comfort able

2008-12-22T13:46:00.003-10:00

My Newest Invention
Apparently the zip pouches don't sell well on etsy or at craft fairs.
THESE however, do!

mid-summer

2008-07-10T11:29:00.001-10:00

No summer school = more time to take pictures & list! I finally began re-listing products as of July 5th, so we'll see how sales go.

I've figured out that with my d40x SLR digital camera the pictures come out so much nicer than they used to with my cybershot (that's over 4 years old & about $700 cheaper than my slr). I've done a lot of photo research, seeing what works best in regards to light, angles, different lenses & I think I have found the best way to portray my products to Etsians. These new photo listings are so much clearer and eye-catching, in my opinion, compared to my old listings so, we'll see how things work, as I haven't been on Etsy since the end of 2007. With a lot more sellers & a lot more potential buyers all I can do is hope for the best!

NEW LISTINGS
(clickable)

P.S. - Anyone know where to get zippers wholesale? At cheaper than 40 cents per zipper. The shop I used to buy from increased their prices from 20 cents to 40something cents/per... so if anyone can head me in the right direction I'd be very grateful!

D40X

2007-11-18T15:55:00.001-10:00

I can't explain how ecstatic I am to finally have this camera.

And I took this earlier today as the sun was coming up.

:) :) :) :) :)

Read?

2007-10-26T14:59:00.000-10:00

I want these!

But I'm really not a reader, I've never been. (I only read school books because I have to) So if I see it in the stores I'll probably flip through the pages a couple of times, and never buy it. Unless of course I see it on sale, or at a used book store for supercheap, then you can bet that I will get it.

School is killer. I haven't sewed anything new :(

Note to self: Never take 5 courses when two of them are online ones, bad bad idea.
(With online courses, there's so much more reading and work to do!)
I study at least a couple hours each day; Wednesdays & Thursdays I study more than 5 hrs, usually in one sitting.
It's driving me c r a z y.

I also have to work on two group presentations (research, create powerpoint, speech) with slackers, one of my groupmates is really helpful though, & I appreciate that. But the other two guys don't even come to class!!!

But thankfully I'm working one less shift, which gives me an extra night to study. Hooray!

EDIT;
I had some time this weekend to sew, and I got fabrics in from FabricStash on Etsy

Cutesy pandas :)
(If you'd like to purchase one, let me know, I won't be listing them on Etsy)

big THANKS!

2007-10-10T17:01:00.000-10:00

NEWBIES:

(click to view listing)

Very big thank you to two fellow bloggers/Etsy users for their lovely purchase:
Jenn and Dinah
Visit, they've got some neat stuff!

And even bigger thanks to Jenn for including me in her blog , pictures and all!

After long awaited three day weekend, I received some sweeeeeet supplies from JennifersJewels & SweetSide, two etsy users (with the same name) that I just love! If you are ever in need of sew-in labels, Jenn is the girl to go to! & Jenn from Sweetside has some super affordable fabrics and zippers. I love my new label design & zippers. I can actually SEW now! :)

From Jenn & Jenn

Made these two today

This is the first time I've created pouches with colorful interiors.
Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down ?

I really need to get something to hold my threads and spools. It's such a mess these days.

On a badder note:
Trying to stay positive, especially after what happened tonight.
I was driving across an intersection, where I had the protected green arrow to go straight (the left turners on the opposite side had already had their 'left on left green arrow only' turn)

But no, some guy decided to run the red light, pretty much straight into the side of my car. Thankfully I wasn' t that tired yet (it was at 11pm), and had a fast enough reaction time to speed up.

Really bothersome. I'm the type of person who over-thinks situations. :( I am hoping to get some sleep tonight but I know it's going to be on my mind.

It's 2:39am, goodnight all.

Hi.

2007-09-30T14:40:00.001-10:00

Some new stuff

I've made a bunch of new pouches, wristlets, etc, but I am debating whether or not to list them on my Etsy site.

I haven't sold much recently because I haven't listed anything for about a month.

The reason is because I am planning on doing a craft fair in December (maybe earlier), so I don't know whether I should waste 20cents a listing to list things that I am planning on selling there.

xoxo,
Undecided

Exhausted pt. 2

2007-09-15T17:55:00.000-10:00

Still tired from work, constant studying and lack of sleep. The past couple of weekends I've ended up falling asleep at friends house parties... not too great. Yesterday was Brent's birthday so I took him out for dinner, we went back to his place and watched "Thank You For Smoking." I missed the ending cause I knocked out on the couch. I have a feeling I am going to fall asleep again tonight, where ever I am at.

There is not enough time in a day!!!

I wish I could find more time to sew, especially since the holidays are coming up. ahhhhhhhhhhhh.

oh PS. I'm selling my origamihearts account. EVERYTHING. make me an offer. I don't have much time to list on two accounts :[

exhausted.

2007-08-26T15:32:00.000-10:00

A week of classes has gone by and I AM EXHAUSTED. 5 classes total plus I work 15 or so hours a week. alsjdiugahsduhfasdufhasdf . I just finished a lunch shift, it's almost 4pm, and I am tireddddd. I want to be a bear and just hibernate for a couple of months. I would feel so rejuvenated.

