Thanks, man!! Sometimes I'm the salesperson but often I'm not. But my staff here are all absolute angels and are all trying hard to push my stuff (without being sales-y of course)! When I AM the one doing the selling, I always wait until a little bit into the conversation to mention that I made the item... I don't want to seem pushy or make them feel pressured to be nice because I do like to hear the feedback! But it's true- people tend to get excited when they hear that the pieces are made by the store manager haha they are usually really supportive and want to hear more about what I'm doing!
YES taking good/interesting/consistent product pics is proving a bit of a challenge (truthfully I could really use a new camera with a proper macro lens ...oops) and bringing pieces out vanning with me will be a good solution for shaking up the imagery a bit.
Yes I'm going to miss this quaint little shop but I'm going to continue working for the clothing designer helping her do markets and online etc so I may join her in selling some of my stuff on the market circuit. Lots of possibilities!!