"Blog away!" Janice tells me as we sit here together at the Holiday Inn today for the NE Council of School Administrators Conference. There are over 1,000 participants and hopefully we'll try jewelry on all of them!! Doesn't hurt to think positively!!
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| Leeann Clouse |
Our agency is recovering from the loss
of a staff member and friend,
Leeann Clouse.
That makes each step moving forward that much
harder but we have to remember to
keep on keepin' on.
of a staff member and friend,
Leeann Clouse.
That makes each step moving forward that much
harder but we have to remember to
keep on keepin' on.
With that in mind, keeping our business fresh all of the time is a continuous challenge. Stay away from the 'same ole, same ole.' What can we do to change it up?
Currently Janice is working on some great additions to our line. We are going to call them the "Matchables." We sell magnetic pendants with matching earrings. Normally, I use them as part of a creation and will continue to do that. Our different idea this time is to create generic necklaces to display next to the pendants and have our customers match them up. While she's cranking them out, I'm working on the marketing end creating the display cards and researching the stone properties. We are a great team together!!
Also Janice has inspired our new line of Beaded Hair Bling. She's been creating hair barrettes and combs. Janice taught our friend and volunteer, Linda, to make some, too. Karen was inspired to create some with polymer clay. She created all different colors of layered hands which are totally darling. They make me think of Head Start teachers right away!
Of course, I'd be amiss if I didn't tell you about our new line of pet jewelry. Karen has been busy creating precious bling to clip onto pet collars. Our business manager, Ed, has been after us to do this for six years. Bling for Pets will be making its grand debut soon.
I'd be the 'odd ball out' if I didn't create something to go with the beaded bling theme so this weekend I threw together some wonderful key chains or purse bling. These were inspired by the use of my 'chunky box.' Whenever BIAB gets new stones, I'll throw a few of them in this box to create with. Do you have a collection of specialty beads that inspires you to create differently? We have a large order of purses coming in to get ready for our national conference in Boston for Community Action. I used those colors to draw from in the color palette . All they need to be finished is the clamp end.
Keep on keepin' on sometimes is a challenge everyday but we have to keep lookin' up.
Tootles for now,
Kyla