On a good note, I found some sweeeet cotton jersey knits that I want to make tops/tanks/dresses/jumpers out of. Now I only have to find the time between studying, reading for my online courses, taking online quizzes and exams, working and going to class, not to mention getting stuck in traffic, to make them.

ACK. I think I am going to be slowing down on the etsy listings, I have no time to sew anymore :[

At least I was featured in two treasuries this past week :) I don't know how people do it, but I've never been able to create a treasury myself.

Sleepytime.

Great.

2007-08-16T11:01:00.000-10:00

So after being on Etsy over 6 months, I have encountered my first bad customer.

I sold her a tutorial, she couldn't print it. I sent her a larger file, she couldn't print it. I send her the pdf, she couldn't print it. I sent her three seperate images so she could print it seperately, she wanted a refund.

And this lady was SARcasTIC! I even offered to send her the images already printed out. I went to a copy shop, spent $2 on color copies for her but she said no. She even ended her convo with "Do NOT send me anything else by mail or e-mail, or I will consider it harrassment"

Anyway, she wanted a refund which is completely unheard of. How can you 'return' an internet file? And I spent SO MUCH time attatching/editing/emailing her the seperate images, heck I wasn't going to give her a refund, esp since it took me around 3 hours to make the tutorial itself, she would be getting it for freeeeeeeee. Plus she had like 5 seperate files of my tutorial on her computer. I felt like I was being ripped off.

W H A T E V E R

So I've learned my lesson, put a 'no refunds policy' on my items and have talked to etsy admin in case this user leaves negative feedback (which she said she was going to do).

This irked me for the rest of the night, but since the admin got back to me I'm relieved.

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So that was my highlight of the week.
But I start school next week AAH. I went today to pick up books, get my id validated, etc, but I didn't have any books to buy! I only need ONE for my ICS class and some other ones for the online classes I'm taking :) YAY!!! Save me and my parents money for sure.

I can't wait to get my heather bailey fabrics from starlitnest!!!!!!!

Newly listed - I call her Eva

& my last of this type of fabric, a 4.5 by 5 in zippy pouch.

& another treasury :D

Beach today. Have a great week all!

Wristly wristlets.

2007-08-12T16:39:00.000-10:00

Since I purchased the Heather Bailey fabrics from starlitnest, I've been sewing mostly wristlets, or as Brent likes to call them "slit my wristlets".. don't ask, he's likes to be stupid. I have made five total and am currently working on two (I took a break and will have them posted when I am finished) The two on the right are sold.

Also, I've sold all of the seven booties I made wholesale to someone who is going to re-sell them in her shop and boy am I GLAD to finally get them OUT of my store. Now if only I was as lucky with my felt plushies. But I never thought they would sell!!! And so because of that, and because I sold 11 things this weekend including the 7 booties I purchased more Heather Bailey fabric, ten 10x10in squares and twenty 3x3in squares. :D

And I made this, for sale in my shop.

Hope everyone had a good weekend, I did! Now I'm off to sew.

EDIT;
Two made, one already sold.

p.s. Did I ever mention how much I love being featured in treasuries? Third row, right.

felt much?

2007-08-07T13:07:00.000-10:00

I just started making felt pins and magnets (you can choose if you want to add one when purchasing) and guess what, they haven't sold yet! It's pretty sad, but oh well. I think I'm going to start making christmas ornaments instead with felt, because well, it seems like they'd sell better than the felt animals I make (eventhough they are SO cute)

How much would you price them at? Or better yet, how much would you buy one for?
Feedback is greatly appreciated :)
Two more weeks left of summer break, how depressing :[ Just started sewing again and listed this clutch/wristlet
Nothing else new really.. I might get an ad in a magazine.. a friend of mine created this ad. It's super nice :)

Has anyone ever paid to get an ad in a magazine or newspaper? If so, how'd it work out?

just new listings.

2007-07-27T20:12:00.000-10:00

Less than a month until I start school again. Not fun :[

New listings [Clickable]

I had a buyer on Etsy who bought two lots of stars and didn't pay. I waited over a week. Such a pain! This person has bought from at least two other Etsy users as well. What a hassle :P

summerLOVE

2007-07-18T20:46:00.001-10:00

Some new additions to the lot (all clickable):

Did I ever mention that I love summer? Sleeping in until 2pm is just wonderful :)

So this week I went to Cirque Hawaii with the acrobats that do crazy death defying stunts (seriously). I was TRIPPINNG out. It was insane. After that we went to Tanaka of Tokyo, a teppanyaki restaurant that was delish! Then walked around Waikiki for a bit, then went home.

Yes she is hanging from the roof. BAD picture, I couldn't look at my screen cause I didn't wanna get caught! She's holding another person who's hanging by their neck and spinning SUPER fast. so crazy!

FIYAH!

Haha... Don't ask.

So I'm thinking of selling these on Etsy. What do you think? Would you purchase them yourself? I'm thinking of selling them for 4 or 5 dollars for the set of 10.

EDIT;
Envelopes were added to my shop! Check them out!

zipZIP

2007-07-06T21:34:00.000-10:00

Super quick post!!!

I ordered these cute fabrics from sanfranciscocrafts on Etsy. She closed down her shop until the fall though, unfortunately. But anyway, I've been sewing some, well, mostly today... The flowered pouch for a custom order and the cherry blossom one is for sale :)

I also ordered cuute tapes for my packages that I sent out. Beadit and I did a magnificent trade. Her shop is closed, too! :[

Anywho, I'm working on more zip pouches ranging from $6 to $8 to hold your change, cell phone, digi cam, whatevers :)

Also, cute beanies to match the booties!!!

EDIT//
ZIPZIPZIP!

Booties

2007-07-01T16:00:00.001-10:00

Experimentation lead me to create baby beanies. I had hoped they would fit my 5 yo cousins but they were tooooo small. So they would probably fit babies newborn/age 1/2. Then I figure I would complement them with cute little ol' booties.

I also listed some neaaaat flowers you can see them here
Other new listings:
Crochet beanie w/ flower
Cute black makeup bag
Black tank top

I also just finished this cute paisley lt. green tank with a zipper in the back, not buttons :)

That's it. SUMMER SCHOOL=DONE. I passed with a B. Lower than my standards but it doesn't transfer into my GPA so whateverrrrr.

EDIT//
New booties just adding to this 'bootie' post
No one has purchased any of my other ones. COME ON people. Great baby shower gifts!!! And they're 50% off right now!!!

Benihana & CAMPING

2007-06-26T23:13:00.000-10:00

Top few photos: CAMPING THIS WEEKEND! lovely thing about living in Hawaii is CAMPING AT THE BEACH. YES!!! Got tan it was wuuuunderful. The sleeping in sleeping bags in tents wasn't. A roommate kept on snoring, and it was just flat out UNCOMFORTABLE sleeping on the hardddd dirt ground.

Bottom few photos: Dinner at Benihana. We had the WORKS: lobster, steak, filet mgn, scallops, shrimp, veggies, salmon, chicken. My favorite was the veggies... hahahaha. And the filet I suppose.

New listings!! With links!

STAR spree pt 2

2007-06-19T11:52:00.000-10:00

So I went ahead and purchased some star making stuff, folding paper... for me... Then I realized well hmmm, it may be popular on Etsy (who knows) so I just listed one today.
A lot of over 900 folding papers to make beautiful stars

You can view the listing if you click the picture.
Listed at $12, its less than 2 cents a star if you think about it.. which is VERY nice if you're into DIY stuff and want to dress up your packages with these little itty bitty things. They can also be used to fill up glass jars. They look absolutely beautiful when they are color coordinated. And with these papers you can do that, make them rainbow-like. Its gorgeous, believe me. And its a great conversation piece when you have friends over - you can tell them you made all of those stars! They'll be absolutely astonished.
Anyway enough of my star rants.

I also listed that tank top I made a few posts back.

That's it for now.
My birthday was alright, just had dinner and went home early (kind of junk). Fathers day was great and I hope everyone else had a great fathers day as well. This Thursday we get to go to Benihana where they cook right in front of you and do all kinds of tricks with the food and salt and pepper shakers and knives, its TOTALLY outrageous and takes a lot of skill. Hehe. I'll have pictures from that later.

STAR spree

2007-06-15T13:40:00.000-10:00

I bought several patterned papers this week and listed two new paper star lots of 30+ stars
They can be viewed easily by clicking the links to the left of this post.
The second one, polka dots, are on SALE for a limited time. Check it out!

I also just sewed this

AND EVERYTHING IN MY "SALE" SECTION IS 50% OFF THE LISTED PRICE. HELP IT CLEAR IT OUT PLEASE (:

TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY.
That is all :)

After the beach.

2007-06-11T14:26:00.000-10:00

After a long day at the beach, I have an update:
I have a new sewing desk. BIG upgrade from a tv table, to this one. It's around 3x bigger. And now I can cut on the same desk, instead of having to cut on the ground, then move to the table to sew. YAY!
So anyway, I finished those two pouches (the yellow ones) for a friend who custom ordered them as well as this John Mayer inspired pouch that I handstitched.

And for those who purchase stars from me, you'll get them gift wrapped like so:

Have a great week everyone!

Shoulder Tank pt 2

2007-06-08T15:58:00.000-10:00

It's finally finished, FOR SALE (not on Etsy yet because a friend of mine might purchase it). My lovely sister modeled it for me :).

I went to walmart yesterday to purchase more fabric. I thought I saw a nice blue, vintagey, one the last time, but I guess its gone, or it was my imagination.

Instead I purchased a lt pink and off white, for my next top (quite like this one). & Some buttons & interfacing.

And with the extra fabric from this brown top I'm working on a new zippy pouch!

All done :)

Shoulder Tank

2007-06-07T17:43:00.000-10:00

I've been working on this for the past couple of days.
Turning it into a top, hopefully I can find some neat buttons to stick onto it.
Will post finished product (: