awww crap. . .

I know some Etsians have long wanted more than 5 photo slots per listing but I was never one of them.  😩  Seriously, I've often had problems using all 5 slots, how many angles can you really get on a bracelet?  Doing the EtsyRank thing it downgraded listings that didn't have all 5 photo slots filled. I had to go back through all my listings and re-shoot new photos and extra photos, it was a total pain in the you know what but I did it.  Ok, I at least tried to do it, there are a few listings where the newer photos didn't turn out well enough to use so there are still listings that don't have 5.

So I am really not among the happy people with this new roll-out of 10 photo slots. 😒

Crap do I really need to go back and re-shoot new/more photos for all my listings?!?!?  😱  Again?!?  I am well over 100 listings now so lets just think a minute on the volume of photo work that would entail.  135 active listings currently all missing at least 5 photos, not every photo is going to turn out usable so to get 675 "good" photos I'd probably have to take more than a Thousand. 😰

I think for now I'll just try to have more photos when I make new listings going forward but good grief! I feel a bit like charlie Brown, they keep moving the ball.  

I need more bells. . .

Sadly of all the bells I ordered I am disappointed in most of them, the one was a size too small, two of them are too shiny/too silver, one of them turned out to be poorly plated and discolored badly when it got wet.  😱   

So of the 5 orders I only have 1 serviceable option and those are perfect in every way but one, they were limited quantity.  😡  Go figure I spend days of online searching for bells and 1 one that works best is a vintage discontinued version I could only find in an Etsy shop.  I bought all they had but that was only 20 and I'm making anklets so I'd really like more than 10 each.

It's hard to work out the spacing it just does seem to be coming out evenly, it would be easier with even just a few more bells. ~sigh~

I'm off to scour the internets for more dark grey anodized aluminum 9 mm jingle bells.

waiting on the bells. . .

I have finished the pair of matching rainbow anklets but now I am stuck waiting on the bells I ordered.  They are supposed to go on these anklets but I'm not sure any of the ones I ordered are even going to match or work.  😳

In the meantime, since I'm at a standstill with that custom order I will go back to making new wire tree sculptures.  😇

so many ideas. . .not enough time

I have had many sales recently and my wire tree inventory has dropped quite a bit, not to mention I have a list of new earring styles in various colors I want to make.  😵  I have too many ideas and not enough hours to make everything that I'm thinking about. 😱  

I am keeping a list so that I don't forget and hopefully I'll get to them all eventually.  😇   First, I have to finish the custom orders I'm in the middle of then I can get back to making random things.  

It has been 2 years already that RainbowMaille has been on Etsy.  😮  It's amazing how time flies when you keep busy. ~LOL~   

In celebration of this milestone I am offering a special coupon : 

ETSIVERSARY this code will give anyone 15% off any purchase of $10.00 or more goo through the month of July. 😉

one thing done. . .

I have one custom order thing done so now I'm on to the next thing on the list.  

I do think it turned out quite lovely and interesting, it seemed like a bit of an odd combination but somehow it all works together.  😇

Now to start on some chainmaille.  😉

custom orders. . .

Yeah, I do custom orders and right now I'm working on more than one.  😄  A Family tree for a friend, a keepsake tree for someone else, a pair of chainmaille anklets which I haven't even started because I had to order special bells which I am still waiting on.  

The friend's Family tree project is still in the design stages, we have a rough plan, and birth stones are covered but still contemplating and selecting other charms. 

The Keepsake tree is about half finished, the person had a very clear vision of what they wanted which in a way makes it easy for me to know which beads, the color of wire, how to position tags, and vial, etc.  However, it's also a bit intimidating when someone seems to know so clearly what they want because I'm afraid that my finished piece won't look like they envisioned and that they will be disappointed.  As far as I know none of my customers have ever been disappointed, no one has ever said so but that doesn't mean they weren't.  OK, so that sounded a bit paranoid, I heard it that time.  ~LOL~

I think it will, in fact, be beautiful when it is finished, which should be this weekend.  😇  Then I will start on the matched pair of anklets, hopefully the bells I ordered will arrive soon but even if they don't I can add the bells after the anklets are done. 

So if you were wondering if I do custom orders the answer is yes all the time. 😉

I'm back. . . .

I am back from vacation and I really need to get back to crafting, but I managed to get some sort of awful cold complete with a sore throat.  🙁  

Sales were good and seem to be continuing, Yay!  However, that just means things are disappearing and my listing total is dwindling.  I photographed and listed the 3 sets of Hogwarts house colors mini trees and relisted the rainbow mini with the last one I have made.  I did the mini trees as 3 separate listings because the "roots" are different so there is one listing for the bookends and one for the half and half and one for the alternating, that way I got to put individual photos for all of them. 🙂

Since there are 5 photos per listing I did one group shot and then the 4 individuals it was the easiest time I've ever had with using all 5 photo slots.  ~LOL~  I have to get over this cold and then I have a couple of custom items to work on but I swear I will get back to crafting new stuff soon. 😉