I would do that because some people like to have a bit of profanity in their life. Iv actually had a few orders (not through my shop) of people asking just for sweary word embroidery. Im thinking of removing them anyway
Gem
No problem Jo, Im going to remove the sweary word embroidery, I love embroidery and donāt want to start a whole new shop altogether so will remove the offending ones.
Many thanks for your help
Gem
Thankyou Silvapagan, Im going to remove the sweary word embroidery, Too many people are coming back to me saying it puts them off therefore I will remove them and have normal fun and non sweary embroidery on the shop 
Thankyou for your help
Gem
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Hi Sapphira, Im going to remove the sweary word embroidery, It seems to put ALOT of people off despite me warning in advance.
The papercuttings are all for sale bar the initial H one, this is an example of what couldbe cut for the proce so Im going to change the listing descriptions of all other papercuts plus the exposure and the watermarek.
Many thanks for all your help
Gem
Hello Samantha, Thankyou for your feedback.
Im going to remove the sweary word embroidery altogether and just keep normal fun, non profanitive embroidery on the shop. Im also going to change the exposure on the pics, whats custom make and the watermark as people are saying its distracting. I know a lot of my makes are Scottish based and I do want to get away from this, I do needlefelting also and want to incorporate this into my shop too but worried people will not know what the hell I sell 
Il def take a ready through Buttonsy on Folksy and try to relate it to my own shop.
Thankyou very much for all your advice.
Gem
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hi
All this needs to be removed if you are selling the one you have listed.
Like this but donāt have a Scottie? donāt worry I can cut any pet you have! just wing me a message BEFORE ORDERING to discuss details and prices.
If you have not already done so, please provide a valid email address, I shall use this to confirm your order and provide photographic progress of your chosen item.
If you would like a PERSONALISED item please allow 14 days for your papercutting to be completed (from date of order) and 5 working days from completion (Progress will be provided throughout via email) for this to be posted.
Please allow 5 working days for dispatch for ready made items (items available in my shop and NOT PERSONALISED) once your order has been confirmed.
ALL PAYMENTS ARE TO BE PAID UPFRONT
If you want to offer a custom order then this should be at the top of your listing with Made to Order/custom order in the first line of the listing.
You can also put that into your title
Then itās clear the scottie dog Scottie dog one is ready to ship
And on another listing itās clear you are offering a custom made to order item.
When you say the first line of your listing do you mean in the header or description, sorry I just want to get this right.
Thanks
Gemma
Custom/made to order would go into your title and again repeated in the first line of your description. That way is beyond clear what you are offering.
Remember potential customers need to see at a glance what it is you are offering. Many will not read all the way through a long description. Itās worse when potential customers are viewing from mobiles rather than their laptops/computers. They donāt tend to scroll down and often not everything is easily visable on mobile devices.
I hope that helps
Thatās probably the easiest. Promoting two shops would be a bit of a task. And, you never know, a papercut customer might discover theyād really like a fun embroidery too while they are in your shop. If thereās nothing that could be seen as offensive, youāll know at least that you arenāt losing custom over something small like that.
With regards to your custom makes, a lot of my designs are made on a made to order basis, so I put a paragraph into the description explaining what that means with regards to making time and delivery. If Iāve got one of those designs in stock, Iāll remove that paragraph until the stock one sells, then add the made to order bit back in again, so not to confuse. I find it easier to add each paragraph in my descriptions under a heading so the customer can see what each bit of the description refers to. Seems easier than having a large lot of text that they have to wade through. You could add a paragraph with āCustom Order Infoā as a heading into any design that applies to, saying something like āthis item is a stock item, but you could also custom order something similar adding your own personalisation, just message me for detailsā. Then if the stock one sells, change the paragraph to a heading with āMade to Order or Custom Designā explaining you can make an exact copy of the item pic, or they could custom order a personalised one if they message you.
Hope that helps.
Jo
It does, thankyou Eileen
Gem
I just wanted to say that your although your cheeky embroidery is not to my taste, your paper cuts are beautiful. Good luck with your shop.
Liz
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Hi, I showed your shop photos to my other half who is a serious amateur photgrapher (who wonāt take my photos for me the meanie). He thinks that your exposure is about right but your lighting is too harsh and directional so you are loosing contrast and shadows between the frames and the mounts in places. He suggests a diffuser over the light if you have to shoot with artificial lights or if weather permits natural light (outside if possible, not easy at this time of year). I shoot indoors with a diffuser over the south facing window and a reflector (a white piece of card or tin foil will do the job) to bounce light back on to the shady side to lighten it up.
Have a play with taking photos and see what you think, what one person thinks is a good photo someone else will pick fault with so ultimately you have to decide when you are happy with it.
Sasha
Taking photos of your work is the hardest thing ever!! You will never get it totally right and you will end up taking new photos all the time in the attempt to get that perfect shot!
Rude stuff works in the right place I know someone who is making a killing out or profanity cup cakes!!
But I dont think Folksy is the right place for it, its a tricky one as some people out there do like that sort of thing. Prehaps you need to think about doing your own website for that sort of thing.
And as for the number of sales you have made so far - give it a chance! Folksy does not happen over night, in fact for me it is just a little extra on top of my website where I take most of my sales.
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