♦♦♦♦ Alberta Street Team CHAT THREAD for JANUARY 1 - 31, 2017 ♦♦♦♦

[Former_Member]

Hello and welcome to the Alberta Team Chat Thread for January 1 - 31, 2017. Posting here counts towards your team participation and is the main place to get up to date on what we are doing as a team!

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https://www.etsy.com/ca/teams/5084/alberta-street-team/discuss/18209861/

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Previous chat thread here:
https://www.etsy.com/teams/5084/alberta-street-team/discuss/18173710/

[Former_Member]

Happy New Year 2017! Sorry I was late changing the threads; our family has been dealing with the flu and yesterday was my turn. So glad it didn't last long!

[Former_Member]

Oh no, Kellie! What an awful way to spend New Years! I'm glad it didn't last long.

Happy New Year everyone! I cannot believe that it's 2017! 2016 went by so quickly, but I must say, I'm not sad to see it go. Here's hoping that 2017 is great!

[Splurge]

Kellie, I hope you are feeling better! Happy 2017 everyone!

[Former_Member]

Happy 2017 everyone!

Kellie hope you feel better soon. I feel like everyone I've seen in the past month was either getting over being sick or starting to get sick - including the Texas gang.

Back to work for me today after two full weeks off - mixed feelings because while I enjoy not having to get dressed and go out, I am a creature of habit and schedule so getting back to it is nice.

I did not get my website completely ready while I was off (go figure), but I'm adding products now, so shouldn't be much longer. I'd be interested in some brutally honest feedback from some folks before I go live with it. Any volunteers?

[Former_Member]

Sorry to hear the flu bug has hit your house Kellie.

I have so far had nothing, touch eood.

Happy New Year all.

Donna I would be willing to take a boo at your website.

[FlameTouchedGlass]

Here is to a productive & creative new year !! Sorry your house is still not 100% Kellie ..We also have had our share of bugs and stuff this fall .. Wishing everyone on the team a great year 2017!! Hope your wrist is healing well also Margo !!

[Former_Member]

Ditto Melissa's comments Kellie & Margo! Hope everyone has a healthy & happy 2017.
Started the cone 6 kiln at 11 am this morning- been putting stuff in steadily thru December. Have to pack up a ton of stuff for Medalta next week- 1/2 a kiln load for the cone 9/10 soda kiln. My last sale indicated that people want regular pottery more than lights so I am doing a bit of a pivot for 2017- still making lights but I will add a larger range of items now. Fingers crossed!

[Former_Member]

Oh how I would love to be using my kiln... Soon I hope. Just listed a mosaic tray/wall art. My injury is forcing me to focus on other things.

[myCorabella]

Wishing everyone a healthy and happy New Year!

[cindylouwho2]

Happy & healthy 2017 to everyone! My resolution is to stay out of hospitals & emergency rooms - I wish the same to all of you

This is my annual post about how much I hate inventory. Fortunately, I found a couple of things I had lost 😀 so I guess there is a benefit to hauling all of these heavy boxes & envelopes around ...

[quirefly]

Happy 2017 to all. I hope you all had a great holiday. Ours, unfortunately, was spent sick with bad colds and fevers- I made it to boxing day, but have been feeling crummy since. So, I am looking forward to getting back to something normal....

After I clean through my work room. That is in need of an overhaul!

[PinkButterflyDesignz]

Happy New Year everyone !

Kellie hope everyone is feeling better by now.. Unfortunately our family is still recovering from the cold & flu including my 4 month old baby...

My new year resolution is to launch some new products to my shop & is in the progress of completing them !
Hope everyone has a very productive New year !

[TheWickedPotter]

Happy New Year! It's amazing how many families had their share of the flu, i am sorry to hear this! It passed through out house, we piled on the thieves oil in the infuser, and so far my husband and I have bypassed it. I hope it works it's magic!
May everyone have the extra oomph to pick up their game and get back to work👍.
Oh, and remember Ukrainian Christmas is this weekend!

[FlameTouchedGlass]

thieves oil ..yes !! using ravensara here love the use of aromatics for health !! Working on my resolution to restock my etsy shop ..first photos ..ugh editing ..Cindy thanks for the inventory reminder lol glad it helped you find something !! It will probably cause me to lose something lol (my wits !! )

[Former_Member]

Flu and colds just go with the time of year.

I am looking for a supplier of bubble wrap pockets. 3x3 inch square. Anyone have an idea for me?

Have a good day all.

[MagpieQuilts]

Happy New Year!

[etceterahandcrafted]

Happy & HEALTHY New Year to you all!
Get well soon all of you under the weather. New Year's resolutions are always the same - be a better person and stay organised - at least I attempt one of those...

[LogeePhoto]

Happy New Year, everyone!!

[minibytes]

Flu has been super awful this year (at least for me and the husband, who has only really been sick once in the 8 years we've been together). We even got our flu shots, which I know are a guessing game as to what strains are going to be most impactful but still!

Donna - I'd love to take a peek at your website when you think it's ready. :)

Hope everyone rests up and feels better who is sick! Sending you all virtual cups of lemon & honey tea!

[junquete]

Happy New Year everyone.

Our house was hit by the dreaded flu bug as well but I only got a few symptoms. I am the only one in the house who had the flu shot way back when it first was available. And the only reason I did get it was because I had to pick up my prescription! But playing nurse isn't one of my specialties at all.

Hubby had to play in Drumheller at the legion for NY Eve. It was a strange evening. They only sold 33 tickets so it was really a quiet room for a bit. But those legion members knew how to party. It was pretty comical.

They came over one or two at a time to chat with the band wives even though there were only two of us. But crazy strange and funny people there. They were so proud to announce the meal and made the two of us go first while the guys were still on stage. The meal consisted of some sort of salad thing. Uneatable to say the least, There were meatballs in a crock pot that were so burnt they looked like dried up dog turds in the summer sun! The sliced beef was so thin you could see through it. I didn't even bother with the ham. But the horseradish was really good! It made me wonder why I went this year. Most years I stay home with wine and or beer and watch television. Those were the days. lol

Feel better soon everyone!

[minibytes]

Speaking of inventory fun, do any of you have recommendations for software or websites to use to keep track of it all? Or do you guys just use a massive Excel doc?

[cindylouwho2]

I just use a spreadsheet. A lot of the programs out there are way too complicated, take just as long to set up as a good spreadsheet, and most are not geared to Canadians, so they may have a lot US tax features we don't need. I use spreadsheets to do my taxes too. Makes it easy to copy a new one each year then compare to previous totals.

[minibytes]

In terms of using a spreadsheet Cindy, what info are you collecting? Name of item, size, quantity, is that it?

[cindylouwho2]

Just item, quantity, value, so I can total the value up for tax purposes. The name of item might include size if I have more than one type.

All I have to do each year is add a new column to each sheet (I have them organized by material) for the year, then enter what I have in stock. It's mostly easy but tedious, & also hard on me because there is a lot of lifting etc.

Then I do some January supply ordering off of the results.