Featured Seller: Miss Mercy

I haven't been doing much with my shop, but did run an awesome spectacular contest! I've been busy with school and trying to get a job. I want to become a lady. Anywho, that fact is important because, I somehow got some sales and had some monies ^_^ I was looking to see if a friend of mine said when she'd be going to Germany. I went to her shop and was like OMG NOOO!!! It was sooner than I thought! I vowed to myself to buy at least one thing in each of my closest Etsy buddies' shop! This was a good chance to buy before she would go. But, what captivate me most was this bunny ring as I'm wearing =^_^= perfect for Easter and I do adore the fluffyness :] I just had to have it! Even if I am always on budget, but it's good to treat myself to something besides sweets ^_^ Also she was departing from USA :[ but for a happy ending of course ^_^ heehee. I'm honored to introduce to all my readers (if any, har har) Miss Mercy! My shopping experience with her is amazing! When my bunny arrived through the mail, I was so happy! It was carefully packaged and inside was like a party favor ^_^ I even got a lollipop, her cutesy business card (omg, you have got to see her Etsy banner!), and plastic bows for my hair :] Everything so cute and simple! I simply love her style. Her items are always very unique! I've known a lot of fellow kawaii kitschy sellers who take cute stuff and put them together, but wowwie, her stuff is amazing! It's so full of detail and life. I window shop a lot at her shop xD Blah, I can go on forever about her shop! Let's take a look at our interview with her ^__^!

1. Introduce yourself:
hello :) my names is meghan rose perrings am currently 29 years of age and a proud army wife! i guess you can technically say that i am a little gothic lolita girl at heart in appearance and personal style - but i love creating and crafting all sorts of fun items for many lovely subcultures in fashion. i am still a little girl at heart and love the simpler things in life- small things make me happy :D

2. What do you sell in your shop(s)?
in my shop on etsy i sell a variety of items (mainly jewelry- but i do throw in a few handbags, shoes, purses and home decor from every now and then) that reflects my small view and love for the fashion world! i love lots of style of fashion subclututres and admire all the different aspects of each. my shop mainly focuses on cute whimsical girly kawaii japanese inspired lolita items and well as vintage kitsch and pinup and retro horror and gothic steampunk from time to time. being a gemini i have ALOT of various interests that take me all over the map in my style and i love the eclectic nature of it all. you never know what you might find! or that i might create!



3. Where do you get your ideas and inspirations from?
i try to get my ideas and inspiration from my life in itself. i am still a little kid at heart and love shopping and lifes simpler pleasures. i try to be fun and whimical when creating and enjoy the process as much as the finished items themselves. i focus alot on my childhood and all the happy memories it contains for me as i still try to see things thru the eyes of a child now and then. i try to create pieces that i would want to wear myself and that others hopefully will enjoy as well. i focus on the fun side of life and try my best in making interesting and different pieces.

4. Besides crafting, what else do you enjoy doing?
i have so many varied interests! i love traveling and history as well as historic inspired costuming! i am a huge medieval nerd and spend weeks on end every summer at renassiance festivals all over dressing up and particapting in the festivies! i love the forest and reading. as well as shopping of course and flea markets! i also am very into vitnage old scholl horror films and classics. i love vitnage and retro items and the histry they can tell us. i have been a various archaeological digs that i enjoyed immensly. and last but not least spending time with my wonderful soldier husband!



5. Is there any advice you can give to newbies who are selling handmade stuff online?
my best advise would be dont give up! if you have a passion for something and you love to do it- dont quit. selling esp when you first start out can be slow- but do all you can to get your name out there. as long as you love what you are doing you will always have a smile on your face!

6. In your opinion, is it competitive selling kawaii kitschy accessories?
i am sure techincally it is considered competitive- but i really do not see it that way. i am so so honoured to be amoung such amazing and wonderful crafters on etsy! lots of these sellers totally blow my mind with what they can come up with! its insane! granted alot of the supplies can over lap but i think there is a respect amongust us all that we care cretive enough in our own right to make wonderfully amazing items differnetly out of the same stock.



