Christmas is coming up, and I am preparing videos and images for Facebook ads for my ornaments. Last night i went through quite the rigamarole. (is that a word?...it is in Newfoundland)

Cooking up some Locally inspired Sublimation Coin Purses today. These things sell to the tourist shops for 7.00 each. Great profit margins on some 2.00 coin purses. Minimal work and supplies make them a quick item to do up in batches for your souvenir orders!

Shopify is my go to for sales. ESPECIALLY around Christmas when I am making oodles and oodles of ornaments. I used to monitor my page via the Shopify app live view feature. It was pretty basic, and the info provided was limited. I could see how many people were on the page (sort of). The game changed for me when I discovered the app for viewing your store in real time, showing each customer and their activity as it happened. MESMERIZING!!!! I am currently working in a short course documenting how to add the alp to your store, and how to interpret what you are seeing g on your screen. If you have a shopify store, let me tell you, it's a game changer! Leave a comment if you have a Shopify store, or if you would like to see more content about creating and managing one.

Hi. Just want to introduce myself. My Name is Lori MacDonald. I live in Frenchman's Cove, Newfoundland, Canada. I make my living being a creative person. During Darts Season, I design shirts for leagues, teams and individuals and have a Chinese manufacturer make them for me. During the spring and summer I create custom souvenirs, which i sell in bulk, to tourist-related businesses. In August, it's all about the Christmas Ornaments, which I sell to Newfoundlanders both home and living away. It's a wild ride sometimes, and the number of skills I had to develop to do this business is immense. I don't know everything. Far from it. I am learning on a daily basis. I have, however, learned a lot of things, and I feel that some of them, I can share in a simplified way, to help people avoid the roundabout way I had to learn a lot of things. This is a photo of some of the Christmas ornaments I make using a combination of laser and sublimation.