Back to school!

Well, I'm busy working like a little bee on my inventory for the upcoming Festival on the Square Art Show. I've just listed this adorable bookmark yesterday in my etsy shop, for the princess in your life. Every girl should get to feel like a princess once in a while - even grown up girls! Click here to go to my etsy shop.




School started back for us yesterday. I always get really sad, because it means my son is growing up and one day he'll leave me. :( My friend says she thinks of the start of school as a new adventure. I guess I need to start looking at it that way - that's very positive.

I'm BAAAaaack!

Hello all! We are back from vacation and what a wonderful time we had! Now it's time to get back to work, preparing for the upcoming fall art shows and listing some of my new pieces in my etsy boutique.

Not to mention the fact that school starts back next week for our house. Fall is always full of fun and time consuming activities. Happy Fall ya'll!!

Don't we all look happy in front of Cinderella's castle? And who's that other fellow waving? Why, it's the mouse himself, Mickey!!

I'm on VACATION!

Greetings all! I and my etsy shop, Handmade Whimzy, will be on vacation from Saturday, August 9th through Sunday, August 17th. Any purchases made during this time will be shipped out Monday, August 18th.


I'll be listing alot of new items in my shop once I return. I'm preparing for the Festival on the Square Art show, so I've been busy, busy, busy!!!


Happy summer!

Festival on the Square, Tyler Texas

I got some really exciting news yesterday. I was chosen to be in the juried art section of the upcoming Festival on the Square, here in Tyler, Texas. I'm very excited to have been chosen for the juried section. This will be my first juried show and I hope all goes well.

The Festival on the Square takes place on Saturday, September 13, 2008 with the Arts and Crafts open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. They also have food, children's activities and all day music. The music continues into the night with an after hours concert that last until midnight. For more information click here.

Introducing my new ribbon bookmarks!

My mini ribbon bookmarks were so popular with the people in my etsy street team when we did our promo swap that I decided to make more, in coordinating colors and put them for sell in my etsy shop.


They are cute and fun to make. They are perfect for paperbacks and small books. I'm selling them as sets of three, so you can keep one and give the other two away - or just keep all three! LOL They would also make great stocking stuffers or "extras" attached to the top of gifts.

You get three in coordinating colors for only $9.00

Promos, promos, promos!

There seems to be at least one thread going on in the etsy forums at all times about promoting and marketing your work. Sometimes there is so much info, it makes your head spin. I'm taking baby steps in the world of promoting/marketing and trying to learn more about it each day.

One thing I am doing to promote my etsy shop is to participate in my street teams promo swaps. We recently completed the second promo swap for the year so far. I received so many cool things from the swap participants including, paper bookmarks, soap samples, magnets, coupons, business cards, small bags, a techie tote, earrings, notepads, stickers, pins, ACEO's and the list goes on.......

Here is a picture of some of the great stuff!

So, then I take all this cool stuff and I divide it into little treat/goody bags for my craft show customers. The last show I did, the customers loved getting the treat bags - they went over very well.

Here is a picture of some of the treat bags I made:

I also usually include one or two promos in my online sales shipping packages. I especially like the cards that have coupons on them.

My promos for the swap were mini ribbon bookmarks. I also included business cards with coupons on the back. I just recently ordered some "I Heart Handmade" personalized pins from http://sassycat.etsy.com/. I just love them! They are so cute and colorful. Hopefully, my customers will pin them to their bags and remember to order from me again and again.

Christmas in July SALE Extension!

I've decided to extend my Christmas in July sale until Friday, July 11th. All Christmas items in my shop are 20% off! Shop now and get alittle of that Christmas spirit early!

I'm working lot's of new ideas and things for the fall craft show season. Still perfecting some designs and thinking about others.

I'm starting a new line of cool stuff for "tweens". My son and his friends are almost in this group (some already think they are especially the girls) so I wanted to make something just for them.

My fingers are crossed that it will go over well.

I listed some really cute earrings last night in my shop. I call them Lemon Drops.

What do you think?