Creative Utility: Easter Brings a Resurrection...of Beads and Banners

Yep, thats right! I'm working today...even on Easter Sunday. Today made me think about not just the resurrection of Jesus (not that I'm religious at all really) but also about resurrecting things from my past. From my work past that is. After doing an inventory recount recently, I realized that I have a LOT of inventory. Some great new designs, but mostly old styles...things I may have made for shows or for quick sales and for some reason or other, I have A HUGE surplus of styles still left over.

There just happened to be a LOT of the smaller earrings, so I figured I needed an immediate outlet besides my web site to loosen up inventory. They're all super cute, smallish but not too small (about 1 - 1 1/2 inches long). Mostly stone earrings, like coral, but also some super cute classic pearls. Plus with Mother's Day coming up, there couldn't be a better time to have a SALE!

Sooooo...Out with the old and in with the new! I love sales, so right now I'm taking a bunch of these smaller styles out of inventory and putting them on SALE on my etsy page. It's a win-win! I get to clear inventory and make someone else's day by offering them ridiculously low priced earrings.

Oh and there's also other great finds on my etsy page besides the earrings ofcourse!

Ok, ok, you got the picture. ;) I would also like to elicit any opinions there might be on my new banner. I finally figured out how to use picture editing software and after a bit of tinkering with a few photos and ideas, came up with a design I like. Coming up with a new banner design was one of the most time consuming, and yet fun tasks that I've given myself recently. Ofcourse there were a few designs I really liked but just didn't work. Why put them to total waste when I can share them with you guys?

Some of the no-go's are below: