Midnight Madness

Tomorrow from 8pm until midnight you can find me at the Finders Keepers Mall in Heath, Ohio for Midnight Madness. There will be sale prices on everything in the store, my own booth will be 20% off and there will be artists on hand to show their craft. It will be a great time for all! Pictured is a clay heart I created that is hung on beadalon wire with bone and is secured with a mother of pearl shell nugget. I will be taking this item to the mall for the event.

If you have never been to Finders Keepers you are missing out on hours and hours of shopping, browsing, wonderful sights and scents. Candles, jewelry, antiques, furniture and more fill the extremely large store.

If your anywhere near Heath, I would love for you to join us! Don't be shy, walk right up and introduce yourself. I love to mix, mingle and meet new people. Hope to see you there!

Step Away!

Sometimes, you really need to just step away. Wether it be from business, the kids, the kitchen~just step away! Having a little balance in your life is healthy. That is why a few times a week I walk five miles or more on any given day. Great exercise, fresh air and usually lunch out. This also means a learning time for me and my little one. He is just beginning to walk, gets super excited when you introduce him to something new and would rather stay up than sleep and miss out on something. This is balance. Hearing the squeals of a little one, buying paint instead of beads, crawling on foam strawberries with your little one or pulling the toys off the shelf at your local toy store.

Balance is important for all of us. The babe can't walk steady just yet. You know the term "walking like a drunken sailor"? That's my babe. Balance is so important to him as well. That's why today, while I am preparing for market he's playing with Dad!!

I hope you all are enjoying your holiday and finding balance in your life.

Tera
aka BohemianGlitz

Marketing Your Craft and Other Stuff

Quite possibly, I am not the one that should be writing about this subject. I am a stay at home mom, have many responsibilites including two children both with thier own "special needs". I have been working on or with computers since 1985. You would think I would be a pro by now. Just the opposite! I get by. Up until a few years ago, I didn't even realize how much information you could look up on the internet. When I took my first computer class you had to enter mathematical equations to create pinwheel black and white flowers. Nowadays, I am sure there are third graders that could create better blog pages than I.

I create jewelry. I certainly do not spend enough time marketing myself and if I do possiblly not in the correct places or not enough....Have you heard of my site? If you have, then maybe I am doing something right. Somewhere in the day to day goings on of chores, bills, kids, animals, I create. Sometimes, I find time to tweet, post on facebook, indiepublic, americancraftguide or ustrendy. But I still don't know how to do a beautiful blog page for example: http://www.willoaksstudio.blogspot.com/

Visit this site and you will see what I am talking about. Not only does she create beautiful jewelry, take amazing photos but she does market! Blog! Shine! I would love to sit down together with her or anyone like her over coffee and learn a little. I should have named this blog "Help Me" !

Anyone looking for ooak jewelry or pouches please take a moment to visit my site: http://www.bohemianglitz.com Here is what one customer has said about her items she bought:

"I got my necklace!!! I absolutly love it!!! thank you so much for the pouches, those will be perfect for my trip coming up!!!! OH and I love the bracelet you know me too well!!! Thank you so much!! I gave your card to my mom to give to a lady she works with, I know she will love your stuff, her name is T*** A***, so I hope you get some orders from her!!! Have a great day!!!"

If you would like to see other feedback, please visit http://www.terabg.etsy.com

In closing, I can tell you word of mouth is the best! Marketing online still gets around because people share your links. That is still word of mouth that is definetely faster than face to face! So, if you are looking for places to market yourself and your handcrafted items you can try:facebook, twitter, indiepublic, americancraftguide, diyscene, byhand.me....any others that I have not mentioned feel free to email me with them!

Thanks so much for reading this, supporting your artists and our efforts to create handmade unique items!