Can’t blog and create at the same time

So, Dawna… where’ve you been?  You said you’d be updating your blog regularly and adding new inventory to your shop daily. But, you haven’t been.

I know, I know.  Bad Dawna.  And sales and views are down because of it.  So I’m paying the price.  However, there’s actually a really good reason why I’ve been AWOL.

I have been missing creating with my hands.  Right now I have shelves and shelves of scrapbook paper and other archival quality supplies, just sitting and … well, basically rotting away.  Ok, maybe not really rotting.  Because that’d be gross and I wouldn’t be able to stand having them in my studio.  But the fact of the matter is that they’re just sitting there doing nobody any good and quite frankly I could use the space they are taking up.  So I decided to combine necessity (of using up some supplies) and invention (creating something with those supplies), along with commerce and timing.  Hey, I run an Etsy business and it’s getting close to Christmas, which is a very lucrative time of year for Etsy shops.  I should be trying to get in on some of that, right?

Getting to the point finally, I decided to make some handmade cards. I’ve got two Christmas themed boxed sets.  The twist to mine is that they are blank, so they’re kind of a hybrid between note cards and greeting cards. Plus they come in these really cool handmade boxes I “invented”.  Ok.  Not really invented seeing as they are like the boxes you can get in the store when you buy a set of Christmas cards.  But I had to figure out how to make them.  And for me, math is hard, which means that it took a lot of cypherin’ to figure out.

You will find this elegant and traditional black boxed set here.

You will find this elegant and traditional off-white boxed set here.

These Christmas cards are currently in my Etsy shop and are priced at only $30.00.  That is a bargain price that covers the cost of my supplies and basically I paid myself less than what a child in an overseas sweat shop would get for making them.  You can be assured however, that I am not a child in an overseas sweat shop.  So, when you buy from me, you’re buying morally conscious products.  You feel good about yourself now, don’t you?  Shipping charges are a guesstimate based on the rates Canada Post has online.  If I overcharge you for shipping, I will reimburse the overage.  I had to guess a little high because I can’t afford to eat it if I don’t charge enough to cover costs.

Are you interested in a tutorial?  I may take a little time later and write a tutorial for how to make the card boxes.

Anywhoozles, I believe it’s time to update the other sites I use for publicity: Instagram, Tumblr and Facebook.  Find me. Follow me.  And Stick With Dawna!  Thanks ❤