Posted by SewPixie on March 2nd, 2010 in Daily Life, Home Sweet Home, Shop
On the to-do list is still creating galleries of the different types of bags. However, there now a page for recent custom orders that have been completed so go take a look! I am finding that I like the media upload here on WordPress so that is making things pretty easy. I did have to fiddle with the CSS for the current theme so that the gallery tag wasn’t broken but all seems well now. Darn those floats!
In other news…I did manage to tidy up the Expedit shelves in the sewing room. This is in addition to getting the fabric pretty much under control a few weekends ago. That being said…I’ve been going fabric crazy again so I need to keep that in check! The fabric that I have decided not to keep needs to be dealt with also. For the nicer stuff I think I shall de-stash on Etsy then the rest either dontate or perhaps see if my sister wants some for the kids to play with. Last time I saw them little niece B was doing pretty good at a sewing machine.
The car is doing pretty well! I have mastered driving to the places that I used to go to on the scooter and have even made a few trips to Joanns’s for supplies. Next up is a further drive and going to the yarn shop. Oh! And I even went through the drive through at Taco Bell! Small victories. Now I just need to go about selling the scooter.
Other things new around the house are new solar lights in the front yard and a new couch in the living room. Gosh, there is actually seating in the house so now to just tidy up enough to invite people over to hang out.
Posted by SewPixie on February 25th, 2010 in Daily Life
Under the Shop page you will now see a link to the fabric collection. I took some quick shots of the bulk of the fabric closet last night for easy browsing of what I have ‘in stock’ for Blythe carry bags. My next task is going to be to upload more photos of past work on regular, pretty stripe, ultra, and deluxe bags.
Posted by SewPixie on March 23rd, 2009 in Shop
I listed my first two items on ArtFire last night. It took a bit to get used to the interface but I think I did it correctly. It’s sort of like having a brick and mortar shop and opening up a second location across town. It did feel good to finally get some things listed, it had been weeks and weeks! It was a combo of lazy, messy, and distracted. 
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 November 17th, 2008 in Daily Life
YAY! I received my ITIL exam results this morning. I passed!! I missed one question, woot woot!
On the needles are several project still: Baby Surprise, Moebius wrap, Mystery KAL Blanket, Mystery KAL Bag (the one I started during the Ravelympics), and Bridget’s socks.
I am also working on inventory for the shop. The fabulous Rob at Bullfrog (where I got my stamp) is cutting me a new template for cutting out the back pieces so I’m pretty excited about that. In the mean time I am working on ones I have had cut for ages. Oh, and my new tags arrived so I will start to use those once my current ones are all gone.
Which leads me to a question about packaging. When I first started, the bags were wrapped in tissue paper. Then for a while I had plastic goody bags, and after that zip top bags. I like the zip top bags because it makes it easy to keep them lint free and visible. Plus, I figure the person can re-use the bag. I’ve been making stickers with my new stamp to put on the bags. THen I may punch a hole in the Moo cards and attach that to the zipper tab as the ‘tag’. Does the old tissue paper packaging seem more ‘special’ or are zip top bags just fine?
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