AAA Cafe' Daily Chat 05/12/2014

[NaturalClocks]

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IMPORTANT LINKS:
* Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/301427606658253/
* Etsy Calculator: salecalc.com/etsy
* Etsyology: www.etsyology.net/
♥ Online Photo Programs: fotoflexer.com/ or www.picmonkey.com/
treasurypin.com./ and editor.pho.to/
arwmedia.net/tools/pixlr_express.php
* Etsy Craft Tools: www.mycrafttools.com/
* Etsy Gadget: www.estygadget.com
* Craftopolis -Edit multiple listings: www.craftopolis.com/#com=ee
* Etsy Banner Maker: bannerfans.com/banner_maker.php?bnew=1&pses=1a256d05

Good morning team!

Lets start the week the usual way: RAKs! Random Act of Kindness: be nice to a team mate or 10 :) Fave bomb their shop, make a treasury, make a little purchase, send a convo, anything you can think of to put a smile on somebody's face :)

Have a great day!

[DerBayzVintage]

Good Morning All,

I hope that everyone had a great Mother's Day.

I love RAK day, going to be nice to my fellow teammates. :D

[Atomic50sHousewife]

Morning, all! I, too hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day~ we had a barbecue, because the weather was actually agreeable, lol. Today, we have rain, wind, and thunderstorms! When I said I wanted 'four seasons', maybe I didn't know what I was thinking, ha (I'm originally from California, where there are four seasons: hot, really hot, brutally hot, foggy- so 'real' seasons are a bit of a shock to my system, even now!).

I will employ RAKs today as well- everyone have an awesome day!

[Chockrosa]

Hi everyone!

I haven't been around for the latest RAKs, time to make it up today!

Here, Mother's day isn't until the last Sunday of May so this year it is the 25th of May.

I'm gonna add four new card wallets to the shop today, here is the first one,
https://www.etsy.com/listing/189316739/minimalist-slim-card-wallet-business

I hope you all have a wonderful day! :)

Oh, and I have 100 items in my shop now! Yaaaaaay. Let's hope I get my 10th sale today also ^^,

[NaturalClocks]

Just doing a happy dance, this morning I came back from a bit of shopping in the town centre to my 100th sale! Doing more RAKs through the day :))

[Former_Member]

Yay.. my favorite day of the week :) - doing some RAK now. Will be back later for more.

Here's my featured listing:
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/182460308/cute-owl-card-owl-theme-card-hoot-card

[homecraftframing]

Val, Congratulations on your 100 sale, here is to 1000 more. I can see you and Blake doing the happy dance. LOL!!!

Adele, I hope today finds you in better health and you ready to take on the world. Prayers headed your way that you feel better today.

Badger, depending where you live, it does take some time to get use to the climate changes. There are even times where you can feel a major difference in the same day. Starting this week, it is in the low to mid 80s but starting Friday the highs will drop to the low to high 60s. I know this is weird but I like the 60s to 70s better. For the life of me, I do not know why old people head to Florida. Go Figure!

Caroline, Way to go getting your 100th item listed. Now you need to work on the next 100.

Done some RAK and will be back later to do more. Have a Great Day Everyone!

[Former_Member]

I posted about this week's picks in the tag thread and I have no idea where I posted it, if I posted it at all. o_O

This week's picks are Justus from WolfePyrographics and MJ from mjcreation!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/186880351/hand-burned-japanese-kanji-set?ref=teams_post

https://www.etsy.com/listing/189164491/sample-sale-mjcreation-top-shirt-stretch?ref=teams_post

Great way to do your RAOK. ;) I save all participants in a text file so I make sure everyone gets picked, plus all my picks get faved, pinned, and posted on Wanelo and Tumblr.

...and if anyone finds that missing post of mine, please disregard. XD

[lollyjodesigns]

Hey guys! I've been running around like crazy lately- been trying to pop in occasionally and participate though.
I will work on some RAKs today throughout the day :)
My week is going to be busy but fun. Have to finish up a big order for some drapes, then heading to the beach on Thursday for a big music festival. I've got two bottles of sunscreen to take with me. LOL
Hope y'all have a great day and many sales!

[TheEclecticInterior]

Good morning! I know I've been MIA the past week so I'm trying to play catch up now. RAK done; love Monday's and maybe I'll do that everyday :)!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day, I know that even though I am miles away from my kids, they know how much I love them! I had a great day even though I had to work my part time job.

Have a great Monday!

[Former_Member]

Good morning, everyone!

Val, congratulations on your 100th sale!

Caroline, congrats to you on having 100 items!

