Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone and happy 31st anniversary to my parents. I celebrated my bachelorette party this past weekend and part of the festivies was the St. Patrick's day festival in town. For the celebrations I made myself a new green dress. I used McCall's pattern M6024. It was the most complicated pattern I have made thus far, but I love the way it turned out. I am wearing it again today and snapped a few pics to share.
What a whirlwind the past couple of weeks have been. I am so grateful that in the past two weeks my Etsy shop has really taken off. Sales have increased greatly as well as exposure. I have been featured in two lovely blogs in addition to being featured on Etsy Item of the Day not too long ago as well. Be Merry, Kate featured on of my green headbands in their post about St. Patrick's day. Mama Felice featured on of my yellow headbands in a very beautiful collection of items. I also have items featured in two treasuries right now. I am trying to figure out how to fit the entire thing into a screen shot so I can post pictures here.
Saturday was my birthday and I spent the day traveling to Gastonia, NC with my family and Kenton to visit Mary Jo's Fabric store. This place was amazing, yet also overwhelming. I have never been in a fabric store quite this large and comprehensive. I had a hard time figuring out where to start. I did find some great fabrics though and I can't wait to use them.
Right now I am staying at my parent's house with all 6 kitties, while Kenton enjoys his Bachelor Party.
I love buying things for myself that are small/inexpensive and therefore don't come with the guilt. Yesterday I treated myself to three lip butters from Etsy seller Soapopotomus. They arrived already (very fast shipping). And I am in love! I am usually addicted to my Burt's Bees, but I may be switching permanently to these. They are so silky and light. The flavors I got were the Worm, Itailian Sausage, and Harlot. I think the Worm is my favorite so far, but they are all yummy. I would recommend checking them out and at only $3 a piece and $1.20 flat shipping, it's not much more than you would pay for lip balm at the store.
Sadly the OWOH event has come to an end. But now we get to announce winners!
The winner of my giveaway is Ellen from Shimmer & Tulle and the Etsy shop About A Bride. Ellen's blog is absolutely lovely. I loved reading her Valentine's day love story.
Congratulations Ellen!
So it always happens around gift giving holidays, that I completely forget about all of the great things that I really want. So since my birthday is coming up in a little over a month, I am starting to make a record of some of the things on my wish list.
First up are these adorable peep toe heels from Forever21
Next up is this cuff wallet that allows you to go out without having to carry a purse. How fabulous is that?! This cuff is from Etsy seller ToviCorrie.
Ok, I better get back to my homework that is due in an hour.
I am so excited that is the time of year again for the One World, One Heart event. This is a special event to connect people through the blog world. And the best part is that it involves a giveaway (actually hundreds of giveaways) click the picture above to go find all of the blogs that are participating!
The winner of my giveaway will receive their choice of one headband from my Etsy store. Here are some of the headbands that are in my shop right now:
Entering is easy. All you have to do is to leave a comment on this blog post (and this blog post only). Please only enter once. Make sure that you leave your email or some way to contact you if you win. Entries must be received before midnight EST on Feb. 15th. Winner will be announced during the day on Feb 15th.
I am excited to announce that you can now buy Safiya Alyse accessories at Sid and Nancy in Five Points. I am looking forward to seeing how this works out. I think Sid and Nancy will be a good fit for my accessories.
I also had my first sale in two weeks last night. That was a relief, I was starting to get discouraged.
In an attempt to help get my shop off the ground I attempting to "brand" my shop. I am not really sure what this means, but I am starting with coordinating banner, business cards, labels, etc. It started when I ordered some adorable business cards through Vista Print. I bought some printable fabric last night, and am going to attempt making labels that I can sew onto my products. Here is the banner I created to match everything:
