CHRISTMAS 2015 ORDER CUT-OFF DATES

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Hello everyone,

Yes, it's that time of year again and if you're purchasing gifts for the holidays, the last dates for ordering to ensure items arrive before the Christmas holidays are as follows:

United States - December 18th
Canada - December 16th
All other destinations - December 1st

Any orders placed after these dates will not be guaranteed to arrive in time.

Just a reminder, I am happy to direct your gift to your gift recipient and include a hand written note at no extra charge. Just leave your message in the "notes to seller" at checkout.

Thank you!
Jane

Last Chance For Ordering Before Christmas!

Important Ordering Details - Holiday Delivery!

To guarantee delivery by December 24th, the ordering deadline for Jacaranda Designs will be:

USA : December 17th, 2012 - USA orders will be shipped from Niagara Falls, USA via USPS (incl, tracking number) on Dec 18th to guarantee arrival by Dec 24th

Canada : Ontario - December 18th, 2012, Rest of Canada - December 16th (all Canadian orders are being sent using Canada Post expedited service)

Thank you!
Jane

Fun Flower Rings

I've just added a few new flower rings to my shop. I was at a craft sale on Saturday, and these cute little rings were my biggest seller. Teenage girls especially loved them. I can see why - they add a lovely punch of color and very affordable.

Handmade Christmas Stockings

Looking for a lovely, handmade Christmas stocking for your mantelpiece. Here on Etsy, there are countless designs to choose from. I had a fun time combing through pages of colorful stockings but here are my faves. Check out their shops on Etsy as they have a wide assortment to choose from.

Also, don't forget, today is the last day to enter my giveaway for the Antique Gold Pine Cone Earrings.

Online Selling - Time Saving Tips For The Holiday Season

Last year my Etsy shop was much busier during October, November and December of the year before and this sudden turnaround caught me completely by surprise. In an effort this year to avoid the stress caused by my unpreparedness last year, I've made up a holiday to-do list for Jacaranda Designs.

1. Post shipping deadlines
To avoid repeat emails from customers asking about shipping deadlines for Christmas, I'm going to post all this info my Etsy shop. I'm specifying for each major region of the world, what the shipping cut-off date is for items to arrive before December 24th.

2. Buy my supplies early
Instead of being disappointed and finding out that major suppliers have tons of items on back-order, I've taken advantage of the slow summer season to purchase my materials.

3. Make up my stock before October.
Last year I was caught making way to many pieces of jewelry into the wee hours of the night. This year I bought my supplies early (during July and August) and spent much of August designing new pieces of jewelry. At the moment I am busy making up the new designs and they will all be complete by October.

4. Order More Business Cards
I won't run out of these again!

5. Order Packaging
I've ordered bubble envelopes, jewelry boxes, ribbon, tissue and stickers all ready to package my goodies.

6. Photograph EVERYTHING
I'm busy doing this right now - my dining room has been taken over by light boxes, cameras and lights but I'm determined to get everything photographed hopefully in the next couple of weeks.

7. PROMOTE
Hopefully if I can get all of this done, then I can use my time to promote my jewelry. After all, unless you have people visiting your shop, everything else is in vain. I need to figure out my advertising budget, scope out where I'd like to advertise Jacaranda Designs and go ahead and book my slots.

Phew! It's over and I'm tired!

On Thursday and Saturday I hosted my annual jewelry sale at my parents' home here in Oakville. It takes hours to set everything up and a lot of preparation for weeks before as many of you know. We had a good turnout, not great but I still moved a fair amount of stock which is always a good thing!

Here's some photos of the setup. Every time I host a sale, I seem to set everything up differently. The earrings are always a challenge though. If anyone has any good ideas, let me know!

So it's a day of rest today and then back to the grindstone with photographing pieces for my web site tomorrow!

Happy Sunday everyone.

Jacaranda Designs November Giveaway!

Time for my giveaway of the month for November. This month's piece of jewelry for one lucky person is a pair of Darling Red Dazzle Earrings .



These rich red faceted earrings are made from antique brass plated lead and nickel free metal and red crystal beads. They are perfect for party season!

To enter....

Please leave a comment on this post telling us what your favorite item is from Jacaranda Designs

You can enter once per day and you must include your first name -and- etsy username or email address with every entry. If you are worried about email spam, you can spell out the 'at' and 'dot' rather than using the standard email format.

Receive additional entries:
- if you follow or subscribe to my blog
- twitter about the giveaway and/or blog about the giveaway
- become a my facebook page
- feature any of my items on your blog
- purchase any item from Jacaranda Designs (5 additional entries!)

Just leave a comment/link letting me know!

To go ahead, have fun and maybe you'll be the lucky winner.

As usual, I'll be using random.org to select the winner.

Giveaway ends Nov 30th at 5pm.

Some Fresh New Designs For The Holidays

I've been busy last week designing some fresh new pieces of jewelry for my shop. I bought some really cool beads and findings in New York and couldn't wait to start creating.

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I love the lucite leaves and the little cherry red beads that look like they've been covered in sugar. Yummy!



Pink Blossom Earrings - a lovely, fun color!



Green Hydrangea Necklace - Vintage Gamour!


Luxe Silver and Pearl Earrings - Wedding anyone?


Etched Floral Earrings