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We at Neverland Design have just finished our New Line of Beautiful Natural Gemstone Rosary Necklaces. Whether you enjoy the prayers or you love the style of necklace, or you are looking for an Anti-Religios Rosary, we have what you’re looking for. We specialize in custom orders as well. So if you are looking for a specific piece and just can’t seem to find it anywhere; let us know and we can help bring your dream to a reality.
Check out our page that is dedicated only to our Newest Line of Rosary Necklaces at :
http://neverlanddesign.wordpress.com/rosary-necklaces/
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We at Neverland Design are always looking for feedback, so please let us know what you think!!
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Success: The Story of My First Sale!!
I remember it like it was yesterday, my long awaited first sale, which until now had eluded me for some time. With that said I do not think it could have come at a better time. I have had a small online store through Etsy for about 2 years now and during that time I have listed and re-listed and a number of items ranging from jewelry to scarves to photography and a ton of things in between and had started to become a bit frustrated with the whole thing. At the time Etsy was going through a few bugs which made it difficult to track certain aspects pertaining to the items in my store. As childish as I believed it to be, I even joined the complaint forum as I thought that maybe 1 more name would inspire the folks at Etsy to fix the issues. Finally after months of complaining the wonderful group at Etsy fixed the issues and I once again began to list new items. The issue did however spark much reflection as to what set my Etsy store apart from the many other stores. I questioned sending links to my store in fear that a potential buyer may be lost to one of the many other wonderful aspiring artist that Etsy has to offer. After a long review of what we thought set us apart, we decided to continue the pursuit of our first sale through our online Etsy store. We did however decide to focus on the more artistic side of our pieces with particular attention to product photography and the item descriptions. We also decided that if we should be ok with buyers looking among the many great Etsy artists as that was indeed one of the many things that first attracted us to Etsy not to mention we were all supporting the much bigger cause of buying hand made!
During that time we had never made a sale, but after months of hard work and patience we finally got to experience the joyful feeling of opening up an email to see our very first order from Etsy flashing in our inbox. I franticly opened the email and to my delightful surprise we had sold one of our beautiful rosaries. The feeling was very overwhelming. I remember my boyfriend and brilliant business partner telling me the news and I just grabbed him and cried. We were both so happy that our work had finally paid off to some small degree. With a flash I zipped around the office, grabbed the beautiful Rosary and immediately began to package it up. I ran to the post office and sent it off with the hopes of satisfying the expectations that my very first buyer had. As a week passed, I began restless as I had received no word.
One morning as I was listing some items I received an email. Much to my delight, the email was from my very first buyer. The email was filled with such nice words about not only the rosary itself but about the craftsmanship as well. I was again moved by all of this. As I read the email, I slowly realized that this was actually the feedback left for the item on my Etsy store. After I could gather my thoughts, my boyfriend suggested that we seek his consent to print his feedback on our blog. He accepted and these were his wonderfully inspirational words;
” The rosary sent from Jason and Nicole was very beautiful and unique! I was quite impressed at the craftsmanship and elegance of the rosary, and would definitely recommend that anyone buy from this user. In addition to the piece, the shipping was fast, and Nicole was very helpful in sorting out some details of the purchase.
Good job! I am hoping your business begins to flourish!”- Mr. Tim Henry.
About 2 months ago I was shocked to see that I had received another order from Tim for the very same rosary. Not only was I shocked but I was also slightly concerned as to the condition of the first rosary. I have not yet heard back yet from Tim as I am sure he is a very busy man. I can only hope that the original piece is still in wonderful condition and that the second has given him the very same excitement and satisfaction. Since that time we have been blessed enough to have had a few more sales, most of which have been custom ordered rosaries. I can not help to think that Mr. Tim Henry is a big part of our recent success. It says a lot about a business to hear what their clients have to say. With this being our very first sale, I am sure Tim’s words inspire others to shop and purchase in our store. Thank You Tim so very much for all your support.
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Humble Beginnings: From amidst the ashes a lasting beauty shall emerge!
Hello readers my name is Nicole Brignardello and I am the owner and lead jewelry designer of Neverland Design. Neverland Design is a collaborative family effort with my loving boyfriend Jason and I handling all day to day business operations including but not limited to accounting, marketing, shipping and receiving. In addition to that Jason handles all product descriptions and product photography as well as aiding in website and blog management. Along with the responsibilities as business owner, I am also the lead jewelry designer responsible for most jewelry development and production. My wonderful mother Lisa is responsible for all of the beautiful hand crocheted scarves and is currently hard at work creating new crocheted designs as well as creating new and exciting jewelry designs. We began operation in early 2008 as a result of combining my passion for creating beautiful jewelry and a superb sense of determination due to my untimely divorce and release from my job.
