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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
blessing in disguise
I finally received my check yesterday for the beadwork that I sent out to Eleanor a week ago. well when I went to cash the check, she had made it out to me instead of to my mom (she has the bank account). Naturally this complicates things with the bank. first we went to the drive-thru and the teller tells us that we have to go inside to cash a third party check because the drive-thru tellers aren't allowed to do those kinds of checks anymore. so we run an errand and stop by another branch on the way back; well that branch isn't allowed to third party checks EITHER for some odd reason, we have to go to the main branch.
third time's the charm I'm thinking....I'm also getting really really irritated at this point because I had specifically told Eleanor to make out the check to my mom and not me so we could avoid this type of problem. But I keep my mouth shut and just keep praying quietly to myself that we will get this check cashed before the bank closes. We get to the main branch and we talk to a bank employee who tells us that the bank manager would have to make the "call" on cashing a third party check, and he just had stepped out to lunch for 30 minutes.
Deep breath.
ok, so mom and I decide to go get a bite ourselves and come back in 30 minutes. still praying under my breath and trying to decide what to do if we can't get this cashed or who would cash it for us.
Mom and I go to Sonic, have a bite, go back to the bank and try one last time. As I'm walking into the bank I'm still praying for patience and for the check to get cashed. We're standing in line and the bank manager comes out to try and get the line moving faster by asking what everyone needs. He gets to us and we explain about our check, the only solution he gives us is for me to be added to mom's account and then they could cash it for me. Apparently the third party check has gone the way of the dinosaur since all of these bank closures started happening. And well I hardly ever receive a check for payment on anything anymore except my payroll check at work. Anyway, as we're talking to Thomas, the guy signing me up to mom's account, we tell him about our little craft business that he have and the bead shop, Whispering Winds, that we also do business with. Well Thomas tells us that he's part Chickasaw and starts telling us about his grandmother and his whole family. At that point I still had Jeannie's earrings in my purse that I had made for her, so I show him the little Choctaw girl earrings and he just loved them. We told him about the angel pins I made and gave him my business card, and Whispering Winds' card....basically he put in an order for 3 angel pins while I was getting signed up for a joint account. How AWESOME is GOD!!!
I hadn't even expected another beadwork customer, just my check to get cashed, and thank the Lord he kept my mouth shut too, during all of that waiting and running around yesterday afternoon. I may not have found another beadwork order if I had thrown the fit that I wanted to over the check fiasco. But I kept quiet and kept praying through all of it and got my money, got a new order for this week, made a new friend at the bank, got a joint account, got my errands done and kept my sanity through it all. THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING!!!
third time's the charm I'm thinking....I'm also getting really really irritated at this point because I had specifically told Eleanor to make out the check to my mom and not me so we could avoid this type of problem. But I keep my mouth shut and just keep praying quietly to myself that we will get this check cashed before the bank closes. We get to the main branch and we talk to a bank employee who tells us that the bank manager would have to make the "call" on cashing a third party check, and he just had stepped out to lunch for 30 minutes.
Deep breath.
ok, so mom and I decide to go get a bite ourselves and come back in 30 minutes. still praying under my breath and trying to decide what to do if we can't get this cashed or who would cash it for us.
Mom and I go to Sonic, have a bite, go back to the bank and try one last time. As I'm walking into the bank I'm still praying for patience and for the check to get cashed. We're standing in line and the bank manager comes out to try and get the line moving faster by asking what everyone needs. He gets to us and we explain about our check, the only solution he gives us is for me to be added to mom's account and then they could cash it for me. Apparently the third party check has gone the way of the dinosaur since all of these bank closures started happening. And well I hardly ever receive a check for payment on anything anymore except my payroll check at work. Anyway, as we're talking to Thomas, the guy signing me up to mom's account, we tell him about our little craft business that he have and the bead shop, Whispering Winds, that we also do business with. Well Thomas tells us that he's part Chickasaw and starts telling us about his grandmother and his whole family. At that point I still had Jeannie's earrings in my purse that I had made for her, so I show him the little Choctaw girl earrings and he just loved them. We told him about the angel pins I made and gave him my business card, and Whispering Winds' card....basically he put in an order for 3 angel pins while I was getting signed up for a joint account. How AWESOME is GOD!!!
I hadn't even expected another beadwork customer, just my check to get cashed, and thank the Lord he kept my mouth shut too, during all of that waiting and running around yesterday afternoon. I may not have found another beadwork order if I had thrown the fit that I wanted to over the check fiasco. But I kept quiet and kept praying through all of it and got my money, got a new order for this week, made a new friend at the bank, got a joint account, got my errands done and kept my sanity through it all. THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING!!!
