The last images are just a few snap shots I took while I was
working. I figure if I don’t have time to do tutorials or make cards I should
at least share what’s going on in my office. While owning a small business can
be stressful at times it’s also rewarding so many ways that the stress is
nothing compared to how doing what I love makes me so happy. Well, I hope you
enjoyed this little post and feel free to leave me a comment. Till next time,
friends!
Work and New ideas
Friday, June 13, 2014
I thought it would be fun to take a few snap shots around
the office, of things I’m working on as well as things that are “in the works”.
I’ve been coming up with new ideas in between making and sending out orders on
a daily basis—and it’s so much fun. I’m such a lucky gal to be able to do what
I love, full time. I enjoy working on orders so much because I know that each
little card or decoration will make someone really happy; and, that makes me
happy! I’ve been thinking of lots of new things to add to my shop that will
take my small business to the next level. I was beginning to get a little bit
bored of making the same things over and over, and my remedy for that situation
was to begin making new things that would get me exciting again. So far I’ve
thought about making more wedding items—but I’m starting off small. By that I
mean I’m not going to jump right into making invitations. Instead I’m going to
create ‘Save the dates’ first and go from there. I’m also thinking about
offering envelope printing in my shop as well. I’ve got such beautiful fonts
and I know that, for a bride, handwriting invitations can be a bit of a pain.
So I tested out the thick A2 envelopes that I purchased from Paper Source and
they came out great. I was so happy with the results but I still need to work
out a few kinks because sometimes when I’m printing on envelopes my printer
tends to smear ink on them—I should probably contact the manufacturer about
that.
I’ve also wanted to incorporate my new found love for
watercoloring into my shop. So I also tested out printing on watercolor paper.
What I did was apply the watercolor onto the paper first, then once it completely
dried I printed the sentiment on it using my Canon printer—and again I loved
the end result.
Here I have two little banners I made using a printer and
the new Lawn Fawn banner dies. I think these are so cute and I’m going to try
making these banners is more colors (cardstock). I can’t wait to add these to
my shop—and of course I’ll be taking better pictures of them for my shop, hehe.
I’ve also been trying to get into drawing, here and there. I
used to love drawing when I was younger and I was actually really great at it
but I kind of lost it and now that I’m getting more into printed designs I’d
like to get back into doodling. I love doing this when I’m a bit stressed out
too because I don’t really expect much to come of it I just have fun creating
little designs and then just set them aside.
Labels:
banners,
envelope printing,
etsy,
handmade,
new products,
save the dates,
unifyhandmade,
working
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you are such a talent!!
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