7. How do you promote yourself?
i try to network as much as i can online :) i also try to trade with other sellers every now and then if i can :) i have a myspace page and a twitter as well as a flickr account
www.myspace.com/licoriceandlollipops
www.twitter.com/licoricejewelry
www.flickr.com/photos/licoricejewelry

8. Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?
oh gosh- by then i will almost be 40! :D still happily married with a child or 2 :) and hopefully still crafting :)



9. What cartoon character do you like and why?
gosh thats hard! there are so many!! obviously i LOVE hello kitty and all sanrio characters. i grew up with them and i love them to death. i adore my melody and the sugarbunnies too :) i also am a huge san-x fan and have a HUGE collection of san-x. i love the not so normal charactures that they create- i love kogepan and nyankos as well as cheese family too! i also have to through these two charcters from watching these movies many many times when i was little that i still love to death - unico the unicorn from the adventure of unico and nicodemus the rat from bluth's cartoon the secret of nihm. and lastly- i love tokidokis too and have too many! but i cant help it - the charactures as so cute! <3 xoxox


And there you have it ^__^ Miss Mercy *applauds* Her shop is so prettiful! You'll spend quite some time on there browsing and oohing and awwing :] I know I have! Heehee.

Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/missmercy

Love Like Winter

o^__^o yay!!! It's December! I love the Christmas Holidays! I just enjoy being able to shop for others (especially now since I have some money from allowances and side job, and I have a car to get around. Omg, when I was younger I couldn't get nice gifts for my friends because my mom did all the shopping for me and it kinda sucked xD ). I already finished for my secret santa person and my bf (waiting for that to come in the mail :[ so utterly disturbing from Ebay). Now I just need my parents and cousin n___n

As a holiday special before I close down the shops for vacation (Dec 12th) I have a BUY ONE GET ONE HALF OFF deal!!! Etsy and MySpace shop! Just purchase like normal, and after payment clears, I'll refund the half price of the lesser or equal value of the item. Shipping, boxes, and customs are excluded. All items are one in stock.

Lookie at this custom that I made ^.^ teehee! It's a MyPinkTouchy case! Someone really loved the way I made the iTouch's Pink Sugar Attack case and asked for a custom ^___^ SWEET! I'm thinking I should allow decoden customs :] So go ahead! I'm not the best though, lol. I'm currently deco'ing some more stuff. Right now it's hush hush, but it'll be on sale after Xmas!

Black Friday to Cyber Monday on Etsy!!!

The time has come...

FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE!!! Ends Monday!

Each additional item is 25cents for shipping :] not too bad.

Items range from $3.50-$12.00 ^___^!

Help me clear out some inventory and fill your stockings! :D

My 1st Time leaving a Neggy Feedback!

Chibi sad fo 3 dayz now.
whyy???
Coz buyer bought Chibi's items and not pay ne!
Chibi sent email and convo everydai and nu reply ;~;
Dis made Chibi berry sad and worried.
Chibi feel gewd she left neggy feedback todai ^_^
Chibi now happi coz she speaking to Ann, her lovely big sissy =^3^= mwuah!

Okie enuff of that xD that's just a lil inside joke between me and DestinationDesign/Ann, lol. So, to translate this, I actually had a non-payer. Worse, it was a non-communicator aswell T~T I reaaaally would of appreciated it if the person convo'ed me or replied to my emails saying,"Hey, cancel these things. I don't want them anymore" or "I'll pay it in 6 months" something like that xD But no. It didn't respond at all. It's so weird because I posted my main policy in my shop announcement, and before checkout a message to buyers :[ It's like what the effin way? I looked at it's feedbacks and it goes up and down =/ And some of the items bought were paid the same day e___e I was so sad when it didn't pay the first day cause I felt I was being teased in a way. I wish it had convo me that it cannot pay right now but really wants it. I'm not that anal T~T I honestly would hold an item a month or more if I had to as long as the person keeps in touch with me. All I ask is for communication. Anyways, I'm happy now that it's out of the way and it's not the worst ever to happen to someone. I have heard others. But, I never knew I would actually have no mercy to actually leave a negative feedback, but hey, communication is #1 to me as a seller to a buyer relationship. I'm pretty sure others agree, even if they're policies are strict like mines. But yea...I'm happy now...craving some blue berry muffins.

Sooo, 5 more sales and I can do the 1st ever Love Game Raffle!!! woohoo! 60 baybeh! 60 sales! And this one will have all those 60 chances entered since it is the first game :] woohoo! I also have to start scanning the gift wrap for xmas theme xD woopsie doodles! I'll get on it in a bit! ^__^

Updates and a Love Game?

