so, i realize it has been over a week since i last wrote anything. and i apologize immensely to my loyal audience.
i have had some wonderful changes in my life though! i started classes at the women's initiative and am going to start a business with a friend! but this will all take place after.....drum roll please....... I GET MARRIED!!! yes, it is true! i am getting married this may to my beloved male counterpart, brian! i could not be happier and even though i am more stressed than ever before, i am on cloud 9 and cannot wait to be mrs. brian a. bers! that said, i have a LOT to do! so please bear with my random and probably fewer blogs than i was doing. for that brief week!
also, if anyone knows of a local seamstress, i would GREATLY appreciate hearing about it! i would like my dress handmade and locally...
that's all for now! thanks for reading and stay tuned! also follow us on facebook to find out where we'll be out selling! we have a new space and a new friend to sell with and are going to be doing more shows this year! stay tuned...!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
this just in: upcoming shows!...
this was posted the 29th of jan at 2:56pm
this just in: lookwhatimade is in two upcoming shows in the bay area!
the first is the noise pop show in san francisco at the verdi club. information can be found at: http://www.noisepop.com/2010/pop_n_shop.php
it should be fun, as i am told it is a popular event and full of craftiness.
the second is the craft happy craft show in freemont, ca. link to details can be found at: http://www.getcrafthappy.com/start-happy
should be fun, doors open at 10am. c'mon and get your craft buy on!
we hope to see you all there!
and for today, i am off to the post to send in my dues for the san francisco street artist program so i can get back out there once the weather gets nice and decides to stop raining. then back to work on some custom orders we got going on, hopefully spend a little time with my man and our furry girls and then find a job to help pay the bills. busy, busy day, wish me luck!
hope you all have a great day and enjoy your weekend, i will be back on monday to fill ya'll in on the goings on here at lookwhatimade. -grammy party on sunday, should be fun!
take care,
bre
this just in: lookwhatimade is in two upcoming shows in the bay area!
the first is the noise pop show in san francisco at the verdi club. information can be found at: http://www.noisepop.com/2010/pop_n_shop.php
it should be fun, as i am told it is a popular event and full of craftiness.
the second is the craft happy craft show in freemont, ca. link to details can be found at: http://www.getcrafthappy.com/start-happy
should be fun, doors open at 10am. c'mon and get your craft buy on!
we hope to see you all there!
and for today, i am off to the post to send in my dues for the san francisco street artist program so i can get back out there once the weather gets nice and decides to stop raining. then back to work on some custom orders we got going on, hopefully spend a little time with my man and our furry girls and then find a job to help pay the bills. busy, busy day, wish me luck!
hope you all have a great day and enjoy your weekend, i will be back on monday to fill ya'll in on the goings on here at lookwhatimade. -grammy party on sunday, should be fun!
take care,
bre
alrighty then...
this one was posted the 28h at noon:10
okay, got the items out of the tumbler and their racks and gonna go photograph! all you liz lemon fans, be sure to keep an eye out for some new pieces! in homage to my favorite 'lemonism' i have made a necklace with a few different designs and earrings. i love you liz lemon! thankyou for showing that being yourself if okay and funny, there need to be more of us out there! no shame (as long as you are not hurting anyone) and it feels so great to not have to have a faux image to put on. never got it, but it happens and those who do it should just 'STOP IT!" (to quote my favorite mo collins and bob newhart skit, man i quote a lot of movie/tv related things... is that sad?!)
i wish the weather would be better, i miss selling. course i also need to concentrate on THAT aspect of the business, i have been spending so much time on etsy, that i have neglected the sap... later today after photos and new items have been listed!
i also need to work on my posture and get a more ergonomical chair!
and make some RUGS!!!!
should also be hearing soon wither or not i got into the noise pop show... hhmmmmm
okay, of to be productive!
please let me know if you have any special requests of things i should make! maybe? any ideas you have for a special order?
have a good day ya'll!
productivity continues to flow...
okely-dokely, i'm an idiot. it has been brought to my attention that i am blogging incorrectly, thankyou andrea! thankfully, i think you may be the only person reading this. but i appreciate your help none the less! so i am now going to copy and paste all the new blogs i had made and put them as posts for this beginning one. then eventually make others, but in the correct fashion! so here goes, this was ..
