Crafting always improves my mood

Yesterday I read tons of articles on Etsy so I could find out how to promote and sell more items. The most helpful advice I found wasnt about Etsy or crafting. "Define your business model. figure out how much money you want to make for a given time (like a month or a year) and figure out how many items you would need to sell in order to reach that goal, assuming you sell everything."
I figured if I wanted to make 800 dollars a month I would have to make and sell 14 mittens a month, thats so unreasonable. Or I'd have to make and sell 160 bracelets each month. That is a little more do-able but still out of my reach.
So I've decided to expand my inventory. I'm going to sell mittens and bracelets, but many different kinds of bracelets. I'm also going to sell little notebooks, easy to make and fun at the same time. Handmade cards and stationary and painted glasses. If can at least make 200 or even 400 a month then I could keep my day ob and not worry when they cut my hours. But oh how wonderful it would be to be self employed.
Its rough but the number one advice that people kept saying for Etsy specifically is to keep crafting and keep adding. By adding new product all the time you stay up on the site and are more relevant for searches.
So last night and today I crafted my little heart out. 6 little notebooks finished and ready to take pictures and put on etsy. About 7 or 8 more that are not quite finished yet. I also made a pair of earrings but they're not finished yet either.
My friend is getting married on Saturday. I made her a beautiful scrapbook that she can fill in with her own pics once the wedding is done and over with. And I thought, hm wouldn't this be a great thing to sell on etsy. The only problem is that I'd have to know the colors of the wedding, unless i just made it black and white (which coincidentally were her colors)
Well off to craft and add some items on etsy. check it out on the side panel or just go to  Etsy.com/shop/hennyaccessory

Love,
henny accessory

Ah, the first post.. hopefully many more to follow

Welcome to my blog. I am a poor college student trying to make a living knitting. This is not an easy task. I'm trying to teach knittng, work in a yarn shop, and design knitwear.
However, this requires people that want to pay to learn to knit, a yarn shop willing to hire me and the ability to write knitting patterns.
Unfortunatly I dont have control over any of these except my ability to desgin a pattern but that also requires someone willing to pay me to do it...
I'm also trying to make a living by selling items on Etsy. I have wire wrapped and beaded memory wire bracelets, knitted bangles and mittens.
This blog will cover my successes and failures as I try to sell items on etsy, find a willing yarn shop in need of assistance or teachers and try to publish my desgins on knitting and hopefully in a book.