Kids say the funniest things...

This post is off the normal path for me, but very normal for my usual daily routines.  It's about my little girl who is 3.5. years old (4 yrs if you ask her).  She is sweet, quiet and a little bit of a mischief maker and most days we have lot of fun.  But the other day, she was not having a good day.  Everything resulted in a meltdown.  My other little monkey, 2yrs old, kept telling her sister to "stop crying, too noisy".  In this particular meltdown of the day she had been crying on and off for about 30 mins. I kept trying to console her, but she would get annoyed and cry louder, so I would leave the room.  Finally she sat with me and calmed down, she suddenly stated clear as anything, without crying "Mommy, did you hear that?" I replied "No, what is it".  With a huge smile on her face she says "Mommy, my bed is calling me!"  Since we weren't at home, I offered to take her home to go to sleep.  She smiled and said "No mommy, I am okay now, my bed will wait for me to get home...can I have some pizza now."  And that was it, no more crying, no more meltdowns, the evening pizza was enjoyed by all and yes when we got home, she happily danced down the hall and climbed into her bed! 

Starter Sentiments

We are excited to launch a new program with our cards. It is called "starter sentiments"! Since all our cards are blank inside and not everyone loves a blank card, we are putting into each card 3-5 suggested messages for the inside of the card. We hope that those who prefer an inside greeting will have their pick of a few to write in themselves and those that prefer blank cards, it is business as usual.  The starter sentiments are attached to the inside of each cello bag and are not attached to the card itself.  We think this is a great way to jump start anyone's creative side to write a nice message to the recipient of the card.

Pet Sympathy Cards

We are excited to launch our Pet Sympathy Card line!  Inspiration for this line comes from a veterinarian friend, who sends pet sympathy cards quite regularly.  We are eager to expand this line to include pet birthday cards and thank-you cards.  Check out the full line on our website and send us your thoughts/ideas about it.

Creative fun!

Lately I have been anything but productive with stationery. Perhaps it is due to the end of school craziness that is surrounding me or the fact that the weather here is anything but summer like. Rain, rain and more rain.  My garden is loving it, the kids love the mud, but really so me some sunshine please!
Well I started to create a bit more these last few days and here are a few of the latest design ideas.  One bold, one not so bold.  Not yet ready for you all to buy, but soon they will be!  

Etsy marketing

Building a business online can have its challenges and things don't always work the way I planned. Coming up with ideas is never a problem, but finding the time to implement them or bring them to fruition often take a lot more work than initially planned. I recently discovered this site that is a fantastic resource for learning about how to connect your business and creativity to the world out there! http://meylah.com/blog/247/How-to-Write-Product-Descriptions-That-Seal-the-Deal.

Take a moment and check it out. It is so great when people are willing to share their experiences and tips/tricks for us all to benefit.

Spring Cleaning and more

Why is it every spring I am the best at creating make work projects? It started at the end of the February, my husband and I started to finally reorganize all the stationery products to get a start on the spring inventory and cleaning. Through this venture, we decided that our basement is so big, we really don't need to consume the whole space with stationery products. As my FT job (not the stationery job) was coming to an end, we came up with the brilliant idea to build a suite and that is what we did.

However in this brilliant move, we ended up agreeing with a tenant that the suite would be done by April 1st. So the work began. Late nights, lots of work parties and lots of $ and we met the deadline, sort of...April 1 at 3am the suite was finished!

The tenant was excited to move in and my husband and I could sit back and relax with a deep sigh of relief and exhaustion. So really my spring cleaning hasn't even begun yet, but c'est la vie.

As for the stationery, it is all now reorganized and I love it, and of course takes up a much smaller space.

New Spring Designs for 2010

With spring finally upon us here on the west coast, I have started some new designs for 2010. Here is a preview of the soon to be released designs. More to come very soon.