Craft 365: Week 6

Day 36 ~ Day 37 ~ Day 38 ~ Day 39 ~ Day 40 ~ Day 41 ~ Day 42

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A week of spinning, pretty much! There is one thing that troubles me and thats how much to charge. I've been "umming" and "ahhhing" between 10 pence, 12 pence and 15 pence a meter, which in fairness seems to be the going rate. But for the longer skeins it seems perhaps a bit high? But after all the work that has gone into them it seems right, these do take a good day to spin up! However, is there anyone willing to pay £20 for 168 meters of 3 ply, hand dyed yarn, especially in these times where people are being so careful with their money?

Craft 365: Week 5

Day 29 ~ Day 30 ~ Day 31 ~ Day 32 ~ Day 33 ~ Day 34 ~ Day 35
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Not sure what to make of this week. I guess the highlight was the neck warmer and crochet birdie order I got from Etsy - that really took me by surprise! The purple knit purse needs finishing and I think I'll knit up some other colours and see how their fair :)

Listed a few more things on Coriandr and bought some things too! Not just Dig The Earth's cards but some other goodies! Can't wait to show you, I think they are great but for now, I will keep it under wraps :D

The first week of the Coriandr Express seemed like a great success, with Dig The Earth and Bluefish Handmade. Doing this is really opening my eyes to the handmade community out there, it really is fantastic. I'm looking forward to promoting each of the sellers on the train and hoping to make some new friends along the way :D

Craft 365: Week 4 / Coriandr Express

Day 22 ~ Day 23 ~ Day 24 ~ Day 25 ~ Day 26 ~ Day 27 ~ Day 28

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Another week which started so well and ended badly. Its my own fault for loosing my footing on some stairs at work though :/ I have never felt physically sick due to pain before. Yet this morning i feel fine.

Anyhoo.

I'm getting closer to dedicating myself to Coriandr. I'm slowing moving items from Artfire at the moment, my subscription ends June 6th so that'll be the first to go. The bits n bobs at Etsy and Folksy will take longer to transport - i want to get my listings worth out of them!!

I've joined in with a fantastic idea on Coriandr to help promote sellers (including me :o ) and Coridanr itself. Its called the 'Coriandr Express' and involves about 20 coriandr sellers. Every 3 days (we rest on a Sunday :)) a VIP from the train is picked and the other sellers promote the socks off of them by blogging, tweeting etc about them and what they do. Its such a fantastic idea and is being organised and run by Lynne of the PixiePirateCrew, who also writes for and organises Autonomous Artisans! She already has a blog up and running for the Coriandr Express which will also be used for promoting the VIP as well as Coriandr and with over 20 people promoting it, news, in theory, should travel fast :o. I volunteered to set up a Twitter account to help plug this even more with some micro Blogging!
If all goes well and more people wish to be a part of this, more trains may be set up to accomidate everyone!

So all aboard this Monday as thats when the train leaves and the very first VIP gets some kick ass promotion :D

Craft 365: Week 3 / PIF

Day 15 ~ Day 16 ~ Day 17 ~ Day 18 ~ Day 19 ~ Day 20 ~ Day 21
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Its been a slow week craft wise. It started off well with the dyeing but due to my own impatience, it sagged. However, on Friday you can see that something did arrive! I spent the afternoon building it and have had a play on it and I LOVE it. So watch this space for fiber related goodies.

Pay It Forward

The PIF folks have been chosen!! I'll be contacting the following people for their addresses so I can send them their goodies :)

Blackberry Crafts
ScrappinrenCreations
Audrey

Thanks to the people who took part!

I'm thinking of doing more giveaways, perhaps once a month at the beginning of each month, so watch out when June comes along :)

Craft 365: Week 2

Day 8 ~ Day 9 ~ Day 10 ~ Day 11 ~ Day 12 ~ Day 13 ~ Day 14

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Loads of scarfettes (i want to call them "scafLettes" for some reason. Perhaps i'll stick with "neck warmers" in future!) made this week, photographed and ready for listing. Even though its the complete wrong time of the year. Ah well.

The Pay It Forward 'event' is still open for participants til May 7th! Be sure to comment to be included.

Craft 365: Week 1

I hopped on to the Craft 365 bandwagon last week in the hopes of making sure I get at least one little crafty thing done a day. Taking photos for the year will be interesting too. I think this will make a great project, and for anyone considering it, its not as hard to do as you may think! Take the leap and do a 365 Project on Flickr :)

1. Blank 2. Blank 3. Day 1 4. Day 2 5. Day 3 6. Day 4 7. Day 5 8. Day 6 9. Day 7

... i wonder how long this will last.

I also pondered about spicing up the blog a bit. Seeing as i haven't blogged since the 10th, i'm guessing i need some structure here... Looks like Fridays will be 365 Day. I'm thinking of blogging my favourite knit and crochet stitches, just for fun. Guess i can try it for a while and see how it goes. Oh and i must feature more people - share the love . The genius and talent of crafters and makers out there...

Watch this space I guess :)