Today I had a little run-away day. No toddler to cut short my browsing. First stop, Barnes & Noble. I think I’ve said before how much I love books. I try to browse the titles I’m interested in,then I look for them used.

I then hit the magazine section to get my hands on the new issue of Creative Jewelry. I looked and looked for my ad. No ad. Hmmm…what happened there? Never got a message saying there was a problem with the file, never received a bill (but I’ve advertised in magazines before and didn’t get a bill till publication, so I didn’t think anything about it). Well, isn’t that special. It did get me to add the shopping cart to the site, but it has put a kink in my marketing plans for the fall and winter. I can’t say that I’m not hugely disappointed, as I really wanted to get my name out there. I chose this magazine rather than a monthly because I felt that with all the projects people would be more inclined to save it and refer back to it later.

Ah well, for the money I would have spent on the ad I can add about a bajillion listings to Etsy, so I think I’ll concentrate on expanding the shop. I’ll be doing a bisque firing tomorrow, so I’ll have some new listings soon.

I ended up hitting Michaels afterwards and got some new scrapbook papers which I thought would complement my pendants. I love the look of the slate, but I don’t want my pictures looking too similar to Round Rabbit’s pictures (I love ALL her stuff!), so I’m hoping to reshoot this week. I also got some teeny tiny clay cutter to use for earrings and rings. Something funny: I didn’t realize that the paper I got was 2-sided till I got in the car and flopped the bag on the seat. I spent so much time looking for very subtle papers that it never occurred to me to turn it over. Duh! Obviously I do NOT scrapbook!

Onward and upward!