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Well I saw the blog carnival I decided to share about how I am organizing my business for paying taxes? I laughed when I saw the subject because I am so horrible with organizing my business stuff. Did you say ORGANIZE? Receipts and paper trails scattered. Is that considered as organized! Oh Boy! Every year I say I have got to do better and actually I do. I don't make enough money to pay a CPA or any other resource I would have to pay to organize anything. This business is still at the beginning stages for me and since the economy is horrible I am confident I had a loss this year. So for me, I do my own organizing like on April 14th (yes I usually file an extension). I gather all of my stuff, put it in a spreadsheet and PRAY I didn't miss anything! Then I give it to my Tax guy to file it for me ( he charges me a nominal fee).
Disclaimer: If a tax auditor is reading or reviewing this data note that all information in this blog is for entertainment purposes only! LOL!
Friday, January 9, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
I Know I have been MIA - Miss you
Hi Guys! I know I have been MIA lately. My grand baby has Pneumonia and a double ear infection (yes the cutie pie in the videos). Plus I have just been brain dead and really have taken a sabbatical trying to assess what I am doing here and how I can meet my goals and needs. Blogging is great and talking on the forums is great but I haven't sold over $100 in the past 6 months online. And fact is $70 of that was from one sale during the Christmas Holidays with the other portion being from my Infinitiessupplies shop. So I had to stop, consider my options and say what am I doing and do I need to keep moving in this direction. With the post from RoseworksJewelry about the Bonanzle venue. I have been playing with it a bit knowing that Etsy has far too many jewelry sellers and just have not been able to compete.
I know the economy is in a rough place right now so was also thinking hey maybe I should destash most of my stuff cuz I need the money with no job and then just start fresh when things are more financially stable. Then I had an EPIPHONY MOMENT and thought Hey why not try doing some traveling trunk shows? I send my jewelry with a friend to work or home, they get orders and customer names and I am not spreading myself thin trying to travel to and fro to make sales. I did my first traveling trunk show with my friend Patti who took it to her school and she made $60 bucks. Hey better than nothing. I went to a close friends house this weekend to have her take it to her job and she bought $60 worth on the spot, kept it all and took it to work with her today and so far has about $30 in sales. Hey that aint too bad. So all that said, I am just playing around with different venues and ideas and trying to figure out what I am doing and can do to bring in ACTUAL income!
Know that I miss all of my Etsyblogger team members and my Pluggers United Team members and hope to be back online full force soon!
Huggles to all of you!
I know the economy is in a rough place right now so was also thinking hey maybe I should destash most of my stuff cuz I need the money with no job and then just start fresh when things are more financially stable. Then I had an EPIPHONY MOMENT and thought Hey why not try doing some traveling trunk shows? I send my jewelry with a friend to work or home, they get orders and customer names and I am not spreading myself thin trying to travel to and fro to make sales. I did my first traveling trunk show with my friend Patti who took it to her school and she made $60 bucks. Hey better than nothing. I went to a close friends house this weekend to have her take it to her job and she bought $60 worth on the spot, kept it all and took it to work with her today and so far has about $30 in sales. Hey that aint too bad. So all that said, I am just playing around with different venues and ideas and trying to figure out what I am doing and can do to bring in ACTUAL income!
Know that I miss all of my Etsyblogger team members and my Pluggers United Team members and hope to be back online full force soon!
Huggles to all of you!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Spreader of Love award bestowed upon me
Aww!I feel super special! I truly feel very honored to end the 2008 year with the Spreader of Love Award from the awesome TiltCreations! I was very encouraged by her comments about me and am so glad to be a part of two amazing teams. Etsybloggers Team and Pluggers United Team!
I love this piece from Tiltcreations
Ok - onto the award rules:
1-Post a copy of the award on your blog post
2-Mention who gave you the award
3-Pass the award on to 4 others (ok so I reduced the number from 6 to 4)
4-Leave a message on their blog letting them know the honor has been bestowed upon them
My choices are...(drum roll)........
