Posted by SewPixie on November 30th, 2008 in Daily Life, Shop
For a long weekend I sure was away from home a lot. Thanksgiving was planed to be spent with a bottle of wine and some pie. However, my friend Devon’s aunt had a lot of people cancel out with little to no notice so I was swept away with Devon and her mom to Case Grande to feast. Yummy! Many thanks to them for having me along.
Friday was shopping day…er…night. Candace stopped over at the house after she returned from Cottonwood and we all went through the ads and researching items. At midnight we went to go sit out in front of Ultimate Electronics as there was a sound system for sale that Candace wanted. I crocheted some hats and we all played on our phone. Hahaha and always wished that they would make sweatshirts for your legs. Yeah, people say silly things when they need sleep. After Ultimate (which once they opened we were out in 10 minutes) we went to JoAnn’s for their opening. After the insanity over flannel last year I skipped the prints and just nabbed the white I needed. Some yarn and frames later were in line and out. We stopped by Target but they wwere out of the XBoxes that Candace wanted and the lines were really long. Since there wasn’t anything we had to have right now we left and went to GameStop so Candace could get the XBox. And then…and then some sleep! Devon crashed on my couch and I got some sleep too. Devon’s birthday is early in the week so some of us went to dinner at Sabuki in Tempe and then went to see Transporter 3. And yes, of course there were plenty of excuses for Jason Statham to lose his shirt. hahahaha
So today was spent watching Dr. Who and getting ready for the shop opening. I finished up some more bags and decorated the hats I have ready. The plan is to make dinner and then get to work prepping the listings. I plan to have them all ready to list at 9pm my time. That will make is December 1st on the East Coast right?
Off to cooking I go! Happy Thanksgiving weekend to all! I for one am very thankful to be here.
Posted by SewPixie on November 23rd, 2008 in Shop
I had the awesome Bullfrog Graphics at Etsy cut a new template for me. The new bags are slightly more narrow at the bottom for a more snuggly fit. The top is pretty much the same but with the power of laser cutting it is actually symmetrical which is making it far easier for me. I’m not a machine so I doubt any bag is 100% symmetrical when sewn but I can sure tell on some bags (I think it is my serger driving skills haha). They work just fine but I worry people will be ticked.
Anywho, I will be putting the older bags at a lower price in the new shop and the newer ones at the normal price. I will probably also mention something in the description.
Posted by SewPixie on November 19th, 2008 in Shop
Okay, I have set a date for the re-opening of the shop: December 1st. The shop has a new logo, new URL, and will have some new inventory. I think a free shipping promo may be in order for the first week or so.
Now to just get out of work and go sew!!!
Posted by SewPixie on October 28th, 2008 in Daily Life, Shop
Do you recall how I thought about relaunching the Etsy shop with my brand name rather than rjbenefiel? Well, I was too slow! There is a SewPixie shop from California that does something totally different that opened about 2 weeks ago. *sigh* So I registered SewPixieDesigns instead. Meh.
I still need to set a relaunch date. November 1, 2007 was my goal last year and I opened just a little earlier than that. I do have to work in the wee hours of Saturday so who knows maybe I will get it done for November 1, 2008. I want to restock though so probably more like 01.01.09.
Oh yes…and at lunch today I spilled a whole glass of Diet Dr. Pepper on my lap. Pttttt
Posted by SewPixie on October 14th, 2008 in Bags, Blythe, Sewing, Shop
I marked down the Splatter Green bags and still have a few of the Yum Chocolates in stock. I want to build up my spinning wheel fund!!!
I think I will be created a new shop under the name SewPixie and direct people to the feedback I have under my current shop. I think too that will help people looking for me as they would be more apt to look under SewPixie than a last name they don’t know.
Other than that, I will be starting to work on cupcake themed bags soon. Before that I have one custom job and then a super special custom for a minklet\Blythe Rescue Mission custom doll.