NEW website

My new friend, Eve told me all about Big Cartel last night. So I signed up and worked all night to put 78 items on my new website. Here it is. Just in time for the big giveaway.

Do You like?

Here is my new summer banner. I made it a piece of my line of paper called

"Summer Breeze"

After the giveway this weekend and all the orders :) are filled I'll finish this new line.

BIG GIVEAWAY

I'm having a big giveaway on Saturday, May 15th on Ali Edwards blog. So be sure to check her site on Saturday and leave a comment to be entered in the contest. There is going to be some big prizes!! Stay Tuned

Summer Gingham

Beautiful new summer pastels in the store.

Last week, I worked day and night on a gingham birthday party.

I loved the soft gingham colors that Kate chose for the party.

So I decided to make a new line with them.

These are the 4 journaling tags that go with the new line.
I can't decide what to call the new collection of pattern paper that will match these.

Here is a few names I have in mind.

"Summer Gingham"

"Sundresses"

"Summer Breeze"

Scalloped Circle Tags

Pastel Fancy Bracket Journaling Tags

Summer Gingham Journaling Tags

Summer One Word Flashcards

Breathe

Sunday night the mayhem started. Loads of emails, inquires on wholesale pricelist, custom orders and regular orders. Last week was very laid back, I worked on designing 7 new items and the new color PDF catalog. This week has been non-stop 16 hour days. My brain felt like it was going to pop. So yesterday I escaped outside and ran to the store looking everywhere for a day planner. No one had a planner for today, they were for August 2010-August 2011. I need one today. I came home and checked on Etsy for a planner. I found one. Its a DIY planner and calendar. So bought it and started printing out pages.

Today, I went to Target again and bought a half size soft covered notebook for my new planner. I also got the clear plastic pocket dividers. Now I can breathe, everything is all written down.

Exciting News: I had a Little Miss Heirlooms contact me about one of my products. She wants to review it and put in her online magazine. Its a magazine all about kids products.

I've also booked 3 giveaways, two of which came to me and said they wanted to host a giveaway on their blog. The other one is my sponser blog. I'll post links on Twitter and Facebook closer to the dates.

New Product

I have one new product in the store. More Bunting Flags. The Z is for Zebra flags flew off the shelf last week. I sold about 15 packages. So i made some more these are from the

BABY ABC flashcards set.

I should have a new set of 1-31 Mini One Word flashcards numbers (bright colors) this week and maybe a new patterned paper set "Clowning Around" (circus theme).

Mountains

The Kenner Road kit exposure was huge for me. I had 48 orders in a 3 day time frame. 100 new hearts on etsy and many awesome comments about my store on Kenner road giveaway blog.

The rush started on Tuesday evening, the order kept coming and coming. Not little orders either $20, $30, $40. Cha ching over and over has my email kept chiming. Tuesday I just sat and watched my email and couldn't keep relisting on etsy fast enough. I really didn't even know where to start.

I first emailed everyone and said that orders were backed up and that I would email when their order was ready to mailed. Wednesday is international shipping day. So I knocked out a few international orders first. Then I started at the bottom of the pile. I would print that order, cut, package and ship. Order by Order. Finally on Saturday I shipped the last package.

Phheww. Very long hours this week. 16-18 hour shifts. A short nap here and there just to stay awake. And lots of soda and snack crackers to keep me full.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations!! Here are two winners:

$25 Gift Certificate

Goes

To

Cashleysun (esty user)

WINNER#2

$10 Gift Certifcate

Goes

to

Vmolina (etsy user)

Treasury

I just recieved an etsy convo that one of my flashcards sets was added to her tax day treasury.

An etsy treasury anyone can make, but it only last for 3 days. Everyone who is featured on a treasury keeps their fingers crossed and hopes they will end up on the front page.

Today I recieved my 600th sale on etsy.

Busy Week

I expect this week to be busy on etsy.

I'm doing a $25 Gift Certificate giveaway on April 15 at 6:00 Pm EST.

So Don't forget to enter.

Cincinnati Coupons is doing a review and 10% coupon on my store.

Its is being posted on their online site today.

Kenner Road is new wholesaler. They purchase a ton of flashcards for the new April kit being released on April 15 at 12 am. I can't wait to see what the design team did with the flashcards.

Evalicious is a new wholesaler.

She purchased a whole lot of stuff for her new art journals

being released on Saturday April 17.

