♥~♥~♥ 2018 ♥ SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER Team Chat Thread ♥~♥~♥

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~~~ WELCOME TO PARADISE FRIENDS!!! ~~~
(Established in 2008)

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Formerly known as Shopper's Paradise, then just Paradise...
Welcome to the NEW Paradise Friends! Just a place to share your creations, your successes, your troubles, your questions and most likely find answers.

We've been around for awhile, we're a personable group we love past, old and new members!!! Come on in and say hello!!! Just got to the Featured Chat thread below. :)

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♥ New thread starts when the leaders are prepared to start a new Chat 😂

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[H20works]

Juls, I wouldn't worry about the notifications...now if it were emails, lol

PS. I love my newest crystal. My favorite colors for glass are cobalt and turquoise.

[H20works]

My suggestion: Use the crop feature on the first image to really zoom in on the crystal and maybe the top couple of beads. You can try it on some, leave the others as is.

[H20works]

Okay, I gotta go get away from this computer, starting to hurt.....Sheesh! it's 5:00, I mean, it's Wine O'Clock!!! lol

See you all tomorrow! ♥

[JulsCraftCrazy]

Okay... edited.
Now you see the white background only... close up.

[H20works]

Good Morning Paradise Friends!!!

That looks great now Juls!

Relisted a new set of slippers and a set of washcloths. Having to redo listings along with updated Titles and Tags. Have to get back to bringing digital listings over too...so much to do, so little time! :P

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https://www.etsy.com/listing/165343786/blue-crocheted-
https://www.etsy.com/listing/277291810/cotton-washclot

[JulsCraftCrazy]

adjust thumbnail picture is not working at the moment on my computer.
Is anyone else having this problem?
I hate that you can't see the crystal in the thumbnail. It makes me look bad.
Bummer dude!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/628897250/crystal-sun-catcher-20mm-crystal-ball?ref=listing_published_a...

[JulsCraftCrazy]

Here are a few crystal... I left the background gray... for the moment.
What do you think?
https://www.etsy.com/listing/628837498/heart-crystal-ornament-love-crystal?ga_search_query=crystals&...
https://www.etsy.com/listing/628883532/patriotic-crystal-sun-catcher-20-mm?ga_search_query=crystals&...
https://www.etsy.com/listing/628799978/crystal-sun-catcher-38-mm-pendulum?ga_search_query=crystals&r...

[JulsCraftCrazy]

Oh, by the way. That is a white foam pasteboard background at home, indoors.

[JulsCraftCrazy]

Okay... I can adjust the thumbnail, finally.
It looks good.

[H20sDigitalWorld]

Good Morning Friends!

Got 'em all hearted Juls, lookin' good!

I'm on my way to work this morning, just checking the shop and had a couple of renews in my wedding shop.

Have a great day everyone! ♥

PS No grandbaby yet...

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https://www.etsy.com/listing/245636172/chalkboard-
https://www.etsy.com/listing/514597126/sunflo

[JulsSewCrazy]

foam POSTER board... not pasteboard. Darn self-correct.

[JulsSewCrazy]

H2H

[JulsSewCrazy]

Good morning, Paradise Friends.
Are you ready for Halloween?
https://www.etsy.com/listing/118984989/simple-spider-tote-bag-large-canvas-tote?ref=shop_home_active...

[H20works]

I'M A GRANDMA !!!

Noah Michael Wauters
9/11/18 @4:30 pm
9lb 11 oz, 21 inches

I'm in love with him already! Mom, Dad & Baby all doing well.

Have to go to work....

[JulsSewCrazy]

CONGRATULATIONS, GRANDMA KAT!
What a beautiful gift! Glad everyone is doing well.

[JulsSewCrazy]

New to my shop
https://www.etsy.com/listing/643774285/asl-full-zipper-hooded-sweatshirt?ref=listing_published_alert

And I have also brought back the 1/4 zip:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/563837134/custom-asl-14-zip-fleece-jacket-american?ga_search_query=asl&...

[H20works]

Good Morning Paradise Friends!!!

Thanks Juls! I like that ASL hand symbol, cool.

Been busy, as usual, working, looking for a new job and loving on my new little grandson. Just love...that's all I got to say about the Little Man, pure love. ♥

Just added back some more listings, so many more to get too...so little time! New Titles and Tags and then you gotta promote them too!!!

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Added Back:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/208833060/cotton-wash
https://www.etsy.com/listing/259129064/pink-orange-y
Relisted:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/186747629/red-t

[JulsSewCrazy]

Kat, just a quick note:
When you have your title with lists, it is best to put a SPACE after the word and before the comma. This is because when people search for afghan, the SEO reads your words as:

afghan, (afghancomma)

and it will not see you. You need to put:

afghan , (see the space after the n?)

