Thank you so much to the ladies over at the Daily Chum! I have been featured as the Etsy Shop of the Day! See the posting here: ESotD

Yup you heard it! Knittin’ Pretty is 1 year old today! Amazing how fast a year goes by…so much has happened in the last year! When I first started selling at Etsy, I wasn’t sure how it would go. How long I could do it…how many times a year could I update…would I still like spinning if it was more like a job…So many questions and concerns…but through it all, here I am! One year later, still going at it!

Here’s some quick stats on the shop:

number of sales: 57
feedback: 100% positive
number of hearts: 137

I have introduced two new products over the year: stitch markers and hand dyed fiber. This last is something I only added today! I have a trial run of just 3 braids of dyed roving up.

In honor of this momentous occasion…I am having a 1 year anniversary sale! FREE SHIPPING on all orders until Labor Day. This includes international orders!

Thank you all for making this last year awesome! The steady sales and encouraging feedback have kept me at it, and still loving it!

Hint:

“I like to dream yes, yes, right between my sound machine
On a cloud of sound I drift in the night
Any place it goes is right
Goes far, flies near, to the stars away from here”

Yay I have been featured on the Daily Chum today!

The shop is doing very well. I am pleased. I posted my update on Monday, and three of the five new things sold. Coming up soon, I am supposed to be featured in the Daily Chum! I was hoping it would be before my new things sold out, but oh well, people will still look at what I’ve sold right?

Work sucks. I hate programming. This could be a serious problem, since I am a programmer and all…

PinkGranite2, originally uploaded by digital nabi.

Yummmmm

…tonight at 7pm!

Wow. What a rush! Opening the Etsy store has been quite a wild ride. I would like to officially use that as the excuse for not posting lately. I have been mulling over this decision for a long time…but I didn’t want to write anything about it in the case that it fell through.

I would like to thank my Hubby for coming up with the cute name! Over some delicious sushi we were discussing possible names, and he thought of this one all by himself. Perfect.

Now I get to worry about things like shipping products. I have been on the receiving end of purchases quite a bit, but have never actually sent things out. In fact I am really bad at sending mail. Usually birthdays and anniversaries come and go, and I forget to send cards. Now I will have to be more prudent about mailing.

Apparently the mail man will come to my door step to pick up packages for mailing. However, this worries me as I live in an apartment complex, and so our mail all goes out at those oh-so-handsome community lock boxes. While we do have our own porch, I am concerned that the mail man may never even venture up to the units, and therefore never see or pick up the packages.

I did a little happy dance when I found out that the usps actually gives free shipping envelopes and boxes. Who knew? This is very convenient given that I rarely, if ever, get to the actual post office. Since I work so far away, I usually have to take off work early to even get there before it closes. Another convenience, usps also allows me to print shipping labels. I just have to weight the package, and print! Very awesome.

Last night after receiving my first orders, I frantically began making stitch markers. I want to send some with each order as a sort of preview of what’s going to be offered in the store soon. I made about 10 sets, and boy do my hands hurt! In order to make them, I use these really small tools, and each one sits awkwardly in my little hand. After doing about 8 sets, I could visibly detect a small blister forming. After ten, my hand started cramping, so I had to stop. Later I will post the pictures, and then even later than that I will add them to the store.

Today after work, I need to stop off at the office supply store and get some nice card stock to print labels and cards for the stitch markers. Probably my little logo and just some product information…but still my stomach is crawling.

I am very nervous! Really I shouldn’t be. Things are selling well. People are “hearting” my store and my products. But I am still aching to know if patrons will actually like what they receive. Actually use the product, and like the outcome.

My new Etsy Shop!!!

Knittin’ Pretty

I made two sales already! I can’t believe it, I am dancing around in joy!