Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Slow... still

I sold a bar of my Hemingway soap last week, but that's it. Still slow.
The worst part is that due to various circumstances I couldn't even sell at the craft show this past weekend. The craft show I help set up, no less. It's a bit depressing, especially since I had to quit my part time job.
I love making things and I've been doing it for myself and my friends for so long, I just really hoped to take it to the next step and be able to make a decent portion of my living off of it eventually. It's been very difficult and after the holiday season I may take a little time off to work on other things, re-evalute what I make and how I market and see if I can or should come back.
At this point I'm not optomistic. I'm a bit exhausted. My sales aren't even equaling the cost of my materials.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for your kind words, mainly I'm thinking of shutting down my first shop, CraftingBirds for a while, I've been running that one since February with little success.
    I think that shop especially needs a major rebranding.

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  2. Found you too, Dorsbien/Frenchfabrics, I like the blog too, Julie

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