New Stores "CUPCAKE SOCIAL"

First Iwould like to say this is why Etsy sucks....because it sucks all your money before you even make a sale. herre is what I paid this month Total payments: $117.03 BOOOOOOOOO!
Anyway on to more positive things :) I just opened a new Etsy and Art Fire store called "Cupcake Social" Obviously selling things having to do with cupcakes. I finally invested in a scale to weigh my packages accuratly so I can ship more things from home. Unfortunatly things have been going from at the post office so if I ship with tracking at least there will be some record of it. My buddy at the post office tells me they are doing alot of lay offs and things are backing up and getting delayed. I had a recent package take over a month to get to its owner which is a little crazy. Another one got lost, I think, I sent her another one which she should have gotten but she is probably so mad at me. It sucks that it makes me look bad when the packages go through so many hands before it actually gets delivered. Did you hear about the post lady that got a storage locker to put all the mail she was supposed to deliver in....She forgot to pay the storage fee 1 month and they opned it up and found thousands of undelivered letters and packages! I think it was like Indiana or something. That sucks! AANYWAY I am totally excited about the cupcake store. I am planning a cupcake decorating party on sunday with my friends to test all the products and take cool photos to list online. So here are a few pics- we got the mini pink danish baking cups with shiny gold designs, There are one of my favorites- Pink floral shabby sheik cupcake liners and then super cute red, blue and orange swirl cupcake liners!

www.CupcakeSocial.artfire.com

www.cupcakesocial.etsy.com

Of course I prefer the artfire store...NO FEES!!

New release today!

BUY this new release from one of the best bands in the world, Coheed and Cambria, released today. Oh, did I mention my husband and his partner Anderson produced and directed it :)
Even if you don't like the band, this is THE best live music DVD that has been made, ever!

New Cards

I got new "Mini" cards today. I love them. I stumbled onto this website and found how EASY it was to design my own cards by bringing my photos from my Flickr account. It seriously took 5 minutes! You get 100 in a cute little box, and you can pick as many photos as you want- you could have 100 different cards in 1 box if you want. They are great quality too. Seriously so awesome. I am already looking forward to getting more.....for my next online store. That's right. I have another project in the works. Coming soon to Etsy and Artfire :) In the meantime, I have a huge update to Truly Outrageous I am doing within the next few days. Sorry it's been awhile since I wrote but I had sorta a rough week.

Little girl birthday

So my daughter just turned 4 years old. We had to make her some cute cupcakes! Here are some pics of them. I got the cute supplies from online... ! Anyway I can't wait to eat these mini cuppycakes :) Yummmmmmy

NEW hand painted safety eyes

PLAID! you can purchase them only on my artfire shop. I don't know if I really want to part with them..oh well- I can make more!

Things to make with animal eyes and zippers

So I just bought a bunch of cute fabric from beautifulwork.etsy.com and I couldn't wait for it to arrive...finally it did and I was so excited! I am obsessed with matryoshk nesting dolls. My mom had a bunch of different sets on her bookshelf while we were growing up and my sister and I loved them! Even though they really weren't supposed to be played with- we always did and always put them back without our mom seeing us. Ever since then I have loved them- but it wasn't until I went to China with my dad and sister (while I was in college) that I always wanted to have some of my own. I bought (of course) some panda nesting dolls to bring home with me. They lasted many years until my daughter was old enough to play with them and they have all been missing. So recently I started buying things with matryoshk dolls on it. Like a tshirt, and apron, stamps, and now fabric.. anyway here is a picture of something I made yesterday with the new fabric and some of my 4 mm black safety eyes. I cut off the posts on the back of the eyes and glued them on with special fabric glue. Trust me when I say- they will not come off! I made a t-shirt 2 years ago with rhinestones and this glue and they have not fallen off yet. I have worn the shirt a million times.

Notice the wizard of oz book? I will write about it later...

2 YEAR anniversary on ETSY and the beginning of Art Fire

So I just realized while looking at my past ETSY.com "Fees" that I have been selling on Etsy for over 2 years now! Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who has purchased anything from me- either supplies or handmade cute guys. Thank you! Though I haven't really made a profit after paying Etsy fees and paypal fees, shipping fees, and packaging fees..then paying for health insurance, it is still all worth it! I enjoy being creative and I am SO happy that other people enjoy the things I make- or get to create things of their own from the supplies I sell.

I am also happy to say that I joined ArtFire.com about a month ago. I have to say I think it will take over Etsy in a matter of time. To it's advantage they do not take fees like Etsy. You can sell up to 10 things at a time for FREE!!!!! I tried that until a day or so ago and then just upgraded my account to take advantage of their limited (first 5,000 accounts- hurry they are almost gone!))seller slots for 7$ a month fee for unlimited listings, and up to 10..yes 10 photos per item!! and they are constantly changing and improving the site since right now they are in Beta mode. anyway my first sale the other day was a custom made little monster, I am so excited! I can't wait to watch it grow & blossom.

I figured I will leave you today with this pretty simple photo of a zipper..art directed by my hubby..at least my photography degree is being used in some way :)