Coming up for air...

Whew, I've finally almost finished my stock take - another day's work should do it. I've been doing that almost solidly for the last week, which is why I haven't posted - after days of counting beads and putting all my receipts for the last tax year in order (as well as doing my paid writing work), I've just been too mentally exhausted to think about anything else.

Of course, if I'd kept all of my records up to date throughout the year as I was going along, I could have done it in a fraction of the time, but never mind.... you live and learn!

One thing I've realised is the vast amount of stock I have that I haven't used. I'm always going - I need more beads, but I've all this stuff I'd completely forgotten about. A lot of the packs haven't even been opened! Still, it'll be put to use soon, because as soon as I've finished sorting it all out, I'll need to spend a couple of months making new pieces for my website - I've just realised that almost everything I currently have is already on eBay. I've sold more than I'd realised!

I've also decided to change my jewellery business name, and give it a separate identity from my QuantumBliss site. Even though a lot of my designs are based around the metaphysical properties of gemstones and my interest in colour psychology, I've decided that too close an association with weirdness that is my QB site (and it's going to get a lot weirder in the future, lol!) might put some customers off. Although I'm going to stick with the same colour scheme and a similar logo (for now anyhow). I'll also have to change all my eBay listings & my shop name, which would be a hassle, but this name coincides with me repricing most of my items, so I need to do some editing anyway. Plus, I'm starting a brand new blog for my jewellery business, although unfortunately it won't be on Blogger, as the lack of categories is just too much of a major PITA.

So, lots of new stuff going on here, but must get the rest of my beads counted first. I love beads, but right now I feel like I never want to see another one again!