So now I am here. Got the shop up and running, I have a grand total of 11 items that are freaking awesome if I do say so myself. I got a model lined up for whenever she's got some time she will swing buy and help me take pictures of some of the other items that I am adding to the shop. You know it was fun making blankets and random other items but now I think I will focus mostly on women's clothing and accessories. I have lowered the prices on most the items in my shop in hopes to clear them out for summer and get ready for fall, I guess we'll see how that goes. I have an awesome team supporting me and a bunch of friends behind me so at least I didn't have to start totally from scratch.
I am so pleased to report that after only 2 days of being in business I have had over 300 views and the first day all my shop had in it was one item. That's not me though folks that's the support and awesomeness of my fellow crafty's boosting me up and helping me out. You know how the saying goes, don't mix business with pleasure and ya know what? They are not wrong. I love my old partner she is/was a really good friend and I hope that one day we can still salvage a friendship out of this so cross your fingers for me. It's just better to have my own shop. You know at first I was scared to have one I didn't think my stuff was good enough to be sold on the open market it takes a special kind of person to appreciate hand made goods and my family though I love them dearly most of them- they just are not fan's of handmade goods. So I didn't much think I was good. I needed a extra person to tell me if stuff was good enough, and hold my hand and give me helpful hints and suggestions now where helpful hints and suggestions are always good sometimes they can hurt your feelings. And sometimes they have you galloping off way far in the wrong direction all together. It's not really their fault that's the thing about doing artsy type stuff what one person likes may not be what someone else likes and vise versa. It's all a matter of finding your niche and seeing what there's a market for and its a process. The freedom of having my own shop is amazing. I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want to spoil the friendship but when I brought her something and she didn't like it she'd unravel the whole thing - many many hours of hard work and toil for nothing- and then re-use the material to make something of her own. It not only bothered me but it made me feel as if I had to produce superior products to keep my work from being destroyed. But anyways, I should not get this tipsy over one little glass of wine and I hope you come visit my new store Crochet By Mel and please do let me know what you think. I will always take constructive critique with grace and would love to hear what you have to say. Hopefully there will be a lot more new items to come. Take care and God bless.
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