Walmart Photo Printing Kiosk

Wow, Karla has fallen in LOVE with those things! 

If you're not familiar with them, it's and instant gratification item that's absolutely AWESOME and very well put together!  You can load your media onto the kiosk via just about any data card, CD or even scan them in.  You can even transfer them from your phone via bluetooth, or hook your camera up to it with the USB cable!  Once your pics are on the machine, you can print individual photos, add borders, create collages...  *sigh*

Needless to say, we've spent quite a bit of money there and have several new photo collages around the house.  It's a very, very cool toy and the results are just gorgeous.  Once you pick what you want, it prints your claim ticket and all you have to do is go to the photo printer and scan your claim ticket in 3-4 minutes and there are your pictures!  And the price is extremely reasonable for what you get.  $0.28 for a single 4x6 print.  You pay that even if you add a border. 

This is not to trump up Walmart.  Personally, I avoid shopping there if I can.  But this is a deal that we just can't pass up.

Craigslist

So we had a custom order the other day. That was good. Little by little we're getting our sold number up. How much good that will do us, I'm not sure, but it looks like progress!!

To try and help with the progress, I've started to list things on Craigslist in Las Vegas. If you're not familiar with Craigslist, I would familiarize yourself! It's only the best free classified ad site in the whole entire world! Things are good.

Karla's pregnancy is going along fine. I'm totally wasted as I work over 40 hours a week and then I have to come home and cook (cooking makes her sick) and clean the kitchen (cleaning the kitchen makes her sick) and spend time with her, since she doesn't have much to do all day. Between all those activities, I don't have much time to do anything! I did buy some energy saving bulbs today that give off 100 watts of light while only using 25 watts of electricity. They work very nice; the light is nice and white and it doesn't super heat my small studio.

Speaking of that, I did take some more photographs and we listed a couple new items today. Check'em out.

All Moved In!

Well... kinda. Most of our stuff is still in boxes, which is really frustrating. Especially since I come home from work and the last thing I want to do is work some more. But, today we bucked down and got our "studio" organized. I was able to take some photos and post a new item. That's my favorite part! :)

So, I'm hoping this is the last move we make in a veeeeerrrry long time. It's looking like a bonus, our neighbors are really nice. So, we might be able to make some friends out here in Sunny Las Vegas!

We're still truckin' away with the site, posting new items, and trying to figure out that "promote, promote, promote" goodness. (I hate that advice, but it seems to be the only thing to do.)

Other than that, there is not a whole lot new going on. I'm working on improving my photos to be able to present our work better. The photo is the first thing the customer sees, so I know it's very important to get a good image. I'd like to make a flyer advertisement to pass around to our neighbors and co-workers. I also have plans on making a newsletter to send out. All things that I want to do, but for which I have neither the time or energy to put into place right now.

I think the newsletter will be the first thing I'll do. I can include coupons, tips, tutorials, photos...

If you'd like to be put on a KelleyAccents newsletter mailing list, comment your email to this post. I'll get something cool set up. As long as the Mrs. approves it, of course...

Miskalaynee...

If you didn't get it... the title is Miscellany...

Anyway. So, some small updates. I recently purchased some new backdrops for photos for the jewelry. The standard white and black. I also got a yellow and a blue. I like it. I think it's really helped the photos. The latest ones are wonderful.

I've gotten caught up in the photography aspect of the jewelry again. I decided to break out and design something. I found some gorgeous Pink Jasper stones that I want to make into a necklace. I just can't seem to figure out what I want to use them with. So far, I'm thinking some white/pink freshwater pearls... but that might be too mono. The focal stone is really beautiful, one side is almost entirely stained with gray. Our medium of choice is sterling silver... but I just can't see including that much shiny with this stone! I wanted to wrap some wire, but that will pull the eye away from the star of the show...

Sigh. What am I going to do with you?

Burnin' Down the House

We recently invested in some tools to start working with metal, specifically, silversmithing. I've been spending what free time I have in the garage, trying to get my technique down for soldering silver. It's really not that hard, it just take precision that I haven't trained into my hands yet. But, I'm excited! Now I can make the chains and nifty things that have been running through my head for so long!

On a different note, I've also started working harder at improving the photos I take of our products. I think that I've improved a lot! There is still plenty I can do to improve and I'm working at it.

All you people who end up here, give us a shout! I'd love to hear who you are and where you come from and how you found us! We love you guys!