Mover and a Shaker

Rossleigh is ALL OVER THE PLACE!!!  This child went from sitting one week to crawling the next!!  There was no gradual scooting period or anything.  On top of it, while she knew HOW, she never even rolled over much either.  Big time culture shock for all of us!  LOL

See the video below for her in action.  She starts out playing with some fabric scraps then decides she wants something on the OTHER side of Bean.  No matter!  She just crawls over him!!  LOL  

P.S. - notice how stoic Bean is in the beginning of the video.  Statue!!  :)

We have moved....

...well, the blog anyway!! :) My good friend Rhonda (thecozyloft.etsy.com) showed me HER new blog over at wordpress and I loved it!! So, the reason I have not posted anything over here is because I've been working on my blog over there. What do you think?

Come check it out!
http://www.meldewdesigns.wordpress.com/

As always, you are welcome to check out my shop! www.meldewdesigns.etsy.com

Second Feature

Hey there!! Just found out that I was featured on www.wincrafty.com for a second time this month!!! YAY!!!!!

Click here to see for yourself!
http://wincrafty.typepad.com/wincrafty/2008/06/win-three-han-1.html

New custom order

YAY!!! I just had another request for a custom order - all thanks to my gal pal, Wimsy on Etsy. A buyer convo'd me about making some thank you cards for her daughter to send out for her graduation. I made five different thank you cards, some pretty and some funky...I'll post them here. Whatcha think?

They sold to a very nice lady. PLUS, she wanted slots in each one for a 2"x3" photo of the graduate! I got to use my notch tool!! :)

By the way, enter my contest while you are here!! Click on "crazy giveaway" over in the archives. :) Have a lovely day!

New to my shop...

I have added a few new cards to my shop! Any thoughts?

Featured Artist??

Been looking around Etsy for an Artist(s) to feature on my blog...Anyone have any ideas?

Oh yeah...

I almost forgot to tell you that I joined www.fuelmyblog.com and www.indiepublic.com. I'm excited!! Has anyone joined both or either? Has your experience been good?

Thanks!
Mel

More additions....

A few new cards added today...

Couple Sales

Hello all!! I have had a few sales over the last few days.
My newest Wordy Birdy card sold and my DANG card sold...there were a couple of others too...

Anyway, I am thinking about starting a thing where I feature an Etsy artist every week. What do you think? I need to bring more traffic to my blog, and talking about JUST my latest postings has got to be boring for everyone reading. Started the giveaway, which has brought on a lot of traffic, but just trying to brainstorm.

Anyone have any ideas?

One of my newest listings ----->

Working furiously...

Been home from having minor surgery and will be home from work for a few weeks. So since I have all this free time on my hands, I will be creating all kinds of fun things to list on Etsy. Keep checking in for some great finds!!

Make sure to enter my giveaway...look down a bit! :)

Such an honor!!

Check it out!! I was featured on Cutable's blog! Please check her out here...
http://cuteable.com/cuteable-finds-243/2737

Sneak Peek at new card

Just a quick note to show a sneak peek at a new card I will list tomorrow on my Etsy site.

Stop on by... ;)

10 sales!

Wow-de-dow!! The best thing I have done on Etsy so far is to join the EtsyCAKE forum. If you are on Etsy and want to meet a bunch of SUPER NICE gals, have fun conversation, AND get sales, you should DEFINITELY come by.

In 48 hours, I went from 2 sales to 10 sales. WOW!!!

Hey, make sure to enter my giveaway while you are here!!

New card in shop!!

Wow!! Those number tags went FAST!!! I had 5 lots of them and they all sold to ONE buyer! Hey, I'm not complainin'!! Check out this new card I posted recently. I made it in honor of my sister who says this ALL the time. But, it makes a cute, versatile card because it could be given for several different occasions!

Crazy Giveaway!!! Enter To Win!!

One lucky winner will win 3 (count them, THREE) cards, that are each $3.00 or less, of their choice. Now calm down and get your knickers out of a bunch because I'm about to tell you how to win.


Rules:

1. Visit my Etsy store at http://meldewdesigns.etsy.com/. Take your time and look around a while. :)


2. Come back here and post a comment stating:
   

• What you favorite item is in the shop.
  
• One or more ideas for future cards. What would YOU like to see?


• Your contact info (email) so that I can contact you if you've won.


• Which three cards you would like to receive if you win!
  

That's it! That's all you have to do...This giveaway will end June 30th! I will randomly select and notify a winner...

Thanks!
Mel

Oh Yeah! Please visit http://wincrafty.typepad.com/ for great giveaways!!

In the craft kitchen!!

Cookin' up some great stuff!!! I have been busy working in my studio, cookin' up some cute cards. I can't wait to get them posted in my Etsy shop in a couple of days!!

No peeking at the cards yet. BUT, I will show a couple of pics of some COOL destash I will post later... :)

Tag - You're It!!

So I am finally selling tags on my site too.
Stop by my shop and let me know what you think...

Second shop opened - FINALLY!!!

So, for those of you who are not really interested in handmade cards, but are in the market for custom invitations, I have a shop for YOU! :) Please visit my OTHER Etsy shop at http://invitesbymeldew.etsy.com/. The invites there are just a sample of what I can do. Let me know if you are in the market for invites, but need something different from what you see in my store.

:)

Just a couple cuties!!

Two of the cards on my site. Go there for more cute cards and ideas.

My first official blog!!!

Welcome, welcome, welcome!!! I'm so excited to start up this blog. My intention with this blog is to introduce you to some fun handmade STUFF I find online and to show you some of my new creations that you can look at and purchase on my Etsy site.

http://meldewdesigns.etsy.com

If you find some handmade STUFF that you think should be featured on my site, please let me know! :)

I'll constantly be updating this site and my Etsy store. I'm open to suggestions!!

Thanks!
Mel