Happy New Year!

Hey, I'm back!

I wish all of you a very happy 2009!!! May at least some of your dreams come true, and may the New Years Resolutions last for a bit longer than the first two weeks of the new year...:-) I know how it's like!

I have just come back from a fantastic holiday in Tropical Northern Queensland. Aahhh, such nice weather! I like the tropics, just right for me!

We got up to some exciting things too! The highlight certainly was a snorkeling trip at the Great Barier Reef!! It was just amazing, all the different colours, beautiful fish.. I think I even saw a reef shark for a few seconds.. well, it was a very big, grey fish, I assume it was a shark.. Luckily reef sharks are harmless, or are supposed to be at least :-)

If I knew where my husband keeps the disc with photos we took at the reef I could post some but it looks like I might have to wait for him to come home. :-)

What are you plans for the new year? I have quite a few: Ready? Here we go:

1. Develop more products for my shop
2. Start selling on markets
3. Open another shop where I can charge in Australian dollars
4. Post regularly on my blog (this time I REALLY want to try :-) )
5. Get a regular income out of my shop (That would be awesome)

just to name a few...

Have a look at these two nice cups I'll be listing shortly in my Etsy store

christmas sales..

The christmas shopping is fully going now, started a bit late but now I've had a few sales over the last few days. I like it :-) Thanks to all my customers who have bought from me so far, I consider myself very lucky to have such nice and appreciative customers!
Check out my "Dragonheart" tea cup, above. I have just listed it in my Etsy store . It's a gorgeous, golden cup, but the saucer almost tops it, both look quite Vintage to me. Hope they will find a good home:-)

What strange weather it was in Melbourne today! So much storm and rain, I can't believe we are officially having summer.. It's Luke's birthday tomorrow, I hope we will get some sunshine.

I'm off to bed,
nightie night.

discount for Aussies

The recent downfall of the Australian dollar is quite shocking, I wonder what that is heading to.. But on the other hand, if I keep worrying about it it probably won't help my store either. I hope that people keep on being interested in buying handmade, one off, and/or recycled pieces.

But since the only currency I can list in on Etsy is US$ it makes it a bit hard to offer fair prices to my Australian customers. And so far, most of my customers have been from Australia.

To make it a bit easier I'm offering a discount of at least 25% in my Etsy store for all Australians.

Just choose "other" as payment method and I will send you a paypal invoice with the discounted amount. Or my bank details, if you prefer to pay by bank transfer.

Happy christmas shopping!