Memoriesforlifesb - I see her love of family & creating memories through her scrapbooking
Monday, December 29, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
New Years Resolution - Not really - Blog Carnival
In all honesty, I generally don’t make specific “New Year’s Resolution’s”. I choose instead to consistently set tangible goals throughout the year that I want to reach. Often times at the end of the year I reflect on my past experiences, my progress made and take an assessment if you will of where I am so that going into the new year I can see if I am still headed in the right direction. For me for sure in 2009, I want to be focused more on “Going Green, building a business around it and I also want to focus on my ministry. I really want to help more people to understand who God is and to be used to help people move towards a closer relationship with Him.
Signed,
Friday, December 26, 2008
What a Cutie Pie!
Zionna is an amazing cutie and Joy! She was so spoiled this Christmas and spent it with her Grand Parents on her dad's side of the family!! She is truly loved !
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
Monday, December 22, 2008
Pluggers United - 5th Edition
A great team that is ALL about and for artisans who promote and Pay it Forward to other artisans. Want to be part of this awesome team that's all about supporting and promoting each other? Then come on and check out Pluggers United!
Here are a few items from some of our team members! Buy an item from any of these shops and get free shipping off of your purchase in my shop
Just convo me that you purchased an once I confirm with seller you will have that credit for when you are ready to shop with Unique Commodities!
Mercyming
CrowHavenFarm
Pigatopia
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
What in the world?!?!
Ok I am a little late sharing this but today has been a crazy day! It was a crazy week last week with a speeding ticket on Monday (no job) and a car accident on Wed (my fault) and then my son gets a ticket on Saturday night and then to top it off Sunday I lose my dog on keys (yes the whole set)! I can’t find them ANYWYERE - WHAT IN THE WORLD?! I have been borrowing a friend’s car as my new car keys (to the tune of $48) per BMW dealership won't be delivered until Thursday! Go figure!
Well to make things so much better, I found $45 that I hid from myself while looking for my keys so that paid for the replacement car key at least! And what is just as exciting is on Blockhead Rod's radio show last night I won TWO prizes with the most exciting prize being 12 months of free advertisement for a whole year on Blockheadradio’s new website AND I won a WOOT button from the King Plugger Lugger. It was hilarious to see Agoodwitchtoo teasing everyone in the chat room by giving false alarms for the key to call in to win! When Huckleberry Arts finally posted the key phrase to call, I was on it! I was also encouraged that Fluttering Designs shared about my win on her blog! I absolutely love the Pluggers United Team for their “Pay it Forward” and helping hands spirit!
I am most grateful that in spite of all the challenges of the past few weeks, I have undoubtedly received some great kisses!
Well to make things so much better, I found $45 that I hid from myself while looking for my keys so that paid for the replacement car key at least! And what is just as exciting is on Blockhead Rod's radio show last night I won TWO prizes with the most exciting prize being 12 months of free advertisement for a whole year on Blockheadradio’s new website AND I won a WOOT button from the King Plugger Lugger. It was hilarious to see Agoodwitchtoo teasing everyone in the chat room by giving false alarms for the key to call in to win! When Huckleberry Arts finally posted the key phrase to call, I was on it! I was also encouraged that Fluttering Designs shared about my win on her blog! I absolutely love the Pluggers United Team for their “Pay it Forward” and helping hands spirit!
I am most grateful that in spite of all the challenges of the past few weeks, I have undoubtedly received some great kisses!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Pluggers United - 4th Edition
A great team that is ALL about and for artisans who promote and Pay it Forward to other artisans. Want to be part of this awesome team that's all about supporting and promoting each other? Then come on and check out Pluggers United!
Just convo me that you purchased an once I confirm with seller you will have that credit for when you are ready to shop with Unique Commodities!
Here are a few items from some of our team members! Buy an item from any of these shops and get 20% off of your purchase in my shop
Just convo me that you purchased an once I confirm with seller you will have that credit for when you are ready to shop with Unique Commodities!
