Me&My: Retail and up and coming stuff!

Me&My: Retail and up and coming stuff!:     Good Evening, Iv not been here for a while, as I have been crazy busy, October is a manic month, loads of birthdays (including my s...

Me & My: getting up to speed!

Me & My: getting up to speed!: Hellloooo! So turns out having two blogs means I actually write less?! so lets get up to speed, I have been BUSY! Iv not stopped, I have ...

getting up to speed!

Hellloooo! So turns out having two blogs means I actually write less?! so lets get up to speed,

I have been BUSY! Iv not stopped, I have stitched my own finger to a cushion, ended up with 3 'Peppa Pig' plasters on my hand due to lack of concentration AND managed to make 15 t-shirts, 6 cushions, several xmas decorations and started a baby quilt all in 10 days. I'm shattered, I never ever want to sew again (ok maybe just today) but its all worth it, I now have a folksy shop, http://folksy.com/shops/MeMy, I chose Folksy as it is British and more importantly Etsy wouldn't let me have Me & My or any combo of that as my shop name as it was taken (boo!!!) so its their loss, I plan to add 2 new t-shirts to the shop each week, starting it 2 fox tees, then maybe 2 reindeer ones, test the water and see what happens, I also whipped up stock for a local shop in St Albans called rain drops on roses, you can find out more about that on my other blog, www.itsmeandmy.blogspot.com

and now I'm getting ready for boogaloo Craft Fair again, where oh where did October go??

 

 

Mouse decoration can be found on my folksy page, t-shirts are on request and are £12.50, same for cushions and they are £15 per cushion. you can also check out new designs, news and gossip on my facebook page Me&My

whats going on here then??

Wow,
So its been 6 days since I last wrote a blog post, where does the time go? one minute I'm relaxing after an uneventful craft fair pondering what to do next, 3 days later I'm up to my eyes in orders and running around London trying to source a particular shade of cotton! this is the crazy world of self employment! well I'm not complaining, I would work every hour I have for myself rather then work for anyone else, and I'm lucky enough to do a job I love, so no, I'm not complaining.

Updates on where you can Shop for Me&My-
I'm now on Folksy @MeMy 
In now stocked in Raindrops on Roses In St Albans
and of cause you can always buy direct from my facebook page - facebook.com/JustSinead
and I'm always happy for commissions!
hope your all enjoying your weekend, I'm off to applique 20 t-shirts!

 

 

the truth about me and craft fairs

Me and craft fairs are not getting on, I'm always in two minds to even do them as they are such hard work, and my products are not exactly pocket money stuff. So yesterday I packed my bags, left my house at some un godly hour and made my way to North London, I don't drive, so this involved 2 buses and a train, dragging a suitcase and two bags along. Now I really like the craft fair I attended, I like the people and the organisers, but I don't like the lack of sales. now I could take it on the chin, and say OK that was a slow day, but this is the 3rd craft fair in a row where I have made a loss or just about broken even, and I now have to ask myself, what is the point? I get great comments and feed back, I give out loads of business cards and lots of promises from people that they will DEFINITELY buy something from me....well they don't, and I spend five hours sitting. smiling and trying to stay positive, I watch people pick up every single item of stock I have and then put it down and walk away, that's fine, not everyone is going to buy something, but when at least 50% of the people at craft fairs happen to be other traders, then your not going to sell anything at all because traders will look and think they can do the same thing as you themselves. So I need to look at what I can do now, maybe concentrate on be stocked in baby shops, yes that might be a start,but today I'm going to sit down, pack away my sewing stuff and not look at it for a while.

hmm....

Hello! So it turns out I now have two blogs...how did that happen?this time last year I didn't even know what a blog was! Still not entirely sure I do now, but now that my hobby has turned in to a proper business  I felt I should have a blog dedicated just to that, my new blog is...itsmeandmy.blogspot.com  BUT I will still post on here too! So whats been happening? Well as usual I have left everything to the last minute, I have a craft fair on Saturday, and only just started making stock a few days ago!Oh sure I thought about making it last week, even the week before, but I started making a quilt instead,reading other peoples blogs, watching TV and generally procrastinating enough to prevent me from actually doing any real work! So deadline day is here, and Iv spent this week sewing EVERY single spare hour I have had!I have a partner who has some kind of bug, this is a man who never ever gets sick, so I cant really expect him to  help out with the cooking, cleaning and toddler entertaining as he can just about crawl out of bed for a shower right now....oh well, being your own boss comes with its own problems the upside is that I have been to 'work' all week in PJ's..awesome! ALSO something that really bothers me, why oh why does spell check on a BLOG not recognise the work BLOG!!?? anyways, you can find me here this weekend, if our local please pop along!

These two little critters will be for sale there!Along with a few t-shirts, toys and other decorations....