This weekend I shall be child-free so I really need to organise myself. My under-stairs cupboard is full to bursting with *things*. Some of it needs to be sold but isn’t suitable for Etsy really, so Ebay is the way to go. So I need the motivation to get it all out, get it photographed, sized where appropriate, and get listings written up ready to go onto Ebay. This includes fabric, lace, jewellery, clothing, beads and braids. If I have time some of it might get made up into stash packs that I can sell. People around me are very generous and let me have all manner of things that they think I might be able to use. Being a magpie means that I am sometimes unable to say no when I should but I figure that everything is useful one way or another. But as the children’s toys and books are increasing with every birthday (and of course Christmas is coming up) I need to both make some extra money and create some space for their things.
Other items need the same treatment (photos and descriptions) but can be listed in my Etsy shop and I like nothing better than having a whole heap of draft listings ready to go so that I can add a new item every day over a period of time.
Then of course there’s the task of gathering up everything that is already listed on Etsy and making sure it’s all in one place instead of there being things all over the house in various drawers, bowls, boxes and decorating my bedroom. This would actually be one of the more useful tasks to complete this weekend so maybe that one should be first on the list as it’s probably the easiest to complete in a short space of time.
Next there are all of the things that I stash as supplies for making new stuff – I really need to remind myself of what I’ve got and see if I can be inspired….or at least remind myself of what I have, week out things that could be sold as they are or dismantled and sold for supplies if I think I may not be able to use them.
Once I’ve done all of this I need to get on with finishing a custom Tribal belly dance bra and belt and get on with a custom headdress order. So I’m not sure that I’ve got enough time to do everything over the weekend, but I’m certainly going to make a good attempt at it. Probably fuelled with coffee and chocolate cake to keep me going!
Oh, and let’s not forget that I have a Belly Dance event, Hipnotic, to run and dance at on Sunday night
Twinkle twinkle shiny things 