taking stock...

I remembered this post from last year working hard and thought that I might try to make this 'taking stock' an annual event so that I have a snap shot of how much I have in my Etsy shop and how things are going.
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This was last year's information...
165 active listings in my Etsy shop

• 38 listings in my wristwarmers and cuffs section 
• 22 listings in my bath and beauty section
• 46 listings in my hats and headbands section
• 2 listings in my bags section
• 2 listings in my little beach pebbles section
• 15 listings in my beachcombing treasures section
• 2 listings in my supplies section
• 33 listings in my greetings cards section
• and 5 listings in my sale section 

 To date I've had 632 sales in my Etsy shop and my feedback rating is 363 (all five star apart from two four star reviews)

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and for comparison, this is how things are this year...
105 active listings in my Etsy shop

• 23 listings in my wristwarmers and cuffs section 
• 19 listings in my bath and beauty section
• 17 listings in my hats and headbands section
•  2 listings in my bags section
•  0 listings in my little beach pebbles section
•  7 listings in my beachcombing treasures section
• 11  listings in my supplies section
• 26 listings in my greetings cards section
• and 0 listings in my sales section  

 To date I've had 793 Etsy sales, and my feedback is 439 (all five star apart from 2 four star reviews still) 


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In the last year I've been selling LOTS more of the sea glass pieces (and sea shells for crafting supplies)  - I really need to crack on with making more wrist warmers and hats....that's what I'm in the middle of right now - I still have two pairs of wrist warmers to photograph and get listed and am nearly finished a third pair. I've got 19 pairs of the crocodile stitch ones listed (and the two finished pairs are the same pattern but different colours) - I need to get making some of the 'ordinary' wrist warmers too so that there's a bit of choice!

I've been pretty busy with custom orders lately too; making a headband with matching wrist cuffs (see one of my earlier posts from this month), then making a hat with a flower on for Rosie, wrist warmers for Jana... I also had a message from a man in America who wanted two pairs of wrist warmers the same so I had to order some extra wool (from Springwools) for them - they're off in the post already now :)

I've also had an order for a 'Mummy & me' hat set for a friend of my Mum - so far I've only made the hat for the mother, I need to sit down and work out how to convert it all to a smaller size next! I've also ordered in some baby alpaca yarn for a pair of wrist warmers for a lady on Valentia and then just the other day I had a message from my friend in New York state about a pair of wrist warmers for her husband!

So all of this will keep me busy for a while; in amongst all of that I'll be also building up some stock for my Etsy shop in the hopes of big sales (and for the winter craft markets too of course).