Sunday, May 27, 2007

Where did the time go???

Wow! It;'s been a week since my last blog entry. Where did the time go? I guess it's been a busy week. I had a craft fair last saturday. It was a horrible day for an outdoor craft show - very cold for May and lots of rain.A lot of vendors left early, but I stuck it out until about 3pm (scheduled to end at 4) when the rest of the vendors started to pack up. The rain and cold weather made it a slow and less than profittable show,but all in all, it was a good experience.
It was the first year for this venue; they hope to do it again next year. And with the low space fee and great potential exposure - the location was great - I'll definately be back next year. If it had been a sunny, warm day, the customers would have been there. I hope to do a lot more venues this summer. Boltwood Marketplace in Amherst (MA) seems to be a good one as well as the Ware Farmers Market.
So, if you should be in the Western Mass location, check out these and other great venues for locally made and grown products/produce.

SIDE NOTE: Tomorrow I start a short story which I feel is very touching and thought provoking. So please drop in again to read and give feedback. ~hearts~

Thursday, May 17, 2007

New Listing

I have been working like crazy over the past few weeks to create new pieces for the Open House I had last weekend and for a craft show I have coming up on Saturday. I don't think this craft show will be huge, but it's my first one in over a year and it's for a really awesome cause. The show is to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network being put on by Walmart in Westfield, MA. Even though I, like a lot of people do not support Walmart for all the cheap labor used to manufacture it's products, I think this is a good thing that they are doing to raise money and awareness. So I am listing a few of my designs on here for everyone to see. I hope you all like them. Once the show is over, I will post the outcome. Already the weather forecast is calling for rain, so you should be able to guess how this will all go down. Wish me luck. Happy Blogging
~Tian

Monday, May 14, 2007

Open House/Jewelry Party

So, I just had my first Jewelry party of the year and it was a hit. My mother-in-law and sister-in-law held the party for me. It was good for a family member to start off the season as there were a lot of new elements I was experimenting with. I am so glad my family did this for me. They are super cool and supportive people. I hope that we can do another party at Christmas time. Even thought the party was going to be mostly family, I was super stressing; because it was family. I wanted everything to be perfect. No job is worth doing unless it's done well and that is the attitude I take into all task. Sure it makes a lot more stressful, but that attitude makes victory all the more sweet.

I am so glad this one is over though because I learned a lot and now know exactly how I want the show to run. I try to take some lesson from every experience and build on it - whether the experience was good or bad.

This does it for today's wisdom. I am hoping to start posting new pictures of my work for all to see.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

The Beginnings...

Hello ALL and Welcome to my first entry of my first blog... My name is Tian. I am a stay-at-home mother of a 3 year old perfect little boy, Aidan and a wife of almost 6 years to my wonderful husband Daniel. I create handcrafted (many one-of-a-kind) jewelry and knit/crochet accessories. You can find some of my work online at www.freewebs.com/beautifuldesignsbytian and www.beautifuldesigns.etsy.com. I hope I will be able to share a part of me on here, letting you get to know me and what I am thinking. So... what do one SAY and DO on their first entry? I guess there are no set processes on blogging, so I will just try to be myself. Scary, huh?

Well, I had been thinking about starting a blog for a while now. It seems to be the new "IT" thing. That isn't why I wanted to do it, but that was the motivation for actually doing it. I have a lot to say, just from things - negative and positives - that I see around me. So I hope that I will be able to get on here at least once a day to vent or impart some wisdom.

Check out my blog often as I will be adding great stories, daily happenings, and most importantly - ultra secret private SALES/DISCOUNTS for my online stores. So come for the conversation and stay for the ride.