Carved Gemstone Ornaments

Carnelian Carved Gemstone Dolphin

Rose Quartz Gemstone Pyramid

It has been a hectic few weeks. January is my busiest month with the accountancy service; my other business.  I try to keep my weekends for working on Sea Witch’s Cavern but that is not going to happen this weekend. I have to complete at least two sets of final accounts and tax returns.  

Every year I nag my clients to bring the paperwork in early and every year I get the stragglers. Believe it or not I still have one client yet to bring me their paperwork with only nine days to go to the deadline!  I do worry that I won’t get everything done but somehow I always do even if it means eating scratch meals of yoghurt, fruit and whatever will go on top of a gram flour waffle – my version of toast as I’m allergic to wheat. 

Last weekend I spent most of the weekend taking photos and listing carved gemstone ornaments in the shop. It took longer than I expected because when I got the carvings out of the box I realised that for some I would have to do multiple listings.  The Carnelian dolphins shown above are a prime example of the variation in colour in natural gemstone.  If there is a lot of variation I do like to list those items separately because  it can be disappointing if  when a purchase arrives it isn’t as the picture shows.  

There is always going to be a slight variation with handmade products or those made with natural materials; it is part of what makes them unique and attractive to many.  One of the most important of senses when we buy a product is sight, that is what attracts us first to a product. It’s why there are so many makes of cars; if all we needed was an engine, wheels and seats they’d all be box-shaped. 

Personally I think both the Carnelian dolphins are beautiful and I wouldn’t be disappointed with either but just as they are unique so is every person. What attracts one person will not be another’s choice.   

Photography is an important part of my business, luckily it’s always been something I enjoy doing.  With the latest upgrade to my shop software I can upload multiple photos and I aim to take full advantage of this to show different angles of my products.  My goal has always been for every customer to be delighted with their purchases and getting good photos so that they know what to expect is the first step.

This week I had a regular customer order a pair of earrings to match a pendant she bought previously and we got into an email conversation lasting several days. It was lovely to know what she thought of my jewellery and unintentionally I sold her on  a pendant I haven’t even made yet That to me is a huge compliment. She liked the description of the pendant and said ”Somehow it reminds me  that we are much nearer  to Spring than we were and what a lovely thought that is.”  The correspondence made me happy for many reasons but the most important to me  is that she loves everything she has bought and my jewellery gives her pleasure when she wears it.