Yes, I decided Tumus would have a tiny sale just to kind of push off the start of a hopefully wonderful Christmas season. As with all businesses, I'm looking ahead at trends and since my pet ornaments were pretty well received last Holiday I'm really excited to extend the line a bit more.
Despite the wedding crazies and all I hope that I will be able to settle back down once that part is said and done really get going on the ornaments.
I just had a shop contact me today about making her a Daschund ornament. Never made one so I gave it a whirl. I think it's going to turn out pretty swell!
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Sure Feels Like It
moar funny pictures
I keep staring at my pile of wedding invitations. I'd say the main invites are still at 80% complete. I managed to discover that the prints out I had done were wrinkled noticeably on the bottom half (I did 2 invites per vellum insert sheet) so I could only use the top half. This annoyed me considerably. I pretty much stopped working on them after I finished cutting out the good half. *sigh* I just had to walk away.
Then I discovered that I'd left my can opener at work so I had to figure something else out for dinner that did not require the use of a can opener and I hurt my hand trying to open a beer to soothe away the annoyance of a bad batch of invitations and not having a can opener, then spilled part of the beer.
So I just made mac and cheese and went out to the porch and read for almost 3 hours.
What IS it with wedding planning?
Obviously no part of me was screaming "BE CRAFTY" last night.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Small Goal Set
I'm not sure why I feel the need to make lists, but I do it constantly. Even if I don't write it down on paper you can trust I have a mental list complete with check boxes. Grocery lists, weddings lists, registry lists, Etsy lists, email lists, errand list, general "what are we doing this week" lists.
I mean how the heck do you detox from a List addiction? I'd have to make a list of how to do it.....omg help.
But I think I do it because I'm so afraid of forgetting. And as Chris can tell you I hate, HATE forgetting about stuff.
Seeing as it's kind of fully July now :lol: I decided it's time to do a list for Etsy again. They're small but goals don't have to be lofty all the time. I mean if they were so huge you'd feel overwhelmed ALL THE TIME. For me small is best. That way I can have a tiny bit of happy every day or at least a mental "high five".
The Tumus List
- Get 25 items listed in the shop by the end of the month
- call the Vet office to ask about advertising the ornaments
The Pinpinn List
- Get 30 items consistently listed in shop by end of the month
- Seek out seasonal advertising with Lu.
see small goals, but always steps going forward. You want to know my ULTIMATE goal? Well aside from selling at a craft show :lol: It would be for Pinpinn to become a featured seller in the next year. I think it's got a really good shot. It's like a lottery ticket for me ^_^
Wedding List
- figure out what the heck to do with the future in-law's
- cope with divorced parents on Chris' side
- keep calm and carry on like a headless chicken.
no really it's a sign I saw on Etsy, but now of course I can't find it to show you so you'll just have to be content with the fact that it did at one time, exist.
Anyone else wicked tired today?
I mean how the heck do you detox from a List addiction? I'd have to make a list of how to do it.....omg help.
But I think I do it because I'm so afraid of forgetting. And as Chris can tell you I hate, HATE forgetting about stuff.
Seeing as it's kind of fully July now :lol: I decided it's time to do a list for Etsy again. They're small but goals don't have to be lofty all the time. I mean if they were so huge you'd feel overwhelmed ALL THE TIME. For me small is best. That way I can have a tiny bit of happy every day or at least a mental "high five".
The Tumus List
- Get 25 items listed in the shop by the end of the month
- call the Vet office to ask about advertising the ornaments
The Pinpinn List
- Get 30 items consistently listed in shop by end of the month
- Seek out seasonal advertising with Lu.
see small goals, but always steps going forward. You want to know my ULTIMATE goal? Well aside from selling at a craft show :lol: It would be for Pinpinn to become a featured seller in the next year. I think it's got a really good shot. It's like a lottery ticket for me ^_^
Wedding List
- figure out what the heck to do with the future in-law's
- cope with divorced parents on Chris' side
- keep calm and carry on like a headless chicken.
no really it's a sign I saw on Etsy, but now of course I can't find it to show you so you'll just have to be content with the fact that it did at one time, exist.