Okie dokie! Let's do the updates of the boring stuff first xD haha. Sooo, here's the dates again!
November 30th is the last day for any charm/cellphone/figureenie customs! I'll be working on those last minute order the week after that. Also after that day, I won't be shipping out of U.S. Why? Cause I don't want you mad at me that the item didn't come for xmas ;___; So if you're outta state, get shopping done! Especially now cause a lot of my stuff is starting to go away e___e; like slowly...and then there's also my other shop that can take the items on Etsy too, and there's also my local fans xD
December 12th, MY SHOP IS CLOSED. Etsy and Official/MySpace shop.
Dec 26th-Jan 2nd(TBA), Shop will open again where you can splurge if you like :]

Okie, now some fun updates...I has new Christmas items ^___^ I made a charm set again! For xmas now :] woohoo!!! And a few cellphone charms ;] If I ran out before November 30th, you may ask for a custom. I don't mind. Even if you want a penguin a different color ^____^

Now the fun fun update of them all! So today I went to Michael's and bought these Pink Bubble Wands ^_^ I was planning to buy them for my Birthday Tea Party as favors :] The thing is, there's too many of them! Haha, I have small parties that consists of 10-16peoples, and there was 36 wands O_O I thought and thought, and then came up with an idea. Why not have some fun and do a love game! I learned it's kinda hard to sell on Etsy, and I value all my customers who have chose to shop at my shop ;___; they're so awesome! Soooo! I decided to do raffles :D yeah yeah! After 10 items have been sold, boom, a raffle towards those 10 entries! So every listing you buy gives you a chance into the raffle. I'm going to change the prizes of course from every round. This first round will be everybody who has shopped before. Yea, since day 1 that I started! So when that 60th sale happens, RAFFLE TIME!!! So my task now is to find a good random chooser thingy ma-bobber. Anyone recommend one? Oh! The prize! duh! Haha! Of course, a Pink Heart Bubble Wand (you'll probably see this for awhile, lol), 8 different Hello Kitty memo sheets (STRAIGHT FROM JAPAN! My mommy's friend came over to visit and gave me a lot!), one custom tart ring, and a mystery coupon! I hope that sounds good! It's just a little way to show I appreciate my customers :] asides from the tiny freebies I give, lol. This is just for fun, no fighting! I think 6 more sales to go and we can start the raffle! yay!

Featured Seller Show- LaceyBabyDoll

*theme song plays as she walks onto the stage* Hello everybody!!! We have a special guest today! She's one of the sweetest and cutest dollies out there!!! Amber from Laceybabydoll.etsy.com! I noticed her when she hearted my shop on Etsy when I started selling on there. I clicked her icon and it lead me to such a beautiful shop! Light pink, gold accents, and cute flooded through my mind when I saw her shop. And I was like,"SHE HEARTED MY SHOP?!HER SHOP IS SOOO GORGEOUS AND CUTE!" and believe me, I react like this when I see someone else's shop to be more superior than mines. It's also an honor. Anyways, I have window shopped at her shop. I can't wait till after xmas when I can splurge like crazy, and her shop will be where I splurge first ^_^ teehee. Couple months later I realized she had a link to an Etsy Tea Party Team and that others can join. I contemplated whether I should since I'm already busy with school. But, I decided to join and we've been talking a lot ^__^ Wow, she's super sweet! Just like a doll indeed! Her shop is so adorable and I definitely love the theme of it! I was fortunate enough to get an interview with her...let's have a replay of that interview! *points at the big giant TV screen behind her*

Me:Introduce yourself:
Amber:My name is Amber and I am the girl behind Laceybabydoll on Etsy. I was born November 30th, 1987 in a small town in Pennsylvania.

Me:What do you sell in your shop(s)?
Amber:Mostly I sell jewelry and accessories. Occasionally I sell clothes. I'd love to someday sell more clothes but unfortunately at the moment I don't have enough time to make many.

Me:Where do you get your ideas and inspirations from?
Amber:Mainly from fairytales or from things I love from my childhood. I also adore sweet lolita fashions because they are so girly and feature many of my favorite things.

Me:Besides crafting, what else do you enjoy doing?
Amber:I love to go shopping! Whether it be at malls, online or just thrift shopping. I enjoy spending time with loved ones, going for walks--especially in the Fall since it's my favorite season--and collecting vintage charms.

