I’ve been thinking a lot about such things as art, crafts and writing lately and wondering how I can combine everything I want to do with my tiny eraser business. There are so many things I’m passionate about and so many things I want to achieve in life, and I worry sometimes that there’s just too much I want to do. I’m a perfectionist and if I do something I want to do it, well, perfectly! So how *much* can I achieve?  How can I be *this* if I’m already *that*? How many different things is one person allowed to be in life? Can I be any number of things I choose? If I’m happy and passionate about everything I do, then does it matter if some of my ambitions are on completely different paths? Can I be multifaceted *and* successful?

Then I got to thinking about some of the eraser collector people I’ve met over the years, and how they’ve all been creative people with a passion for things such as art, crafts, writing, design etc. I wonder if there’s a connection? I can’t imagine that creative types are generally drawn to collecting erasers! But I do wonder if the type of people who enjoy eraser collecting tend to be creative.

I’m just rambling really and using this blog to unwind some of my thoughts, but I would like to know what you think. Are you a creative person? How do you unleash your creativity? Do you have a creative business I should link to? Do you follow several different paths in life?

I’d love to hear from you.

Good to see you again! Please leave your comments, I read everything :) Have you subscribed to my RSS feed yet?

It’s frustrating isn’t it, when you go to a website and see something you like, only to discover that it’s already been sold?! I had been leaving the details of sold items in my shop, not because I’ve been too lazy to remove them (as if!) but because quite often I have similar items available that I haven’t uploaded yet, and I thought they might inspire you to ask!

However, as I gradually upload more and more erasers, I’ve realised they were just cluttering the site and a possible cause of disappointment to my customers, so I’ve removed them.

From now on, if you do see something you like in my shop, then it will be available to buy.

It’s gonna be a long job getting all my stock online – there’s literally thousands of erasers to photograph and upload, but I’m working on it every day and my little shop will get bigger and bigger as time goes by.

As always, if there’s something you’re after that you can’t see, or maybe you see something but want it in a different colour, then drop me an email and I’ll do my best to help :)

Jules

I’ve been a little quiet lately, I know, and I apologise. Sometimes, life just gets in the way of lovely things like erasers! But Original Erasers is my little business and my passion, so I have been working on how to plan my time more effectively so I can get all my thousands of erasers online for you! I’m going to be a lot more active in future, and it would be great to connect with you, so please do email me or leave me a comment if you wish. You can also follow me on Twitter :)

I’ll be back soon I’m sure, with an update on how my plans are going, and I hope to have a few more erasers uploaded by the end of the day too.

I’ve got lots of exciting things to share with you over the coming weeks and months (plus, my friend gave me Mac for Xmas so I hope to create some PDFs for you to download!) so I hope you will keep an eye on my little blog :)

Oh, I wanted to mention that I realise my blog posts state the author as being Wedge. Wedge is my friend who he has helped me a great deal with my website – in fact he built it for me and hosts my domain! He actually set this blog up for me too and I haven’t worked out how to change the author yet, but I can assure you that all these posts are by me :)

See you soon; happy collecting.

Jules

I’ve had some emails recently asking me about my eBay shop and its rapidly reducing stock levels. Some have been concerned that I’m leaving eBay. Fear not, my eBay shop will remain, but due to their ridiculous new fees I just can’t afford to keep a high level of stock there anymore.

However, Original Erasers will also be trading from eBid in future, and I’m gradually moving the majority of my stock over there.

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Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been deleting a lot of my listings of late. This has nothing to do with a reduction in stock, but everything to do with eBay’s new pricing structure.

For little people like me selling cheaper items, it’s become way too expensive to have a shop full of hundreds of lovely erasers. I’ll still be selling from eBay, but there’ll be less choice, so if there’s something in particular you’re after then please do let me know and I’ll add it for you.

In time I hope to diversify, making the fees on ebay more viable, so please be patient with me while I work out the logistics of expansion and how I can improve the service I offer my loyal customers.

I have literally thousands of erasers available for sale, so it saddens me not to be able to list them all. I know people can contact me if there’s something they want – but quite often you don’t realise you need something for your collection until you see it!

There is some good news though as I’ll be selling from another location in the very near future too – watch this space for more details shortly.

(Thank you to Wedge for the use of his image)