Hello 2011

It's been a while since my last update. Chinese New Year is around the corner, guess this is good time to count the blessing from last year.

2010 is the year of change:

1. We moved to our first home, and we finally have our own bed.

2. I started to work at home as full time job.

3. Then I opened another ETSY shop using my brand name "PapaDesign". papadesign.etsy.com

4. Moved my Papawaii shop from eCrater to the new domain name : papawaii.com .

5. Bought a die cut machine and started to sell die cuts.

6. Bought a 1" button machine and started to sell buttons.

7. Joined 2 local Craft Shows.

8. Started to sell crafting supplies: canndypan.etsy.com

and from all the changes, I had a better productive year then 2009. I learned a lot throughout the year and now I know what I want to do in my shop then before.

For the year of 2011, I hope I will be able to join more craft shows, make more designs, and focus more on my all shops. Hope everything will turn out alright this year.

Happy Chinese New Year!!

My first Craft Show

I just had my first craft show last weekend in a church.

I chose an outdoor booth but because of the rain, I got moved to indoor. And because of this, we have a very cozy show.

I was kind of nervous before the show, especially after I know that my husband won't be able to stay with me. But thanks to my best friends, she came and stayed with me for half the show time and helped me to take down everything.

This is not a very busy show due of the rain. But I still make some money and not one mean customer. For the first show, I am really happy about it. Can't wait for my second show in 1.5 weeks.

Here are the pinback buttons.

Napkin rings

Favor Boxes

Rings

and Hair Accessories.

Holiday Boot Camp Pledge

I, Canndy Pan AKA PapaDesign , pledge to participate in the Etsy Success Holiday Boot Camp to the best of my abilities. I vow to check in every week, do my homework and support my fellow Holiday Boot Campers. I will read the weekly newsletters and blog posts, check in on the weekly forum thread, read the weekly blog post, check off the checklists and salute the mascot. I promise to share what I've learned with those who need it, support my fellow Etsy indiepreneurs and, most of all, have a positive and persistent attitude. I understand that together we can spread the word about our handmade and vintage goods, making this holiday season a more unique and meaningful one to gift givers and give-ees everywhere!

New Buttons!!

I got my button machine finally!!

Here are some new buttons I made.

Cameo Face Silhouette Pinback Buttons

Three crosses Pinback Buttons

Farting Permit and Gas Pass Pinback Buttons

The Plumbers Wardrobe t-shirt

Playing Super Mario Wii is what me and my husband do almost everyday. I am not a good player, almost die in every other 5 min. But it's just a fun way to spend time with my husband.

We also have the original super Mario game in our wii machine. And the plumber guy surely have many clothes. This is what this T-SHIRT about. I hope they will have an updated version including new clothes from wii version. Available in Splitreason.com.

Glass Pendants

I always wanted to try glass pendants. So I bought a craft kit from kristenskrafts in ETSY.
In this kit, I can make 5 different shape glass pendants, 1 scrabble tile pendant and 1 bottle cap magnet. This is a fun experience. In this kit, she also included some beautiful images, but I used my own images to finish those. Love those.

Animal Die Cuts

I just finished an alchemy order from ETSY for a customer last week.
I made total 25 two layers die cuts with totally seven designs. Some are around 10.5" height and some are around 5"-7". Here are some pictures I made.