Me:Is there any advice you can give to newbies who are selling handmade stuff online?
Amber:Just to follow their dreams and never give up on something that they truely love doing!

Me:In your opinion, is it competitive selling such adorable items for fellow kawaii/cute lovers???
Amber:It can be competitive! Especially since there are a lot of cute items on Etsy for Kawaii lovers. However, I try to keep my items as creative and unique as possible because of this!

Me:How do you promote yourself?
Amber:I don't really do much to promote myself. I do have a YouTube account where I post videos of my items--and sometimes sales. I let friends and family know about my shop though as often as possible.

Me:Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?
Amber:Hopefully still doing what I love to do--creating! I would love to own my own shop someday, so hopefully that dream will come true! It would be really nice to have a family of my own by then as well! I hope I'll have a floppy eared bunny by then too!

Me:What cartoon character do you like and why?
Amber:I love Hello Kitty because she's always so adoreable! I have had quite the obsession with her since I was around five or six years old! I also recently started to really like Minnie Mouse because she's so girly!


Me:Thankies Amber for the awesome interview ^___^!

*faces back to the audience* And there you have it! The lovely dolly of all dolls Amber! ^__^ I just adore her shop so muchy! Etsy should make a wish list thingy where others can buy gifts for you xD Do they have that? o_O; *looks at camera girl* Do they? *turns back to audience* ANYWAYS! HAHAHAHA ^.^; If you like girly stuff or doll-like stuff, I recommend this shop! It's all cute! Her items are very very unique ^_^ love it! Till next time...GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY!!!*ending theme song*

Customable Sweet Tart Ring

So I came up with an idea with the idea to use tarts as like a serving cup for dollop whip cream thingies ^_^ I like messing around with the whip on objects :] I do miss real baking xD heehee. Anywho, so I decided to make dollop rings, except they're on tarts. I also let my customers decide 1-3 toppings of their choice from the provided menu. So, I'm like a small PinkBerry or Yogurt place and you pick the toppings and I swirl it and put the toppings =^_^= here's some pics!!!





They're $5.25 each ^_^

Oooh, and I sold my 2nd Edition Cupcake Necklace in a day or two! It was so exciting! Cause it looked like a disaster to me T___T It was uber pink~!

Let's help out!

I'm helping out in the Madison Anderson Benefit Sale. My friend laceybabydoll.etsy.com is a good friend of Madison's mom. Madison is a precious 7 month old little girl who has been diagnosed with a life threatening infection of the bloodstream known as Meningococcemia. She will require a prolonged hospital stay of anywhere from 4 months to a whole year. I will be donating a $1.00 for each item that is sold starting 10/17/09. Your sale will help the family with the expenses related to Madison's medical condition. Thank you so muchy in advance~!

Also...I'll be ending that $1.00 off SALE later tonight ;] Get crackka lackin!

Busy week this week! eeperz!

Oh dear, I have so much to do this week!!! I'm studying so much to make up those days. I have some rings to show and sell, but those will have to wait till next week, because this week is my boyfriend's birthday!!! yay!!! Wednesday we're going to the L.A. County Fair o^__^o he's going to get me that gigantic gelato that I looooove so much! heehee. I'm uber excited for that! Admission and Unlimited Rides= $20, not bad compared to paying for each ride T~T Then Thursday (day of his bday), we're going to Disneyland!!! His parents are so sweet! They paid for my ticket...ah I must buy his daddy a delicious mocha cake for his bday fersure! Friday I have to deliver locally to Teddysaur =] buuut...I can't be there for a long time due to the fact I gotta study A LOT...it's conversion of the metric system and that's my weakness...so I must spend time on that. Then Saturday, I'm taking my hunnie out to lunch or dinner at Claim Jumper! =^.^=

-Shop News-
Since Monday or Sunday I offered the $1US/$2Int. Shipping Promotion in celebration of my boyfriend's birthday ^___^ Offer ends Oct 2nd! Which is this Friday O.O oh boy! I've also sold out of the Hello Kitty and Keroppi cupcake bottoms x]

For my Etsy shop, I will be using the money I make from there to save up for my dad's side of the family. The part of Phillippines that they live in got hit by the typhoon pretty badly. The flood took up a lot of the houses there and a lot of people died =[ I seriously have no idea if they're alright. We tried calling, but the lines are cut off. So I'm praying and hoping they're alright and safe in one of those retreat places or something. Once I know fersure they're okay, I'm going to give my sales money to them to help them get a start again with their life after the damages. I appreciate those who purchase from the shop, and or just pray. I know it's selfish to ask to pray for them, but yeaaa...I need hope xD I get happy and sad on and off. So thankies in advance for helping me gain some sales to make room for next year's stuff and save money up for them, and prayers!

