106 Fans!

Realizing it was time to finally get the shop onto Facebook, I set up a page on Facebook about a week ago. However, I soon learned that Facebook would not let me have a dedicated username unless I had 100 fans. So, it was time to get the word out. Thanks to some awesome mom friends like Tammy and Andie, http://www.facebook.com/ladybuglimited hit 106 fans today-- and yes, I got my username!

As promised, it's time for a drawing for those fans who helped me get that username. According to random.org, the random fan is (drumroll, please)...

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

49

Timestamp: 2009-07-03 04:38:10 UTC

Since I think Facebook lists the fans as the most recent fans first, according to my calculation, my 49th fan would be Valerie Wilson, who apparently found me through Dan Shipley, my cross-country teammate from my Concordia days. So, congrats Valerie, and thanks, Dan, for helping to get the word out!

Ladybug Limited Around the Web...

Just a couple of new places you can find me...

• On the Dot Creations has a thing for polka dots! This month, some of my dotty items are part of her Polka Dot Parade
• You can now find selected Ladybug Limited hair goodies at online retailer Cat in an Apron, one of my first wholesale accounts. Click on through and see all the cuteness she has in stock!

Yay! Another Etsy Treasury!

Got selected for another treasury this week by Minnow by E who created a treasury with a "Mellow Mustard" theme with lots of yellows and blues. So what did she pick of mine to feature? My little Vintage Duckies! They're in the shop if you'd like your own, in your choice of clips or ponies (or one of each.)

She's Mine! All Mine!

It's not often I post my Etsy finds from my personal blog here on the shop blog, but since this one is for the shop, I had to double post!

If you've been around the shop lately, you may have noticed that I've gone a bit ladybug crazy. It all started when I got my long-lusted-after Shinzi Katoh fabric and made these buttons:First, I made that little ladybug my shop and Blogger avatar and then I worked her into my blog and shop banner. Well, that wasn't enough. I stopped by Craft Pudding, the coolest little stamp shop on Etsy, and asked her to make me a ladybug stamp of my very own. And here's what she came up with:Isn't she just the cutest ladybug ever?!?!?! I can hardly stand it and can't wait to stamp her on shop tags, business cards, and fabric for buttons. And while I was there, I also picked up a fat quarter of Craft Pudding's fabric from her stamp designs. Won't it make great fabric buttons?So, if you haven't checked out Craft Pudding yet, you are really missing out! Go now, but you can't have my ladybug-- she's mine, all mine!

I'm in an Etsy Treasury!

This is probably no big deal to most Etsy sellers, but it's my first, so I'm excited:
Yep, my little day-old Bug Buddies ponytail holders made it in. I guess this means my pix must finally be improving :)

And as I've been told in the forums, technically this isn't my first as I was an alternate for an Admin-curated Treasury that was on the front page in January, but this is the first one my goodies are actually pictured in!

Oh, and if you want to see it, go now because it expires on Thursday. For the direct link, click here.

My New Ladybug!!!

The Shinzi Katoh "Clover" fabric I've been lusting over for months arrived from Japan today! Isn't it so kawaii?
I immediately had to make Bug some ponytail holders with it:
And not only is it already listed in the shop in case you want your own ladybugs or bumblebees, I also had to make that Little Miss Ladybug my avatar (both on Etsy and Blogger) and she's in my new shop and blog banner.
I am in love!!!!

Big Giveaway Coming Up!

Just wanted to let you all know that I'm one of the prize sponsors (prize #16) for 5 Minutes for Mom's Ultimate Blog Party 2009! So what can you win? The winner of my prize will get a $20 gift certificate to spend in my Etsy shop-- that's a lot of hair accessories!

Wanna double your chances? Stop by my personal blog here and leave a comment at that post (please!) telling me how you'd spend the second $20 gift certificate I'm giving away! (Of course, you're welcome to say "hi" here if you like.) I posted my prize picks there as there are just so many great prizes to choose from.

If you stick around here, you'll notice that this is what I call my "shop blog." I always post about my reviews and giveaways here, as well as any local shows I'm doing. If you want a Ladybug Limited coupon, this is the blog to subscribe to!

Stop by, join the party, and have fun!

Update: The party's over :( Stop by this post on my personal blog for the two winners. Thanks for all your sweet comments everyone!

Spring Craft Shows on the Calendar...

Shopping Local? I've got two local craft shows in the next month!

1. The Spring Craft Sale at the Keizer Lions Club (near Salem) this Saturday:

Where: Keizer Lions Club at 4100 Cherry Ave NE in Keizer

When: March 14
Time: 9am to 3pm

2. Meet Your Maker during First Friday Artwalk:
Where: Broadway Wine Bar at 200 W. Broadway, Eugene (indoors)
When: Friday, April 3rd
Time: 5pm to 8pm.

Meet Your Maker is a cool little monthly show that I'm thrilled to be a part of for the first time! If you'd like to see what it's all about-- and check out some of the other vendors -- here's the link to the Meet Your Maker site.

Hope to see you there! As a little incentive to my local blog readers, stop by either one of these shows and I'll give you a free item from my table with any purchase! Just mention this post for your freebie...

Another review & giveaway!

Today I'm partnering with ZozoBugBaby for a giveaway at Give Away Today. The winner will get a $30 gift certificate to ZozoBugBaby and a $5 certificate to my Etsy shop to pick out matching accessories. Wow!

So what's the catch? Well, the site is Give Away Today, so that means you can only enter today. Head on over to this post now to enter -- and don't forget to check back tomorrow to see if you won as you only have 24 hours to claim your prize...

Update: The winner picked her prize, these lovely crochet butterfly clips. But don't worry, I can make more...

50!

I achieved a minor goal yesterday: 50 sales in 3 months in my shop! I opened my Etsy shop on December 2, so today is my 3-month anniversary.

Here's hoping for 100 sales by the 6-month mark!

I've Been Spotted!

on Indie Spotting!



Indie Spotting is a site for handmade finds, and today, these are featured on their front page and in their Babies and Kids section:
I tried to take a screen shot for this post, but as you can see, I don't exactly have that figured out yet! Good thing I was in the middle of the screen!
Anyways, head on over to IndieFinds and see what sorts of handmade goodies you spot. Or, head on over to the shop and check out all the new items I put up this weekend!

What Dr. Seuss might write about the CPSIA...

So you probably know that when Dr. Seuss wrote The Lorax, it was a bit of environmental social commentary. If he were alive today, do you think he'd have anything to say about the CPSIA? I like to think he would.

For some insight into what he might have said, check out this link, a story tentatively titled "The Trouble With String" by Heather Idoni and Jodi Whisler.