Thank you to all who subscribed to my mailing list during April. I hope to have an email coming out to all of you soon, so keep your eyes peeled.

For those who weren’t aware, during the month of April I ran a competition for all subscribers to my mailing list to win a US$50 voucher to spend in my handmade jewelry shop.

So today I set myself the task of drawing a winner. This meant undertaking the complex process of printing out the list without looking at it, cutting it up into a few sections (still not looking!), shutting my eyes while I shuffled them around with them facing downwards on a table … and finally turning one of the pieces over and - with my eyes still firmly shut - pointing a fingertip onto the winner.

And I’m pleased to announce that my fingertip landed on Hayley - the lucky winner! Congratulations.

Thanks to everyone who entered. I plan to run similar competitions in future, so keep your eyes peeled for that too!

Sign up to my mailing list in the month of April and you’ll be in the running to win a US$50 voucher to spend in my handmade jewelry shop!

I’ll be randomly drawing a name from the list of subscribers on 1 May 2008 and will announce the winner right here.

By the way, I definitely will respect your privacy and promise not to be spammy! And you will be able to easily unsubscribe from my list.

So run off and subscribe now!

I confess that I’ve been a bit slow to set up an email list for my business, but it was one of the jobs I managed to complete when I redesigned my website recently. I plan to use this mailing list sparingly, but will let subscribers know about new work, subscriber specials and any major developments for my handmade jewellery shop and business in general.

You can sign up on the home page for my website at www.simonewalsh.com (the form is on the right-hand sidebar).

I’m using a professional service to manage the list, so your details will most definitely be kept private and of course you will be able to unsubscribe if you wish. And I promise not to be spammy!