Bags, Beautiful Bags!

We do love our Arm Candy! Different bags for each day of the week, for different outfits, for different occassions, for different weather condidtion and different moods………..any excuse, we’ve gotta have them. Next time you’re pondering which one to take out with you, spare a thought for the wonderful bags waiting for you, handmade with love by UK Bag Designer, Ingrid Shepherd, in her brand new bag shop (click on “Beautiful Bags ” link in left hand column). Many of you will have enjoyed looking at Ingrid’s wonderful bag collection at my sale events or on my own online shop www.dawnwoodward.com   Some  of you may have even fought over a one-off must have and for many of us, they have become part of that daily arm candy decision. Here, in her own dedicated bag showcase, you’ll be able to see all of the new designs as soon as they’re finished, no need to fight now girls. Go on, bag one for yourself!

Dawanda – No wonder I’m excited!

Selling my jewellery isn’t always straight forward! For those of you who know me and have seen me in action, you may think that I do ok, or maybe even a bit better than that. Some of you may even think that I can sell ice-cream to Eskimos (it has been said!) However, selling on line is a whole new ball game! It’s different. No matter how gorgeous my jewellery,how fantastic my photos how compelling my descriptions or reasonable my prices…… If I’m not being found it ain’t going to sell! To put this into perspective, a few years ago , I set up an e bay shop to sell my designer handmade jewellery – great, I thought, another route to market. Ten days later, with no viewings and lost in a category that contained about 16000 necklaces many of them mass produced, cheap and originating from China, a deflated me decided that e bay was probably not the answer to my business expansion.And that’s where I left it – my shop deserted , tumbleweed blowing around the entrance, dust gathering on the counter……. and then I discovered a new breed of on-line market places – Dawanda and Etsy. Clean lines, easy to use, exclusively for handmade goods, low or no listing costs and not a mass produced tatty necklace in sight- No wonder I’m excited! I have created new shops at both of these sites (-Just click on the links in the left hand column to my Etsy and Dawanda shops) and have started to list some of my luxury designer jewellery. Take a look, you might like it and if you are into making handcrafted items yourself, you might just love it enough to build your own shop. I’d love to hear what you think, leave a comment or drop me a line. x