Featured Seller Show- Hugswithkisses

*Comes onto the stage and waves to the audience as the theme song plays* We have a special guest today!!! She's been my friend forever! Lol, well like since 7th grade ^_^ She has introduced me to Etsy and showed me how selling goes. And wow, I sure am addicted to Etsy *lots of hands clapping and wooohoos* ^_^ yes yes! I've knew her for so long and found out she is quite the talented crafter. After high school she moved :[ yea, sad sad SAD! But I'm so happy she pulled her life together and has a wonderful hubby, and recently A BABY!!! yay! ^.^ He's such a cutie. She works uber hard for her family ^___^ Let's give it up for Chimica!!! *theme song plays*


Me: Hey there giiiirl! Welcome to the interview! Let's begin, shall we? Please, introduce yourself to us! ^.^
Chimica: My name is Chimica.. I'm 21. I'm a mom, I'm a pro webmaster with 17 websites and I'm a cook book writer. I love crafter. Normally I craft digitally because my son is so young and loves to tear paper and get into everything.


Me: Lol! What do you sell in your shop? =]
Chimica: In my main shop I sale greeting cards, recipes and printables.... I like selling these items because they don't cost way to much to make which mean I can give my buyers some great prices.

Me:Where do you get your ideas and inspirations from?
Chimica: I get my ideas from digital scrapbookers. Since I have a baby I scrapbook a bunch. I also get ideas because they help me so I think they may help other people also.


Me: Besides crafting, what else do you enjoy doing?
Chimica: I really enjoy cooking. It relaxes me a bunch and I can write recipes all day if I had the time. I also enjoy writing poetry and of course playing with my baby.

Me: What advice can you give to newbie sellers selling handmade stuff over the web?
Chimica: My biggest tip for new sellers is to stay positive. Even I at times get depressed with lack of sales. Always keep your head up.


Me: In your opinion, is it competitive to sell greeting, holiday, etc cards?
Chimica: OH MY GOSH.. It is very hard to sale anything really because almost all things you sale someone is selling the same thing. It can be very stressful when other people are selling their cards for $.75.

Me: How do you promote yourself?
Chimica: I place links of sites that reach my target market and I chat in different forums. It takes a bunch of time. I also market on sites that sale handmade products.


Me: Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?
Chimica: Having a 10 year old baby.. and with my PHD in optomatry.. I also see myself with many sucessful websites. I honestly don't know if my cards will still be selling after 10 years. Things may become harder with people selling their items for much less or it may become better.. only time will tell.

Me: Who is your favorite cartoon character and why?
Chimica: FUNNY QUESTION! Everyday my son and I watch SCOOBY DOO. I love love love that show. However I also love winnie the pooh but it comes on at like 5am so we can't watch it.. I do have like all the movies though.. GOTTA LOVE A CUTE BEAR THAT LOVES HUNNY LIKE THAT YOU KNOW..


Me:Annnnd that's all we have for our show today! Thankies Chimica for the awesome interview! And hope you swing by town soon when I'm not busy with stupid school! ^__^ Goodnight everybody!!!

My 1st Featured Seller of Etsy...

Destination Design! She's not the first person I bought from xD but she was the first person I met in an Etsy chatroom and just talked as if we knew each other in real life. She's such a kind person and I look up to her ^_^ I met her when I was starting to sale on Etsy, and just being a friend was a great experience! Lol, I spent most my summer days on Etsy [I have a life outside too!!! this is just waiting for friends to get ready]. She is also a clay user :D And I look up to all those who use clay! Her stuff is so adorable T~T She's always there for me too when I need tips on selling and just talking to her made me feel relax all summer ^__^

The first thing I bought from her were these PIGGIES for a friend's birthday:

I was excited waiting for the mail, but kinda bummed I didn't get something for myself xD One day I was so surprise to see a package for ME with colorful dots on them O_O I was like WOOOOOOW! *insert my jaw dropping face here* well, I smiled mostly xD heehee. I opened the package up and got a sweet freebie ^__^ yay!!! something for myself! Lol, for some odd reason the piggies weren't in there, but Destination Design solved it! :D yay!!! She made fresh piggies for me and shipped it to make it to my friend's bday e___e I felt very special, and even more so that she gave me a ring! I wear it a lot and think of her and the Etsy times during my summer break. I also just had to come back and get these Hello Kitty bows xD!

