Frog and Toadstool pincushion… Can you give me some online sales advice? #Handmade #Frog

A handmade square pillow-shaped pincushion is shown front and back. The back of it looks like it's made of denim, as do the sides, but it's really lightweight cotton in a pale denim color. The surface of the handmade frog pincushion is a batik artwork of a toadstool and frog. The frog's back is dotted with fully-inserted green ball-head pins. The text tells us there are twenty ball-head straight pins included in the purchase of this for-sale frog and toadstool pincushion, at the price of $4.99 plus seven dollars shipping fees. Text says this pincushion is 4 centimeters (almost two inches) thick. — For sale at https://chellywood.com/product-category/sewing-notions-tools-fabric/

It has been a while since I’ve added a handmade product of my own to my store, so today I’m announcing a cute little froggy pincushion, which is for sale in my store. And at the end of today’s blog post, I’m also asking for a little advice on how best to sell these.

Here’s the story behind my froggy pincushions… I ran across a series of little batik style frogs on squares of fabric at my local thrift store, and as I am a fan of frogs, I brought them home and decided to make them into pincushions. That’s how this frog pincushion came to be. It’s as simple as that.

Today I’m putting my first one of these frog-themed pincushions up for sale in my Chelly Wood online store for the very reasonable price of $4.99 plus $7 shipping, for a total of $11.99. Click on the links to the store, if you want to purchase it. Each of my frog pincushions will be unique, one-of-a-kind items.

Frog and Toadstool cube shaped or pillow shaped pincushion for sale for four dollars and ninety nine cents plus shipping at Chelly Wood dot com. The little green frog sits under a toadstool. His back is dotted with tiny green straight pins with ball heads. The toadstool and frog are batiked onto a pink background with a blue below-the-horizon rock or pool of water. The toadstool is bright yellow on top, purple underneath, and has a black stem that's mostly hidden behind the two-toned green frog. — For sale at https://chellywood.com/product-category/sewing-notions-tools-fabric/

I stuffed this pincushion very tightly with fiber fill, so pins will go in and out easily. It’s about two inches (four centimeters) tall all the way around, and although the sides and bottom of the pincushion look like they’re made of denim, that’s actually lightweight cotton that looks a lot like denim.

I’m including 20 little straight pins with the frog pincushion. These straight pins are slightly smaller than average, with about 2 centimeters of metal extending from the ball head. That means they’re just under one inch long.

So the straight pins are perfect for pinning little tiny doll clothes pattern pieces!

A woman's fingers pull a green ball-headed straight pin from the back of the frog in close-up. This frog pincushion is being sold at Chelly Wood dot com for four dollars and ninety-nine cents plus shipping, and that price includes the straight pins. — For sale at https://chellywood.com/product-category/sewing-notions-tools-fabric/

I’m working on making more of these, but I may post them on eBay or in my Etsy store to see if they sell better there. I haven’t done a lot of selling over the years, so now that I’m retired, I’m experimenting to see which platform works best for selling the things I have made, like these pincushions.

Recently I posted some original BTS doll clothes in my eBay store, but they didn’t sell. So yeah. I guess I have a lot to learn about online sales!

If you think my little toadstool and frog pincushion is cute, even if you don’t need a new pincushion at this time, please let me know in the comments! I need a bit of encouragement! And if you have any advice for selling handmade items online, again, please leave those golden nuggets of advice in the comments below.