my etsy shop

I have been working very hard trying to set up shop on etsy and sell my handcrafted jewelry. I am doing everything I can think of to get sales, using the chat rooms, facebook and other socialnetworking sites, and many other things. Now I am going to try blogging. I am a little big computer illiterate. I didn't even know what a blog was. I guess I should write a little about myself. I am a wife and mother of 3. My husband is Donovan. We've been married for 4 years, together for 6. Our children are Christopher 9, Donovan Alaric 5, and Lillian Violet 2. We are active in our community and our church. We are members of the Optimist Club and the organizers for the NFL Youth Flag Football Program in our town. Our son Christopher is a musician. He plays guitar. He is very talented. Alaric is our jock. He loves sports. Every sport offered he wants to play. Lillian is our baby and princess (Queen, Diva) made worse due to her health. She was in the NICU for 2 weeks when she was born. She was tachypnic and had jaundice and sepsis. Basically she couldn't keep her o2 stats regulated on her own and had to be on oxygen. When she was 6 months she stopped growing and was sent to a cardiologist and they found and ASD and the right side of her heart was enlarged. A month ago, on her 2nd birthday she had heart surgery to repair the ASD. It sounds much worse than it is. They went up through a vein in her leg and implanted a devise that closed the hole. She is a completely different child now. Except for the Queen Diva part. I think that's a bit worse because she has the energy to fight with you about her point of view now. My husband is a substitute teacher. He is currently enrolled in graduate school to get his masters degree to complete his teachers certificate. I am a stay at home mom. When I do work outside the home I am a care-giver for the elderly. I prefer to work in their homes and not in nursing homes or assisted living facilities. I love to read. I don't get much time for that anymore though. Suspense novels are my favorites. Dean Koontz and Stephen King are a couple of my favorite authors. I have many more favs though. Peirs Anthony is awesome if you like fantasy and a little sci-fi. My other love is jewelry. I have made jewelry for about 3 years. Practicing and improving my technique and learning new skills. I look back on some of my earlier peices and crinkle my nose. they stink. I can say that I have earned the tag Quality now. My jewelry is quality jewelry. It will last and it wears well. I wish I could keep every peice I make. I love every peice so much. My shop is shirleyborchardt.etsy.com Stop by and take a look around. I take custom orders also. The only limit is the imagination.