I enjoy window shopping at her shop, and eyeing stuff I wanna buy when I'm done stocking up my own stuff to make. She's so kind and creative with cuteness! Her shop is the perfect place to shop at for any occassions! You'll get that giddy effect like I did when I recieve a package from her :] And when you see or meet her at an Etsy chat, she's one of the most friendliest person you'll ever meet! She's still young but I know she'll be really successful and continue to make Hello Kitty and kawaii-goodness proud!

I'm a very very satisfied customer and had a wonderful experience! Seeing her items and owning a few, I can tell she has put a lot of love and time into them. Yea, it's cute by itself, but just how she vamps items up or create them out of stuff, I feel much love from her. I treasure my ring a lot because not only she is my friend, but I know she puts a lot of time to her items and loves doing what she does. :D Get to know her!

Shop: http://www.destinationdesign.etsy.com

Blog: http://www.destinationdesigndaily.blogspot.com/

I loooooove Destination Design =^___^=

The Time Has Come

For meee to go back to school! On Monday! I'm taking a pre-LVN course, and I have to get 94% or better in the class in order to get into the program x_x eeer...So yea...I won't be on muchy :S Very sad to say...I'll miss everyone on Etsy chatrooms! *sniffles*

The Cheap Shipping is being limited to up to Aug 30th, cause I will have a busy week trying to get my school stuff straighten, so I won't have time to really fix everything up. After that day, effective immediately, outside of U.S. shipping will now include mandatory insurance! I want to be safe and have a package delivered well across the ocean and get there safely. And if it doesn't, it will be like a refund for the person. As for U.S., same S&H, and if there's anything wrong, they can solve it with me easily ^__^

Since I'll be gone for a while, don't worry, I'll be posting up a few things. Soon I'll have gift boxes for my items, just in time for holidays! Also, when I'm back from studying, I'll release lots of my decoden goodie creations!!! yay! While I'm gone, charm requests are accepted! Just shoot me a convo or email me at princess_chibi@tmail.com~! Lol, lookie this Epic Fail on Kogepan charms I made:




I'll miss Etsy fersure :[

2 1/2 months as a seller on Etsy

I love Etsy so much!!! It is such an addiction, ahhhh!!! ^_^ but now, I have to not chat it up so muchy soon as school will be on my butt all day. Bleeeeh. I wish my summer was longer x___x wah. Makes me want to stay at CSULA, but I'm done there. Welpz, plan on making more earrings soon and launch Royal Desserts II next year! yay!!! it will have pearls and rhinestones this time instead of glitter. Okie, I just spoiled it xD dang!

As for Etsy, sales are still the same way xD Get lots in beginning and ends of months. Another happy note, I GOT 100 HEARTS NOW!!! YAY!!! Well, more like 102, but still, yay! ^__^ and I feel I'm SLIGHTLY getting better at photos...slightly. When school starts, I won't be creating much new things. I'll still do custom charms of course, that is my job in the first place =]

:O oh yea, about my video, dun make fun of my voice >[! I was just born that way. Oh yea, and my Royal Desserts are FREE SHIPPING for now till Sept 3 ^__^ They need homes! I have only a few left and they were created like in April!

Teddy goes RAAAAAWR~!

I had an awesome time Thursday ^___^ I met up with Teddysaur [the red hair] :D I knoooow dangerous! We met on Etsy, then exchange MySpaces [even my real myspace!]. Why? We were both down for trading cute stuff :D Well, I don't think mines look cute, but her's does. Sooo, she called me the night before and got all quiet when I said hello xD She was pretty woah'd at my voice. The next day, I went to Lolicup to meet up with her since I just live like 5mins away from the school she goes to for summer classes. Lol. she totally stood out xD I was pretty shy, but I got comfy with her after like 10mins [which is ultra rare since I've never met her in person before, but I felt like I knew her for quite sometime]. She is freakin h i l a r i o u s~! She made me laugh so muchy ^___^ It was awesome. We were both...quite opposite but also had so much in common =^___^= I hope to deal or even just hang out with her again. She is uber awesome :3 and so effin random too. xD Wow. Just wow. We talked about so many things from Etsy to etcs~!

