Jewelry with meaning

When I make jewelry for myself, it frequently has a meaning behind it.  Maybe the color signifies something. Maybe it's the stone, or the design, or whatever.
With Coqui Ainjelfire, I had gotten away from listing the meanings of my pieces. I thought it might be a little pretentious seeming to take a necklace made of purple glass beads that I named Orchid and to discuss how purple is a color of mystery and nobility....but the more I think about it, that's what the necklace means to me. If you don't care, that's fine, but I do.

So, I have decided to start listing meanings on my pieces again. They're mostly simple and a bodging together of an umber of belief systems and theories, but that's OK.  I get a lot of inspiration from the world around me and put a little bit of myself into each piece, and I want to bring that to my customers.

Ok, Off of my soap box.  Thank you.

LEGAL!

I got my permit to collect sales tax in Texas on Monday this week.  So, I am legally in business. I have some listings on my etsy site, and as soon as I get a minute to myself, I will start creating and photographing again.

However, I have been inundated by phone calls from comanies offering me services.  I believe I already mentioned my issues with the credit card company I am dealign with, leadign to my not cancelling that account? Well, I have gotten over 15 more offers for credit card acceptance services. 

Just today, I have gotten calls about business accounting services, website development, and credit card machines, adn it is not even 11am.  I get 3-4 calls a DAY.

Now, I'm kind of excited I am getting thiss kind of attention, but where was this attention in New York when I had the time and wanted the business to be a full time venture? Right now, I am barely keeping up with my regular life and doctor's appointments!

*sigh*

In 3 months when I am ready to be really up and running, I am not going to hear from anyone again and I will be in trouble.  Figures.....

Keychain, Keychain, Who's got the Keychain?

Since my keychains are my best sellers, I am, of course, starting off listing a whole bundle of them on my new etsy site.

I love my keychains. I get high quality split rings and attach simple but pretty beads and charms to them. They are good quality, but able to  take the beating a keychain typically takes. I use glass beads because they have less of a chance to chip, and I can offer a replacement guarantee for 3 months where, if the bead DOES chip, I will replace it for free if you bring it to me, or you cover the shipping.

I also make custom color and charm combinations at no extra cost and am always open to ideas.

Here are a few of the keychains I have to offer:

And Laziness wins again....

So, I moved to Texas in August.  Today, I decided that I am SICK AND TIRED of unpacking and it was time to officially move and rename my business.

This has caused me no small headache.

Filing my final NYS sales tax report? No problem. I just have to mail the form and check.

Registering for TX sales tax authorization? Again no problem.

At this point, I thought I was on a roll....but NOOOOOOOooooooo.

Cancelling my old merchant account would lead to a $250 cancellation fee.

Moving my business bank account was no problem, but my new business is not the same name, and I cannot change the business name on the account. D'OH!

Fortunately, the business is under my actual name DBA Coqui Ainjelfire.

Instead of the headache of closing one account, opening a new one, and changing over all of the paperwork and business accounts, I have opted for laziness:

I will do business in Texas under my REAL NAME. This also saves me needing to register a new business name.

I feel like such a rebel, lol.

Of course, now I have to change everything online again. I'll probably keep the AngelTree Gems name and just say that that is my "jewelry line", so it will be AngelTree Gems by AMSE (My initials).

I have the old 80's some "Oh, me so Horny" going in my head but it's me so LAZY instead.

Aren't you glad I got that some stuck in your head, too??

Now, as soon as I get my permit, I can start re-listing to sell all of my lovely items. :)