I learned that a while back. It does help a lot.

Recently, I started to put 'space-slash mark-space" to separate the different titles. Space-comma-space works, too. I took this hint from Starla (who makes $100K a year now) from her dragon necklaces and all. I have been seeing a lot more favorites in the past month.

But, put a space before every comma. I know it's work. But, it will help you be found in the SEO.

[JulsSewCrazy]

Hearts to here.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/113713839/purple-butterfly-quilt-keepsake-blanket?ref=shop_home_active_...

[H20works]

Man, I just went on a listing spree...or relisting spree. I don't normally like to list more than one or two a day, or then they will all come up 4 months later all on the same day. But, I want to get these slippers rolling again, so...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/109639441/autumn-slippe
https://www.etsy.com/listing/206528061/turquo
https://www.etsy.com/listing/59269726/sports-team-slip
https://www.etsy.com/listing/486083693/pink-crocheted-
https://www.etsy.com/listing/221362177/grey-slippers

[H20works]

Awe, man, really Juls??? I thought the search engines ignored punctuation. All those spaces take away from words tho. Once they get going, my slippers usually have no problem showing up on the first page, at least on Etsy searches. Maybe I will try it on some, see how they do. I think I would want to go space dash/slash space tho, a space before the comma would look weird. But, I will try it on the next batch, I have to go eat lunch, I'm famished. Thanks for the advice. :)

[bagsnstuff]

CONGRATULATIONS, GRANDMA KAT!
What a beautiful gift

[JulsSewCrazy]

I typed "Crazy Birthday" in the search bar... 16, 314 hits.
I typed "Crazy Birthday Sale" in the search bar and got 197 hits.

I was thinking of having a crazy birthday sale. Truly, I just need the space so I can move my MIL's dresser into the house/garage. Strange reason to have a sale? Oh well. That's me.

I was wondering if a lot of people typed in "Crazy birthday" and I guess I got my answer.

[AlwaysBeadBeautiful]

Sorry to be AWOL. Hadn't realized how long it's been since I was here... actually not sure when I was here last - obviously not this month.!

Been busy, busy. Started to do some major tidying up while my daughter and the grandkids were away and part way through - when I was taking a break from it - had back trouble. Not painful anymore but when I sit or stand too long it bothers me.

Congratulations again Kat on becoming a grandma. Another friend on Facebook became one for the first time a couple of days after you. :)

Juls, any luck with the job situation?

The closest thing I have came to doing anything to do with my Etsy Shop was reading a couple of emails Etsy has sent me over the months while I have been ignoring it and them. LOL

Finished another dress for my granddaughter over the summer. Now, I am making her hairbows a la JoJo Siwa. We are calling them FiFi bows. She has 6 JoJo bows now and about the same number of our OOAK brand. I haven't minded laying out the money because she is now brushing her hair and giving it some style rather than having it straggling, unbrushed, in front of her eyes... LOL.

Trying to get into a routine for the Fall. I have turned down two shows - one was on the same day as the ballet and the other, though close and on a Sunday, just came too soon after a string of other events - Not shows.

I now spend 4 days a week with my granddaughter. I take her to Dance classes Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Thursday she and her brother are here while my daughter goes back to choir practice. Friday she sleeps over since we don't get back from the Dance Studio until past 8:30 and then we leave the next morning around 8:30 to go to the Ballet School. She has gone from 2 hours of classes to 5.5, and from 1 hour of ballet to 3.75!
One of her classes is Rehearsal. The school puts on performances and she will get to be in their version of the Nutcracker. Yesterday she learned a piece of the mouse part. They will learn other roles before they are assigned.
She is excited - which is a little surprising as she has always been nervous about performing. The latter was the reason I signed her up for a Musical Theatre class at the Dance Studio this year.

I am not doing too much for myself these days. Just keeping close to home and enjoying the grandchildren. There are a few beading functions I have been going to that will only see me occasionally. I go back to my monthly dinners with the Retired Teachers this week. October, I have two small shows and my brother is visiting with his wife. :) Before he gets here, I have to make my annual Christmas cakes so that he can take one home. I have all the ingredients except one now - just waiting for the bulk store to get in the special raisins that I use in the recipe. I have never seen them anywhere else.
Well I am still sitting in my nightie and I have been up for 5 hours! Time to go get some real clothes on..... I will try not to be so tardy next time.

[AlwaysBeadBeautiful]

Oops, that is 2.75 hours of ballet not 3.75 hours!