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Showing posts with label naluana creations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label naluana creations. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Christmas Craft Fair

The Mililani Mauka Christmas Craft Fair was this past weekend.  I had planned long ago when my mom first mentioned to me she bought a table that I would make a lot of stuff to sell that day.  Well, that did not happen.  Not only did I not make the huge batch of new stuff that I wanted to make, I got sick a couple days before.  Not just a cold but hook me up and keep me attached to the nebulizer breathing machine sick.

I decided the night before that I would try to come up with a few things to take if I felt well enough to go.  I was really happy with what I made but my girls would not cooperate and kept touching all my supplies.  I went to bed feeling like I would not go and fell asleep without gathering anything up for the next day.

Here is my mom's table with all her crafts.  She worked for 3 months straight making all her amazing things.  Her last addition to this bunch was all her different angry bird plushies.



I am trying to convince my mom to open an etsy shop but until then all her creations are sitting in her sewing room waiting for new homes.  If any of you are interested in anything  you see here, let me know.  Oh!  And the picture does not show it but you see the red table cloth?  Under the table is a ton more stuff.  She just put out a few of everything and kept re-stocking.  There were big bins full of her stuff so there is a lot more than is shown on the table.

When I woke up that morning I was not feeling well.  I could not breathe good and had to go on the machine before I even got out of bed.  My 2 older ones out of the three little girls woke up so I decided to get ready and go to the craft fair even though it started at 9am and it was almost 11am.  The girls were so excited to go.

My mom bought this beautiful rot iron bust and brought it for me to display my crocheted leis on it but I forgot all of them.




I got there late and rushed to get all my stuff displayed.  I love how it turned out.  It was perfect.






I put together this necklace shortly after I set out the entire display.  Put it out on the display while a friend was browsing and she took it right off and bought it.  I love this one a lot.  A couple of hair clips went home with her along with this necklace.  I forgot to take pictures of those before I wrapped it up and handed them over to her.  I was rushing and wasn't feeling well.  Lesson learned for the next time.





This next necklace is one of my first pieces that I made when I decided to open my etsy shop.  So many people love it.  This one was also bought that day.




Showing up towards the end of the day did not work in my favor.  I did not make any more sales for the rest of the time but I was so happy that others loved my creations and wanted it for themselves.

I love the way my display turned out and was surprised at how amazing all my creations looked.  I took this photo and edited it a few times then created a shop button below.  In fact, based on this picture alone I changed my shop name from "Naluana Creations" to "A Little Piece of Me Shop".  I was torn between changing the name since my original creations were more things from Hawaii or Hawaiian type accessories.  This is with stock I have had from things I've made way back.

Since I started my blog and am creating new things that I love, the name to match my blog seemed more appropriate and so does this picture and new shop button.  I'm excited and once I feel better I'm going to re-stock my shop and add the few new things I created just for the craft fair that did not sell.



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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Small Business Day: Fleeting Thought Turned Sale!!

It's Small Business Day at Three's 4 Me blog and one of my necklaces is featured over there!








This week I want to share how one fleeting thought brought me a sale.  Yay!  I don't know why I haven't thought of it before.  The other day while I was writing a post I was searching for just the right picture of myself to add to it.  I just wanted one picture to go along with a poem that was about me.




Then, I remembered the "Journey" necklace photo I took for my shop.  So I added it to the post which was perfect.  I added the details of the necklace and the link to my shop below.


Guess what?  Someone loved the necklace and bought it!!!  Not only that, when I went to check out the order, she had bought 3 other items too!!  Yay!!  I have been adding other blogs and shop links on my blog homepage if I had won something from a giveaway or if a giveaway was done by another blogger on my blog.  I have been advertising for everyone else but not for myself!  Light bulb!


So here are the other pretties that went to a new home with the necklace.


Lesson for the week:
- add photos of your products in your blog posts
- add an album for your shop on your Facebook Fan Page
- add an album for your shop on all your personal media outlets
- share on Facebook or Twitter regularly about your products
- make up greeting cards of all kinds that feature your products

I have not added any holiday items to my shop but these go along well with the holiday spirit.  Red, White, and Green.  These are available in the shop and are awaiting a new home or shall I say a new owner to love them and wear them proudly.


All Lei are crocheted using ribbon and yarn.  They are very soft, easy to wear, and look like real flower lei depending on what combination of ribbon and yarn are used.  These can be used to wrap around vases, on any type of hats but look great on cowboy hats and women's floppy hats.

Hoping to share new items next week.

Until then choose Handmade for your Holiday shopping...  

Visit shop here:



naluanacreations


If you already do these things things to promote your business, how has it been working for you?  Do you have other ideas you would like to share?  If you try these tips, please let me know how it worked for you.


Good luck, see you next week!




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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Small Business Day - What's New In The Shop

New Items



Ribbon and Yarn Crocheted Lei




 Recently SOLD



Lei are my best sellers so far.  5 sales, all Lei.


I created this new shop button to showcase a little of each item listed in the shop.
As you can see I still have not changed my shop name.  For now, Naluana Creations by Salena Lee will have to do.

New Shop Button
Since the last link up, things at home have been chaotic.  Since my baby turned 2 years old at the end of October and now climbs out of her bed, I have had less time to produce items and list them in the shop.  Uninterrupted time seems to be non-existent for me so I haven't been focused on my goals or shop.  My girls are on different sleep schedules which leaves me hardly any time to sleep myself let alone have alone time to create.

One of my goals was to have 20 items to sell at the big Mililani Mauka Craft Fair with my mom.  The craft fair is next week and  I will probably just take what I have on hand.

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

SBM Challenge # 5: Fortune 500 Goals



Small Business Challenge #5

Here's our challenge:
write your goal{s} out like a Fortune 500 CEO would.


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Naluana Creations
Fortune 500 CEO Goals

  1. Naluana Creations will have a permanent shop name by December 31, 2011
  2. Naluana Creations will have a purpose/theme chosen by December 31, 2011
  3. Naluana Creations will have a new logo by February 1, 2012
  4. Naluana Creations will have a stationary and packaging theme picked out by February 1, 2012
  5. Naluana Creations will have a set schedule for production, planning, and customer service by November 1, 2011
  6. Naluana Creations will have made 20 or more items for the Christmas Craft Fair on December 5, 2011
  7. Naluana Creations will have a safe environment to hold all completed merchandise by October 31, 2011



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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Grand Opening of Etsy Shop

Grand Opening!!

Check it out
my Etsy shop opened today.

A Little Piece of Me



 listed as Naluana Creations
In my shop you will find various accessories.





All my heart

Salena


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