PurelyPainting
Thyme2dream
PTFMGraphicssShop
Monday, December 15, 2008
Pluggers United Treasury by PTFMGraphicsShop
Thank you PTFMGraphisShop for the treasury feature of both my Unique Commodities and Infinity Supplies shop! Pluggers United Rocks!
Pluggers United - 3rd Edition
Here are a few items from some of our team members! Buy an item from any of these shops and get 20% off of your purchase in my shop
Just convo me that you purchased and once I confirm with seller you will have that credit for when you are ready to shop with Unique Commodities!
TiltCreations
Just convo me that you purchased and once I confirm with seller you will have that credit for when you are ready to shop with Unique Commodities!
RoseworksJewelry
TiltCreations
Sassalynne
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Pluggers United - 2nd Edition
A great team that is ALL about and for artisans who promote and Pay it Forward to other artisans. Want to be part of this awesome team that's all about supporting and promoting each other? Then come on and check out Pluggers United!
Here are a few items from some of our team members! Buy an item from any of these shops and get 20% off of your purchase in my shop
Just convo me that you purchased and once I confirm with seller you will have that credit for when you are ready to shop with Unique Commodities!
Here are a few items from some of our team members! Buy an item from any of these shops and get 20% off of your purchase in my shop
Just convo me that you purchased and once I confirm with seller you will have that credit for when you are ready to shop with Unique Commodities!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Christmas spotlight featuring “Stormy Designs”
~Business Card Couch~
So as soon as I saw the option to choose your favorite gift idea in someone else's shop. I almost IMMEDIATELY knew I wanted to feature Stormy Designs incredibly creative Business Card Couches! I have never seen a more unique business card holder than these and hope to purchase mine very soon! Each of Stormy Designs business card couches is meticulously handcrafted from sturdy polymer clay and is made to hold standard sized business cards. You can even request a custom order business card couch (you can choose up to 4 colors)! How AWESOME is that?! I am thinking I might need Stormy Designs to create me a couch big enough to sit on! WOW - that would surely be a lot of clay! LOL!
~Business Card Couch~
No doubt this would be a unique Christmas gift for anyone especially since you can just use the couch as décor! Hey just get Stormy Designs to make a mini couch to match your living room couch! Now wouldn’t THAT be a great conversation piece?!
Check out her awesome Blog too!
Pink Chandeliers 1st Give Away!
Wow! Check out Pink Chandelier's FIRST contest! Give away is sponsored by ULooked Personalized Gifts. Ulooked is a mother owned and operated company based out of Miami, Florida that provides a number of personalized gifts and services.
Their product line includes keepsakes like jewelry boxes, fun items like personalized aprons or bibs, and beautiful jewelry products like baby bracelets, charm bracelets, and necklaces, they even offer personalized lunch boxes!
My favorite item in ULooked's Web store are the Splish Splash Kids Personalized Beach Towels!
Go check out the details of the Give Away on Pink Chandelier's Blog!
Friday, December 12, 2008
Pluggers United in the house!
A great team that is ALL about and for artisans who promote and Pay it Forward to other artisans. Want to be part of this awesome team that's all about supporting and promoting each other? Then come on and check out Pluggers United!
Here are a few items from some of our team members! Buy an item from any of these shops and get 20% off of your purchase in my shop! Just convo me that you purchased and once I confirm with seller you will have that credit for when you are ready to shop with Unique Commodities!
Here are a few items from some of our team members! Buy an item from any of these shops and get 20% off of your purchase in my shop! Just convo me that you purchased and once I confirm with seller you will have that credit for when you are ready to shop with Unique Commodities!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Quote for the day!
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
~Denis Watley~
Monday, December 8, 2008
Back down memory Lane!
Well I kept thinking what am I going to blog about today! I felt so aimless today! I guess that is what unemployment will do for you. I have surfed the net for the past hour and just have been in a complete fog! I started looking through my pictures and came across this high school graduation pic from my year book! So here is to going back down memory lane!
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