so i ordered more dies from my wonderful die-guy; tinker, aka: don at tinkertools! he is awesome, super nice and easy to work with and one of the nicest men i have ever met, thankyou tinker! and he is also working on my latest idea for all the tourists who come out and leave their hearts in san francisco... cliffhanger? foreshadowing!?... guess you'll just have to wait to find out, now won't you!?
i was also super productive yesterday, yay me!! hopefully i can keep that going?.... not only did i set up this blog, i also set up a flickr account which links to something else i did (yes, i did that much that i don't even remember it!) and is another great way to show off my stuff. (hopefully!) i also started a yelp! page... gulp! but i apparently have to wait for them to approve it? i am not really sure, as it is supposedly not an official 'business' according to them. but they haven't contacted me yet. so what now?!
i also came up with some more ideas for my etsy site (lookwhatimade.etsy.com) that i am proud to say i have been spending a bit of time on lately and hope that will continue as well! now if i could only get some sales! -let me go off for a minute or two here... how is it that people can "quit your day job" like the blogs they send out about stores they have interviewed who have actually quit their day jobs?! how do you market yourself well enough that you have constant sales that allow you to actually do nothing but your store!? and survive and thrive at that!? how do you pay bills, rent and have a life? that's what i want, why come i ain't got it!? what gives? AND further more, i am so sick of the stores on etsy that don't know how to price their items! i have decided that though they may seem high, my prices are fair because i am sick of cheating mySELF out of getting paid for my time! i realized that when i mark my prices to reflect those of others, i am the one that gets cheated. hopefully the initial costs are getting reimbursed, but usually they aren't even being made. it's no wonder i have no money! all this is going to do is allow consumers to get deals while once again, the artist 'starves'. part of the problem with etsy, is that it is a hobby to a lot of sellers. so of course they can price low to make sales, they have other income that takes care of their necessities. but for those of us who are relying on this for their income, it makes us have to price lower just to be considered.
so when ya'll buy local and handmade and think that the price is high, please take a second to think about all that goes into whatever it is that you are buying. there are material costs and supplies and then the artists time & creativity in implementing the item to make it able for you to purchase. i do not mean for this to be a lecture, but most who buy and do not know the other side of it (ie; the making process) don't get that there often times a LOT of work that goes into this. especially if the item is well made. like mine! my jump rings (the circle that goes through the pendant and has the chain go through it) are not only handmade, but soldered (basically like being glued shut, only with silver and a torch, so not really at all like glue!) shut to ensure that they will not open up by themselves and wear and tear and loose your pendant. that takes time, solder, gas and skill. shouldn't i or others get paid for that?
it's the same when people go to restaurants and tip little or not at all. (like oprah supposedly suggested; "just tip 10% to save money in these hard economic times.") no! you don't tip less to save money, if you cannot tip well, you shouldn't go out! what about the people that are waiting on you, they don't get reductions in their rent, bills or whatever just because of hard economic times, so why should they get cheated because you are trying to save money? want to save money? eat at home. same thing with handmade, want to save money? shop at a corporate store and forget saving the little guys and your local artists.
wow, okay, sorry! it just gets my goat when the little ones, like myself, are asked to take less than what we ask for or have to sacrifice our pay just to make a sale because those who don't know their a** from their elbow when it comes to pricing and to them it's all a hobby and insignificant. and don't get me started on the whole san francisco street artists program! some other day should anyone want to read my issues with that...
well, this was supposed to be a motivational and go-get-em kind of blog, i apologize for it becoming a bitching blog...
but thanks for reading it and remember:
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ARTISTS and BUY HANDMADE! (hopefully they will have priced accordingly. if it seems high, they probably did. and they probably deserve it!)
check out the 3/50 project, it is a great site for information on small and local businesses. http://www.the350project.net
thankyou, have a good day, i am off to go make my ideas become a reality. look for them soon!
so i ordered more dies from my wonderful die-guy; tinker, aka: don at tinkertools! he is awesome, super nice and easy to work with and one of the nicest men i have ever met, thankyou tinker! and he is also working on my latest idea for all the tourists who come out and leave their hearts in san francisco... cliffhanger? foreshadowing!?... guess you'll just have to wait to find out, now won't you!?
i was also super productive yesterday, yay me!! hopefully i can keep that going?.... not only did i set up this blog, i also set up a flickr account which links to something else i did (yes, i did that much that i don't even remember it!) and is another great way to show off my stuff. (hopefully!) i also started a yelp! page... gulp! but i apparently have to wait for them to approve it? i am not really sure, as it is supposedly not an official 'business' according to them. but they haven't contacted me yet. so what now?!
