July 2012 .:. Biz Goals

June was full and fuller. Busy in the studio. Busy on the computer. Busy doing research and making plans. All in all a good month, and now we’re on to July.

I realised in the midst of attempting to cross all things off my list for June that there was more thought and more work that needed to go into the”About Liz” section of the website. In fact there was (and is) a lot more thought that needed and needs to happen.

I have become totally wrapped up in creating the jewelery I am making. The art pendants I’ve been doing for a little while, and in addition the creation of my initial pendants (see above), with an alphabet and flower patterns of my own creation. But I realised in the process it’s about more than creating beautiful things for people to wear around their necks and wrists, there is a deeper meaning to the work for me, and that’s what I need to tease out. Comb out words and thoughts from the beads and the colour and the gold and the silver and look at them, and then write about them. So that’s my biggest goal for July.

So here was JUNE

1. Contact the potential licensers I identified in March. Try to get all contacts out by end of June. – one potential license in the works!
2. “About Liz” on website – still working on this one
3. Finish contacting potential retail outlets and keep researching more. – Research happened but no contacts yet.
4. Etsy shop research and planning to get more sales going. – Research and planning and lot of new ideas
5. Press releases and announcements for jewelery – move to July
6. Walk everyday for at least 30 minutes in the morning. Breathe the air, listen to the birds, and feel my feet touch the ground. – Most days this happened, a few days it didn’t and on the days it didn’t my day was lacking.

JULY

1. About Liz section of the website, and also a deeper diving into why I’m making jewelery.
2. Retail outlets.
3. Paint
4. Have some holiday time
5. Walk on the beach at least 5X
6. Dream

Welcome in July, and all its summer-y loveliness. Hope you all have a wonderful month!

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