Just in case....

Just in case I don't get on here for the next couple of day's. I want to wish all my friends a Happy, Joyous New Year. I love the thought of the new year, a fresh start , a new outlook, new determination. I wish you happiness, joy, love and success in every part of your life in the coming year my friends.

On a vacation?

As of today I have not had a day of work at the Cafe in a week and a half. Not my choice. One of the things we are noted for besides being a tourist town because of the summer horse racing, we are home to Skidmore College. Well 95% of the Cafe's business is Skidmore students and they have all gone home for Christmas break. So no students in town= no business and no work for Debbie. Well I am scheduled to start back next Sunday, and in the mean time I am trying to accomplish some things. Now that Christmas is done I am going to do some house cleaning. I have my son probably moving back in and my daughter possibly moving out so lots of rearranging to do. Also going to try to stay focused on my shops. Working on my daily sale, staying active on the computer. I have been working on some new items , just finished this one above.
I am also working on an idea. My felt and sequin ornaments which I make for my Etsy shop. My granddaughter gets a portion of the profit on each one to donate to Esterville Animal shelter.
I must say this year I sold only a few so , so far we haven't come up with enough to send the shelter, we want to at least send $10.00 at a time. I am considering a way to offer a sample sale here on my blog but need to work on the details a bit. I will let you know more on this at another time. My house is quite, I am the only one home except for the whining dogs!
When my daughter leaves the house , her dog Bailey wails, I mean he Wails, until she comes home. If I go spend some time with him to calm him down, my dog Alex cries and yips because I have left him. With Bailey and Alex whining the big lady, Morgan gets upset and starts to bark at everyone else. So there is no such thing as silence in my house even when I am the only human here:) Have a good night every body.

Sale Update

Just a quick note, last week I told you my newest idea. To have a sale in my shop of one item and to change the item every 24 hours. I have been doing it for the last several day's . One item that is priced at about 1/2 off. Every 24 hours have changed to a new item. I have to admit I am having fun with it. It also keeps me active because as I choose the sale item, I renew it so it is keeping my up a bit in the pages. Don't know how long but it can't hurt. Any way I am doing it, actually have sold 2 items, will do it for sure til the end of the year. Maybe even longer just because I am having fun with it.
I have also decided to get more active again with my Ebay shop. I know all the reasons I stopped doing it but the fact is I will not ever sell anything if I am not pro-actively doing everything I can. Sent a note to my brother who built and manages my website and hopefully he will add the Ebay link back to my page.
For any one who hasn't seen my website, take a peek and tell me what you think!
www.serenitycollections.com

Peaceful Thoughts

I decided to take a walk downtown on Christmas night. It had been a very tough day for me with the situation that we are in right now and felt like I had let my grandkids down badly. I needed a way to think about things and taking a walk seemed right. Living in town that while small is alway's busy with lots of traffic and people walking the streets and ton's of businesses clustered in a very small area, then, on a special night when the businesses are closed and the people are at home and the cars are in the garage.....wow, kind of like stepping into a different world. so completely calm and quiet, with all the Holiday lights glowing was just the most pleasant and peaceful feeling. By the time I went home I realized that I was okay with things, my family was okay and no matter what we did not have, we have soooo much. We are blessed if for nothing else than to be a part of a close and loving family that will alway's support each other in the roughest times, at least emotionally if nothing else is possible. I realized that I can be very much at peace with myself as long as I concentrate on the blessings in my life!

My wishes

Alex and I wish you all a very merry Christmas, the best time of year . Enjoy

Better late than Never

Every year I create a one of a kind amulet bag for Christmas, put it up on Ebay and it sells, every year. Well this year with all the drama I have been putting myself through I did not get it done in a timely manner so it won't sell before Christmas. But Today I did finish it TaDa! I went ahead and listed it anyway even though it won't go for Christmas, it's still a super nice winter peice. I am super happy with the way it came out!

My newest big Idea

The fight for Christmas sales is now pretty much over. I don't know about you but I like to freshen things up and have new items to start the new year and I just don't like things to hang around to long. So just for the heck of it I am going to try a sale. A bit different though. I started already tonight. Every 24 hours I will pick one item in my shop and put it on sale for up to 1/2 price. That one item will stay on sale for the 24 hours at the end of which it will go back to regular price and a new item will be put on sale. In my title bar I am putting:
ON SALE TODAY and I will state the regular price in my description area so people will know how much of a savings they would see if they purchase it. I am going to do this from today through New years. What do you think? Silly? Will it get noticed? Maybe not. I put a notice in promotions on the Etsy forum and it got buried within seconds. So would you please spread the word?
So that's today's crazy brainstorm, I let you know how it turns out!