I apologize for being M.I.A. these past two weeks. Since the funky junk fashion show it’s been a whirlwind of Halloween costume collecting, snow tire gathering, and jetsetting madness. But here I am, back on the blog to fill you all in.
Here are some pictures of my Halloween get up; Lisbeth Salander(the girl with the dragon tattoo). I’ve always wanted the chance to dress up kind of Goth, with piercings and tattoos. Coincidentally, the day I decided to put this costume together, was the day that one of my favorite stores; H&M, announced their new fashion line inspired by Salander's character! I thought this was crazy cool. Heres some of the new line with the costume designer for the 2011 film; Trish Summerville
Anyways, last week, I flew home to Niskayuna, NY to for an 18 day trip, the first time I’ve been home in 10 months! Since landing in the east, it’s been hard to find time to sit down and post on this blog due to the funk that being here puts me in. When I get home suddenly the important things on my to-do list get shoved into the back of my brain and all I want to do is sit by the fire, go goodwill shopping, eat all the delicious food in the house, and work for my dad (which pays $10/hr to chat with interesting people and catch up on all my People and Whole Living reading).
One thing I’ve forced myself to work on since arriving is creating a method to pick up my mother’s Ebay/ Etsy selling momentum,(as well as my own). We both are avid thrifters and collectors, with online stores, but it’s difficult to stay organized when you start selling a lot of stuff, and buying even more. Also this is the biggest selling season of the year, which puts the pressure on us to get the ball rolling. I had talked to a creative entrepreneur a week or so ago who had given me some advice he’d learned in the business. He said that what most creative business people don’t know and have trouble with is that you really need to spend 70% of your time making sales, and 30% creating products, because essentially, whatever order comes up, you’ll always find a way to fill it, but it’s getting that person to request what you’re supplying that’s the uncertain part.I see my mother and I spending 70% of our energy accumulating merchandise, and only 30% of our time making sales. In order for success that needs to change, so I started brainstorming ways to go about this. I came up with this spreadsheet that we intend to use to stay organized(sorry the photo is so awful, best I could do);
This along with an inventory/ index will hopefully help us to better visualize what we have, and what we need to get done. It also helps us to stop shopping so much when we see how much stuff we have at home waiting to be photographed researched and listed.
I’ve pulled out so many treasures from our closets since getting here, I'll be posting photos here shortly!
