I heart Heartsy!

hey all.................you know I did a heartsy deal 2 days back,for those who do not know what is heartsy,check here.

I had a whale of a time !

It started friday morning US time,so it was my night.................I was so ready to go off to sleep when the sales started rolling in!

It was a roller coaster ride of vouchers being sold & redeemed!

I sold more than 40 bags in a few hours!

The excitement was the caffeine I needed to keep me up all night!

I am going to be super busy for a few days completing the orders & making the custom order bags:)

All the big purses except for 5 have sold..............my shop hardly has any bags now,a few clutches,lunch totes & pdf's .....................this was a good overhaul to my inventory!

These were the best sellers!

I am still getting inquiries for these bags ...................once I complete these orders,I will be listing more................right now I am swamped!

 

It proves the Nautical Theme is really IN!.............these black & white messenger too sold like hot cakes!

Now I am ready to tackle the new gorgeous Amy Butlers & the Japanese linens I got!

 So expect some kick ass bags in near future from Yours Truly:)

& while you are here.............please just click on this banner,your click will be registered as vote for me:)

I won "Make it wear it contest" :)))))))))))

Hey all......................I am back
I was just checking all my messages and just logged into flickr on a whim!!!!!!!!
And there it was.......................I won 2nd prize in Sew Mama Sew's "Make it Wear it " contest!!!!!!!!!!!
Am I happy or what:)

Winners of Make it Wear it challenge

This is the skirt for which I won the prize:)

And this is made from leftover fabrics!!!!

Yay......................I have loads of work to do right now....................lot of backlog from the long holiday:(

I have some great bag making stuff to blog about.................will try to finish all the important work first & I will be back to blog about my holidays & lots of other things:)

I am flower girl vendor:)

Back in my etsy days ............i made a custom order flower girl for a 8 year old.
I have a OCD about cleanliness.............it extends even to my computers.I do not like to keep things which i have no use off!!!
So anything I am  done with or I think may not need again i delete them..................& after posting the flower girl dress pics on etsy i deleted them!!!!!!!!!
I know what you guys are thinking "You don't have OCD you are stark raving MAD!!!!!!!"

Well anywayz ..............when i realised my etsy shop was a mess i did not want to revamp it,i decided to delete the account keeping in with my theory of having nothing imperfect associated with me.
And while making the request i just did not think of atleast saving the pics of all I had made:(
Since all the custom orders have been shipped I dont have any way of clicking pics .................I had no plans of starting a blog back then.

Anywayz back to the  topic:).................yes i wander away a lot from the original topic:)
Now I have been listed as the official flower girl dress vendor on the wedding site...................which i just found out & I AM SUPER EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The exclamation marks are a testimony to my excitement:)
Sadly the link to my name does not work as there is no shop...................still here is my name:)
http://wedding.andrewrainbow.com/vendors.php

All I can do now is wait for the 26th june wedding & afterwards ask her permission to use the flower girl pics here.....................I just hope she agrees !!!!
Till then praying hard for another International success:)

International success

There is this wonderful product called as Zip Sheets meant for parents with small accident prone kids ;)
By accident i mean the nightly bed changing antics we all as parents have gone through!!!!!!!
Boy..............am i glad my brats are out of that "accident prone age"!!!!!!!!!!!!
These sheets are however available only in crib & twin size.I had a custom order from a customer who wanted these sheets in queen size(80" by 60").The set includes one zippered bottom sheet.....................its pretty inconvenient for such a big bed so i decided to make a regular fitted bottom sheet as against a zippered one.This was the easy part ,it was the top sheet or piddle sheet as the site calls it ..................the most difficult part of the project.
I had to take 2 sheets ,put a water proof sheet in between them & quilt it!!!!!!!!!!
It was really difficult to first of all find a water proof sheet thin enough & strong enough to endure washing in the machine regularly.That achieved,it was impossible to pin them all toether(i couldnt pin them as i didnt want to puncture the plastic sheet).
Now imagine sewing 3 QUEEN size sheets together,one of them happens to be a slippery water proof plastic ssheet  EVENLY with a quilting diamond pattern on a 33 yr old domestic machine!!!!!!! ..................phew
Believe me it was a herculean task getting it all down especially because i could not pin them all together.
Lastly i had to put velcro all around the bottom sheet & the top sheet.
The problem i faced here was my beds are king size so i had nothing to put the bottom sheet on!!!!!!
Now all of you know that the sheet will stretch once its on the mattresss........................without that stretch being sure that the velcros of top & bottom sheet matched caused me many ulcers!!!!!!!!
Anywayz i was done with it & i dumped them all in the washing machine to test it.Didnt want it to tear when my customer tried it.Washed it twice but the sheet withstood all the temperature,rough cycle & all:)
I was done!!!!!!!!!!!
I packed it & shipped it with a heavy heart..................i had made something like this for the first time,you may not know that there is no concept of fitted sheet sin India.............though i have made custom order fitted sheets previously,but this was much more complicated than a regular fitted sheet.Anyways i shipped it praying desperately that she would like it.After a few days i got a message from her that she still had not got the sheet...............i checked the tracking & told her that it may take a few more days as it was coming all the way from India to US.
And guess what??????????????
She had no idea till then that this was an international order!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was only then that she realised it!!!!!!! Needless to say there were butterflies in my stomach till i got her next message.
Well her message was worth all the heartache i was nursing:)
She loved it................not just that she wrote a very flattering post(an entire post not just a mention) of my sheets.
She recognised all the hard work that had gone into making the sheets & i was surprised to see the way she had noted the small little details of the packaging & the fact that this was all Handmade:)
Here it is
http://shimmycocopop.blogspot.com/search/label/home%20improvement

As much as i loved her response & my truly international success its highly unlikely i would make anything like this ever again!!!!!!!