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rimturseI've been putting together bead orders all day so that we can restock before the October rush. Putting together orders always turns my brain into soft squiggly mush. I'm trying to juggle all the bead types in my head and since we're changing deliverers, there are a lot of decisions to be made. Do I replace White Quartz with White Jade? Can I take out one of jades from our stock? Do we have enough pink and blue colours? Should I order new bead types? On the other hand it's lots of fun. It is like online shopping only I'm not buying what I like, but what I think or know the customers will like. My favourite stones the muted ones like Grey Onyx and Picasso Jasper, whereas the customers go for the more colourful ones. :)
Our August deliveries are delayed because of the floodings in India. I need to update the shop anyhow, perhaps I should spend tomorrow making Fimo beads and pendants. The pendants are all sold out and there are not many beads left...
Tonight we're going shopping to get materials to make a light table. It will save me loads of time when it comes to transferring my sketches onto drawing paper. A noble investment!
I have been worrying about a family member lately, but have now come to the conclusion that when someone doesn't want to change their situation and does not want to be helped, well, then there's really nothing much you can do about it. You can of course try to pick up the pieces, but there is not much point when the person insists on shattering them all again as soon as you've glued them together.
Our August deliveries are delayed because of the floodings in India. I need to update the shop anyhow, perhaps I should spend tomorrow making Fimo beads and pendants. The pendants are all sold out and there are not many beads left...
Tonight we're going shopping to get materials to make a light table. It will save me loads of time when it comes to transferring my sketches onto drawing paper. A noble investment!
I have been worrying about a family member lately, but have now come to the conclusion that when someone doesn't want to change their situation and does not want to be helped, well, then there's really nothing much you can do about it. You can of course try to pick up the pieces, but there is not much point when the person insists on shattering them all again as soon as you've glued them together.
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Date: 2005-08-03 11:51 pm (UTC)Yep. It's a difficult thing to accept sometimes, but it's the truth.
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Date: 2005-08-04 04:56 am (UTC)Hi
Date: 2005-08-04 02:44 am (UTC)I never realized there was red malachite. I've only seen the green kind.
In case you don't remember me, I'm Jodi's mom. She and I were talking about websites, my website, things to do, shopping carts. I came over to see if you had a shopping cart on your site. And you do.
If you don't mind, I would like to friend you. I'll wait a day or two before I do it.
Have a great day.
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Date: 2005-08-04 05:04 am (UTC)Jodi showed me your site some time ago. I very much liked you hand painted signs.
Ordinarily I wouldn't change one stone for the other. The thing is that we have problems with the deliverer (our first) of the white quartz. They are unable (refuse?) to fill out the correct shipping documents, which means that we are forced to pay Swiss customs for the stones.
Since Switzerland is one of the few countries that calculate customs fees from the weight of the goods instead of the value (and stones are heavy!), we pay approx 1/3-1/2 of the stones value in customs. This means we have to sell them at a higher prices and with less profit, so we're trying to replace all the stones we buy from them with stones that is available at our new deliverer.
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Date: 2005-08-04 03:34 am (UTC):D
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Date: 2005-08-04 05:06 am (UTC)