Makin' Sales!

Well things are picking up a bit over here!  I've gotten several new orders for signs, and I'm super excited to say I got an order for a onesie cupcake in my Sweet Baby Mine shop on Etsy!

Here's one I finished just after the camo sign for Seth!

This was a surprise gift from a husband to wife!  They are expecting a new baby any time now and he got this to hang in their nursery!  Isn't that sweet?!

And here's an animal sign for Oscar!  This one is going to be a baby shower gift!

I've also got 3 sign orders I'm working on right now!  The day after I listed the camo sign in my shop, someone bought one!  I think it'll be another popular design!  That one will be for Chase! 

I also just got an order for a space sign for Luke's bedroom!  He loves robots, stars, planets, and spaceships according to my customer!  I hope he loves his new name sign too! 

The third is one I get to make for my Grandma.  My mom wants to get her one of my curly letter name signs like the Hannah Kate one above, but with mint green ribbon and just the green accents.  No pink!  It's going to be a Mother's Day gift for her to hang on the door to her room at her retirement home!  We just celebrated her 90th birthday back in January!  She was a wonderful artist and crafter when she was younger!  I think I must have gotten my "creativity gene" from her!

Finally, Sweet Baby Mine just got an order for an individually wrapped onesie cupcake!  I've been putting off getting the paper punch sets I need to make pretty gift tags to go on my baby items, but now I think I'd better get out and do that!  Perfect timing too!  I think Hobby Lobby has punches on sale this week!

Thanks for reading!

Sara

Name Signs and Wall Letters:
http://sarashandmades.etsy.com/
www.Zibbet.com/SarasHandmades

Baby Gifts:
http://sweetbabyminebysh.etsy.com/
www.Zibbet.com/SweetBabyMine

A Line of Baby Shower Items?

I have had so much fun with making new things since the last time I wrote!  I decided to start making the cupcake onesie and washcloth sets I have had in the back of my mind for awhile!  Here's some photos of how they turned out!

Aren't they SO cute?!  It makes me want to give nothing but these for baby showers from now on!  Each "cupcake" is a onesie wrapped up with a washcloth surrounding it.  They're even packaged in a cupcake box!  I can't wait to see how they sell!  These sets even have a hidden 5th onesie surprise underneath the cupcakes! 

Some of the other baby shower gift sets I want to do are thing like burp cloths and spoons wrapped to look like suckers and shaped into a bouquet, and diaper cakes, which are absolutely adorable!

As far as my letters and signs, I don't have any new orders yet.  There seem to be several people who want them, but just haven't gotten around to ordering yet.  And then there are a few people who contacted me asking if I could do a specific theme and after I tell them yes, I never hear from them again.  Strange.  Oh well.  What can you do?

I have been working on my 10" letters a little bit.  I have one started with a space theme that is the same idea as my space themed sign.  I plan to have that one done tomorrow to list on Monday during the day.  I've been researching what other people seem to think is the best day to list in Etsy's forums, and quite a few people seem to say Monday.  So we'll try it and see!  The other letter I've started is a ladybug theme.  That one is taking awhile because I'm making it striped, and I have to wait for each one to dry completely soI can tape over it to do the next stripe.  Painter's tape works wonders for making a straight line!  Such a life saver!  That one will probably be a few days, so maybe I'll be able to list it Wednesday.  Then for my other two samples of the 10" letters I am doing a lavender letter with butterflies and flowers in bright spring colors, and a monkey theme with greens and browns.  I'm excited to show them off once they're done!

I also came up with some new ideas.  I was thinking about ways to accomodate longer names, because my sign boards only fit up to 7 letters, and that's pushing it to be honest.  So I found some plaques in the right size to fit the letters perfectly.  I'm going to paint the plaques in my themes and paint the letters a solid color and put them on top, and then hang the whole thing with a ribbon.  One plaque for each letter.  I have several shapes, too!  I'll be using circles, ovals, hearts, rectangles, squares, and anything else I can find.  I will also be able to use the curly font from a couple of my other signs on these plaques, since it will be the background that is decorated!  Finally able to use a girly font!

My final thought for the name signs is to use the same letters and plaques and decoupage them with pretty scrapbook papers to coordinate with various bedroom and nursery themes and colors!  Now I'm just waiting for sales from my suppliers so I can stock up on all the goodies I need!

As always, thanks for reading!

Sara
http://sarashandmades.etsy.com/

I just love doing all these custom and exciting baby gifts!  So much fun to give, receive, and create a personalized and unique baby gift!

A New Style?

Busy busy busy.  Last night I got an interesting request.  A woman is decorating her nursery in a light blue and brown rock and roll theme and wants me to do a sign for her new baby to match that theme!  She sent me a photo of some of the nursery decor, and it is so cute!  I messaged her back with some ideas and options, so hopefully I'll hearback from her tonight and be able to set up a custom listing in my store!  I might be working on something new pretty quick here!

As far as the signs I have been working on, I just need to attach the ribbon with the cut outs to the sign board and that one will be ready to ship out!  I'll make sure to post some photos of it after I take some tomorrow!  I'd take them tonight, but it's already getting darker out!  The photos always look the best when I use natural lighting and not the flash.

The two others I was working on are almost done too!  I finished painting the letters mauve last night and added decorations in pink and mint today, and glued the letters to the signboard.  The ribbons to hang them on are ready to be attached.  I just want to add some detail to the signboards since they are fairly empty with the smaller thin letters instead of my usual size, and then add a coat of laquer to make them shine and last a long time!  I should be able to get that all done tonight and post photos of those tomorrow too! 

So I plan to have all three packed up and ready to ship out tomorrow!  If I don't have the new rock and roll order by then, I'll just have to find something else to work on!  Probably another sample I've been planning for my sister.  Flowers!

Sara
http://sarashandmades.etsy.com/