Rara's Jewels

Sunday, May 5, 2013

New Shop Items? Yay~

New items for sale in Rara's Jewels for May 2013!

To me the most exciting new item is my new custom designed hair bows. I meant to get these in the shop a while ago, but I got caught up with some other things. The design was made by Soapfox for me to use on bows. Each bow features bunches of winged eyeballs dripping with slime. Because these are a custom designed hair bow you won't see any other shop selling them. They are one of a kind and only available at my shop~

The next new items are these drippy hear bat necklaces. You may recognize the bats from of my hair clips, but the drippy heart mold is brand new. I added a little bat to the center on each necklace because I thought they may have been a little too 'plain' without it. I may experiment with other shapes in the middle like skulls. Right now I am only stocking them in pink and lavender with black bats, but of course other colors are available upon customer request!

These shooting star necklaces are perfect for fairy kei or even some sweet lolita coords. Right now I only have the pink/lavender and the pink gradient one, but I might do a lavender gradient too. These are probably my new favorite items. I almost was tempted to keep the pink gradient one for myself, but I might just make an extra one for me in the future.

Next up are these angel wing hair clips. I think they would fit in very easily with fairy kei type outfits. I was super happy with the mold I got because the detail of each 'feather' is fabulous. The extra details does make them hard-ish to remove from the mold, but it is worth it. They are so super cute~

I have been eyeing up these fuzzy pastel bears for a while, but I just finally decided to buy them. So far I've only made the earrings and used them as bow middles, but I might do more in the future. I was thinking they would be nice for keychains too. I also purchased some similar fuzzy bunnies, but I haven't done anything with them yet.

Then I also have some pastel coffin earrings. I may also try using them for rings depending how these go over. I will probably will make some darker colored ones to throw into my pastel goth lucky packs, so keep an eye out for that~ I really need to update them soon now that I have new items.

I also got some small skull molds, but I haven't decided what to do with them yet. I thought they would be nice stud earrings, but they are just a little too heavy/big. I may try making them into rings.

And that is all for today!

Be sure to check out my Etsy shop to purchase the items you saw in this post and to see lots of other kawaii and creepy cute jewelry: https://www.etsy.com/shop/rarasjewels

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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Woohoo~ Hello everyone! Today I went shopping and I few new things.

I got this cute little sheer top and floral skirt from Meijers. I know not every state has a Meijers, but if your state does you should totally go check them out. They actually get some pretty cute clothes. Sometimes they are a little pricey, but wen they go on sale they are a little more affordable. The skirt was $22 and comes a little past my knees. The top was on clearance for $14.50. I thought if they were coordinated with some other things they might work for some casual cult party kei type outfits.

I also got this cute little mirror at Meijer too~

I can't really remember how much it was. It was either $3 or $4. It is really cute and I needed a compact since I accidentally broke my last one.

When I went to Kroger I saw these little guys in the Asian food aisle and I was immediately drawn to them because of the cute animals on the front. I haven't tried them yet, but the one box is seaweed flavor and the other is butter flavored!

Surprise! Mari had a baby~

I noticed something a little something extra 'fluffy' on her one side since I got her. I tugged on it a little bit out of curiosity and I guess it was a little baby Marimo. I went and got both of them 99 cent jars from Jo Anns and some cute little decorations from the dollar store. I might give the baby as a gift to a friend once I make sure it is doing fine.

And that's it for today! Thank you for stopping by and reading. Have a great day~ <3

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Get your Etsy/Storenvy shop noticed!

Hello everyone! It seems like I get people asking me often "How do you get your Etsy shop noticed?" or "I just opened a Storenvy store and I want to become popular like the other stores, how do I do it?"

Although some people can get lucky, you just can't make some listings, wait around, and hope for sales. When you are first starting out you need to take advantage of other websites to get your shop some attention.

Outside of sponsoring a few bloggers I have never payed for advertisement, and I don't think you need to either. There are so many different websites out there that you can use for free! All you have to do is put the time and dedication in.

Outside of getting your shop noticed it is important that you keep a good reputation about you and your shop. I think the reputation system works in two ways. You have your feedback/reviews that people give to your shop based on the quality of the items and your service. You also have a reputation based on your behavior online. I am not telling you what to do, but if you put someone/a fashion/ect. down people will notice. What you say online stays there forever (but you should already know that). I am not saying this to tell you 'If you are having a bad day don't ever vent online', but try to keep from attacking people or just generally having a bad attitude.

This is a long post, so click read more to show the full post!

My New Pet Marimo!

Today when I was browsing through the pet store I decided I should get a pet Marimo. My buddy Evan and I decided to name her Mari.

Click read more to see more pictures and to learn about Marimos~

Brave Store Review

Hey there everyone! Today I got my purse so I can do a review for Brave Store.

Brave Store is a shopping agent. They sell clothing, shoes, bags, phone cases, accessories, and other things.

I didn't take a picture of the packaging, but both packages arrived in polymailers with no damage at all.

Something to note; you may not get all your items at one time. This is because their supplier is international.

I placed an order on 3/23/13. I received my first package one week later on 3/30/13. My second package came today, 4/12/13. In my opinion that is fairly fast compared to the shipping of other international packages I have purchased.

The first item I got is the Cat Beanie. I've been wanting to get a beanie, and as soon as I saw this one I knew I needed to get it. Please excuse my messy bangs. ;; I am currently waiting to get them cut soon.

I've gotten lots of compliments on it already~ I think it is super cute. Some people have mentioned that it looks more like bunny ears, and I agree. But I guess it is up to the individual to decide what they think it looks like.

Next I purchased the Polka Dot Messenger Bag. It's a very nice purse for the price. It is nice and roomy. It has more space in it than most of my purses.

The buckle is for design, and instead there it two magnet pieces that stick together. Which is nice because when there is buckles I sometimes find myself struggling to get it back closed after I am done.

The purse is nice and roomy on the inside. I can fit my wallet, 2 mini notebooks, pencil bag, lotion, and a few other things and I still have room. I could easily still fit a phone plus a portal gaming device like a DS in there.

The straps do come off if you would rather it be a hand bag.

And the strap itself is adjustable in case you want to change it from a messenger bag to a shoulder bag.

I might take out the strap a little bit more, but here is how it looks on me. The pink isn't showing up too well in the photos for some reason, but it is a soft pink. It's a little bit lighter than what the store pictures showed, which is fine because I prefer lighter colors anyways.

Overall

I was pleased with my order. What I got was really nice.

Would I order again? Yesyesyes. They have some new cute things in the store I have been eyeing up that I will probably order soon.