You are currently browsing the tag archive for the ‘Etsy’ tag.
Truth time: I’ve had these necklaces in my jewelry stable for a while but I love them. I love the juxtaposition of the dainty black chain against the big chain. Hey, what poet laureate hijacked by blog!?
I’m back. These necklaces are actually secretly named after Biggie Smalls. Yep, that is the original true life Behind the Twinkle story to the Gangster in Lil Gangster Necklaces. Now I know the “g” word has negative connotations (dang laureate’s back again) but that is the honest truth behind the gangster label – in this case. One day/night, I was watching some video show, a Biggie vid comes on, he’s wearing humongous (undoubtedly genuine) gold chains. Thus was born the first incantation of the Lil Gangster Necklace.
Lil Gangster Diamante Filigree Heart - Original OG
But it was a little ordinary for me. I found a bunch of black thinner chains that I draped all across the original necklace to “goth it up”, making it look a little bit more like something I want to convey to my market (bugger off business plan girl, being back the laureate).
The ones you see on my Etsy shop are the only ones in the whole world. So you better snap ‘em up before they all gone (sic). Chuckles, oh laureate, you jokester, you.
Winging their brilliant way to me are two brand new daylight 5500 watt photography lights. Here’s hoping they have lightbulbs in ‘em. They are real photography lights too. Not the fabled 100 watt lamp that seems to be more urban legend than actual fact. I’m not going to get too excited about them until they arrive at my house, I’ve plugged em in and they don’t cause me to blow a fuse because a) they aren’t right; b) not bright enough; 3) they actually blow the electricity in my house.
Timeline Time
I visited my Facebook page to trial their new timeline system. Yuck. But I guess we’ll all get used to it. Still – YUCK! Cannot get into being active on Facebook. But I’m changing my thinking. I know I have to make it worth reading and visiting and, more importantly, “Liking” it. Begging for Likes just seems so High School, “Hey there cool kids, pleeeeeese like me……”
Last weekend I did some confounding research on the link between popular Etsy shops and their Like rating. D-Pressing. And non-sensical. I visit a shop where very cool little hearts are made. But I note 1K Likes but not nearly as many Etsy sales. How do they relate? Being liked on FB didn’t seem to equate with actual hard cold cashola. Are Likes more important than sales? Not to me. Popularity may be important to people like the geek that invented Facebook but how does one translate that into money.
“Sorry I can’t pay my rent this week Mr Landlord. But 25 people liked my Facebook page.”
“Oh Twinkles, don’t worry about the money. Knowing you’re liked makes up for the cancelled mortgage payment to my bank…” Yes, that would be an interesting conversation.
In keeping with the FB revamp I’m having my own little revamping. I’ve started taking some refresher photos for Etsy. I’ve been scheduling tweets and attaching the same pictures for the past few weeks. Handmadology advised a revamp using different photos can do wonders for shops in a rut so I’m unrutting my shop.
Show Business
I’m still working on my dream future business plan which is rather enjoyable. I wish I’d known about working backwards years ago. It’s part of the reason for my renewed (slight) interest in getting my Facebook page updated. You see, in the future I’m on it All. The. Time. And my 1000′s of future Likers are also on it. I haven’t got to the part where I know what you guys are all Liking about my page but, trust me, it will be worth it.
Lazy Behind the Twinkle post tonight readers. I made these Charm Rings years ago when I first started to seriously get into making jewelry. I think they’ve stood the test of time and may need to be reinvented somehow. Enjoy seeing some of my early photography forays in “BLOWING OUT COLOUR”:
This slideshow requires JavaScript.
I’m spinning my wheels. My big scheduling plans are waning, with me doing random stuff without a plan. Its the very epitome of spinning my wheels. It looks like I’m going to have to do the thing I hate – making a …. gagging here …. plan. (Wow, it actually took three tries just to spell that correctly…) I hate planning. At work this week they had us attend the second part of our Myers Briggs course. If you’re wondering I am a Sensor first, Introverted personality type, with a high Judgement score. My main weakness is not looking at the Big Picture, the “where are we going” crap, “hovering up high in a helicopter” as the tutors kept harping on about. No, that is negative thinking, Twinkle, Fly high in that danged helicopter. This thinking also applies to my personal like, But who cares about the future? It never happens, right? I like the here and now, the “where I am”ness of this minute. However, I am willing to take some baby steps. I found a couple of websites on writing a jewelry business plan, and setting realistic goals. Sure I’ve read their electronic words but my Sensor is on overload! It’s saying: What About Now? Well, actually my head is literally aching. Yep, I’ve had a painful headache since Saturday morning. Not a hangover. Probably goal fear(?!), which has pretty much made me waste my entire weekend doing something close to nothing (to quote Prince’s Raspberry Beret).
