my year

Today is already the last day of the year! I can hardly believe it went by so fast. Overall it was a good year, some of my highlights:

♥ Mamutopia! I started this blog in March, but last month I finally opened an Etsy too, which I wanted for ages. And hurray, I had my second sale today!
♥ at work everything went perfect: before the summer I worked in four different libraries (!), next year there will be only one library left. And yes, that's a good thing!
♥ I started running and right now I'm able to run 45 minutes without stopping. I even went running today at 8 0'clock in the morning in the freezing cold...
♥ I got my driver's license, although I really don't like cars and driving :) It was just one of things I thought I needed to do. Now I'm ever so happy with my license, it feels as a great accomplishment. I still don't like to drive, that's all.
♥ The year was filled with learning: I went to a sewing class, a crochet workshop, started pilates, learnt some webdesign basics, took a paleography class and, maybe this sounds stupid, but I'm finally able to cook properly :)

I haven't even thought about new year's resolutions, have you?
Well that's it for this year, I hope you all have a great new year's eve and wish you a happy 2009!

promo promo promo

The first day of my vacation I spent making these promo items for my little shop. I still have only one sale, so promotion is much needed :) Last couple of weeks I received some wonderful comments about 'mamutopia' and my first buyer left positive feedback as well, yay!

Happy holidays everyone!

happy friday

Yay, it's friday....weekend at last!

At first I felt really moody this evening without any reason. Then I realized 'hey wake up, it's friday, it's weekend, don't be grumpy!' So to give my day a happy end, I'll make this 'happy friday': to remind myself of all the little happy things that happened this week. I think you need to do that once in a while, just think of the little things!

♥ I found the perfect pair of bright blue boots
♥ My first sale, it still makes me smile :)
♥ There's more money on my bank account than I thought
♥ Tomorrow I'm going to buy a christmas tree!

I'm already so excited about this tree, because I've never had my own. This year I finally decided to have one. I'm going to use these cute christmas angels: Now I'm off to read a magazine and drink a hot cup of milky coffee with a blanket wrapped around me! Have a nice weekend!

first sale!

Yay, I just sold my first item on Etsy!

At first I didn't understand the email, but then I realized someone actually bought something... From me! Oh my, I was so happy I did a little dance behind my computer :)
I sold these mini clothes pins:

I was planning to go to bed, but now I'm way too excited!
Today at work (well, I was supposed to work) I was suddenly a bit overwhelmed by Etsy and was wondering how on earth I would make myself visible in this large community. So this first sale is perfectly timed and gives me a little bit more confidence.

By the way, you may notice I have two sales in my profile, but the first one was a test sale. I bought something from myself to see what happened :)

etsy

Tadaa, this week I opened my own etsy shop! I wanted to do this for ages, but last weeks/months I finally took the time to actually do it. You probably all now, but it was a lot of work: making my own banner, deciding on a shop slogan, reading all the etsy policies and making photos over and over again. I still need to figure a lot of things out on etsy, but so far it seems like fun. If anyone has any advice, I'd be happy to hear!

Oh I just got a message from Papergirlproductions: she published my mushroom memo board on her blog! So sweet, it made me happy :)

buy handmade!

On poppytalk you'll find 101 reasons (and even more!) to buy handmade.
I like this one: 'my favorite reason to buy handmade is just that - it's handmade, which means quality, and a whole lot of love!'