New Handcrafted cards site design.?

Question

Hi, I have redesigned my site and was hoping for some feedback, positive would be nice but contructive is always helpful!
http://www.craftmarkets.co.uk/handcraftedcardsbysue/

Answer 1

Hi
Your site is lovely and colourful and would get people looking.Your little bear in the square gives a homely handcrafted traditional feel to it, which I think fits handcrafted sites perfectly.
Your work is lovely and I just think your site needs tweeking just a little bit,nothing major.
Make your title stand out a bit more so customers know the exact name of your site,seperating the words words would sort this out easliy for you.

Is it possible to put your contact details,ordering etc on your left side menu as sometimes people find this easier when they are directed to these areas.

I notice you have a lot of exchange banners as you scroll down your page, many people never get to the bottom of long pages so perhaps have a special page something along the lines "these are people you may also find helpful for a wide variety of other crafts" I noticed that one of your banner exchanges is for dating etc, I think your site has a very homely snug professional feeling to it so maybe this sort of exchange does not go with the rest of your site.

Your initial pictures are very small if you could get them a bit bigger they would grab peoples attention so much quicker,as many peopl are lazy when they have to keep on getting to the close ups.
I am also in the process of putting a new website in relation to weddings and special occassions and I'm constantly changing things,remember Rome wasn't built in a day and the top sites are getting tweeked frequently to attract customers
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Your prices seem excellent and you come over as a very approachable person.
Hope this has been helpful and good luck form another small website owner who has nearly got her site ready to publish.

Answer 2

It looks great, Sue. But on my computer, I see "welcome to" and then a blank banner. I know you're planning to have the cards pictured on the shop page with larger photos, so that will help a lot. Maybe you could buy a couple of yards of white quilt batting to use as a background when you photograph the cards.

4-day turnaround is a positive. You should play that up!

The bracelets and keyrings are nice. Perhaps you could change your name to include them, or launch another site.
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Answer 3

the bear at the top looks like sad or something lol idk, but it be more easy on the eyes if it was centerd and i noticed your title on the top doesnt have spaces in in, other then that it looks nice, the scrlling pics are a nice effect and you have a good wide varity of other cards showing your ability, id give it an A- overall

Answer 4

You need to get some better picutre of your cards as there quite difficult to make out exactly what is on them and what they say. I love the teddy bear too, i think you should call him Mr. Bradfrod, that what my pet kitty is called.