2009 - Top 3 Items

It's almost the end of the year. 2009 has been a great year for me in terms of my Etsy shop as well as my day job. It was also a great year for my family. Looking back, I decided to do a tabulation of the top 3 best selling items in my shop.

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#3 - Cute Birds in Chains. Earrings

This pair of earrings was a surprise for me as I thought the big hook ones will sell better. I love chain earrings and will definitely make more in the new year. Birds have been one of the hot items in 2009. Status: Available in brass, silver or gold.

#2 - Little Robot Love. Necklace

I love this little robot. There is some geeky-ness in this cute little thing that is just perfect for girls like me who loves computers and is in the technology industry. Status: Sold Out.

And... the #1 is...
#1 - Hedgehog. Necklace

This does not come as a surprise for me as who doesn't love hedgehogs?! They are simply adorable animals that are curls but feisty when provoked. Hmm.. doesn't that sound like some people we know (ourselves)? :) Status: Available with Limited Stock.

So do you agree with the results? :)

YART SALE - What are you doing?

The 2nd YART SALE is coming soon.. in fact it's TOMORROW! So what are you doing for YART Sale this year? What is YART sale? The term Yart is an artistic spin on the traditional yard sale! :) ART + Yard Sale = YART!

I am running a 10% discount on all my items in the shop (excluding my sale items) ! In addition, I have added my YART avatar created by misosoup. So that everyone knows that I am having a YART sale. This is my first time participating on the YART sale cos I missed the last year.

How about you? Did you know what is the YART sale and what are you doing for your shop this time round?

Chinese New Year Inspiration

Chinese New Year is early this year... It's will be on the 26 & 27 Jan.. Here in Singapore, we get 2 days of holiday *yippee!* Although, this year I will have to give out red packets to my single / unmarried relatives *sulk :( * Yes.. it is a tradition for the married folks to give out red packets (with money of cos!) to the single / unmarried relatives.. I think I will just limit to children only (as long as they are still studying).. haha :)

Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year

In celebration of the coming Chinese New Year, I am inspired to gift wrap all the orders made in my Etsy shop in Red Packets! How fun is that! :) This is only valid for those orders made in the month of January!

I have also made this new pair of earrings. Hopefully it will bring out Chinese New Year festive mood in my Etsy shop. What do you think? :)

BLESSED 2009! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year everyone! It's been a wonderful 2008 for me and my family as God sees us through the 2008. Looking back, here are some amazing events and changes that has happened for me and my husband in 2008.

• Our New Place - we finally moved in together after being married for 1 year.
• 2 Jobs Change for my hubby
• Organization Change in my workplace
• My hubby took his first flight to Hanoi (Vietnam)
• Our first flight together to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
• Our customary wedding
• Wonderful progress and improvement in my Etsy shop from 2007.

In the coming 2009, this is what I (he is still sleeping when I am typing this so we have not agree on the resolutions) hope to achieve.

• Grow deeper spiritually in God (read the bible and pray more often)
  
• Deeper / Greater understanding of my direction in life in terms of career (find a job that is right for me)
  
• Take a holiday to a new country (revisiting old ones does not count :P)
• To be less messy in the house (try to do more housework and keep the place tidy :P)
  
• Achieve new heights with my Etsy shop (e.g. building a new model and improvement in sales)
  
• Bring my parents to Christ (they are the only ones in my family that are non-believers)
  
• Improve and build a closer relationship with my siblings (I am close to them but sometimes day to day work gets too much in you that you forget what matters most in life)

And I will need to work with my hubby on the family ones :)
What are your resolutions for the new year? :)

New Purchase : Calendar 2009

Look what I just bought!! My last purchase before my trip to Taiwan. I have been meaning to get a new calendar for 2009 but did not manage to get down to it for the past weeks. Therefore I was so happy that Etsy Storque did a recent article about Calendars! So I sat down today and went through the series of calendars made by the most talented artists.

This is what I bought! I love the photos by irenesuchocki. They are so surreal and beautiful. The photos are printed against a black background which just makes the photos pop!


Another thing that I found while surfing the sea of calendars is that alot of Etsians are offering pdf calendars which allows you to print them out yourself and send them to your friends. The prices are just affordable and amazing. I am so tempted to buy another one for myself!

Till then.. I better stop shopping and get back to packing... Hope everyone have a great weekend of shopping :)