About Blackbutterfly Cards
I started making cards for pleasure in 2007, and quickly found my home was becoming swamped by cards everywhere. I decided to put some of them up for sale on a webpage in an effort to recoup some of the costs of my hobby. I called the webpage Blackbutterfly Handcrafted Cards, and it can be found at http://www.blackbutterfly2007.co.uk/ I try to take my cards to a couple of table sales or craft fairs a year, but make my cards mainly for friends and family. I would love the website sales to take off, as I nowhere near cover the costs involved in this all absorbing hobby, but for me the main thing is the pleasure I have in making my cards.Recently I have decided to expand my blog to cover my other interests too. It's a sort of substitute for going to work and chatting to people, as due to ill health I was unable to work, and since the beginning of 2014 I am officially a pensioner.Although I'll still show my cards, I'll also be covering my other interests and how I attempt to make ends meet day by day.
In fact anything that crosses my mind will be on here, so be prepared for waffle and a wasted five minutes as you read. Make coffee and settle in, why don't you?
My blog has been a bit bereft of posts the 5/6 weeks. I honestly don't know where the time has gone, but I hope everyone had a wonderful day yesterday and received all the presents they were hoping for. I had some lovely gifts, although nothing crafty!!
I promise I will try to post more regularly through 2011, and also give some updates on the revamping of the cards on my website.
I would like to make a concerted effort to get more people aware of my card making, it seems to be a well kept secret that I make them, and really I'd like the whole town to know that they can get their cards HERE!!
I am planning to have a stall at the International Womens Day event in March. It is being held at the South East Essex College. I had one there last year and it was a really fun day! Lots of other stalls and displays of dancing etc. Also a wonderful Indian food stall that I loved. I think I spent all my profits there!!
So, New Years Resolutions that I'd like to attempt: (fingers crossed)
1 Lose weight...........I know we all say that, but I have to knuckle down, as I was diagnosed as Diabetic last year. Also in relation to this last.....
2. Stick to my allowed foods........... so I don't end up on Insulin instead of tablets to control my blood sugar
3. Blog more regularly............. At the minimum, once a week and hopefully more!
4 Advertise my cards on my face book page every time I make one.
5. Revamp the website.
That's more than enough, otherwise I'll never keep it up.
And finally............
The last Xmas card order of 2010 is shown here!..........and I got two orders for New Year's cards on Christmas Eve, that I must get done today or tomorrow.
Have a Wonderful 2011, and I hope you'll not only visit often, but tell other people I'm here!!
Love from Bets
