GalleriaLinda :: Hancrafted Contemporary Beaded Jewelry

Tiger and Lily Boutique - Make it! Sell it! Buy it! New Site

On Twitter, I ran across Tiger and Lilly Boutique's craft web site and it looks very interesting! With a selling feature, craft blog, craft forum, and craft projects - what more could you want?

Tiger and Lily Boutique - Make it! Sell it! Buy it!, is an online arts and crafts resource for handmade gifts. They relaunched their website to provide a great experience and an easy-to-use craft website that offers new features, such as becoming an Online Vendor or Arts and Crafts Project Writer, $1.00 Banner Advertising, Artist of the Month Spot Light, Resources and Link Exchange program and your very own Craft Closet. For more information or send an email to info@tigerandlilyboutique.com.

Let's keep an eye on Tiger and Lilly Boutique! And, be sure to stop by the Indie CEO Indie Arts Business Blog for ideas for your art or craft business.

As always, I remain...
Truly yours,
Linda
GalleriaLinda

Creative and Free Promotions Are Great! The Diary 2010 Project.

As an online seller of handmade jewelry, I am always looking for free promotional opportunities. Forums are a good resource for free promotional opportunities as you will see calls for product and seller features. I am always keeping my eyes open!

An annual project that I love and have had GalleriaLinda participate in for three years is the Diary Project, which is organized and implemented by Fantazya, a long-time Etsy seller of handmade.

The current Diary 2010 Project is getting to the final deadline for artwork.

The diary is a spiral bound calendar book that has all pages created and designed by handmade artists! The artists work their shop information into the designs and get year-round exposure for FREE.

This has been a successful and popular concept for several years. When the artwork is sent, Fantazya coordinates the printing and cover options. Pictured above is my 2009 diary with GalleriaLinda pages. You will see the plain cover I ordered so I could embellish it myself. These make GREAT gifts too.

I encourage my handmade artist/crafter friends to participate in this free opportunity! Fantazya is so great to work with and you will be among featured artists.

Back to Basics

When I started making jewelry for other people, bracelets were my staple. You could not stop me! It was like Picasso's "blue period." Bracelet after bracelet after bracelet.

Then, after months, well, frankly more like close to a year, I fell in love with making earrings. Then, necklaces caught my fancy. Now I go in spurts of frenzy-creating from one to another.

I am back to my basics making bracelets for a while again. This weekend I made 5 bracelets and can't wait to get them listed. This particular red jasper bracelet with one-huge-Bali-sterling-bead turned out so fine. The red jasper is incredible and you can see this in GalleriaLinda's shop on iCraft! The handmade clasp is so comfortable and easy to close too - it really adds to the design.

Tell me your story of creating frenzies!

Weathering the Economic Storm with Earrings

Participating in iCraft's Sellers' Bootcamp!

I am embarking on a high-energy Sellers' Boot camp in iCraft.ca!! Already, the sales strategies are electrifying!

This is a new admin-supported program started by Christine of PillowThrowDecor for sellers on iCraft.ca! Christine not only produces the most elegant pillows for your home, but she is also a sales expert that creates energy that motivates!

She is the one that started the awesome "Odd Sock" category to move merchandise. Check out PillowThrowDecor's "Odd Sock" deals - unbelievable!

The Sellers' Bootcamp program goes for 28 days with assignments for each day that will help you fill your promotional "bag of tricks" by the end of the month. The idea is to get into the habit of spending 30-45 minutes a day doing things that will help sales. You can check out the iCraft.ca Sellers' Boot camp forum.

Retired from another career, Christine states that a part of her professional background is in sales training. She states, "As independent business people it is all about accountability. I do much better when I know there is a team of people marching along with me every day and are as committed as I am to doing assigned activities!

If you are considering trying iCraft.ca as your handmade selling venue, now is the time! Remember, if you use a referral number when you pay your one-time registration fee, you receive six months of shop fees free for an unlimited number of items! Shop fees are very reasonable. In case you need one, GalleriaLinda's referral number is: 1c28439c38!

Must go...off to boot camp!!