Happy Birthday BOGO Sale

I'm a terrible blogger - I know it. It's been almost a month since I was here. What have I been doing during that time, you ask?

Well, I switched the format of my website - check it out here - http://www.sewdarnsimple.com/index.html. The new format allows me to have a blog there, so I have made a couple of entries there.

And of course, since I was here last, we had Christmas, New Year's and the entire month of January.

My 'regular' job keeps me busy during January, although I did have time to do an art/craft show - you can read about that on my website blog: http://www.sewdarnsimple.com/id72.html.

But today I am writing because my birthday is coming up, and to reward all of you for that, I am having a BOGO (Buy One, Get One half off sale) on my etsy store. For each item you buy at full price, you can get a second item of equal or lesser value for 1/2 price. Shipping charges are not discounted. Refunds will be made through paypal after purchase is complete. This sale runs from now through Midnight EST Monday, February 9. So hurry and check it out. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5934264

Thanks for reading!

Susan

Creating something new - the Custom Order

I have a new customer who likes a couple of my items but wants some modifications. I love custom orders. They let me get out of my box and do something different. They make me think about ways to do things and styles that I maybe normally wouldn't think of.

This request was for a purse and a wallet. I'm going to start today with the wallet because it's something that I had on my agenda for about three or four months and I just hadn't take time to play around with.

I currently make a full-size women's wallet, that is a tri-fold, with a velcro closure on the flap, and has places inside for bills, coins (zippered pocket), id pocket, flap with places for five credit cards and an additional pocket behind, and a checkbook and register area.














I personally haven't carried my checkbook anywhere is years. So I kept saying I was going to make one that eliminated the checkbook area, and added more places for credit cards - or other cards - you know we all have a collection of them.

And that's exactly what she was looking for. So I worked with my current design and adjusted it for the new one. Here's what it's going to look like!















There are just a couple of small modifications to the wallet, which I'm going to work on this evening, although I think this one is perfectly 'saleable' , and then I'll be ready when the fabric she selected arrives.

The purse request is a combination of styles, and I may get started on that this evening also. I'll make a demo of it (which I will probably get to keep and use myself) and then I will be ready to go with it.

Thanks to my customer for giving me the opportunity to try some new things!