Attention to Details

I realized that, especially with paper items, you need to have timely items, cards that relate to the seasons/holidays/current events, etc.

It's a little late to realize that for Mother's Day, but I decided to get into the game.
 

On Saturday I made three Mother's Day cards and posted them all on my Etsy shop, Attention to Details. The third one (with the fern) has been the most popular, with 17 views so far; the other two have had 13.

I tried to use the same visual principles I've incorporated into my other handmade origami cards--a flower and a interesting background. I also added "Happy Mother's Day" in a pretty cursive font. For the first two cards I actually used a larger piece of origami paper for the flowers. What's funny is that when the cards are set next to the other ones I've done, the cards with the larger flowers actually look like bigger cards, even though they're exactly the same size.

I realized it may have been a bad thing to post the cards all at once (one of the most common viewing methods on Etsy is most recently listed items). So I decided to make another Mother's Day card today. It is actually made from patterned origami paper.

The other thing I did was adjust price--I put today's card at $2.50 and lowered the price of the other Mother's Day cards from $3.00 to $2.50. I think I need to get more views and more hearts, and start getting purchases and ratings, and that it may be useful to have slightly lower prices and get established. We'll see how it goes.