PDF Pattern

It's here!!! It's finally here! In October my dad generously took step-by-step photos of me sewing the birthday banner that I sell in my shop. And now I've finally made it into a PDF file that can be purchased and emailed right to you! Free shipping! And now you can sew one yourself! Wahoo!

Check it out here. And thank you to my dad, Dave & Georgia of this shop, and Carrie, Rachael and Ashley who were my "testers." Thank you!

And because I love you all so much I am offering a discount to you. Normally the pattern sells for $5.99 but I'll sell it to you for $3.99 for ONE WEEK only! PLUS if you blog about it and spread the word to your friends, they can get a discount too. Not as awesome a discount but still a discount! They can receive the pattern for $4.99 if they identify you as your friend!

Here's how it works: If you don't already have an Etsy account, sign on, purchase the PDF pattern via PayPal and then I'll reimburse you the discount. Just be sure to leave a note in the final stage of purchasing that you're my friend (I have to know you personally to be considered a "friend"). And if you're a friend of my friend, do the same.

Happy Sewing! Remember this offer is only good through Jun 11th!

Perfectly slow

Since summer began my Etsy shop has gone perfectly slow. I've only had a handful of sales in the last month but it has been such a blessing.

As soon as I hit 6 weeks with this pregnancy I was sick. And then it just became progressively worse each week. I honestly had no desire to work.....on anything. Not even checking blogs or writing emails. I was so out of touch, I felt.

But when I did receive orders I mustered up the desire and energy to complete them. In one weekend, I had 3 separate orders, one to Scotland even! I made 200 cupcake flags!! That's a lot of flags. I also thought of a new way to package them. With all my orders, I package them in pretty tissue paper and tie them with string. Then I realized I should add an additional little flag for an extra touch. Wouldn't you love to receive this in the mail?

It's starting to come back to me as I feel better. I have some great ideas coming soon! And shop announcement: I will be closing from July 22-26th and again from August 7-15th for personal reasons and vacation. Wahoo!