Totes Totes Totes!

I finally got some bigger totes in the shop. I personally LOVE big handbags so it feels appropriate to be selling larger ones- bags so big you could almost pack for a weekend in them! I do have two kids though, so every time I go out it is like packing for a weekend: extra clothes, water, snacks. But even if I just go out with my wallet and keys- it's nice to have the room for packages while out shopping- just in case!
Any opinions on tote bag sizes? My hubby thinks I should start doing some wine totes in time for the holiday season. Probably a good idea- the first gift wrap bag I ever designed was a wine tote.
The other tote bag feature I'm trying to decide about is how "green" should these bags be? It's hard to gauge how strongly people feel about a bag being made from recycled cotton/organic cotton/plain old cotton. Do you think they're really willing to pay more for it? hm. Well, off to source some more blank totes! If you have a great source, let me know.

A Little Success!!

This post is going up without a picture, because I'm just too excited to wait until I can get on MY computer (with all of the images etc) tonight. My bags are going to be in a store!!!! I just can't help but be super excited about this. The millions are quite rolling in just yet, but it's so nice just to have people admire your work enough to help get it out there. Many thanks to Gary at Simply. . . for letting me bring my work there. Check his shop out at: www.simplyartandframes.com. In other success news- I got my first Etsy sale! ok ok- it was to my sister. BUT- she paid me full price so it definitely counts.
So now I have to get on the ball and amp up production! There are so many different ideas I want to try out, and the possibilities seem endless. The only thing that doesn't seem endless is time- not so much extra time rolling around in a house with 2 kids and plenty of "house projects" to keep me busy. ah- but this is not the time to worry about that- i'm just going to revel in my little bit of success for a moment. . . . then back to work!

Web 2.0

I'm trying to get a handle on all of this "web 2.0" kind of stuff. Blogging, facebook etc and using these to promote myself. I don't really know what I'm doing. This blog hasn't really gone live- just meaning I haven't told anyone about it quite yet. Sort of wanted to figure it out a little first. But I created a Facebook fan page! Clearly I'm well on my way to success.