June 09 BluPrint the Newsletter of Blue Morning Expressions

What's New in June?


Blue Morning Expressions.com got a complete long overdue makeover!
I finally started to bring all of my items home to one place. Even though I
continueto sell in other venues like bonanzle, etsy and occasionally eBay, I
wanted to get everything in one place. I have accomplished the store set up
and I am slowly building and moving everything in. Currently I have several
categories completed and stocked with all the inventory that I have with many
more to go.

One of the most exciting factors in building this store is the ability to run
specials, sales and coupon codes any time I like and with this, I am able to
give my regular customers special pricing.

I continue to create as many new beads as I can and I have 10 fresh sets of
floral rounds that I just uploaded to Blue Morning Expressions.com and 3 of
them are already sold. I spent some time doing some custom cane work so
I didn't get a lot of bead sets done this month but look for more next month.
I have some fresh ideas/pieces that I will be including so look for some new
designs.

I will be doing a lot more new canes as well, I took a ton of photos at a local
nursery to use as basis for my new canes and will be incorporating them into
the standards. Some of my photography can also be found on Shutterstock.com.

Bead Kits are ready to be photo'ed. I am starting with a simple ladybug necklace
kit for the kids and I will go from there. I am discontinuing the completed items
and will be offering the kits. I don't have the time to create the sets any more, yet
they are still in demand so this is the happy medium.






www.TheSeedBeadPatternStore.com has been successful and the sales
bounce back and forth between the actual site, where you can find over 300
patterns, and eBay which is limited to some of my booklets. If you
want digital download and immediate gratification, go to the website
www.theseedbeadpatternstore.com and download your bead
patterns. eBay requires me to provide a cd so there is the extra charge
for that and shipping, whereas the website has no additional charge.

If you have any problems with the files, I am right here to help, just
drop me an email and I will fix it for you.

There are more peyote patterns just waiting for me to get uploaded
and there are animal prints and my Fourth of July series that I have not
finished yet, so watch for those. There also is a couple of complete series
of patterns that are going to be focusing on limited colour pallets, so watch
for them as well.

www.x-stitch-patterns.com will be updated soon to accomodate a lot of the
4x4 patterns that I have sitting here. I did a lot of small images that are
perfect for the motif cards that I will be adding.

All kinds of good and new things going on!!

Use the coupon code loyal on www.bluemorningexpressions.com for
30% off your entire order before shipping. Shipping on the site is a flat
$2.75 in case anyone wants to know.

Thank you so much for all the input and emails. I enjoy all
the encouragement that you send my way.

Until next month,

Julie

Blu Print April 09 Official Newsletter of Blue Morning Expressions

What's New in April?



Blue Morning Expressions is pleased to announce two new product line openings. After some experimentation with the cross stitch patterns, we have officially opened up www.x-stitch-patterns.com and it is the site of over 300 patterns currently. If you look at it, you will see that there are several areas left to fill, like 4x4 cards, samplers and other goodies. They are still being put together. I also discovered that the huge key word search is bringing in those looking for free patterns, so I will be accomodating those folks as well. The site is set up for immediate download and there is no waiting for me to email the pattern or the code.

Now, keeping that in mind, my other grand opening that has been in the making for over 20 years is www.theseedbeadpatternstore.com. I have been wanting to develope these patterns for years and they are just now coming into their own. I have over 70 individual patterns for bracelets that are bundled into pattern packs of 10 each. They have been wildly successful and now I am splitting them out for individual purchases. The site is open with only the pattern booklets at the moment, but I have over 100 tapestry patterns for loomwork. I will also be converting my bracelet patterns into peyote stitch as well as time permits.

And keeping with the DIY crowd, my kits are still in the standby mode as I try and get the patterns together. I want to create some specific beads for those kits and I have been so busy building sites and creating the patterns that I have had little time for other things. So, if you are waiting to see the new bead kits, it will be just a bit longer and then I will have them ready to go. They will be showcased on my bonanzle site for beads. www.bonanzle.com/polymerclaybeads - take a look at what I have in there now, I have my canes and my loose beads there. I also have my loom work patterns and my raw canes. I also have freebies on that site!

I will be putting together the lanyard and eyechain kits within the next few weeks. I need to move the extra beads and goodies into packages and put them in their place instead of all over
my work bench.

I have added one more raw clay cane flower this week. It is a beautiful blue and white. Unfortunately that is the extent of what I have managed to get accomplished in the cane department. That and a freshened up leaf cane. These little staples are fun to create and I love to experiment with the colors. I also took time to create some beads. I did put up 6 new kaledioscope bead sets on etsy, I have 2 of them left. I did put up a couple new thimbles, they are gone as well. I will try and get some more beads created soon.

You can always, always find me at www.bluemorningexpressions.com that is the hub site for all the goodies. I keep my fractal art clothing line there and my buttons and my magnets and my art prints and all the other things that I am playing with.

Thank you so much for all the input and emails. I enjoy all the encouragement that you send my way.

Until next month,

Julie