In August I started the month with a craft fair at Crawcrook. It was a busy little show in the middle of the town in the centre of the park. The sun shone for most of the day and the turn out was great, unfortunately it was also very windy in the part of the park which I had my stall. It was a new experience for me selling outside, and I struggled a bit with the wind. I spent most of my time setting my table up the way I wanted it after a gust blew it all away. That was lesson one I learnt, lesson two was that I have a lack of blue items of jewellery to sell and I missed out on sales because of this. However I welcome all these lessons that I learn at the fairs I do, with out them I can't progress.
The month of August has been a pretty quiet month so my focus has been on making the brand better and trying to research more ways to keep in touch with you, the fans of Fashion Magpie Jewellery. As you read this you will have noticed a pop up come onto your screen asking you to subscribe to my newsletter. The newsletter is something I've been working toward for a while now, I've decided to go with Mailchimp as my provider because I have the option of using an app to keep up with who has joined up. It can also provide options such as sending out personal newsletters to people who's birthday it is that month so I could give them a coupon code for my shop for that month.
I'll be using the newsletter to send out weekly updates on what blog posts I have published and any offers I have running at the moment, such as if I do a sale or I have a one day flash sale.
Another thing I have been busy with this month is trying to get my Etsy shop fully stocked to 100 items, I'm nearly there. Only 2 more items to go! One hundred items is meant to be the magic number for Etsy in terms of being seen, so I thought it couldn't hurt to try. My Folksy shop is already over the 100 items mark and is heading toward the 130th piece!
Lastly I wanted to tell you about a fair I will be doing this Saturday 5th September 2015 at Morpeth Town Hall, Northumberland. I love Morpeth, it's such a beautiful market town, it's always a pleasure to visit. This craft fair is the same day as the farmers market too, so if you do decide to come along there is plenty is do and visit. Hopefully it will be a successful day and who knows I may make this a monthly show to do!
Below is all the new makes I have listed for sale during August 2015, the links below each picture will take you to the item in my shop.
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You can find Fashion Magpie Jewellery at the below links
Folksy Website www.folksy.com/shops/fashionmagpiejewellery
Etsy Website www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FashionMagpieJewels
Pinterest http://uk.pinterest.com/fmjewellery/
Fashion Magpie Jewellery Blog is a celebration of antique and handcrafted jewellery, with regular featured items from my shop, antique jewellery showcase, interviews, reviews and tutorials.
