Charity craft fair... And hello. It's been a while.

Hello there.

It's been quite a while since I've posted, I'll admit. Lots of life things happening, but I have definitely been sewing all the while. I will be catching up with posts here in the next few weeks. If there's anyone still here I thank you for sticking around.

I also want to thank everyone who stopped by my table at the Merry Market charity craft fair we had at work a couple of weeks ago. I really appreciate your support and I'm happy that I could give money to Modest Needs, the charity we were supporting, at the same time. I sold 50 coffee sleeves in 3 hours and gave 10% of sales to the charity.

You guys are awesome! Thank you so much.

studio light box

I received an awesome birthday present in January - a studio light box! It pretty cool in that it's completely self contained and folds up into a carrying case with pockets for the lights and camera stand. It's also very handy because my apartment gets great light, but it's only a short window of time in the day that is optimal, early to late afternoon. So that means I was constricted to taking pictures only on the weekends because I work during the day. This system allows me to take pictures whenever I want.

I used to tack up white poster board during those daylight hours. This kit comes with a fabric background - one side blue and the other gray. The gray doesn't look bad, but I prefer the white, so I cut down the poster board to fit the box.

I've tried it out with some new coffee sleeves for the shop, but I'm still working out the kinks. Some dark fabrics seem to be very difficult to work with and I also need to figure out where to place the lights. Overall, I'm very excited to have it.

Thank you!

It has been a busy couple of months leading up to the Brooklyn Lyceum Craft Market last week and Christmas in general. Thanks to everyone who came out to the craft fair and everyone who has supported my little shop! It's amazing to think that people actually want to buy and use something that you have created. It makes me so happy.

It was my first time selling at a craft fair and it was awesome. There were lots of people attending, even when it was snowing one day and raining the next.

As an added bonus for my taste buds, the Brooklyn Lyceum sold delicious coffee, warm chocolate chip cookies, and some very tasty beer. It was a great weekend and I would definitely do it again.

There was also some amazing surprises and support from Etsy as well. On Cyber Monday I was featured in the Etsy Storque for free shipping. This lead to lots of views and a bunch of unexpected sales as I was trying to stock up for the craft fair.

And then suddenly this week, I found my russian doll coffee sleeve in the Etsy "Environmentally Friendly" Gift Guide. I was so surprised and elated. I couldn't believe it! Etsy rotates the gift guides on the front page and I happened to get this shot of it (my coffee sleeve is in the upper left hand corner).

I am so grateful to Etsy and to everyone who I met at the craft fair! It's been an exciting month.

Thank you so much!!

New Fabric Styles

I have started adding some new fabric styles in the shop. Here's a little peek. If you don't see them in the shop yet, the rest will be up by end of day today. And remember, the thanksgiving special of Free shipping continues all weekend. Thanks!

Hydrangeas in black with rings

Hydrangeas in blue with red polka dots

professor "slight red stripe" cozy

Straw flowers with yellow polka dots

Hydrangeas in blue with yellow polka dots

the Doe & the Mouse - Free Shipping This Weekend

Hello!

I'll be having a little Thanksgiving special this weekend in my Etsy Shop. From Black Friday (12/28) to Cyber Monday (12/1) I will be offering FREE SHIPPING on all items in the shop.

All listings will be updated to include this special during that time. I hope you can pop in and take a look. I'll be adding some new items to the shop this weekend as well, so keep an eye out.

Thanks!

Kim