Her new stuff has been post-poned until May 1

So I'm planning on some extra business this week with 3 new exposure sites.

** To stay update on new products, sales and freebies.

Be sure to follow me on Facebook or Twitter

New Product

Boy One Word Flashcards

Little Girls One Word Flashcards

Nursery Rhymes Calendar Cards

Plain Jane Number Tags

Mother Goose Flashcards

Monday's Child Flashcards
These are becoming very popular. I love the 2 books these came out of

The books are rare and very hard to find. It took several months to locate

them. I found both at 2 different Out of Print Rare Online Book stores.

Cupcake Tops Calendar Cards

Z is for Zebra Bunting
This is very large 15 feet. To take the picture I stretched it along the entire

fireplace, across the sun porch door, to the wall and then left w-z hanging.

I didn't realize how many new products I've been making, until my friend, Evelyn picked up new product for her store. The basket of product was full. All I could think of "wow that was alot of work."

Custom

Custom orders galore. This is what keeps me in business. This week I've had like no etsy sells, but I've had tons of requests for custom items. Beginner Flashcards, Door Hangers, Cupcake Wrappers, paper candy cones, Silhouettes, Cupcake Flags, Milk Carton Favor boxes, matching party garlands, Sweet sign tags, Wedding Bracket for Photo ops, placecards, name tags, Flashcards that spell out names etc . . . I'm slowly catching up on all the custom orders.

NEW CONTEST GIVEAWAY

??? What will be the winning Number ???

Last month, I was quite impressed to have 146 entries in the giveway.

Let's blow that number away with April's contest.

You know there might even be a runner up prize :)

TO ENTER: (*You may be entered more then once)

1. Follow Pretty Little Studio on Twitter
2. Become a Pretty Little Studio Facebook Fan
3. Heart Pretty Little Studio on Etsy
4. Twitter about Pretty Little Studio (send an etsy convo w/link)
5. Blog about Pretty Little Studio (send an etsy convo w/link)
6. Join Pretty Little Studio's Flickr group
7. Make an etsy purchase

Everytime you do any of the follow your name or user name will be added to a list. Then on April 15th at 6:00 pm. Somebody will be selected using a Random Generator.

GOOD LUCK!

Third Shift

Well, the kids and I are back on third shift. This time I'm not liking it at all. I get up around 3 pm and then I'm up until 7 am. Mia went to bed around 1:30 am and slept until 3 pm. She must be going through a growing spurt, I think she drank a bottle every 3 hours. Emily took a nap around 2 am and got up around 3:30 am then back to bed around 5 am. She is still asleep its 5:18 pm. She did wake up to watch about 15 minutes of her new Piglet movie from netflix then she was out again. I stayed up all night making One Word flashcards. I made one for Little Girls in 2 sizes and Anniversary Cards in 2 sizes. Then my printer ran out of toner and I couldn't get the new toner installed so I cut Animal ABC flashcards the rest of the morning and went to bed around 6:30 am.

Contest Winner!!

AND the winner is:


Etsy Customer: Karaanne



Thank you for everyone who participated in the contest. Stay tuned for another contest next month.

GIVEAWAY

My birthday is coming up and to celebrate. I will be giving someone a $31 gift certificate to my shop.


To be entered into the giveaway:

*Buy Something from my shop
*Heart Me on Etsy.
*Follow me on Twitter.
* Tweet about my giveaway (convo me with link)
*Blog about this giveway (convo me with link)
*Leave a comment on my blog


Contest closes March 14 11:59 pm.

Hilarious Giggles

Its 6:23 am and I've been up all night putting together orders and printing. The first 2 weeks of February I didn't get any orders, last Thursday the rush hit. I've been working 12-14 hour shift in my office just doing orders. I'm exhausted.

Anyways this morning, Mia was playing in her bumbo with her box of toys and she just started laughing. She only laughs like this when Emily is making faces or dancing for her. Mia was holding a duck with a bobble head. The duck head would bobble and she was just laugh hilariously.

Record Numbers

Today I had record number of visits on my etsy shop: 159 vistors

Review:
Opened Store October 10, 2009

Tracking From Nov 1, 2009

Hearts: 180
Visits: 4, 841
Pages Views: 24, 829
Visitors from: 61 countries
Sales: 297
First Sale: October 14, 2009

A Tea Party

Here is my new line of Tea Party paper.

My favorite paper is the paper moons strug on a line.

New Banner

I made a new baner for my etsy shop