Here's what she gave me :]

And I gave her this in return:

^___^ She's very pretty and interesting. I love her boldness and how she's not afraid to express what she's thinking! She's also quite the artist :D She draws nakkie people with smiley faces,lol. Also, she sews a lot of stuff, draws cool stickers [lol, which got me started to draw crap on my stickers], clay sculpting, and more. She's also so sweet and donates to different stuff and loves animals n__n She's uberly awesome! I'm glad I met her =]

Her Etsy:http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6465200

Her bloggy:http://tatianakim.blogspot.com

Check her out ^__^ The things she sales on Etsy, all the $$$ goes towards a donation thingy =] She told me about it that even if she dun get sales, she still donates her own $$$ ^__^ She's so sweet and silly!

1st Destash! w00t w00t!

Yay! Made my first couple sets of deco goodies! Well...just one kind xD heehee. I made little pink heart biscuits! I made a kazillion for myself and to sale.
They're $3.50 for a dozen :3 They come in etheir pink or light brown. I have posted up the pink ones on Etsy and will post brown maybe tomorrow or the day after xD yay!!!

I'm enjoying my summer break very much ^_^ I'm working on stuff and stocking up for my litto shop, and having fun~! Can't wait till July to have $$$ to buy more supplies [not a whole lot,lol bf will be mad sorta] and deco my phone again! Welpz, time to kick my bf's butt in Halo3, AGAIN! heehee, just like yesterday :3

Something new in le Etsy Shoppee

Sooo...I made a new category ^_^ It is called, "Weekly Special" where I list an item for a week or two and have something special about it like BOGOF, Free Shipping, lowered price, etc. Yay! Been 1 month of being a seller on Etsy and made 8 sales! It sounds a lot to others, so I believe I did well =] Can't wait till July...MAJOR SUPPLY SHOPPING! Will only spend about 40ish bucks ^__^; BF cannot be mad at me!

By July, I'll be working on hime goodies :D because I've always wanted to. I'll be making quite a number of things because school will be hectic again~! In celebration of being an Etsy seller for a month, I'm giving away a special secret item that I've made related to deco hime stuff! These items will be released mid-late July ^__^ hooray! So 1st Buyer of my 2nd month of selling, will recieve this free gift~! Excludes clearance and weekly special items.

I'm poop'd...mommy took me shopping today at Santa Anita mall :3 I MUST GO BACK THERE!!!AHHH!! I love love loooove shopping ^_^ Boyfriend is comming over later to help me package some teddy bear cabochon for the promo thingy.

Ciao<3

1st Month of Etsyness

Tomorrow marks 1 month I've been selling on Etsy o^____^o hooray! I have made 8 sales this whole month. Some people say that's good ^_^ Etsy has been very kind to me =] The people there are soo soo sooooo sweet! It is very competitive on that site, but everyone is so friendly towards each other and supportive =^_^= It kinda reminds me of nursing majors...we all stick together even though we're really in competition to get into the program xD The awesome part is my eyes opened up to other crafty goodies like making candles [there's so many cool ones! omg! it's better than the ones at Bed Bath Beyond], fabrics, more crochet stuff, yummy baked goodies, sock plushies that are in Japan trend now, wood work, more jewelry, and like...A LOT! I've also managed to meet the charm makers I have looked up to several months ago. I've met a lot of nice people in the chatrooms ^_^ haha, I usually dun go into chatrooms, but these people keep me comming back! I love it ^_^ I hope next month and the following months stay the same =] lol, I haven't stayed on MySpace too long ever since I got into Etsy xD

I like how going into the chatrooms and getting critique, will better my store. So yea, my piccys suck butt xD My usual area where I took photos [there's diff between the earlier ones and the pink background ones] is that I take good pics at a certain area at my house with good lighting...unfortunately, that part of the house' electricity is off O_O and we have yet to fix it! ahhhh!!! Hmm hmm..oh yea! Someone is promoting me at craft fairs ^___^ yay!