I had PLANNED on revamping my Etsy listings after looking at my very failed Media Ready photos. Looks like I’ll be getting out the old light box and shoot my stuff properly. I simply refuse to spend hours photoshopping my grey background pix to a mor presentable white background. In fact I’d rather work on my yucky business plan than sit here moving lighting increments on Picnik for the next few weeks until they shut up shop on 19 April.
Yellow Adjustable Bauble Ring by Glamour Twinkles Jewelry available on Etsy
I found and added a couple of unpublished Beaded Bauble rings in my Etsy shop and “planned” on updating some of the current listings. As of Sunday 4.56pm I’d only updated my Yellow Beaded Bauble Ring. You can play the game of: What has she done to the Listing? Compare Yellow to Blue Beaded Bauble Ring and see what changes I made. This has turned into a rather boring unfunny post as my dumb headache is not buggering off. Oh,but in good news I’m getting my hair cut on Wednesday so you know I’ll make some excuse to post a picture of the results here wearing something shiny I’ve made for myself.
Related articles
- Behind the Twinkle – Beaded Bauble Rings (glamourtwinkles.com)
This slideshow requires JavaScript.
How could you resist the lure of the adorable teddy bear? They kept you warm when you were a child, you read about them finding some blond girl in their house eating their porridge and sleeping in their beds, you run away in terror when one turns up during your camping trip in Yellowstone National Park. The humble bear. It brings warmth and terror in equal measures. So naturally I’m thinking “bear attack, jewelry, bracelets.” It’s the conclusion we all draw. Because it just makes perfect sense. Much like this blog post. You’ve come to expect the unexpected with me and I think I’ve outdone myself. Check out my homage to horror with Cutie Pie Milkshake Bracelets, in Blue Bear, Brown Bear and Green Bear (he recycles…because he’s green, and all bears are naturally a “he”).
Cold, rainy weekend makes for a busy photographer. Making a very small dent in my media ready photos, I was shooting when the clouds flew over the sun. Boy I have a lot of jewelry. Everything else I’ve done this week has been more “behind the scenes”. Work like updating tags, playing the SEO game (which is rather difficult), joining in the chit-chat on ATOC. It’s been pretty hum-drum for me this week. I’ve got a lot of reading to do to improve my sad Etsy stats, but in the meantime I give you my media ready white background high res photos. Phew, what a mouthful.
Glamour Twinkles Jewelry - Avatar Butterfly
Initially I had starting taking plain ordinary photos. I did not like them one little bit. And then I tried to think of something another talented person would do, compare their imaginary style to mine and then step up my game. The photos I’ve got here are imagery that I’d love to use but they may come across as “arty” and don’t give the reader a good view of my sparkle work.
Black and White Stripey Chunky Charm Bracelet - available from Glamour Twinkles Jewelry on Etsy
These huge glass behemoths are my most favorite item to make. They’ve been around for a while.
Green and Black Chunky Charm Bracelet - Glamour Twinkles Jewelry available on Etsy
They began life as giant glass beads strategically placed on chunky chains. And then I had the idea of tendrils and torn lace. After putting together some corresponding coloured beads on thin gold-plated wire and carefully applied the delicate chains to the giant bracelets I loved them even more.
Black Noir Chunky Charm Bracelet - Glamour Twinkles Jewelry available on Etsy
Unfortunately they aren’t really for working at the office. Just try and use your mouse without clanging around your desk. No, these noisy chandeliers are ready for the Red Carpet.
Hello. I’m an online advertising Newbie who doesn’t like wasting money on things that don’t show results immediately. The time has come for Glamour Twinkles to get her little act together and start advertising somewhere. I had a rather depressing week just gone. Etsy blog told us about Etsy Stats. They are available on each item in each store as well as the entire store itself. It did not make for nice reading. Sigh.
