This week, I am in the process of reopening my Etsy shop and Boutique.
It never officially closed. But in 2019, I was busy with my art event and lots of travel. In March of 2020 I had surgery and then Covid hit. Everyone else with online shops sold tons of stuff, but between surgery recovery, home schooling, and just keeping our family together (plus horror stories about the PO), I didn’t even try to stock up.
Just as things were improving, we lost Ryan. I did not care about anything after that.
It has been a couple of years now, and getting the booth at Good Juju has been helpful for my creativity.
So much so, that I over produced. As I tend to do anyway. When I saw that there were unsold items after the two day sale, I realized I’d made enough to stock a booth for a month, not two days.
I also realized that I missed my online stores. I cannot say that the tedious parts are enjoyable, the hours of computer time that it takes to fill the pages. But I do love the packaging and wrapping of the items and sending them out to their new homes across the country.
In my time away, technology left me behind. There were some re-learning curves and some changes. That took me a bit of figuring out, but once I got into the groove, I started listing items like I hadn’t even had a break from doing it.
This old dog learned new tricks!
Basically, it was the same thing, there were just some improvements here and there, some buttons were in a different place, or had been replaced by newer processes. But I have it down now and hope to keep both spaces up to date with new inventory.
I have already had the pleasure of wrapping up pretties to send out! Thank you to my shoppers.