About 2 ½ years ago I was let go from my job through some very questionable tactics; a job that I had dedicated myself to for just less than ten years. A job which had seemingly supported me in everything that I did I thought. A job that with such arrogance boasted about being such a family oriented, happy, fun, and SAFE environment. A job that during my biggest time of need, allowed me to flounder about like a fish out of water and as my hand was reluctantly extended out, they cut the safety net and let me go. The straw that broke the camel’s back was the fact that while my ex husband was being taken to jail for domestic violence, I realized I was without a partner or babysitter for my two boys. With a nervous feeling buried deep within me, I called my manager to let them know of the problem at hand. To my surprise, I was sarcastically given the day off as my manager said I sounded terrible? No kidding I sounded terrible, as I was speaking to him my marriage was melting away, I was loosing my family, and my children were loosing their father. Not to mention that during all of this, I was suffering from walking pneumonia and no health insurance due to the manager’s manipulation of my hours. The next day when I showed up for work, I was let go for attendance issues. What? When I tried to explain the situation to my manager, I was quite abruptly cut off by my manager asking me what my last name was and how to spell it. I was an employee of 10 years, an employee who was in charge of training and had done so many things for the company during my tenure.
Needless to say, I was sent into a violent tail spin that consumed the better part of the last two years including the loss of my job and ending of my marriage both of which were the only things I had put any time in to over the last ten years. Oddly enough, they both ended 5 months from both of my respective 10 year anniversaries. It seemed to me that I had hit rock bottom, or slammed into it rather. I had no job, no partner to help support the family that I had left; my children. I lost everything, aside from my home which was thankfully purchased by my mother in a last minute effort to help out.
Swirling with anger, confusion, depression, and this overwhelming desire to explode from the pressure, I realized that there was not much I could do. At a glance, I was a 30 year old waitress with two kids, no help, and growing amount of debt and stress. Who would hire that? Furthermore, was I ready to release myself again into the jungle of the “Service Industry” which was reeling itself due to the economic troubles that our current economy has suffered from as of late. I had no idea what to do. At the time I was receiving no help from my ex in any of the divorce proceedings, managing of the children and finally in the middle of all of this, my ex moved to another state leaving me to deal with it all alone. Suddenly in an even more strange twist to the situation, my lawyer who was recommended by my former manager began to stop returning my calls. Finally when he did return them, it was to simply ask me to accompany him to professional baseball games and other events. When I questioned him on the nature of his calls, he dropped me as a client which brought my entire court case to a stand still and to this day will not return my calls. Through the recommendation of a very close family friend, I retained the services of another attorney and at first she was amazing. Sadly after the lengthy case had come to a turning point, she dropped me as a client because I did not want to take my ex for everything he had. I was so frustrated to realize that she could not accept that I just wanted to be free from all of this negative energy. My divorce came as a result of being fearful for my safety, not from wanting money. So with the help of a very dear friend I decided to embark on the strenuous journey of doing all of the divorce on my own. After 2 years of litigation, 2 different lawyers, and no help from my ex I completed my own divorce in less than 6 months of hard work. This was the first step toward taking back control of my life.
Some time has now passed and I have since found that happiness is what we make of it. I had realized that life with no passion was exactly that. Those of you who may know me know that I am anything but a passionless individual. I had come to the conclusion that my passion must be uncovered from the years of emotional debris that had been weighing me down for the past few years. Again with the help of a very dear friend who has now become my other half, I have since rediscovered what my passions were. Being a mother, my children have always been my passion and strength, but what truly drives me is my creativity. To create beauty, this is my passion.
As a teenager I had experimented with jewelry making. I am from Berkeley California which is very rich in creativity and culture. I remember being so enchanted with a lot of the street venders. There were always so many beautiful pieces of jewelry and many other kinds of art. Since then I have been developing my own style focusing special attention to style, texture, durability and color scheme. I never had any intention on making this a living. My jewelry making was always just a way to get away, a means of meditation; but after a few strangers stopped me on the street to ask where I got my jewelry I slowly began to take a few small custom orders and my dream has grown from there. I now have a small website supported by my blog and we are now on our way to steadily progressing in to the next stage of growth. In my online store I feature different lines of scarves for men and women, original jewelry designs as well as all originally designed hand made rosaries.
Thank you for taking the time to read about our humble beginnings. Hopefully with the continued support of friends like you we will continue to flourish as a company. If you would like to view any of my designs, please view my Etsy Store.
Thanks Again,
Nicole & Jason
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