Atelier Mandaline

We just got back from our 10 day vacation. We spent Easter at our mountain cabin and then headed Down East to visit family and go to the beach. I didn't even check my email the whole time... and my Etsy sales rose 433% year over year! Want to find out how? Watch the video here . When I left town for 10 days, I did not leave with a plan to be “on.” I was not planning to sit around checking email, refreshing my shops, fiddling with listings, or worrying over whether sales were coming in while I was gone. Other than a quick stop home in the middle of our vacation to do laundry and ship orders, I was away… and life kept moving. So did the sales. That still feels a little surreal to say, because there was a time when I wanted something much smaller. I remember when my goal was simply to make one sale a day. Just one. At the time, that felt big. Almost far away. I wanted proof that sales could come in consistently… that I was not just throwing things at the wall and hoping. One sale a da...