Friday, November 14, 2008
new bead patterns
I forgot about this one....while at the conference my aunt Judy had on a pair of horse earrings, she let me borrow them for the pattern. (this horse earring is part of my bead order for my vendor neighbor, Elanor. she ordered 2 pairs of these earrings as soon as she saw the pattern. heh.)
that's another great thing about conferences and fellow vendors, you always find something NEW to add to your stock.
thanks again Judy!
that's another great thing about conferences and fellow vendors, you always find something NEW to add to your stock.
thanks again Judy!
back from Tulsa (NJOMA) conference
*I would’ve posted this earlier yesterday but I had a lot of errands to do.
we got back from Tulsa late wednesday afternoon (we left for the conference early saturday morning). set up the booth saturday evening and even sold a few items once we were done setting up. Sunday and Tuesday were our best sales, Monday wasn’t so great, but we did sell some that day (it was also raining a lot and of course we only did sales in between conference meetings and meals).
I went down with 16 beaded angels, 10 choctaw girl earrings and various other pieces including my pink ribbon pins and sold the majority of my stock; I have 2 angels left, the blonde ones (go figure...it’s a NDN conference so yeah they didn’t sell) We also ate out everyday either at the hotel restaurant or something local, so the majority of my sales’ money was spent before I got home. then of course I’m a big tourist and had to get family members a little something. I had just enough money for a dab of groceries and now I got 10 bucks left to my name. However, I am working on a custom order for one of my fellow vendors (she was our best customer and bought quite a few items from both me and mom), so I’ll still have extra moola by the first of December for this order.
Next year’s conference is in Phoenix. I’m sending my beadwork along but I may not go myself this time, just to reduce spending all of my profits during the conference. Plus, since dad found out the conference is in Phoenix he wants to go now and have a mini-reunion meet with his mom from california, along with his brothers. There would be no room in the car for all of us, plus baggage, plus stock for the booth...and no one to care for the animals here. I think I’ve already talked myself out of going now. We’ll see, it’s a year from now and a LOT can happen in a year.
all in all I had a great time, very few cat fights with family members, and made it home in one piece with additional beadwork orders. good times.
we got back from Tulsa late wednesday afternoon (we left for the conference early saturday morning). set up the booth saturday evening and even sold a few items once we were done setting up. Sunday and Tuesday were our best sales, Monday wasn’t so great, but we did sell some that day (it was also raining a lot and of course we only did sales in between conference meetings and meals).
I went down with 16 beaded angels, 10 choctaw girl earrings and various other pieces including my pink ribbon pins and sold the majority of my stock; I have 2 angels left, the blonde ones (go figure...it’s a NDN conference so yeah they didn’t sell) We also ate out everyday either at the hotel restaurant or something local, so the majority of my sales’ money was spent before I got home. then of course I’m a big tourist and had to get family members a little something. I had just enough money for a dab of groceries and now I got 10 bucks left to my name. However, I am working on a custom order for one of my fellow vendors (she was our best customer and bought quite a few items from both me and mom), so I’ll still have extra moola by the first of December for this order.
Next year’s conference is in Phoenix. I’m sending my beadwork along but I may not go myself this time, just to reduce spending all of my profits during the conference. Plus, since dad found out the conference is in Phoenix he wants to go now and have a mini-reunion meet with his mom from california, along with his brothers. There would be no room in the car for all of us, plus baggage, plus stock for the booth...and no one to care for the animals here. I think I’ve already talked myself out of going now. We’ll see, it’s a year from now and a LOT can happen in a year.
all in all I had a great time, very few cat fights with family members, and made it home in one piece with additional beadwork orders. good times.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
bca pins
this month (October) I'm working on breast cancer awareness pins. this is 3 of 5 that I've designed and made so far.
If I don't sell these before November I may take them with me to the Tulsa conference next month. (or if I don't give them away before then)
at first I was going to just keep playing around with different designs until I decided on one particular one and just make a dozen or so of that one design, but now I've decided that I like the variety of them all, so they will all be unique in their own way. ;o)
If I don't sell these before November I may take them with me to the Tulsa conference next month. (or if I don't give them away before then)
at first I was going to just keep playing around with different designs until I decided on one particular one and just make a dozen or so of that one design, but now I've decided that I like the variety of them all, so they will all be unique in their own way. ;o)
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