Feeling a little disheartened!

Thought I would try and pull myself out of a hole by putting my troubles on paper, so to speak!

I know I have only spent a few weeks trying to develop my craft hobby as a bit of a small business venture but my lack of progress has started to get me down a bit this weekend.

Rather foolishly I thought that if I set up a website with a few preliminary photos of what I could make and the ideas I have for customised gifts then people would find me and buy, buy, buy! (Not sure how I thought they would find me out of the thousands upon thousands of sites out there but that's the enthusiasm I set out with anyway)

I also spent hours on the computer (one of my least favourite places) trawling the web to find forums and online sites for promoting handmade crafts and don't get me wrong, I think this has been time well spent but it hasn't generated the interest I hoped for. 

Feedback for my crafty products has been positive and I'm developing new ones all the time but I can't help feeling disheartened that I haven't got a waiting list of people asking for my customised dolls.  "Rag-a-mama" has been a great success with my own children and those of the people who have ordered them but maybe my marketing isn't right.

I'm going to try displaying some products in a couple of local shops if they'll have me but will this work for made-to-order customised items? .... I don't know. 

I know I'm not alone and there are lots of keen crafters out there feverishly trying to promote their unique handmade goods so why not join me in a little bit of therapeutic screaming ..... 1 ..... 2 ..... 3 ..... aaaaaahhhhh!

There, that's much better!