Anyone else wicked tired today?
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Tuesday Tea
Most specialty tea is hand picked and harvested because superior teas start with careful plucking, except in Japan, where tea shears are typically used. Kind of reminds me of that Snapple White Tea commercial :lol:
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Aaron's Doing A-okay
He's the one on the right, yep that's my bro. Doesn't look like he's sweating his butt off too much :lol: They have to stay in full gear all day, well night actually as that's when he'll be running his missions. Thankfully it's a bit cooler and oddly enough "safer" to do their stuff at night.
Hang in there bud, you'll be home in 353 days :) Love you.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
You May Recall A Certain To Do List?
A couple weeks back, well more like a month back I made up a general list of things I'd like to do for Pinpinn. I was going back thru the blog and reading thru older posts and came across this one and thought, I should check this stuff off!
It's a nice sense of accomplishment to see that I really HAVE managed nearly ALL of this initial list.
Here's the original post and here's what i've checked off!
Pinpinn's List
(check)- Fruit Emery slices (lemon. orange. lime)
(check)- Lime pincushion
(have to order felt)- Golden pears pincushion (I'm aiming for 2 right now)
(check)- Green pears pincushion (2)
(hopefully this weekend)- another edition to the Flower section (hopefully 2 varieties)
(not going to happen)- Halfies. These ended up being too complicated of an idea to make effectively and the pattern I made up was not working. I might come back and revisit this later in the year.
This is definitely one of my more recent favorites.
Tumus is starting to feel more defined now. I have a better idea of what I want to see in the store now. Still going towards the seasonal area. This idea was reassured by a lovely custom order and a new addition to the dog ornament lineup, a Jack Russell:
It's the start of the 4th of July weekend here in the States so this might be the last post till the Sunday night unless I'm not as busy as I think I'll be ^_~
It's a nice sense of accomplishment to see that I really HAVE managed nearly ALL of this initial list.
Here's the original post and here's what i've checked off!
Pinpinn's List
(check)- Fruit Emery slices (lemon. orange. lime)
(check)- Lime pincushion
(have to order felt)- Golden pears pincushion (I'm aiming for 2 right now)
(check)- Green pears pincushion (2)
(hopefully this weekend)- another edition to the Flower section (hopefully 2 varieties)
(not going to happen)- Halfies. These ended up being too complicated of an idea to make effectively and the pattern I made up was not working. I might come back and revisit this later in the year.
This is definitely one of my more recent favorites.
Tumus is starting to feel more defined now. I have a better idea of what I want to see in the store now. Still going towards the seasonal area. This idea was reassured by a lovely custom order and a new addition to the dog ornament lineup, a Jack Russell:
It's the start of the 4th of July weekend here in the States so this might be the last post till the Sunday night unless I'm not as busy as I think I'll be ^_~
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Useful Info
Holy Cow! It's July already? Sheesh! That's like 3 months till my wedding!! AHHHH!
Freak outs aside I found some useful threads over on the forums of Etsy the other day.
One about PayPal information in regards to disputes and chargebacks. This information is particular hard to find on Paypal's website, especially the customer service info:
1-888-221-1161
4:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST Monday through Friday 6:00 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST Saturday and Sunday
And the other about how to present yourself for wholesaling. PLEASE keep in mind that your situation will vary, naturally of course,and these are above all generalities that can be taken and applied to make them work for you. Plum has some great general advice about to how to initally go about getting a wholesale account. This thread has remained markedly positive with a good general information all around.
How to go about finding wholesale accounts
Freak outs aside I found some useful threads over on the forums of Etsy the other day.
One about PayPal information in regards to disputes and chargebacks. This information is particular hard to find on Paypal's website, especially the customer service info:
1-888-221-1161
4:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST Monday through Friday 6:00 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST Saturday and Sunday
And the other about how to present yourself for wholesaling. PLEASE keep in mind that your situation will vary, naturally of course,and these are above all generalities that can be taken and applied to make them work for you. Plum has some great general advice about to how to initally go about getting a wholesale account. This thread has remained markedly positive with a good general information all around.
How to go about finding wholesale accounts
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