A Little Bit About Me
I’m a geek. I love researching a range of options and printing out as much information as I can. I have a memory like a sieve and forget about brilliant advertising ideas that I’ve studied as soon as another advertising idea pops into my head. This has caused problems. What if I spend a fortune (that I don’t actually have) on a pointless advertising system. Facebook anyone? I’m not a big Facebook fan. Sorry, I’m just not. Sure I’ve got a Facebook page but it is a genuine struggle to remember to post stuff on it. I’m too preoccupied with Twitter. So I decided to finally bite the bullet and at least START to come up with some advertising imagery. I went to my friends at Picnic to help me duplicate other jewelry adverts that I liked.
I Dream of Supermodels
You know, I never realised how much jewelry I have out there. I have my favorite photos, and, studying my sad stats, chose popular items from my Etsy shop. Then I had a brilliant idea! I love my retro backgrounds but a bunch of them all together doesn’t really have a look I like. You don’t need to tell me the problems with my above ads. I’ll tell you. Too big, too many photographic angle styles, some pics are cropped incorrectly. Hey, Picnik is a free service so don’t knock the ‘nickers!! Below I present my very, very draft advertising idea:
Possible ad style for online advertising adventures. I dunno...
Because I have a range of different jewelry – from giant charm bracelets to delicate rings I decided that my ad should have a couple of different pieces in it. I’m just not sure how expensive it will be.
The other thing I don’t know is how to create an ad that takes you to my shop when you click on the ad itself. Dunno what they’re called. Dunno how you work out the size, dunno how you know if its working, dunno how much is too much to pay, dunno where is the best place for me to advertise.
These have been the things I Dunno.
We use them every day of our lives, but now we can adorn ourselves with them: the humble alphabet. How would we do the crossword? Texting? All great uses for letters. Until now.
Wooden Letter Blocks Ring by Glamour Twinkles Jewelry
Wooden Letter Blocks Ring: created with the idea of children’s letter blocks. I know they’re only small letters and don’t exactly bring toy blocks to mind but that was my thinking as soon as I saw the bag of beads sitting in the bead shop.
Alphabet Necklace by Glamour Twinkles Jewelry
Alphabet Rainbow Necklace: I so badly wanted to call these Sesame Street Necklaces. But I didn’t want the wrath of CBS or NBC or whoever brings us the letter T and the number 5. A few years ago a school painted an old toilet block, to brighten it up. They used a terrible looking reproduction of Donald Duck. SOmehow Disney found out and demanded the remove it. Donald has gone. I don’t want Glamour Twinkles to go out like Donald Duck did.
Pink Purple Green ABC Alphabet Earrings by Glamour Twinkles Jewelry
These are my ABC Earrings. They’re bright and colourful and lightweight. I just didn’t have enough ABC’s to make a big bunch of earrings so I started doing EFG earrings as well.
With Alphabet Jewelry you will never be lost for words.
Blue Green Pink EFG Alphabet Earrings by Glamour Twinkles Jewelry
Etsy Gift Wrapping - Glamour Twinkles Jewelry
Using words one does not know the meaning of is entirely irresponsible. I am shamed.
Now back to me. The wonderful iPhone has a giant technical flaw – I can’t login to websites. I’m stuck in App Land. Not to worry, most sites have apps and the one I’m excited about is Tapatalk. It allows me to conversate with the fiendishly friendly folk I’m discovering at Attack of the Craft. Gotta say I. Love. This. Site. It’s like having my real life friends – only they’re into craft and they live thousands of miles away.
Violent Orange Tropical Necklace - 19 February 2012
Unfortunately the Etsy app doesn’t allow me work on draft listings. Don’t get me wrong, I love the app it’s just that iPhone doesn’t have a work around. Hey, if you’re reading this blog and you work at Apple can you tell me how I can log into US and UK sites? I just get stuck in login + password + working… login + password + working… login + password… working…… You get the drift. I can still login into Trade Me which is great. Glamour Twinkles now accepts credit cards. Well, she will once I get a bank statement containing an activation code. I love Trade Me. They are the site you can trust. Reputation is everything!
Other news: I’m still stuck on a witty/quirky marketing tag line (Cryptically Cute? Dashingly Different? Handmade Jewelry) for my marketing e-course. But we all know that inspiration strikes in the most unlikely places. I’ll probably be performing heart surgery or accepting an Academy Award when the perfect slogan will pop into my head.
Baby Blue Pink Tropical Necklace -19 February 2012
I’ve been struggling to stick to my new routine this week. I’d completely forgotten that feeling of satisfaction in ticking off my Things To Do list like I did the week before. Instead I had to cram a bunch of work in on Saturday. Hence the photos that have not yet been loaded onto Etsy. Sorry…
