My Goals For The Shop in 2009

I would love to figure out what I could do to get my shop to get more sales. I think for 2009 I need to focus on making my shop a better one. I am lucky because I do have a pretty good following outside of etsy. It makes me sad I never get to share the compliments I receive from my outside sales because they have purchased locally. I have some women that order from me all of the time. I think a lot of them are not super comfortable using the computer to purchase items so they go through me personally and not etsy. My mom gets between 4 and 6 items a month from me for gifts. She is my best advertisement. I feel that the economy has a lot of people spending less for everything, including discretionary items, and that hurts my sales too.

I am very worried about the CSPIA and I think that this in turn will effect my shop. I will go back to making gifts for friends and their children and take all of the items out of my shop which means I will have a much smaller inventory. I am going to focus on more unique items. I am working with a friend to open another etsy store to sell patterns which I am super stoked about. I have a couple friends that draw and I think they would translate into great, different patterns.

I am also looking at running more shows. Once again the CSPIA puts a bit of a damper on that because I do not want to get sued for having people that sell items that need to be tested and it limits the vendors I can have at a show. I am hoping some of the people from HHB will join me for the spring show I'd like to have...

On a side note these are some of the item I made this weekend.


from Sublime Stitching, the fab Emily Martin pattern. I picked up a hankie from a vintage store that is closing and I made it for my purse. I love it!

I'm not "lion" shirt for my mom to give as a gift.

A bib for my mom to give as a gift too...

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Hi All,

Here is a great shop on etsy! The shop is Joey & Aleethea and they have great kids stuff.
She's having a HUGE Sale Sept. 1st & 2nd with 20% OFF everything in her shop PLUS she's got 2 Giveaways going on too!



The Muscle Car baby lounge is super cute and perfect for daddys to take with them everywhere!



The Sunday Best Onesie and Diaper for all fancy occasions.




I love love love this bib. James Bond baby style. This is perfect for everday or for special occasions like weddings/bar mitsvahs/paties..etc.

I think is is fantastic when there are cute boys items. I think when you go to a department store it is so much easier to find adorable girl clothes and the sections are 3 or 4 times the size than the baby boy sections. Joey and Aleethea hit the nail on the head with adorable boy and girl items.

So check out Joey and Aleethea for her sale September 1 and 2 and her blog for her fab giveaways!

What are you still doing here? Go check out the site!!