The Great Earring Poll and Giveaway

NOTE: This contest is now over. Visit again or become a subscriber for more contest and updates in the future! If you didn’t win see this post to find out how to get 50% off any of the contest earrings until August 30, 2011
It’s time for another giveaway but this time I’m letting my customers and fans choose the giveaway!  Take a look at the following earrings and decide on your favorite pair, then cast our vote by clicking the button next to their name and number.  Once you’ve done that visit either Valerie Tyler or Miscellanea and take a look around and leave me a comment about either shop along with your contact information to enter to win.

I’ll give away the most popular pair of earrings to one lucky winner!  (Depending on response, I may even give away more than one pair)

There are additional ways to enter as well! Do any of the following and leave another comment for additional entries:

*Follow me on twitter

*Follow Valerie Tyler Designs on facebook

*Blog about this contest and leave a linkback here in the comments

*Tweet about this contest, be sure to include @valerie_tyler in your tweet and let me know in the comments here!

Contest ends July 31, 2011

 

Thanks for the support! This independent buisness is going to keep growing.

Today I want to write a thank you to all my customers, my accounts, and art show jurors who accepted my work.  I probably should add a thank you to my biggest fan, my mother, and my groupie/intern/woodworker-in-a-pinch husband.  Sales have increased, and I think the quality and creativity of designs is representative of me.

It might not be for everyone, but it’s nice to run your own business.  When I started the jewelry designing it was a hobby, but I did intend for it to become a fully fledged business.  For those just starting out with their own companies, be prepared to give it time. I’m still not at the capacity I plan to be some day, but the growth has been incredible the past few months.

It still is lots of hard work bit it is exciting when that work begins to pay off, and it becomes time to juggle a host of professional things like meetings with galleries, e-mails from prospective accounts, and art show acceptance letters.  It’s nice when finally after years of promotion, marketing, and networking that people start to come to YOU, contact YOU, and seek YOUR work out.

Today I need to visit a gallery and bring work samples, I sent off my wholesale sheet to a prospective buyer, am putting another order in the mail to a customer, am paying my sales taxes for the half-year, and probably should make some more pieces as well.

So thank you to those who have been supportive. Thanks to the bloggers, twitterers, facebookers, and others who have helped with marketing along the way. Thank you for those who have purchased. Thanks to customers who left glowing feedback. Thanks to art show patrons who made selling outside in rain, heat and wind a little more fun, and thank you to anyone who believes in and supports small and independent business owners!