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!!!

Destination Design's 100th Sale Giveaway~!

I'm proud to present my sister shop's giveaway! Destination Design ^___^ She made 100+ sales! yay! Also, she saved up all her sales money for her daughter's 1st Birthday! Now for us supporting her, she's made this awesome giveaway featuring her specialty items! All her creations are 100% Amazing! Just visit her bloggy and follow the rules and goodluck!

http://destinationdesigndaily.blogspot.com/2009/09/giveaway-alert-dds-100th-sale-giveaway_1979.html

Everything is fine and dandy ^__^

yay! I'm pretty happy in work and school ^_^ First school, haha. I'm doing so well! I'm actually getting A's on my test! Lol, I only had A's in Sociology throughout my whole college life xD In Highschool I got A's, but wow, this class I'm actually doing well. I hope I never loose focus :] I also pray to GOD to keep me strong in my studies because I wanna be top 40, and I will get there! Even though this is an entirely different path I decided to go through to get to RN, I think it was meant for me to suck in my first 2yrs of college...cause I wasn't studying well or even put time and effort to my studies, and I was pretty depressed half the time cause of my mommy's nagging. But, ever since I joined this pre-LVN class, I've been pretty happy and more determined. Heck, it is a lot of studying, but I'm not stressing out. It's so awesome to listen to my heart.

Now the Imperfect Kawaii shops xD I like where it's at. It's not like a big brand name or anything, but I just enjoy the pace. I can take my time to do commishes and work on other creations to sell later. I'm happy to get an average of like 10 sales a month than like 1 or none xD And it's good money to just shop online, pay little bills, and sometimes transfer to my bank money to save up. Since I'm not horde on with a kazillion orders, it also allowed me to study better and schedule my time between work, school, and play. I like my shop slow paced since it's not my main source of money. I get allowance from daddy for just being "cute" xD haha, and the shops' sells are like pocket money for online purchases. Ooh, I've been doing deco-hime stuff for other stuff than my own stuff xD I shall post them in the shop next year :] I want to show them in like a Winter Line thingy like some brand clothes and bras do.

Hmm, oh~! And a sucky note now xD My printer refuses to print unless I have black ink! O___O Sooo...I have to ship items like every other week when I have hard cash in my hands. I think I'll be able to get ink next month fersure! Now here's some charms I made this week and nails: