Purses going onto etsy

Yay, the little boxes have arrived, so I posted the first little post-it note purse on etsy! I’t soooo exciting, friends around me seem to like them a lot, so I’m hoping to spread some joy around.

A lady at the office asked me if I could make some more masculine post-its, and she suggested a snake, so I spent some time last night experimenting. A prototype was born, with shiny skin (H20 paints) and a zig-zag pattern on its back. I’m not sure if I fully like the background paper, I think I had something more jungle-like in mind. The colors on the snake would look more vibrant on a darker green background.

packaging research

I spent some time yesterday trying to figure out the best way to ship the little post-it-note purses, if someone decides to purchase one. It needs to be as inexpensive as possible, quick, easy (forget putting together a dozen parts every time), and – first of all – safe. The purses are somewhat fragile, so until I figure out some other design for the handle, a rigid box is needed and the purse should not move inside.

It looks like the audio cassette mailers may be the solution. I thought they went pretty much extinct, and yet the packaging is still available! I would need to put a few Styrofoam peanuts inside (why does Styrofoam capitalize itself when I type it in Word??) and it will be good to go.
Nice. Now – on to making more purses, photographing, etc.

I’m slowly reviving the little store I had on teapotcreations.etsy.com. I’ve started posting cards there, and the goal is to include the little purses as well and possibly other creations. Ah, so much to do, so little time – as usual!

Over the weekend, I stopped at a stamp/scrap garage sale having seen this enormously tempting sign on the roadside. Wow, the whole driveway full of treasures! And some more inside the garage! I purchased three very different stamps, which I’m hoping to test very soon.

I also made some new cards – I’ll show only two here, since the others are resting under heavy objects to make sure that the embellishments really stick to paper.