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By Marceline | September 3, 2010
It’s that time again – Zazzle have a big Labor Day sale this weekend (30% off shoes!) and I have £100 of commission in my Zazzle account. This means I can possibly buy two pairs of shoes! So I designed four new pairs of shoes. And now I need your help.
I am almost definitely getting the balloons and bees design above because I will never stop being amused by those shoes. What I am really stuck on is which of the other style of shoes to get.
Cakeify and Friends?
Or happy suns and sad rain clouds?
I can’t decide! I also made some pretty vintage flower ones but they were never really in the running. Please tell me what you think I should get.
And if you want to save some money at Zazzle this weekend, just use the code LABORDAYSALE at checkout. It’s good for 30% off shoes, 20% off bags, 10% off tshirts and mugs and an enormous 60% off aprons! (Code works on Zazzle.com accounts only, but they ship worldwide)
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Product Update
By Marceline | August 28, 2010
Well, now that the excitement of my rainboots is over (although more to come when I actually get mine!), it’s back to work as usual. I’ve been continuing my card redesigns and two more are now available in a bigger, brighter, more exciting designs complete with coloured envelopes!
It’s quite difficult deciding which designs to order first but the Ice Cream Bears have been a runaway success so they’re always on the verge of selling out, so they were an easy pick. Happy Orange has never sold enormously well but I was never entirely happy with the design so I was glad to have a chance to tweak it. Hopefully he’ll be more popular now.
As you can see, I’ve been having great fun designing the insides now that I have full control over everything. It really does make it so much more fun! Even the backs of the cards are cute now.
In other heavy parcel news, I also got a box of Busy Bee Organiser Pads which are ever so slightly bigger, and because I bought so many I’ve been able to lower the price to just £5! That’s an absolute bargain for organising your life :)
They’re available in all in my shops now so go take a look!
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Sew Cute Rain Boots!
By Marceline | August 24, 2010
Surprise! My rain boots are finally being launched this week by Plueys! They’re called Sew Cute and feature my vintage buttons in a Moroccan-inspired colour scheme of cream, brown, rust and navy blue. Not my usual colours at all but I think they look very elegant, and will be perfect for the UK’s rainy Autumn and snowy Winter.
Sew Cute is a limited edition design and will be available in a range of sizes from 3.5 to 9 (UK). The most exciting part for me is the signature lining, featuring my name! How amazing to know people will be walking around with my name on their shoes.
If you like what you see, they’ll be on sale from tomorrow from the Plueys web shop, and also from various stockists throughout the world. I may have a few pairs spare to add to my own shop too – I haven’t seen the boots in real life yet and can’t wait til mine arrive! Do you like them?
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New cards and big steps
By Marceline | August 15, 2010
I’ve made some big steps this past couple of weeks. I feel a bit like Jammie Dodger there, peeking out at the big world. I’ve often said my yardstick of business success would be when I could order hundreds of a new product without the fear that no-one would buy it. I’m still not past that with brand new products – even recently, I only initially made 4 Spooky-Wooky Badge Sets, and ordered 10 Volcano Cards – but I am getting better at ordering large amounts of already-popular products.
I’ve been working with a new printing company to get new and improved versions of my cards done in bulk. The ones I have are fine but the size is non-standard and these new ones are A6, full colour inside and out, and give me full control of all 4 card sides so I can add my own logo and other fun things. The more wholesale orders I get, and with plans to do a trade show next year, it’s becoming more important that I have more product in stock and that it stands up next to more established companies’ work. So ordering a box of 250 wasn’t too scary.
My favourite thing about these new cards is getting to pick out coloured envelopes to match each design. Fun times! The all-new Jammie Dodger card with matching red envelope is now in the shop, and other designs will be following over the next few months as they run out / I get wholesale orders / I have money. And maybe next time I design a new card, I’ll manage to order 250 right away and not secretly worry I’ll have 249 of them sitting under my bed 5 years later.
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New Badge Sets!
By Marceline | August 3, 2010
Taking my time telling you this but I have two new badge sets in the shop! The first one above features my Super Cute Kawaii animal gang with Bunny, Panda and all their new friends, and you get a random 4 in each set. It will be replacing the old Super Cute Kawaii badge set but that doesn’t mean Monsieur Le Bun has fallen out of favour though – he’ll soon have his own badge set featuring his oft-mentioned but never seen wife and son Jacques! That may be some time coming – there are a lot of wheels to turn first.
Also new is this Spooky-Wooky badge set. You may think August is a stupid time for a Halloween style badge set but I actually drew these last July in Oban but failed to get my act together for last Halloween. So better early than forget again. There’s a whole story behind these doodles and I’ll dig out the rest soon and show you.
Both are available from my shop, as well as Etsy, Folksy and DaWanda,
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By Popular Demand
By Marceline | July 7, 2010
I’m not generally short on ideas (I have a whole list of them here waiting for spare time or money) but sometimes I get a suggestion or custom request and realise it’s a brilliant idea I should have been doing all along. I’ve had two such situations lately that are now in the shop!
