As I'm not teaching right now, I didn't think that I would be so excited about summer, but school schedule or not, summer is still the best. It's hard to believe that we only have a month of it left. We're going to do our best to enjoy it as much as we can.
TOP DROPPERS:
Here are the top 10 for July. Thanks so much to
those of you who also take the time to leave me comments!
TOP COMMENTERS:
If you're new to this blog, you can check out my Top Commenters widget
on the right side of my blog. It's under my blog roll. I will feature an item or
give a shout out to everyone on that list in this monthly post. I
really appreciate those of you who take the time to leave me
feedback!
Thanks to Sandee of
Comedy Plus and
Awww...Mondays and for stopping by and commenting regularly! Here are some lovely items from the ladies on my list who have Etsy shops.
1)
Purple Swirl Polymer Clay and Swarovski Crystal Sterling Silver Earrings by
BeadedTail
2)
Mother's Day Photo Album Scrapbook - MOTHER by
memoriesforlifesb
3)
Wedding Wrist Corsage. Fabric Pom Pom. Fairytale Bride. Pink. Prom. Tulle and Lace. Shabby Chic by
PeriDotbyDuni
4)
Original ACEO OOAK Set of Three - Sunset Triptych - Watercolor Paintings by
tapestry316
5)
Handmade Blank Journal - Purple Petals by
storybeader
6)
Personalized Journal Follow Your Dreams Custom LINED Journal Choose Cover Color by
ArtfulRising
7)
Original ACEO Boy Portrait Male Leaf by
clockworkghOst
8)
Post-it Note Clipboard with pad, mini, 2-sided, purple floral, blue floral by
MisterPenQuin
9)
Fine Art Print Watercolor Reproduction - Sketchbook Series - Haunted By the Left Unsaid. by
NFallonDesignStudio
SALE...or not?
I'm still in the process of clearing out my
Christmas in July sale items and haven't made up my mind what kind of sale I want to run next. If there is something that you want to see, let me know! Otherwise I may give it a rest for a few months and then gear up again for the holidays.
Blog Sponsors and July Advertising:
I have an awesome round up of blog sponsors! These lovely ladies all
have Etsy shops and/or blogs. Check them out on the left hand side of
my blog under "Private Sponsors."
Would you like to join them? It's only
$3 per month or $10 for 4 months to advertise with me. Check out all of the details about it
right here.
Bring it on August!
- The HubPages Apprenticeship program is continuing to go well. I'm getting in a better groove with my revamped writing style for the program and reached my goal of writing 24 HubPages articles for July. I usually average 10-15 articles per month there so this was a stretch. We'll see if I can meet it again this month. I had second article chosen for Hub of the Day this month, Button Craft Project Ideas: How to Make Easy Crafts with Buttons, on July 30 so that was a great way to end the month.
- It was every bit as amazing as I thought it would be having Jake on a M-F schedule and getting to revamp my own schedule to match that this past month. We did so many fun social things in July. August will be a little less busy, which is fine. We still have some great plans in the works. I'll be posting more about that as it develops.
- I'm not planning to do any more shows until October and am not planning any big promotions on Etsy until then so I'm putting some of my shop agenda on the back burner for a couple months. I will still be creating and listing at least one new item on Etsy every week, but I'm not setting much of a schedule otherwise. I am still trying to stay ahead with card making, but there's no reason to stress out or burn out on making other show items at this point
- I've picked up a couple new writing clients and another new writing opportunity this past month. Those of you who do freelance work know how nice it is to have regular work every week, which cuts down on some of the constant work searching that you have to do.
What's going on with your business and/or blog for July?
Newest articles:
How neat is this simple leather choker? I always love the versatility of Valerie's jewelry.
I always learn something from Deb's Alphabe Thursday posts. This post about the National Register for Historic Places was no exception.
Of course these polka dots are so awesome. I don't have so say much else about this offering.
Kristen shared a few recipes that she made this month, including this mouth watering Chex Mix.
If you're getting the itch to buy some school supplies this time of year even though you're not actually going back to school, check out Paige's adult back to school supplies picks.
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