Inconvenient Timing

After 6 months, we are starting to see more regular sales in our Etsy shop. It is great - the other week, each morning I checked my notifications and had an order nearly every day. And they have gone around the world, mainly the USA. Who would've thought that!

But I go on holiday next week, leaving 50% of Scissor Sistas behind to run the show. Which she is more than capable of doing but what if we sell out of something and need some more making? She is the leather guru, knitting maniac and in charge of supplies and posting. I only sew and do the Social Media. I tweet like a tweeting fool (apologies to our followers who sometimes think I am tweeting like I've had too much caffeine) and hope that I keep our items for sale visible.

Despite being real-life sisters, we are 80 miles apart and stock has had to be sent across the Pennines, to and fro, to cover holidays. We need to build up more stock, we need to extend our stock lines but cannot continue to have to sent it around to ensure we can meet potential orders. When she goes away in September, do I have to try and run the ribbon printer?

So I need to sew more duplicates. I need to stop drinking tea and do more sewing.

And go on holiday without worrying that it is an inconvenient time!

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Busy, Busy

This has been a great week for us on ScissorSistas and we hope we continue to make things that you all want.

Only 2 weeks until ScissorSistas is down to 50% when I go on holiday. But don't worry, our Etsy shop will still be open and the other 50% will still be creating! In the meantime, in between holiday sewing & making sure the family have everything we need, we are still creating.

A friend is undergoing chemo and I made her a shaped cushion to rest her arm on, to alleviate some of the discomfort she is experiencing. She loves it so I will be listing some in early August - you can't beat a happy friend, can you? Her cat is being fostered until later in the year and the very kind lady looking after it is going to receive a couple of bandanas from me for her dog, Lemmy. He is very cool about having a cat around so it is my treat. Luckily, cats don't like bandanas so the fostered cat doesn't need one! Here is cool Bat Cat, as he is known..

So I will be listing some dog bandanas shortly as well as some baby bandana bibs too, to co-ordinate with some other baby items in the shop.

And I MUST stop buying fabric......

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