First up are my new Letter Sets – 6 sheets of my writing paper with matching coloured envelopes. I have no idea why this didn’t occur to me sooner, especially considering Japanese letter sets are one of my favourite things ever. Thanks to an anonymous Formspring questions for this idea. These are great if you don’t want a whole pad of writing paper, or don’t want the bother of hunting up an envelope when you’ve got a letter to send.
I also had a special request from my good friend Jo to make some folded cards using one of my I Love Buttons notecards. Since she just got engaged I was most happy to do so and they turned out so nice I ordered extra for the shop.
See the new products section for more about these, and if you’d like a custom version of one of my products, feel free to get in touch!
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Bees and Tulips everywhere
By Marceline | June 12, 2010
I have a feeling I should stop adding new products haphazardly and instead hold them back until I can spring them on you as a supposedly organised collection. But I get too excited and want to show everyone. So, that may explain why I have added three new products featuring the bee and tulip design over the last couple of weeks.
You’ve already seen the Tiny Thank You Cards, but now there are Bee & Tulip Mugs too! I’ve been wanting to get more mug designs printed for a while now but it’s been impossible to decide which ones. Any favourites you’d like to see? These ones are nice and summery though and will look great out in the garden!
And, as I mentioned yesterday, the Busy Bee Organiser Pads are here! They got great feedback from everyone, and I’ve been using mine myself, so I didn’t change a thing. Get one now and get yourself organised. I also promised to send one to a commenter on my To Do List post – all the comments were helpful so I picked a number randomly and the winner is Emma – congratulations! I’ll be in touch about sending your notepad.
I’m going to write up some more zine posts now and try and get some kind of regular-ish schedule going here. No promises though…
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Tiny Cards!
By Marceline | May 27, 2010
It’s kind of pathetic how excited I am about these – tiny thank you cards! They’re about the size of a business card and have a full colour print on the front and inside. Really really fun to design.
I went hunting for envelopes to match them and found these adorable tracing paper envelopes. Not only do I LOVE tracing paper (it was a big theme in my art school work) but it means you get a little peek at the card before you open it. As you can see they look awesome added to a wrapped gift, and would also be delightful in a bouquet of flowers, or just on their own.
And I had to make some volcano cards as well because they were just too much fun not to. Great for bon voyage cards or to sympathise with any ash cloud woes. There’s even a little volcano inside!
Check them both out in the shop, and don’t forget it’s still Buy 1 Get 1 Free on zines!
PS. I’m pondering more tiny cards – what would you like to see next – party invitations or new address cards for moving house?
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To-Do Lists
By Marceline | May 25, 2010
Today I want to talk about To-do lists! I always have a to-do list on hand, as otherwise I completely forget to do things. Plus it helps keep track of my random brilliant ideas. Unfortunately, I also forget to write about 50% of the things I need to do on it, but I’m getting better.
Above is a photo of my actual current to-do list. I used to favour the back of an envelope for my lists but I found my Sun and Rain Writing Pads were pretty much perfect for me – lots of lines and lots of space. I like to split my list into mini lists of things to do, things to make, things I’m waiting for in the post etc. But I wanted to design an actual to-do list pad (you can actually see it crossed off on this list, at the top right!)
Having figured out my preferences, I then designed this Busy Bee Organising Pad. It’s got separate areas for different lists plus a blank area at the bottom for doodling and freeform listing.
I only got one printed for my own use, but I’d like to sell these too (they’d make a great double pack with the writing pad!) but I want to know if they would suit YOUR to-do list style. How do you organise your tasks? Do you prefer one big list, or areas to write dates or notes?
Tell me about your to-do list, and maybe even post a photo on Flickr , or blog about your current one (leave a comment here with a link so we can see!). If I get some good comments (and you don’t all ignore me!) I’ll pick someone and send them a free notepad once they’re printed. Let’s say by June 1st.
Looking forward to reading about your to-do lists! And I’d love to hear from everyone, doesn’t matter what tasks you keep track of – personal, business or both. Thank you!
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Buy 1 Get 1 Free on Zines!
By Marceline | May 20, 2010
There’s a very special offer on just now in my shop – buy any zine and get another one absolutely free! Just leave a comment at checkout with your preferred choice (of equal or lesser cost) and it will be included in your order free of charge. Check the Special Offers page for all the details. As well as my own zines, it also includes all issues of Katy’s Answers on a Postcard zine series so you could pick up the whole set half price.
This is all to celebrate something I’ve had loads of request for (okay, maybe 5 requests) – a PDF version of the 10 Days in Tokyo zine. It’s taken so long because I had to switch all the photos back to colour but it’s all done now and looks so much prettier!
The printed version is quite bulky so this will save you some money if you live outside the UK, or don’t want to wait a week for it to arrive. Unlike my Tokyo Shopping Guide PDF, this zine is not set up for printing but for viewing on your computer, or e-reader. You can still print it, but it won’t fold up into a booklet.
Anyway, offer ends June 14th so get to it! I hope you enjoy reading some new zines. I’m always looking for new zines to read myself so let me know any good ones, especially if they’re about travel, crafts or Japan.
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