EPE Challenge

I really wanted to finish it, but I was too tired. My butterfly. I made it, just never took photos or posted it on Etsy. My bunny is tumbling right now. I will post it tomorrow and send the link to enter the challenge. I will post the photos here of both.

I made them from pmc, and think they will make really cute pendants. If you are wondering what I am talking about, then check this:

http://etsyprojectembrace.blogspot.com/

Wholesale

I did it. Went to a local boutique with some of my pieces. They liked it and now I have an order for multiples of four pieces! Yea!

Front Page

I was very happy to learn my treasury made it to the front page. I missed it. I featured a majority of teamepe items, which I hope received a few looks. I can't believe how welcoming and good these people are. We all share a story about cancer in one way or another, ourselves or a loved one. Good people

Wholesale

So should I or shouldn't I? Go wholesale, that is....I have a meeting tomorrow with a local shop. They sell nice things, and I would like to be one of them. The pricing is the worst part, the fear, and trepidition are getting to me. Am I pricing too low, too high? or just right? I DON'T KNOW!!!

Love/Hate relationships

There is nothing like a sale, especially when it is for teamepe! There is nothing worse than a buyer who does not pay. Even after a gentle nudge in the form of a convo. Nothing, nada, none.
Bummer.

Etsy Project Embrace

Last year was terrible. My father had been diagnosed with myodisplasia, a blood cancer. He lost the will to live and started giving up on all the things he did in his life. He had gone to Yale, and his doctor placed him as a bone marrow candidate and began a regimen of chemo.

The cancer center found a donor who matched almost perfectly, dad just needed to clear the cancer from his blood and bone marrow. After six rounds of chemo, including a sudden drop of blood pressure to 29 and a stay in intensive care, a bad reaction to a transfusion which landed him in intensive care, my parents were told that there was nothing they could do, it had become acute myeloid leukemia. That was September 28.

On October 10, 2009, Jody Reilly died. So quickly.

Today, I became a member of Etsy Project Embrace, teamepe, where 10% of sales will go to the American Cancer Society. Nobody should die this way, and I hope this helps others. Checking out becoming a bone marrow donor is my next step.

Michelle

Good intentions

I was using an adorable chia pet to photograph my rings. The color just popped right out and looked great with the green grassy hair. Even though little chia belonged to Adam (a 7 year old), I didn't give it a second thought to use it..

Then one of the kids decided to give poor little chia a haircut, see for yourself.....I tried everything to save him, water, humidity, sun, but alas, nothing worked. Now I have found my new table does a great job for photos, but it is not the same, but new chia is growing, so keep a lookout for my white sapphire resting in new chia....yea Lesson learned, buy your own.

Then one of the kids, unnamed, chose to give poor chia a haircut, and the rest is history... see for yourself...