Archive for the ‘Our shop!’ CategoryMine!December 26th, 2009 by Cynthia
My husband ordered a new iMac for me. I am so, so indescribably excited. It will take two weeks for it to arrive, so in the meanwhile, I am using an old laptop with a faulty ‘O’ buttn. In other news, we’re having a sale on all our holiday products. Everything in the holiday area is 30% off. The game console ornaments sold better than I expected, so there aren’t many left. Get them while they last! Sorry! And quick updateDecember 10th, 2009 by CynthiaI guess it was inevitable. With every blog comes an apology for lack of attention to the blog. Sorry for the neglect. I guess that even the baby hedgehog in the previous post could not hold you captive forever. My excuses:
Regarding that last point, we have gotten some press for the Xbox 360 Christmas ornament lately. First on Kotaku.
Which linked to Wonderland.
And finally, they also showed up on this gift guide. It’s all very exciting, but I’m kind of too tired right now to have a real reaction. I also read some of the comments about the ornaments (i.e. red ring, too expensive, etc.) but that will have to wait for another post. ‘Wait’ being the operative word. (har har…) Why is it so hard to take your money?November 25th, 2009 by CynthiaAs some of you may have experienced, PayPal payments don’t always work. I have received a few complaints about PayPal, so I investigated other payment options. Long story short, I now accept check or money orders through my Etsy store: bearduck.etsy.com I know it’s not the best solution, or even a good one, but it’s the best I can offer right now. The whole situation is pretty annoying, since I don’t like dealing with paper money at all and I consider checks to be particularly outdated. But adding credit card payments to my webstore is actually really expensive and more complicated than I can handle right now. Hopefully I’ll be able to address that in the future, but until then we have checks and money order. Whee. p.s. Please note that the check/money order option is only available at my etsy store. If you’re interested in something that is not listed, contact me and I’ll make a special listing especially for you! An American traditionNovember 23rd, 2009 by CynthiaI love Thanksgiving. I can start the day watching a parade on tv and spend the rest of the day eating. And then there’s shopping, shopping, shopping. And now that I have a webstore, I can participate in the festivities by holding a sale of my own! For Thanksgiving weekend (November 26-30), the entire store will be 15% off. Originally, the sale was only to be on Friday, but when I tried to strategize my own post-holiday shopping agenda, I realized one-day sales are actually pretty hard to navigate. So I decided to extend the sale throughout the whole weekend. Just thinking about it puts me in a holiday mood! Now I will return to my shopping exercises: elbowing other shoppers out of the way and snatching everything in sight.
New products for the holidaysNovember 16th, 2009 by Cynthia
Inspired by a request from our real estate agent, I have made some magnets especially for the holidays. They come in a tin with a window and a card so the whole thing can serve as a greeting card/present. I was especially pleased with this idea since it’s perfect for the times when you want to send more than a card, but less than a full-blown present. The politics of gift-and-card exchanges are much more complicated than I can handle, but I’m glad to at least have this option at hand. View our (not especially nerdy) selection here. (For the geeks out there, I’m considering expanding this line of gift tins so stay tuned.) November newsletterNovember 2nd, 2009 by CynthiaFor those that subscribe to our newsletter, this will be old news. For those that don’t subscribe, let’s remedy that right now. Here are the highlights from our November newsletter:
Now that pesky Halloween is behind us, let us focus on the real extravaganza: Christmas. To celebrate, we have new products for the holidays. -iPhone icons in gingerbread the same ones pictured in the previous post. They’re available now. If you don’t want the entire set, you can pick your favorites to make your own set of four too. -Game console Christmas ornaments including the wii, PS3, and xbox 360. I’m really pleased with how these turned out. They look so cute hanging from a branch, as you can see from our pictures. Our winter packaging will be available on the day after Thanksgiving: November 27. Which incidentally, is also the biggest shopping day of the year for us Americans. To celebrate Black Friday, everything in the store will be 15% off. This sale will last for one day only from midnight to midnight PST. Holiday sneak peekOctober 29th, 2009 by CynthiaI’ve been working like an elf making these gingerbread iPhone magnets:
I tried to take each icon and think of how to represent it with candy and frosting. Of course, the ‘candy,’ ‘frosting,’ and ‘gingerbread’ are all clay so they won’t attract nibblers. They won’t be in our store until November 2, so this is just a preview. I’m also making some game console ornaments for the holidays. Sign up for our newsletter to be notified when all this is available! I’ll also include a coupon with the newsletter so don’t miss out! Open for businessOctober 4th, 2009 by CynthiaOur site went live this weekend! View it here: bearduckdesigns.com After about a month of obsession, I’m not sure what to do next. I have some vague ideas for new products, but I’ll have to pry myself away from the computer first. Change is in the windOctober 1st, 2009 by CynthiaToday, on the first of October, I have moved my blog from blogspot to wordpress. I didn’t have any problems with blogspot, but with wordpress I have a nice clean URL (bearduckdesigns.com/blog). And since I don’t have any readers, no one is confused. Speaking of confusion, I have revamped my banner since the old, springy version seemed kind of inappropriate with the cool crisp weather:
And now it looks like this:
I should update my Etsy shop too, but that means I would have to change a bunch of product photos. Perhaps next week. Coming soon! (Hopefully sooner rather than later)September 24th, 2009 by CynthiaI’ve been hard at work making a website for bear duck designs. This is what it looks like so far:
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