Best Wishes

One of my recent Alchemy bids was for a unique and special guest book. The buyer really liked my Mr. & Mrs. Custom Wedding Name Guestbooks, but had a really long name. We worked together to come up with a great idea of using stickers on the outside of the album to add the Mr. & Mrs.

Another special part of this book is the sign-in area. Not only do guests leave their name, but they have plenty of room to write a special message to the new couple! I thought this was a great idea and will make the book even more special :)

It makes me smile every time I get to make an album for someone knowing it will hold a special place in their lives for a long time to come :)

P.S. - Don't forget to enter my beautiful necklace GIVEAWAY!!!

Alchemy

Since I decided I wasn't going to participate in any fall craft shows this year, I have more time for custom work. Alchemy is one place I've been getting more orders from.

Alchemy is a custom request system through Etsy where buyers place requests and sellers place bids. You get to show the buyer what you have to offer and if they like your item, you win the bid. I've already gotten two custom orders from Alchemy and I've seen several others I could bid on that I think my Custom Name Albums would be great for.

I thought I'd share a few tips for Alchemy:

• Be very specific about what you are offering
• Show photos if you can or link to an item in your shop
• Let them know they can get ahold of you with any questions
• Be patient
• Just give it a try...All they can do is say no, and you go on to the next one. I probably only win 1 out of 5 bids. You can't win them all, but you won't know until you try :)

Happy Bidding!