I'm still here!

I've been crazy making bows and clippies for my upcoming yard sale on the 8th and 9th. I just got a few new ribbons that I might work with later on tonight or tomorrow! I need to go through everything and separate it.

Look for a special section in my Etsy shop for some special Yard Sale Prices starting the week of the 4th!

Board Bows!

They're minis! This is the first. They're more like gift sets! These aren't the bows I'll be using though. I still have to make them yet to match but this is how many will be on them and they're just under 12 inches tall. I'm going to make a purple, powder pink, bluish with hearts, white, and yellow with dragonflies. They excite me. :) This is what happened when I went to Walmart this morning. Too much excitement I guess!



Right now they're waiting for Sweet Maddie Rae to wake up to be staple gunned together. I just used hot glue on this one so I could take its photo.

I also have my Superdelicious Dots & Flowers Set of 5 Bows(I think it's 5 I'll have to look) and 2 Clippies all done. Those bows on this board go with that set. I haven't taken their photos yet. I think I'll go do that. I have an hour before my buddy is finished with school.

More Etsy & Not Happy

I moved some things from Ecrater, lowered the prices, and put them on Esty. I'm not happy with Ecrater. Maybe it's too basic and not pretty enough? I don't know. I'm looking to move my store. I guess free isn't always good. I never heard of them before doing a search for free online stores anyway.

So about lowering prices...I slashed some by 50 cents to a dollar. Call me the Slasher haha! I realized I seem to be putting my new stuff up for cheaper so I fixed the older listings. I wonder how some of them on there can be viewed 404944748393 times and the others just a handful? Okay just one is like that. I wonder why that one has so many views? I lowered it's price now so maybe it'll sell? Who knows!

Lowering prices? Lowering shipping? As my I-don't-know-why-I-find-him-attractive-late-night-host Craig Ferguson would say: Whaaaat?? Yes, I'm trying to be budget friendly in these rough times. I'm even thinking about a budget friendly section. Maybe some grab bags? Like 10 for $6.00? Of course I'd have colors and it would be my pick. Like blues or pinks in a bag. Something for people who want clippies but don't really care what's in the bag. I think I'll go through all my ribbons and make just simple sets also and make them around $1 to $1.50. I'll call it my Sweet Yard Sale Deals since in about 2 weeks we're having a yard sale and my clippies I made for that will be at substantially low prices. No five finger discounts though otherwise I'll have to haul out the big stick. We don't take kindly to yard sale shoplifters although if someone buys something and is cute or has their cuteness along I might throw in one for free. I'm a sucker for cuteness.

I should go pick up one of my cutenesses now. I'm not sure if the man will get him or not. The man has inventory this week so I have no idea if he's done work at the normal time or not. I guess I'll know in about 20 mins when he's not home huh?

Oh! Don't forget to check out my new personal blog here. No. There ---> My New Blog

Well, you might want to wait just a bit anyway. I just started it so there's nothing there yet! I don't know why that word is stuck in my head either but I like it!

3am Feeding

har har. Here's what I'm working on! Not now of course. It's 3am. I just finished up and am going to bed. Who does this stuff at 3am anyway?

I'm calling it The Superdelicious Dots and Flowers Set. There will be five flowered bows and two clippies. I haven't decided what I want the bows on yet. Probably clippies. Here's a sneak peek. I've only done the one bow so far but I should finish the rest tomorrow.





Ehh? Eh? It's baseball! I'm not a baseball fan but I do ♥ this one. It turned out just right and didn't give me trouble.


I have a buttload of clippies to list on Etsy later on today! I weeded out my Ecrater store and I think I'm going towards Etsy. It seems as though I'm thinking about listing my #1s on Etsy, #2s on Ecrater, and the hideous "I screwed up bad but they're still wearable" ones on my website. I'll be listing during nap time since the eldest is going to visit great grandma & grandpa. That's if I don't nap myself. I'm off to bed now! Woot woot!

New Bows and Clippies

I finally got some new stuff added to Etsy! It only took forever right? I used some of my new Fiskars stuff. I love it!

Here's a few:





The rest are on in my Esty Store. I even lowered shipping! Woohoo!

But it was on sale!!

Fiskars had a warehouse sale. Seriously. O.M.G. No way!! If you are a scrapbooker and have never gone to one of these you need a big cart (like HUGE!). I didn't get any papers or stickers and such but I got flowers, ribbons, and brads for my clippies/bows. I got a lot of Heidi Grace designs. Some are selling for $3-$4 a piece on the site. I got 6 pieces for $1.00!!! They sell them straight out of the boxes in whatever plastic packs (bulk) they're shipped in. Mostly 3 and 6 packs. For example:

I got THIS BUT I got six packs of them for ONE DOLLAR instead of that price on that page for just one. Nice huh? I got 23 different things (which is 138 total packs) for $23.00. Part of me wants to go back tomorrow morning to see if there's something different. I went a few hours before they closed but they had things already on pallets saved for tomorrow. Is it worth dragging two kids along? We stood in line for an HOUR to check out. I'd have to bring snacks and possibly a potty. LOL!!

