Giveaway Draw!

The hardest part of running GreeneTrends for me is the advertising, maintaing my blog, facebook page, even my Etsy shop. I love the crocheting, designing, and overall creative process. But all that other stuff is a lot more work then people ever say. First I have to do the actual creating, take photos, edit, post, share, and then maximize how many people see it. That's the real challenge! What motivation do others have to check out my page? Well, there is the first and obvious option: that I work really hard to make great quality items, and my friends and family are interested in what I am doing. But what about expanding that group? I mean my family and friends can't support my business all on their own. So I decided I needed something that gave my friends and family a reason to share my page with their friends and so on.

I honestly didn't have a clue what to do, but I was looking at my Sister-in-law's page AubieDax Creations on Facebook, and she was doing this giveaway promotion when she got certain numbers of page "likes". I decided to do the same!

My giveaway is one of my newly designed headband sets! The headband is adjustable in size, using a button. And the 7 different styles of flowers are interchangeable using a snap clip. Which also means they can be worn without the band! I've already had 2 winners, and their color choices have been adorable!

Future draws will be: "likes" from 10-25, 26-50, 51-75, 76-100! There are plenty more chances to win, so tell your friends, like the page yourself. And even if you don't have a little girl this set makes a great baby shower gift, Birthday gift, or Christmas gift!

Here's the link to my Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/GreeneTrends/207678542610012

just click the Like button and your entered to win!

Make Over!

The last couple of weeks have gone by so fast! I've spent nearly all my time crocheting headbands and flowers. My idea was to make headbands with adjustable sizes, and flowers that were interchangeable. I have definitely done that! The bands button up, so you can tighten or loosen it as a baby or child grows. And the flowers come on a snap clip so they just clip on the headband where ever you  want to place it.

Originally I only made 4 different flowers, but after 2 weeks and 88 flowers I got very bored. So I made 3 new styles. I haven't crunched the numbers for pricing on the set of 1 band, and 7 flowers yet. But I think they will be a big hit!

To begin with I started the headbands because I was planning on doing a craft show that had no table fees. Thankfully, my hubby and I decided to check it out before showing up to sell. And we learned why it's free...it's in the middle of the ghetto. It was more than a little scary, we didn't even get out of the car, just turned around and drove home. My hubby said there was no way he would be okay with us closing up at the end of the day and having to walk to our car with cash. I agreed!

So I set about giving my Etsy Shop a make over. Going over my listings, especially the writing.  I read a lot of the Etsy Seller Handbook about Pricing, and Writing. 24 of 34 listings have been completely redone, along with my profile. I still have much to do, but I am very excited to be doing it!

There are two big reasons that I have an Etsy shop in the first place. 1. I love to crochet, and I am always making something. So I need to support that cost. 2. Supplementing my income, my husband works very hard and is doing very well in his career. But being a Canadian going home to visit my family is a big expense. Bigger than fits into our monthly budget. So it's my Vacation fund! And Emergency Fund, and our Save to  buy a house fund! 

I am also thinking about locally offering crochet lessons, any thoughts on that?

Check out my shop if you'd like to see my most recent creations! http://www.greenetrends.etsy.com/

Sale!

I decided to do a 20% off sale. Every single item in my shop is 20% off! I am also continueing to offer free shipping to all destinations!
The coupon code for this sale is : heartgreene

Hope you check out my shop and enjoy the sale!