Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year to everyone.  This year is a year a wonderful and great changes.  I have made one resolution for myself this year.  Some people would choose to loose weight, get organized, and other things that are very common for resolutions.  I am choosing to keep negativity that I can choose to keep out of my life and only bringing in the positive.  I feel if we can keep the negative out and keep the positive in then everything else will fall into place.  I would love to read more than I have been.  I tried to make time last year but I put games in front of it.  So I will make time for it everyday especially having reading time with my boys.  I do have a very high goal for this year also.  I would love to go back to school to get my education degree with online schooling.  Every year I have put it off but I would really love to put my best foot forward and push to get it done.

For Jodi's Craft Emporium, I will be setting goals for each month to keep focused.  My goals for January is:

1) Make 10 samples per day:  I belong to two sample boxes per month to help with promotion of my shop.
2) List an item everyday
3) Promote everyday
4) Blog everyday
5) Run a give-away through my facebook page for Jodi's Craft Emporium
6) Create Team and Non-Team Treasuries a day:  This is what I do to help other shops and promote them through Etsy.
7) 650 Sales
8) 900 Admirers
9) 420 Circles
10) 500 fans on facebook

These maybe high goals but I will work hard to achieve them.  The past two years I have slacked on my shop due to the passing of my dad and grandma in 2010 and still getting over the shock of what happened in 2010 last year.  Now its head in gear time to get my shop back to the way it use to be.

I hope everyone is enjoying their first day of the new year and sending wonderful wishes for the new year to all of you.

CHRISTMAS SALE!!!!!!

From now until December 25th you can get 25% off your purchase.  Type in coupon code "CHRISTMAS2011".  This is an awesome deal that you should not pass up:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/JodisCraftEmporium?ref=si_shop#

The Love of Natural Beauty

http://www.etsy.com/listing/87838683/the-love-of-natural-beauty

This beautiful necklace has its own natural beauty. Its the type of beauty that will go with anything and never have to worry about if it matches. This beauty is made out of variety of peach glass beads. The mix includes floral design beads, flattened oval beads, bicone beads, and assorted sizes of round beads. It also includes pink square glass beads. This wonderful mix come together nicely to make this gorgeous necklace along with the gold plated spring ring clasp and connector. It measures approximately 16 1/4 inches from the spring ring to the connector.

I purchased these beautiful beads from this shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/jiagirl?ref=seller_info

A Very Merry Christmas Coaster/Mini Dishcloth Set

http://www.etsy.com/listing/36270202/a-very-merry-christmas-coastermini

Are you that type of person that likes to match everything to the season or holiday? Plus, love that simple look? I might just have what you are looking for. Here is a beautiful crocheted coaster/mini round dishcloth set that compliments well with the wonderful holiday of Christmas and will remind you of those delicious peppermint barks. With its red, white, and greens that give that feeling of holiday time right into your kitchen and comes in a set of 4. All of these coasters/mini round dishcloths are crocheted out of 100% cotton. Make these a beautiful addition to your home today.


Measurements:

5 inches around

Tangarine Mandarine and Brown Bookmark

http://www.etsy.com/listing/79454706/tangarine-mandarine-and-brown-bookmark

Are you or somebody you know loves to read but always uses a tissue or a receipt for a bookmark. Well, maybe, you should get them this beautiful bookmark to use instead. This adorable looking bookmark is made out of plastic canvas and 100% cotton yarn. The colors go well with the summer season. Hurry and grab this bookmark for your gift giving needs. I am sure the reader in your life will enjoy it.

If you need more than what is listed, please contact me for a special order.

Measurements:

5 1/3 inches by 1 inch

***NOTE***

I use this listing to relist my bookmarks. This bookmark will have a different dye lot but the same yarn.

Its December Already

I cannot believe that its December already.  This year has flown by so fast.  Christmas shopping is almost done.  We are usually just starting the Christmas shopping.  Very proud of ourselves about that. We are definitely not spending thousands of dollars on this holiday because we do not believe in that. :) All we need here now is the snow to make Christmas complete.  Its December 4th and we have yet to have measurable snow in NY.

I am already setting goals for next year with family, crafting, and personal. First goal is to be blogging everyday.  I have been really bad about not keeping up with things this year and want it to change for next year.  I love typing and writing, which I need to put more effort in.  I need to put my head in my crafting, taking more family trips, and starting taking more initiatives with life.

Its That Time Of Year Again..........

Most of us have probably started our Christmas shopping or half way done with it.  Today we started ours by putting our gifts on layaway.  I love using layaway because I would never have to worry about coming up with all that money up front.  Then just make payments until it is paid off.  We are hoping by the end of November we will be all set and no more shopping left :)

But I would also like to make the suggestion of buying things that are handmade.  A lot of people enjoy handmade items as gifts.  Check out this website for all your handmade shopping:

http://www.etsy.com/

I love this website and sell the items that I make there too.  I found a lot of amazing gifts for this year also.