I'll take photos of my loot tomorrow. I can't believe I have never gone to that before! Seriously, if someone had just $500 they could start a scrapbooking store or even just $100 you could buy and resell on eBay. They sold everything separately but it all coordinated by colors. I'm so glad I had a budget haha!!

More stuff coming soon by the way. I'm preparing for my rummage sale so I've been slacking on my stores. It's Friday though. I don't have to get up early Saturday for anything so there should be something new!

Ohh...I got some racing related brads and I have an idea. Perfect for race day Sunday. Yes, I'm taunting you Steph. Haha!!

A few new things

I was bored so this is what I came up with.

Sweet Maddie Rae passed out cold on the floor makes a good model. :)






The bow or the flower look? Which ever you choose!









On a clippie:



From the other day:









This was a bit big for her head. It could have covered the big gash on her head when she tripped and went flying into their kitchen set. Nice. She's not very graceful. haha!



These are not on my site for sale yet. I'll probably do that on Sunday night when we get back from our Easter weekend with grandma and papa!


I should probably get to sleep now! It's only just after 2am and we need to leave no later than 8:30 in the morning. Stupid sinus headache. Stupid allergies. I love warmer weather but who needs things that produce pollen? It's turning into a migraine so I think I'll go hop in a hot shower and wait for the Excedrin to kick in. I know. Exciting stuff. At least I gave the kids some meds so they don't have to worry about their allergies tomorrow!

Again?

Yes again! I've redone my website! It is now Sweet Maddie Rae's Hair Boutique Discount! You can get all my flubs and blunders there for cheap-o! Oh the shame. How embarrassing. Okay, so not everything I make is great (but dang near)! These have their flaws but their not MAJOR flaws. Still wearable.

Check them out HERE

I finally got what I needed added to my Etsy store HERE

and when ecrater is done messing around with updates I'll be able to put everything else in that store HERE

My next project is finding ways to display everything for my upcoming rummage sale May 8th and 9th. I have A LOT. No lie. The ideas keep coming, too. I also want to do some special gift sets and I have some ideas to make some holders thanks to my other delayed idea. I need some D rings. About 20 of them. Walmart doesn't have them and either did our hardware store. I knooow! You'd think they would but I sent the husband and he even ASKED and they didn't have them. This has caused confusion and delay (heehee)! They were needed for A.J.'s line in the shop. His "where's my name?" question is still haunting me and making me feel bad. Maybe I'll look again tomorrow for something. He will have something to call his own. Oh yes. He will.

Bows Glorious Bows!

How fun! These can be addicting too!







There's more in my Etsy shop! Well, there will be as soon as I get them posted!

Comments

It works now! I had no idea. It still doesn't work like it used to. Maybe because of the new background? I don't know.

I have nothing new to add today. I'm tired tonight so maybe tomorrow. It's Friday. I don't have to get up early Saturday do my transcription and I don't plan on it either.

I will see what I can come up with tomorrow!

Etsy...here I am!

I finally created my Etsy store! Check it out HERE!

There's only a handful of things. Everything I have for sale currently is on my ecrater store. The link is to the right and down a bit. No...your other right. Over there ---> :)

I was messing around the other day. I thought I'd start making some bows so I tried with this one:


Oooh! I love it! Sorry. I only have Badgers right now. I think I'm going to make more!

Now that I've put everything I've made in my store I can make more! I'd like to thank the wonderful husband for being my inventory control specialist. I write item numbers on the back of all the card holders so he organized them for me so uploading their photos was easier. *Muah*

Someday it'll be warm out and I can dress up my Sweet Maddie Rae and take some photos of her outside modeling. Someday...*sigh*

What else happened today? While looking over the store with Alex he noticed the title and asked what it said. I said "Sweet Maddie Rae's." He asked, "Where's MY stuff?" Way to rip my heart out, buddy. I have an idea for something that can be his own "line" in the store. I hope it works. I'll find out tomorrow night so stay tuned!

Oooh

Ahhh! A new background. I like! Very bright yes? haha!

Look over there ---> See that new scroll thiing? That's my store! Yippy!

I finally think I have all my items listed in my store besides the ones that I haven't taken photos of yet. I will be doing that later on today. I told the hubby that I wouldn't make anymore until I had them all listed.

I've made labels for them all on their little card holders but you know what? They all lead to my website. I think I'm going to put a redirect on it just in case and start putting the store site on any new ones I make.

OT-I'm still having problems with my T button on my laptop. Why in the world does it open a new tab? WHHHHYYYYY?!! It makes me very >:( when that happens. It also highlights things and deletes them as I type. Grr! It's always the T button too! It's okay if I pause after I type it but I didn't realize how many times I use that letter!!! I do transcription. I type fast. I can't pause. Stupid thing.

***Off rant***

So, check this out:

http://www.parents.com/fun/arts-crafts/kid...-crafts/?page=1
Edib

Scroll through...see them? not so edible clippies! Thanks Jamie. I needed that. Haha!

Do you know my kids slept until noon today?!? Alex missed preschool due to some bad allergies. It was nice but they also didn't nap today. I should go to my bed now! I'm rambling. :)