Available at the Website....

I have been juggling a lot of tasks this January....I have been updating my Zalora boutique with a few pieces here and there. At the same time, I am also working on the Earthly Jewels website. I've been trying to update that so that everything that is available on Zalora will also be available in my Earthly Jewels website. It's been coming along but, I have a lot more to do there....

Second, I have also been updating my supplies shop...EARTHLY JEWELS BEADS. I have sooo much to upload there but I am tackling it a little at a time. I want all of my sales on the facebook page to go through the website so it is centralized in one location. My latest updates in the website are the KAWAII CABOCHONS,

METAL CONNECTORS

LUCITE BEADS....

All of those are current and updated including the available stock for each item....

Third, I am also updating my ETSY site for my fused glass jewelry. I haven't actually listed anything...everything is on draft. When I have drafted approximately 50 pieces, then I think i will make them public and actually list them online. I think a shop actually looks better when it is stocked so listing one at a time is not that appealing for me.. I would rather have a grand opening which I plan for it to be maybe first week of February.

Here is a link to my shop....nothing's in it yet but...just you wait....
https://www.etsy.com/shop/EarthlyJewels?ref=hdr_shop_menu

I also have my small businesses here at home....I sell a sweet, cold Filipino treat called Ice Candy...which is almost like a popsicle. I have my loading station for cellphone prepaid load.... Once in a while I set up my garage for garage sales selling old clothes and bags. Then i am now brewing a new idea....possibly going to be setting up test shop for a sari sari store.... which is a common neighborhood store popular here in the Philippines which sells everyday cooking food and toiletries to nearby houses making buying more convenient. That is still in the planning stage but I am also hoping to get that up and running in February...

I am a busy little bee and I am so thankful that I can do all these little things to help out around the house. I am enjoy doing business and all the sales truly make me happy...I am thankful for a happy life!!!

Inspiring Creativity with new components

I have a lot of ideas of what to do with these new jewelry metal components that are available in my shop....

They're a limited edition item in my shop which means they will only available while supplies last.... they're absolutely gorgeous and unique. So, grab em while they last!!!

REALLY CUTE RING SETTINGS FOR YOUR CREATIONS..

Ooooh you're gonna love creating with these ring settings...you can polymer clay cabochons, resin cabochons, stone cabochons or whatever you feel like... They're listed right now in my facebook personal shop...check them out there...
https://www.facebook.com/earthlyjewelsPenny

I have these round ones....

I love them all and i think i want the matching charm/pendant settings for them especially the floral type settings...

And these are the oval settings mostly 18x25 inch insets....

I have them on a pre-order basis right now. Which means i don't keep them in stock. I only acquire them when somebody places an order. Sooner or later i will have a few in stock because the supplier eventually stop ordering them and they get phased out. So i wanna make sure i have a few stocked up before they phase out.

Enjoy these beauties...i know i will!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014..GOALS FOR THE YEAR

It's a whole NEW YEAR!!! And I am thankful that Earthly Jewels Beads is going strong! I have so many things planned for the year and i hope most of it will materialize!!!

I've been going through shop policies and listing down things i want to add to the shop offerings. And now it's time to get things rolling. I am having a hard time getting back into the groove of things since the holiday break was so very long. But, now I finally have started posting and accepting orders again...

Here is the newest jewelry components i have added to the shop..5 new chandelier earring components...quite pretty and i think i'm going to try to make something out of these myself....

I've also changed my shipping schedule to 3 shipping days a week... tuesday, thursdays and saturdays! That way, my customers can get their items a bit sooner then the twice a week schedule. I think re-stocking day will be once a week...most likely on a Wednesday or possibly another day if my nephew is unavailable to stay with my fur-babies.

Re-stocking day is critical for my shop since i don't keep all items in stock. I am running my online shop here at home so i don't have a lot of space to keep everything i have on my online catalogs stocked on my shelves here at home. So I take orders and once or twice a week, i can fill those orders and send them out to my customers.I need to schedule these re-stocking days to keep my travel expenses down...so accumulating these orders really helps with that..

I've also decided to keep a strict schedule on hours....most particularly for "off" days. In the past, i worked almost 24-7...answering inquiries whenever they came in whether it was 12 midnight on a sunday or 6 am on friday morning. I didn't mind it since i liked what i was doing but, it really burned me out. I think everybody needs some time away from their work whether you have your own business or if you work in a regular office job. Your body and your mind need to have a break in order to function properly. And don't forget, you need to spend time with your family and people you love....that makes all the work worth while.

I'm hoping to finally get my website fully loaded with all of my listings and start accepting orders from there. Then there is also the etsy shops....most especially my digital supplies etsy shop which to my surprise started picking up on its own when the new year came around.

Lastly, i decided i needed to spend some creative time, time to craft for myself as well. Last year, i didn't really do that much crafting because of the things that needed to be done for the shop. I think when you craft, it brings out the creative juices. It is those juices that help me to figure out what would be great products to add to the shop.

So those are some of the things i have lined up....some general thoughts and ideas for the shop..... I hope this year will be my best year yet...