back to go even further and to push me even more. I am out of my comfort zone. There's so much to learn about SEO, Domains, Web Hosting etc. I can do it! I can fight this punch in my stomach from Etsy. No one sees that this is my make or break moment, but I do. . No body can make my future only I can. My future is in my hands and no one else's.  I  am making a choose not to let this punch keep me knocked down, but rather to get up, move on, rise above and be better than before! It is I that can push me ahead in life and myself that can pull me back. Its up to me to educate myself and do what I need to do to be successful.  I feel really depressed, but I am a fighter. I am smart and determined. The next morning after having my Etsy shop closed I called my hubby on the phone to get the credit card numbers to open the art fire account. Click this link to check out my Artfire shop http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/SparkleBlissJewelry I cried.. literally cried as I punched in the numbers to get the account up and running. I was still am going through the pain of losing my Etsy shop. I may cry but I am a fighter at the same time! There’s a favorite quote of mine that you might have heard before… “I never said it would be easy, but it will be worth it.”  I refuse to work a crappy 9-5 job being treated like excuse my language, but Shit! When I made my sales on Etsy I made more on some days  than I made in a few days working at my 9-5 job.  I wont let this Etsy punch kick keep me down because I am already back up. If you have suffered the horrible wrath of having your Esty shop closed feel free to join my Facebook fan page for support https://www.facebook.com/etsycastawaysupportgroup
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Monday, October 18, 2010

More about "Sparkle and Bliss Jewelry"

This is my first blog here... and actually anywhere. I want to share more about me and my self made jewelry business. Well for basics I am 26 yrs old. I am a mom of one toddler. She's 4 yrs old now. I love my little helper! She always finds my beads that stray off on to the floor. She gets a kiss and hug for every bead or finding she finds. Lucky me! Lots of kisses!!! I am also a wife to my wonderful husband. I could not ask for more. He is very supportive of me making a business for myself and puts up with me asking.. "So do you like this one?" He gets that from me every time I make a new design loll! I have always had that creative flair inside me. I just never knew where to direct it. I tried many things. I made decorative boxes.. scrap booking.. painting.. etc. I was never satisfied and always got bored from it. Creativity wasn't the only interest I had. I also loved being a sales person both at my job and at home. At home whatever I believed in I found myself trying to sale to others. A good example is Netflix. I absolutely loved Netflix. I told my friends, family and anyone who would listen to me how great it was and how they should sign up. Another interest besides being creative and sales was photography! The first thing I ever bought on credit is my beloved camera and an expensive one at that! I spent so much on it figuring I would have to take wonderful pictures of my baby girl. I never dreamed it would end up being so great for jewelry pictures. How I ended up making jewelry is interesting. One thing leads to another really. You see... it all started like this... One day a friend of mine said I could make a little money on the side selling for Cookie Lee Jewelry. Cookie Lee Jewelry is like Avon. You buy their jewelry at a lower price and sell it. I was considering it until one day when I was at the mall. I happened upon what I thought at the time was a good idea! There was this booth selling these beautiful glass made pendants. They are common now, but back then they were not and it was the first time I saw something that beautiful. The woman told me they had been selling them at the price of $20.00 but reduced them to $5.00. I thought this was a great opportunity to make a few extra honest bucks so I bought a lot and started selling them on the streets. I did well. I made my money back plus a little extra. I started thinking.. jewelry.. selling..hmmm... I can make and sell jewelry. So I used the Internet.. books.. individuals.. classes and whatever I could get my hands on to learn how to make jewelry. Now I make and sell one Etsy and sometimes on the street outside of a grocery store. I have been able to put all three of my interests together to sell of Etsy. I take my own photography..I use my creativity making jewelry and I get to sell it all! Little did I know it is a true dedication building my own business and selling on the Internet. I have come a long way in the aspect of making unique sophisticated jewelry. I'm not beginner at jewelry making any more. I'm currently taking a little break from metal jewelry and working more on beaded jewelry. There are really a lot of different type of jewelry making things. I want to eventually explore how to melt and cut metals, but that takes much more money to invest and more space than I currently have. Selling on the street is a lot different than selling on the Internet. I am learning everyday and have a tone more to learn be for I can start making more money than I put into it. I love always learning new things in this field and making myself better. As my business stands now.. I have and continue investing it by buying supplies and paying for classes. I have definitely put more into it with countless hours, days, months, and money than I have gotten out of it yet. I am dedicated to becoming successful with myself created "Sparkle and Bliss Jewelry" business. A few things that make me different from others who try at jewelry business and don't make it is that I have such love and dedication for it. I am NOT giving up. I will keep going. I am open to any advice I can get and work hard and learn new things all the time. That's a good part of what will make me successful one day...

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