Four RAKs done today.

Nothing much to report today. I charted 27 items yesterday. Today I hope to do about 18, then 20 tommorow and 21 on Wednesday. This is all I can do until I can afford more totes, which won't be until mid-June. I'm not going to know what to do with myself until then.

We're supposed to have weather much like yours, Dona. Thunderstorms and warm for the next few days, then temps dipping into the 60's.

Have a great day, everybody!

[RedRiverValley]

Good Morning Team! The severe weather that hit Iowa last night seems to have damaged an area about an hour west of where I am at pretty significantly. They are investigating to see if a tornado touched down or not. Thankfully no damage in my area just lots of rain.

I also love Mondays on this team... at my full time job not as much but definitely on the team. I've faved everything posted so far and am off to do some RAK's. Have a great day everyone!

[RedRiverValley]

Oh and Val congrats on your 100 sale!! A great milestone deserving of a happy dance!

[ZingRetroFinds]

Hi All,
I am happy so many moms had a good Mothers Day. I had a great day as well. I treated myself to a homemade dairy-free three layer vanilla and chocolate frosted cake. The baker is just starting out and I wanted to support her, Just Jenny and Company. It was heavenly.
Have a good day.

[Former_Member]

Hello everyone,

I had a most distressing thing happen. I got an email from one of my buyers asking when his package was going to arrive yesterday morning. I shipped it April 29th. I went to tracking and it said the shipper had shipped it but there was no record of it being actually processed by USPS. so basically they lost it. I freaked out of course as I am trying to get my shop off the ground. I emailed him back with a million apologies for ruining his Mother's Day gift giving. I made him another one last night and am shipping it priority this morning. I will talk to the post office this morning and give them the tracking number and all that. Now I am paranoid about buying the label and printing it. At least when you hand it to the postmaster and they give you a receipt and tracking number you know it went.

Needless to say, my Mother's Day was a lot of stress.

Susan

[Former_Member]

I am sorry I got so wrapped up in my own stuff. Congratulations Val! I look forward to that day myself:). I am off myself to RAK my team mates

I hope you all have a wonderful day! It seems to have finally quit raining here in beautiful Oregon...

[Former_Member]

Hello !!

RAK done.
Val : Congratulations on your 100th sale !

[KrochetKingdom]

Val congrats on your 100th sale.
Caroline- congrats on your 100 items for sale.

Working most of the day today and will do my RAK's as the day goes along.

Have a great day everyone.

[COLDHAMCUDDLIES]

Congratulations Val and Caroline on your respective centuries!

RAK'S done - if time permits, will do some more later. Have got to do some work on the SEO School homework before I'm due to "meet" my partner on Google+ tomorrow evening.

Haven't got Zumba this week - there's a "three-line" whip out for all Residents to be present at a Trustee's meeting tomorrow morning, so decided that had to take precedence over any personal fitness regimen this week! Besides, I had enough exercise at the end of last week, going up and down the long garden next door when looking after my little canine friend - who is almost back to normal, I'm glad to report.

Managed to do another renewal today. Here's the new look Barry Beaver

https://www.etsy.com/listing/95363559/barry-beaver-stuffed-toy-collectable

Good luck Susan in getting back compensation for the missing item. Hope the customer appreciates your fast work in replacing the item.

[910woolgathering]

5 rounds ROAK done,

Had a nice mothers day, we drove to where my oldest and grown kids are and had lunch and visited a while.

got a few hats done on the trip as well.

[DCArtandPhotography]

Morning everyone,

The Gala was ok this weekend, our sales covered the booth fee plus some, so we cam out on top. I gave out ALOT of business cards with a special coupon code on the back so I am hoping those turn into more sales.

Congrats to those who have made sales, or met their goals in their shop! I hope you all had a good mothers day. Now I am off to do some RAK...

[NaturalClocks]

Thank you everybody!

Sorry to hear that Susan, that must be very distressing, In these circumstances there isn't much that we can do apart from giving the best possible customer service, and that's exactly what you have done, I'm really hoping that the customer will appreciate your efforts.

[NaturalClocks]

Well done Charlene! Glad to hear that the Gala went ok for you and that hopefully there will be follow up sales:))

And congratulations Caroline on your goal!

[NaturalClocks]

Dona, I did the happy dance when I came home and saw that sale, Blake just sat and stared at me blinking wondering what on earth was going on LOL!

[RedRiverValley]

Susan what I do is buy the label through Etsy and then take the package to the post office myself. They will scan it and give you a receipt for it. That way I get the discount online but know it made it to the post office.