Yesterday there was a Stock Up Clearance Sale at Michael's :D I couldn't resist! I bought a lot of polymer clay to stock up! It was 4 for $5!!! Those things are usually 1.99, but they were 1.25 each if you're buying 4 ^__^ I felt it was the smartest thing ever of what I did! heehee. I have so much clay...I bought 8 cause I make small stuff so it's enuff to last till Christmas o.o MAN! If I didn't think of exchanging those clasp ring thingy for another size, I wouldn't have known there was an awesome sale!!! So yea...I'm stocking up on various charm items because when school starts, I won't be able to make a lot, but if it is a commission, I can, but hopefully it's only 1 item xD har har...Also, next month I'll be doing a lot of decoden cause I want to style my sidekick again! :D hooray for changable shells! woohoo! o^__^o can't wait to go supply shopping! I loooove decoden! It takes sooo much time though, but it will only be this month to do it and then sell some x]

Woah, I type too much xD

How Imperfect Kawaii came to be

It all started Feb 2009, near Valentine's Day =^___^= I was working on my boyfriend's valentine's day gift, and my closest friends from high school came into my mind. They weren't as excited about love day =/ I was also reminded that Valentine's Day was also the Friendship Day ^_^ So I wanted to do something for my friends too! But what...I thought of Valentine's Day cards, but I want something they can bring with them always (I carry a Valentine's Day mini card from my friend Kariboh in my wallet x] ). During this time, I was playing a video game called Kingdom Hearts II, and then it came to me. OF COURSE! Paopus!!!

Paopus are star shaped fruits and legend says if two people share the same fruit, their destinies will forever intertwine. Most of my buddies know this game and the fruit. Now came the how do I make it xD I've searched several stores looking for the real fruit because they do exist. Then one night I went through deviant art and just typed in paopu. There were so many ways. Then there were these paopu charms...EUREKA! I decided to make cell phone charms so they can hang it unto their phones or keys or bags! yay~! So I went to Michael's, bought materials, and began making them :3

I'm so glad my friends liked them so muchy =^__^= They encouraged me to make different kinds of things =] I had extra pairs of Paopus and decided to sell them to KH fans and eBay. They sold out quickly!!! O__O My friend Michy (who later becomes Graphic Bun Bun due to her gosu skillz) gave me a shiny penny to use in pictures to show sizes ^_^ also to make more. The ones I've sold on eBay, got a lot of recognition. I have also enjoyed keeping in touch with my customers and even had the honor of making party favors of over 50 paopus! o^___^o Paopus certainly do make people come together in a way too =]

From then on, I keep on experimenting with different kinds of things to sculpt with ^__^ With my friends' encouragement, customers' smiles and compliments, and Michy's shiny lucky penny, I can make almost anything n_n They're called "Imperfect Kawaii" because I believe they aren't very cute. I must admit, there are LOTS of charm makers out there who makes charms very very very well! I make charms to pass time and because I like cute things and can't always buy too many cell phone charms (I must stop, really, I still buy some today). I've also noticed that they do make "cute" little gifts. I find my work crappy, but when I look at all the little darlings, I could tell they're made with lots of love and a passion to be cute. I hope my customers or future customers understand that regardless of the charm's disfigured shape, they are made specially for them, by me ^___^

Okie 2nd testing...the rundown of things

Okie dokie...so I found a good template. For some reason this website I went to last night to get diff templates, went kaboom! With like lots of virus o_o they need to fix that...

Yay~! So I'm on summer break, woohoo! Got to finish up lots of charms, and study for my TEAS. Gotta score high on that test to make up for crappy GPA to get into the Nursing Programs *crosses fingers* So this will be a very productive summer break ^__^ I go back to school at ELAC end of August.

What I'll do with this blog is post things of stuff I made and a lil story behind them and all the process I went through with them. Every creation has a story in them o^__^o that's what I believe atleast... heehee. Also, I'll also be featuring sellers and customers every other week or every week [depends when I have time, but most likely every other week]. Etsy has been so very good to me, and I want to feature sellers too =] Sooo yea...I'll post another blog on how to become a featured seller. I will feature a customer if they would like to xD only if they want to. I don't want them to haunt me down.

Okies...that's it for now =]

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