I'm having a huge sale in my Etsy shop right now to clear inventory and let me make room for lovely new things from September onwards. As more of the older stock clears, I'll be adding a few surplus supplies I have to my Etsy shop. I have big things planned for the shop! I'm planning to continue with stickers, tags and more paper goods but I want to work in my favourite colour palettes and work more on a themed basis, in tune with the seasons, and with trends. I'll still be keeping it as upcycled, green and eco-friendly as I can, but I want to make my range more stylish and more coherent. I want to work towards bringing my customers a great visual shopping experience while retaining the quality of a great product and the price of a great buy.
I'll be discontinuing my current envelope range, but you can always ask about custom orders if there's something you'd like me to make for you. I'll keep the zines in my shop too, and I have a new one drafted up that I just need to typeset and choose the cover for, and we're good to go! Oh, and I still do work to proofread and edit listings, and remotely manage a range of online marketplace accounts, so get in touch if you'd like to talk about those services.
The main reason I'm scaling back on the Girl Industries shop is that the other work I have on at the moment (full time day job, a carefully built up freelance portfolio from when I did not have a full time day job, and a new additional business venture on the horizon) is becoming too much to manage alongside such a diverse mix of products and supplies - not to mention trying to fit in a home and personal life. By scaling it back a little, I can cut myself some slack, I hope, and try to find more of a balance between everything. Every purchase you make from the shop will help me towards that goal, so if there's something you've had your eye on for a while, there's never been a better time than right now to pick it up!
I know a lot of my crafty pals and readers are in a similar boat at the moment, so what are your top tips for finding balance in your life?
