Newbie in Norway wants advice

[GirlFromScandinavia]

hi! This reply does not concearn your question at all, but since you are located in <norway, and checking ot the leather seene there, I´d request some help. A few years ago, I bought some fish skins from a market place, form here Finland. The lady told me she was from Norway and I´ve been trying to find a person who makes theese fish skins, since there seems to be no one here in Finland who makes them. I just thought, if you find some one there, could you inform me?

I make guitar straps, and have been marketing my self through the net with my pages. It brings a few customers every now and then, but the more noise I make of my self and the more I keep in touch with customers, the more orders I get. Its a long process to get a reputation and now adays it needs a lot of time on the computor. Ive had to get a real job every now and then, just to get the bills payed, and then go back to hand crafts. The problem I run in to is that a handcraft person often lacks the marketing skills and in my case, I dont like to sit in front of the screen, when I could be working on a project. But, adjustment and learning to use your time wisely, I think those work for me.

[Tina]

hi! This reply does not concearn your question at all, but since you are located in <norway, and checking ot the leather seene there, I´d request some help. A few years ago, I bought some fish skins from a market place, form here Finland. The lady told me she was from Norway and I´ve been trying to find a person who makes theese fish skins, since there seems to be no one here in Finland who makes them. I just thought, if you find some one there, could you inform me?

I make guitar straps, and have been marketing my self through the net with my pages. It brings a few customers every now and then, but the more noise I make of my self and the more I keep in touch with customers, the more orders I get. Its a long process to get a reputation and now adays it needs a lot of time on the computor. Ive had to get a real job every now and then, just to get the bills payed, and then go back to hand crafts. The problem I run in to is that a handcraft person often lacks the marketing skills and in my case, I dont like to sit in front of the screen, when I could be working on a project. But, adjustment and learning to use your time wisely, I think those work for me.

Sorry Johnny for highjacking your thread....

Now girl...I know your from Finland, do ou speak/read any Swedish? I found some sites of "How too" and some that has the skinns plus it seams there's books out there in the subject. Maybe this can help you?

http://www.skinnfranhavet.se/intro/intro.htm

http://svenska.yle.fi/matochfritid/hobbyartikel.php?id=1969

http://www.adlibris.com/se/product.aspx?isbn=9163145235

Tina