The Bead Shed

The Shed residents

2010-12-07T04:45:00.000-08:00

Thought you might like to smile at something nonsensical on this cold wintery day.

Our Residents who live in the Shed are long, fluffy, cute and don't need a whole lot of attention.

They are "Wild Republic" Monkeys and they hang from the beams in the roof.

I think they are rather cute, and people do smile when they spot one.

How your orders are processed.

2010-11-30T09:54:00.000-08:00

Have you often wondered how a seller processes your order, what routine they go through to make sure your goodies reach you safely and in good time?

Well, this is how we do ours.

First of all we plough through the emails, the paid orders are printed out for whoever is on packing duty.

While the items are being picked off the shelves the rest of the emails are answered so buyers don't have to wait too long for a reply.

So, out of the printer pops the order...

At the same time the address comes out of our groovy little label printer...

The packer runs off and collects the item on the order print out and delivers them back to the main desk to be checked before being packed into an appropriate packet...

Next the packet is measured and weighed, and the weight logged into the system for posting...

The packet then goes into one of three boxes - Large Letter / Packet /Airmail...

At the end of the day the packets get logged into an online mail system, then go in a postal sack, sealed with our tag, and dropped of at the local Post Office at around 4.30pm, ready for next day delivery (all going well).

The Bead Shed

2010-11-29T06:00:00.000-08:00

Our very first blog as The Bead Shed.

Some of you may already follow Sooz Blog (Soozintheshed) which is about her personal work in the arty crafty world, but this one is all about the day-to-day running of an online and retail business.

So, who are we? Well, we are a family team - many hands make light work and all that - consisting of ......

Sooz - the Big Boss
Andrew - the computer monkey
Daddy L - the one who thinks he is the Big Boss
Mrs G - the Bead Counter
Iain - the "Assistant" although he prefers to use the word "skivvey"
Shona - the "Occasional Assistant"
Adam - the "Occasional Gardener & Odd Job Man"

And we work in a shed, yep a real shed...... perhaps we should call it a log cabin as it is rather large, but Shed seems to work. Don't be mistaken into thinking it is like a tool shed with spiders and rusty rakes lying about, well perhaps the odd spider, but we are quite comfortable in here with heaters, carpets, cusions and a TV.

Oh, and we have beads..... lots of them, sparkly, shiny, little ones, big ones, glass ones, metal ones. Lots and lots of beads.