Hi everyone
Today (wednesday December 7, 2011) is the last day my store will be open, since I am going on hiatus (so it is the last day I will be accepting orders, no exceptions. I will accept orders until 11:59 pm EST tonight). I just wanted to say it has been a pleasure being in business for almost two years and I hope that I will be able to open again soon; hopefully sometime next year. I am not sure when exactly that will be or what form/structure Earth Alkemie will be in (it will really depend on how I am feeling, and my health) but I will keep everyone updated. But I will reopen in some fashion.
I will still be active online during my hiatus on my personal face book, other non-Earth Alkemie related forums, email, and I hope to start my personal long neglected eco blog again. I plan to continue to write my eco living articles on anb (all natural beauty) mall. I will also update this blog, Earth Alkemie’s forum and also Earth Alkemie’s facebook from time to time (either eco living updates, an occasion environmental or natural skin care post, or just to let people know how I am). 🙂
I am going through so many emotions right now. I am sad I am going on hiatus (Earth Alkemie is something I am really proud of, despite the difficulties in running it because of my health). But I know I needed to and that it is the right decision for me. I feel hopeful (even though my symptoms have been flaring up recently). I also feel a bit of wonder since I’m not sure exactly where my path is taking me now.
I have been in a lot of physical pain the last couple days (which really sucks since I spent my birthday not feeling physically good, though I had a pretty good day otherwise). I have been moving slowly, so packing and shipping has slowed down considerably. There are also issues again with printing shipping labels (I had issues a few weeks ago too. This time both USPS and paypal have been on the fritz. I saw that other vendors on the biggest crafting forum, the dish, have had issues too, so I guess it’s not just my accounts). So hopefully a lot of packages will go out tomorrow (if worse comes to worse, I will just print out customers addresses, and then go to the post office and get postage at the counter. Don’t really want to since they charge more for delivery confirmation fees at the counter, but I will pay the extra costs myself if I have to. Hopefully their websites will work later today). So orders are going out, just very slowly. I hope to finish shipping all orders within the next few days. Any refunds I owe (excess shipping or for people who did not use the coupon codes etc) will be done soon too (it may take me a while, since I am trying to focus on getting the orders done and shipped first).
Thank you to all my customers who have supported Earth Alkemie and who love my products so much. Thank you also for being so understanding and patient with me during the times I have been slow. I hope that I’ll see you all again when I am healthier and open my doors again next year. Take care, and Happy Holidays and New Years to all. Cheers!
