Behind on my books. . .

Yeah, I'm going to admit that in the move process and temporary shutdown I have not kept up with my bookkeeping.  😏  

I just pulled out my notebook to catch up and record monthly website fees and found my last entry was back in March. 😅 

Good thing RainbowMaille's books are simple and most of those months of being closed it's just a couple of fees, so this shouldn't take me too long to "fix" and catch-up.  😉

Although, a recent etsy order did highlight their most recent fee increase that I had mostly forgotten was going to happen. I mean, of course, I got the notification, but I was closed and moving so it kinda skipped to the back of my brain.  However, seeing it in print and practice was like "oh snap" 😦 I'm probably going to have to raise prices.  Order total paid $56 and change, but after etsy's fees and payment processing fees and buying the postage and removing the taxes collected I only get $43 and change.  So yeah, I need to adjust my shipping charges too between postal rate increases and etsy's increased % coming off the top it no longer covers packaging materials like bubble mailers, tape, ink, paper, etc.,   

I know a lot of crafters, artists, and small business owners have a hard time pricing our items and many of us do not raise prices as much or as often as we probably should.  So, consider this a PSA of sorts in this time of "inflation" and increasing supply costs and increasing postage and increasing fees, check your books and make sure you are still making the $ you wanted/intended.  😇😎

Grief is a process. . .

 Grief is a process and I'm still processing. . .

I am working through working on my grief, but I'm not sure I'm making any progress really. 😔 I am still sad every day. I still think about calling Kat almost every day hence the daily sad when I have to face all over again that she is gone. 😭 

I am trying to work on other things too, like re-activating listings in the online shops and setting up my studio.  I have made some progress on the studio, art on the shelves, chainmaille inventoried and loaded on displays, supplies in bins, my easel is unboxed and standing ready.  I haven't created anything in the new studio yet, but I did hem some curtains and do some other household crafty-ness for the moving-in and decorating.