Hello All! I was a bit of a dork last month in my list-making. At first glance, my April and May lists will look almost identical. While I did work on most of the April Goals that are listed, I accomplished a few BIG things that I forgot to write down.
I put together a Mother’s Day Sale in my store that required some coding and a special section for boxed sets of custom stationery. It was time consuming and I’m not sure if it was worth all the effort. I’m going to try something similar for the month of May, as you’ll read below.
The other, much more satisfying accomplishment, was launching a line of canning tags and labels. They have been on my mental “to-do” list for awhile and I wanted to get them into my store and on Etsy to coincide with a giveaway of the book, Canning & Preserving with Ashley English. (The giveaway started today – you can check it out here.)
I’m pretty close to crossing off most of the other goals, except streamlining product shots and wholesale. Wholesale has to be done last, so that everything else is buttoned-up and makes a great impression on potential buyers. It’s the goal I’m most anxious to cross-off, but the timing has to be right. Like that genius-whistler Axl Rose sang, “All we need is just a little patience…”
I’m going to try and finish getting all the specialty shops filled with the products I have. The shops are sections of my store that sell coordinated paper goods for special events, such as birthday parties and bar mitzvahs. I would love if some of you would check out the shops when they are on-line, just from a shopping perspective. Let me know if you are interested in taking a look and when they’re completely up and running, I’ll let you know.
One other plan I have for the month is to have a Dog Box promotion. It will be a section of the store selling stationery sets with a dog theme. There will be 10 cards and envelopes to a box and a free set of 10 of the new Stamps to the Rescue, that help feed shelter pets and raises awareness for pet adoptions. I haven’t decided if I’m going to offer a Cat Box too, but I’m leaning towards yes, even with the name as it stands.
Excited to read your goals, past and future! Hoping y’all feel satisfied with your progress. If you want to join The Meetup, get the details at Athena Dreams, Liz Kalloch’s blog and our lovely host.
Hi Cyn, Happy May! I am loving your plans for this month.. so much thought & work will be put into it & I hope you get to accomplish most if not all your goals.
I stopped by the Etsy shop & I love the scallop tags, very cute! I was thinking of making cards & selling them, taking a portion of the money out for a charity but we’ll see how that goes.
Good luck this month!
Hi Cyn! You’ve got some great things going on! I love your canning tags. I’m going to head over to “like” your facebook fan page so I can keep in touch with you there too! Congratulations on your goals and I wish you much success in May! xo
You HAVE to offer a “Cat Box”, how totally and wonderfully funny/fun is that… Love the animal box idea, and man you have a lot going on, that’s so great! Hope your May is a wonderful time!
I LOVE the dog box idea (and yes a cat box would be cool too. I think the idea of including the pet shelter stamps along with it is brilliant. Good luck in May. Crossing fingers for “go wholesale”! 😉
It looks like you’ve been busy busy busy planning! Good Luck in May 🙂
love the canning tags and your goals. I can think of other uses for the tags as well and would love to purchase some….when you have the other sites up and running I’d be happy to check them out for you….have a great month
Hey Cyn,
First things first, thanks for pointing this group out to me. I’m happy to be here.
I agree with everybody that the Cat box is pretty funny go for it. I love the fact you are including the stamps too. What a great idea. I hope you have a wonderful month and get everything off your list( or whatever is humanly possible)
Love, love, love the canning tags and labels. I loved them online, bought them, and I’m beyond thrilled. I like your idea of themed boxes. It makes a purchase a bit more fun. Cat box. Ha! It took me a while, but I figured it out. Let me know when your specialty stuff is up and I’ll check them out.
Good luck with May. I’m just joining this blog and hoping it will give me a kick in the butt.:-)
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hi cyn, great list of goals. your canning tags & labels are too cute! love your idea of combining them with the giveaway! i hope your may goes well and your wholesale biz plans go well too!
🙂 have a good one!
deb
Yes, yes, yes to cat boxes! Love the idea of specialty stores too–I’d be happy to give ’em a look when they’re up and running!
Getting prepared to go wholesale is the pits. I’ve been flying by the seat of my pants so far, but a better coordinated and timed effort is much needed. Good luck!
You’re doing great things and staying focused. Rock on!
Great list.
Go goal goal.
The labels look wonderful! and doing them with a giveaway is genius!
I also love the cat/dog box idea. I think cat lovers will appreciate the name:)
Hi Cyn – wow- you have a great goal list! I hope May is going well for you.
I just made sooooo much strawberry jam- how great that you’ve designed some canning labels – now to go take a look! 🙂