wordless Tuesday

Amazing Craftopolis

Heard of Craftopolis? It is a site which allows Etsy online shop owners to see if they have been featured in any treasury or gift guide. It also allows users to know the remaining time to the opening of Etsy treasuries.

Just found out that Craftopolis has a new feature and.... it is COOL! Now Etsy shop owners (like you and me ^_^) can know the number of "followers" we have for our shop and the individual items listed in our shop. Just by a click or two. Amazing!

Here are screen captures of the new feature:-

1) "Followers" of the shop -
Tells you how many "hearted" your shop for the particular month and date. Wow!!

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2) Etsy users who "hearted" the item listed in your shop -
Again, it tells you how many "hearted" the item for the month and date. Also, you can tell how many in total love your item when you hover your mouse over to the item.

Zoom in for better view.

Etsy shop owners, go try the new stuff now! Really cool! **woohoo!!!

Orangetreeblogshop - First sale!

Orangetreeblogshop is having a sale from now till 25 Jul 09. All items at 10% discount~! This is my first sale. Please give me your support.  ^_^

Layaway is available for items from USD80 (per item). Click here to go to my blogshop!

New items are also discounted. Some newly added items are as follow:-

Orangetree First Proper Poster

I am so proud of myself. Finally made my very first poster for my blogshop. Will be putting it up on the blogshop in a couple of days' time. Please let me know what you think. ^_^

Thanks for sharing my happiness!!!

Love my loot!!!

Perhaps it is every beader's dream to own a proper tool set. Not only would they make the jewelry making process easier, they also enhance the overall experience (well, professional tools make me feel like a professional too, though I am far from one **LOL**). So I bought my very first professional BeadSmith tool set today... with hubby's money. *evil grin* I am so in love with them! 8 tools packed nicely in a blue pouch. Chain nose pliers, bent chain nose pliers, flat nose pliers...etc etc... wow! Can't wait to use them.

Also managed to get my hands on LOTS of Japanese clay and ceramic flowers. These are sooooo pretty, I am very tempted to buy the entire supply from the shop. These flower beads are made in Japan. They are rare and only few are available here. I grab alot whenever they are in stock. In the end, I spent close to $150 for the tool set and supplies. My miserable effort in saving money indeed. =P

Have a GREAT weekend.  **lots of hugs** Thanks for dropping by!   Sok Fung - thanks for being such a supporter. **heart**

My new loot + shop update

2 new things to share with everyone. Both in pink! 

Call me kiddish, I bought a Little Twin Star key chain yesterday. It's really sweet - with a pink bow, the trademark angel couple, several pretty plastic smiley stars and lots of tiny gold stars. I hang it on my bag, the size is perfect!

I also bought a large jewelry box. Decided to use them to hold my bead supplies. The box looks pretty but the quality is not that great as compared to another one I bought from Hallmark. Nevertheless, it will serve me well to hold the stones, beads and findings... not forgeting my tools.

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Store update - Blue Petals Earrings listed in my etsy and blogshop. At a very affordable price.  ^_^  Do visit often for more new items.



Thanks for dropping by!

Counting down to unemployment

Only about 9 days more to go before I sack myself officially from my full-time job. This is the right choice. I struggled alot before deciding to resign. It is never easy to be different from many others - being out of job voluntarily while others feel the need to have one since the job market is bad now. For those of you, my friends, who are currently enjoying your work, you are blessed. It is a mistake that I resigned from a job I love almost 2 years ago. I seriously wonder if I would ever be so lucky again.

If you are like me, going to be unemployed soon and trying to make sense what actually happened... let's be strong. Let's try to be positive. Most importantly, let's be grateful for the good things we still have in life.  **hugs**