i also came up with some more ideas for my etsy site (lookwhatimade.etsy.com) that i am proud to say i have been spending a bit of time on lately and hope that will continue as well! now if i could only get some sales! -let me go off for a minute or two here... how is it that people can "quit your day job" like the blogs they send out about stores they have interviewed who have actually quit their day jobs?! how do you market yourself well enough that you have constant sales that allow you to actually do nothing but your store!? and survive and thrive at that!? how do you pay bills, rent and have a life? that's what i want, why come i ain't got it!? what gives? AND further more, i am so sick of the stores on etsy that don't know how to price their items! i have decided that though they may seem high, my prices are fair because i am sick of cheating mySELF out of getting paid for my time! i realized that when i mark my prices to reflect those of others, i am the one that gets cheated. hopefully the initial costs are getting reimbursed, but usually they aren't even being made. it's no wonder i have no money! all this is going to do is allow consumers to get deals while once again, the artist 'starves'. part of the problem with etsy, is that it is a hobby to a lot of sellers. so of course they can price low to make sales, they have other income that takes care of their necessities. but for those of us who are relying on this for their income, it makes us have to price lower just to be considered.
so when ya'll buy local and handmade and think that the price is high, please take a second to think about all that goes into whatever it is that you are buying. there are material costs and supplies and then the artists time & creativity in implementing the item to make it able for you to purchase. i do not mean for this to be a lecture, but most who buy and do not know the other side of it (ie; the making process) don't get that there often times a LOT of work that goes into this. especially if the item is well made. like mine! my jump rings (the circle that goes through the pendant and has the chain go through it) are not only handmade, but soldered (basically like being glued shut, only with silver and a torch, so not really at all like glue!) shut to ensure that they will not open up by themselves and wear and tear and loose your pendant. that takes time, solder, gas and skill. shouldn't i or others get paid for that?
it's the same when people go to restaurants and tip little or not at all. (like oprah supposedly suggested; "just tip 10% to save money in these hard economic times.") no! you don't tip less to save money, if you cannot tip well, you shouldn't go out! what about the people that are waiting on you, they don't get reductions in their rent, bills or whatever just because of hard economic times, so why should they get cheated because you are trying to save money? want to save money? eat at home. same thing with handmade, want to save money? shop at a corporate store and forget saving the little guys and your local artists.
wow, okay, sorry! it just gets my goat when the little ones, like myself, are asked to take less than what we ask for or have to sacrifice our pay just to make a sale because those who don't know their a** from their elbow when it comes to pricing and to them it's all a hobby and insignificant. and don't get me started on the whole san francisco street artists program! some other day should anyone want to read my issues with that...
well, this was supposed to be a motivational and go-get-em kind of blog, i apologize for it becoming a bitching blog...
but thanks for reading it and remember:
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ARTISTS and BUY HANDMADE! (hopefully they will have priced accordingly. if it seems high, they probably did. and they probably deserve it!)
check out the 3/50 project, it is a great site for information on small and local businesses. http://www.the350project.net
thankyou, have a good day, i am off to go make my ideas become a reality. look for them soon!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
well, i guess everybody is doing it and even though i do not consider myself a follower, i hear that blogging is the new "word on the street" way of getting out there... so here goes nothing! (please bear with me!;)
i was hoping to get just lookwhatimade, who is taking all of my url options!? knock it off, i have the fictitious business name, let me have the rest so it all makes sense and people can find me! that's just rude and i would love it if you would stop. thankyou.
so, i don't really know what to say, i am listing new items and hoping to put a lot more effort into my etsy this year, so support me and respond with your suggestions, ideas, comments, criticisms, what not! all is welcome with me!
okay, off to make stuff.
have a good day whomever is reading this. -and thankyou!!
i was hoping to get just lookwhatimade, who is taking all of my url options!? knock it off, i have the fictitious business name, let me have the rest so it all makes sense and people can find me! that's just rude and i would love it if you would stop. thankyou.
so, i don't really know what to say, i am listing new items and hoping to put a lot more effort into my etsy this year, so support me and respond with your suggestions, ideas, comments, criticisms, what not! all is welcome with me!
okay, off to make stuff.
have a good day whomever is reading this. -and thankyou!!
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