Blogshares

What the heck is Blogshares, and why am I on it?

OK I am in a better mood today...cuz I was only at the shop for 2 hours! Yay for helpers!

I am now at the point where I am getting more orders to fulfill than i can carry home in one day. That is, of course, good and bad.

I need to make some Gift Guide pages to direct people to the things I really want them to buy, ie in-stock items. More Photoshop. My aching wrists!

From a link from Trunkt, it is predicted that while the Monday after thanksgiving will be a big online sales day, the Monday about two weeks before Xmas (the 11th?) is the biggest day of all. Maybe that is true if you are LL Bean but hopefully not true for me. I hope not to be processing any more orders after the 10th! I don't know how I am going to deal with the shop, and the online stuff. Ugh.

Things I did this weekend: order stickers. order tissue paper and bubble wrap (thanks Uline). order more piggy banks and tea kettles and jewelry. order more free USPS Priority Mail boxes. clean the office a bit to store all the supplies coming in.

I also got to visit the Market NYC which is good, I have been neglectful and you really can find good people that way. I found a couple who sew their own cute tweed caps and aviator hats, and a good jewelry person perhaps, and even a budding leather handbag person. I have to go every couple months at least...

Things to do this Monday and Tuesday - visit the Hayden-Harnett showroom and see what their bags are like in person. Go to the metal plater guy and hand over some stuff to gold-plate. Ship! Buy larger boxes at office supply, and a new calculator, and some floodlights for the store, and then come home and ship some more. Meet up with Amy Tavern at the store (yay!) for a quick visit, grab more items, bring home and ship. That's about my life these days. Oh, and mock up how I want my shopping cart experience to be like with the new cart. Did I say Photoshop? Yes, time to wear the wrist braces.

To everyone who wrote in - hi! Thanks! and seriously, if you want to contribute to this blog, please send me a real email so I can write you back (rena at raredevice dot net will do) and set up your account. It should be fun, promise.

Helpful tools undown - backpackit.com and wists.com and potentially rememberthemilk.com though I haven't used it yet.