This week I’m having by far my biggest sale ever, with 50% off most jewellery – some earrings are as low as £2.25 – so it’s a good time to stock up on stocking fillers and little Christmas gifts 🙂
Take a look at the sale items by clicking here.
Now Summer seems to be done with (sad face), I am looking forward to the next celebration; Halloween!
I found this awesome tutorial about how to (professionally) make vampire dentures.
Even though obviously only people with access to this kind of equipment can actually have a go themselves, I thought it was interesting to see the process.
I am already quite familiar because I trained as a dental technician, and I wish I’d made some fangs when I had the chance now! If you’re interested in this kind of thing, I also wrote an article here about how dental crowns are made.
Gishwhes is basically a huge scavenger hunt that is open to anyone in the world (I think) – and all you have to do is find a team and be prepared to do some crazy, random, awesome stuff!
It’s one of those things that looks ridiculously fun and something that would give you a lot of anecdotes and memories, but I’d be too shy to do 😦 But if it looks like something you could do, you have until August to get your team ready.
The scavenger madness lasts one week only. Enjoy!
If you haven’t heard of Society6 before, it’s basically a print-on-demand company where they pay you commission if any of your graphic designs or photos sell via their website.
I’ve had a shop on there for nearly 2 years now, and I thought I would write about my sales totals and earnings to give other people (and myself) a better idea of the potential of Society6 as a money-maker.
My conclusion is that, for me, it has been worth it because I enjoy it, and because any extra side income is handy for me due to my self-employment. But it’s certainly not going to make me rich overnight, that’s for sure 🙂
I also figure that I may as well put the many graphic designs I’ve created, and photos I’ve taken over the years ‘out there’, rather than them being hidden away on my computer forever.
Anyway, I hope you find my summary useful, and I hope it helps you make an informed decision about whether you should dedicate your time to growing a Society6 shop or not.
Thanks for reading 🙂
Just a quick announcement to say that I now have a new shop – ‘Fern Makes‘ – which I have set up to sell handmade products that don’t fit into my card or jewellery shops.
I’m starting off selling miniature bound books/sketchbooks/journals that have blank pages inside and can actually be written or drawn in despite being only a few cm tall!
You can choose between 3 different colours and whether you would like a hardback or leather cover. Each item has been made from scratch by me, and each book page has been hand sewn to the rest (rather than just glued) for extra durability.
You could give them as a gift for a doodler, writer or book lover….and I particularly like the idea of writing nice messages inside and giving it to a loved one 🙂
Welcome to my new website address and design…it’s probably long overdue!
I’ll be continuing to post craft tutorials, as before, plus I’m hoping to add a bit more content myself; mainly graphic designs and arty projects. I have a few ideas but it’ll take a little while for me to plan this (slightly) new direction for the blog.
Stay tuned, and thanks for visiting 🙂
Thanks to everyone who has a browse 🙂
Thanks to anyone who enrols!
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