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FSOT

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fsot for sale or trade bannerI just wanted to make a quick note that I’ve added a new page on my site, called For Sale or Trade, where I’m listing the various things I have up for trade or sale. I’ve seen a ton of these “trade list” sort of things on the Makeuptalk forum and I will be posting there, but I wanted to host one on my own site as well. If you want to acquire some stuff and help me cross some things off my wishlist, do take a look! A lot of it is skincare-related but there are all kinds of random items like iPhone cases, water bottles, gift cards, socks, etc. I’m still working on getting photos up so keep checking back. If you’re interested in anything, just contact me and I’ll send you the appropriate pictures!

365great Day 7: Girl Scout Cookies

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Learn more about 365great here.

365great challenge day 7: girl scout cookiesYou’re probably munching on some right now, aren’t you? These cookies are not only delicious and an anticipated annual treat, they help teach girls some basic business skills. It takes a certain amount of planning, strategizing, and selling skills to successfully sell these cookies, even if they already have a fan following. It’s a great way to get young girls to start thinking about the types of skills they’ll need to do well in the workforce and at home. It’s often a benefit that is overlooked, but the teamwork, goal-setting, budgeting, time management, overcoming fear, gaining confidence, and acquisition of other skills are great for any situation.

Then of course, there are the cookies themselves. I don’t know what they put in these things to make them so delicious and addicting, but paired with the cute scouts eagerly trying to sell you a box, how can you say no? I always end up getting at least a box or two, if not a dozen (or two). After all, they’re only available once a year, so if you want them to last, you’re going to need to stock up. My personal favorites are Samoas, but this year I opted to try something new in the Thank You Berry Munch flavor – very tasty too! I do miss the All Abouts, which they discontinued awhile back. I guess you could always dip Trefoils in chocolate to get the same effect. Between the delicious cookies and the lifelong skills they’re teaching girls, don’t you think Girl Scout Cookies are pretty great too?

Origami Etsy

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A couple of weeks ago, I decided I was going to try selling some things on Etsy. I’d wanted to do this ever since I discovered the site, but didn’t know what I could make. Well, I’ve decided to put my origami skills to use and make some jewelry! After much planning and material-searching, I was finally able to make my first products. 🙂 Soon I’ll be setting up shop and hopefully getting some sales. Better pictures to come!

two pairs of star-shaped origami earrings made with red, white, cream, blue, green, brown, and gold japanese design

The simpler ones were my first pair, and then I got a bit creative with the second, adding spirals into the metal.

close-up picture of simple origami star earrings

Getting ready for an Etsy listing!

DeckMyPhone goes international

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I’ve been working on multiple avenues to get my site out there and today I decided to try Pinterest.  I had recently seen this infographic on how great Pinterest is for driving online sales.  It’s been proven to be a very effective way for e commerce sites to boost sales and I was having no luck with my eBay and Craigslist postings.  Within minutes of pinning an image from my site, I had gotten my first online sale!  I was pretty shocked to find it was some random guy in Denmark, but hey, that just goes to show the power of Pinterest.

breakdown of traffic to deckmyphone.com by country on may 30, 2012Check out the international reach I got from one little pin on the site!  It’s pretty exciting to see that people outside of the US were checking out my site.  Over the next couple of days, I’ll be pinning up all the different colors offered to further expand my reach.  I’ll also be standing in line at the post office to ship off this iPhone cover!  I was pretty shocked at the long line I encountered there this afternoon, when I was in a rush to get somewhere.  Tomorrow morning I’ll have all the time in the world to take care of this order though, and I’m pretty excited.  🙂  Keep’em coming!

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