Kaitlin Sheaffer

Especially for Release Day & Giveaway

I designed a set of coordinating digital/printable tags for each of the new flair buttons and especially for the release. So, through May 7th every set of flair buttons receives a free downloadable tag set. After that I will offer it as an additional cost when the flair buttons are purchased. The tag set that coordinates with the buttons will be sent by email immediately after purchasing. 

Each of the tags has a little circle that shows where to place a flair button. 

After all of your flair buttons are used you have a free set of tags you can use over and over again. Just fill in the little circle with a sticker or other type of embellishment. 

Each set has a different design- so if you order two sets you get two different downloads of coordinating tags. Some of the tags are perfect for gifts and even little lunch notes for kids. Very fun- I especially love the little logs and footprints on the TreeHugger tag set. 

Also I am doing a giveaway on Ali's blog this weekend. Head on over, check out the special offer and leave a comment for a chance to win. 

 

New Items Up!

2Day Hooray Number Flair Buttons

Another new release day! I love this day. It is so nice after spending so long working on items to see them in my shop and be able to share them with others. I know each time I have a new release I say "this is my favorite release" and it's true...and I will say it again. Each time I work on new items I learn new things and feel like I am really...hmmm what is the word I am looking for...I guess that I am really finding my little niche in designing. 

2Day Hooray Weekday Flair Buttons

Let's start with buttons first! I have been working on these for quite a while now and have so many ideas for new designs still but started with a four sets. I wanted some for my Project Life album so I designed some with numbers and weekdays. I am planning on turning some of these into magnets for my chalkboard calendar in my kitchen as well. 

TreeHugger Dots N' Spots

The first line is TreeHugger. I love this line. I designed this line with the idea of outdoor adventures. By the time I was done with all of the designs I knew my daughter would love this line and realized a lot of it was inspired by her. She wants to be a nature photographer when she 'grows up' and she is always borrowing my camera and going on little backyard adventures. I named it TreeHugger because when she was very little she used to go around and hug trees. I posted a photo of her hugging trees back on Earth Day a few years ago. 

TreeHugger Field Journal

The Field Journal is one of my favorite items from the TreeHugger line (and my daughters as well.) 

It has little tear out pages that are perfect for journaling. 

TreeHugger Flappers

There are also little flappers for the TreeHugger line- these are so sweet and the perfect little tab embellishment for photos or layered on page protectors or just on a page. I like to staple these over the top of photos or on the edge of a layout. I also like to stitch them on occasionally.

Vignette Dots n' Spots

The Vignette line was inspired by my ongoing mission to decorate my bookshelf/fireplace wall in my future dining room. It has a lot of colorful, photographic and design elements. The designs are very flexible and can be used for many types of projects. I love the little pattern circles- they work so well for so many types of projects. 

Vignette Package Tags

There are some lovely packaging tags tags and circle tags in this line that will be beautiful on gifts as well as projects. They can be trimmed down to ATC size for journaling cards as well. 

Vignette Ticket Book

This line has a matching Ticket Book that is too cute! I love it! It has tear out tickets for journaling and embellishing. 

Vignette Ticket Book

Very fun. I have so many ideas for these little tickets. 

Vignette Storytellers

Some great little coordinating Storyteller Tags. These are ATC sized and great for journaling or making a little mini book. 

Kraft Ticket Tags

There are also some basics such as blank tickets in white and kraft. These will be great for stamping and writing little tickets out for fun. 

Kraft Scalloped Tags

Then some little kraft or white scalloped tags. 

Flora Embellishments: Vignette

Also some fun little flower embellishments. These have a sticky glue dot on the back and a low profile for pages or gifts. I am making little push pins for my bulletin board with these. They would also make pretty little magnets. 

I did not share everything so go take a look around the shop and let me know what you think! 

 

Update on release

I had wanted to get all of the new items up today or Monday...but I got set back. 

First, I ordered some more paper earlier this week thinking I would get it by the end of this week which would be perfect. (Although I have ordered all of the new items I am running out of other things so I wanted to be well stocked.) When I received an email on Wednesday I assumed that meant it was on it's way...come to find out yesterday when I actually open up and read the email it is on back order for 3 weeks. Eeek!

I went back and forth emailing customer service trying to come up with an alternative and found out the mill is actually out of the paper. I try to keep a somewhat low inventory of product- just because it takes up room and I don't have a lot of room and also I like to see what sells before ordering more. Especially with new products. So- for some of the new items I have a certain amount on hand and then after that goes I have a small amount of paper to print off of but I will have to see what sells first so I use it wisely (I worked out an arrangement with my printer to purchase my own paper- they are very nice to let me do so). Anyway, then I will have a couple of weeks before I can order any more. Big let down for me but I tried a few other resources -although I thought it would be a stretch and everyone is out- and I just have to wait a few weeks. 

Then my daughter has been coughing for a several weeks-not really complaining about it so I figured she was doing okay and it was maybe left over from a cold. It wasn't until we were watching a video of Jude's birthday which was 5 weeks ago and heard her coughing in the background and thought- wow, she's been coughing this whole time. I had called the nurse line at her doctors once and they suggested a few things but nothing has really helped.  Yesterday she said she wasn't feeling good so I took her to the doctor this morning. They put her on some antibiotics and hopefully she will start feeling better. It was a lot of running around today as I originally was told I could take her to school and shortly after she called saying to come pick her up. She's pretty tough- but when I picked her up she was crying :(

All of this has kinda slowed me down with getting all the products up and ready. With that I think I will likely end up just releasing everything next weekend when I have a giveaway on Ali's blog. It will probably work out for the best so I am sure I have everything ready to ship and can keep track of inventory better. 

I did manage to start working on a newsletter but since it's my first time it is a slower process than I thought since it is my first one and some of the formatting went off and now I have to switch info on it. So I will work on that soon so I can get it out next week before the new items launch and everyone who is signed up can see some sneak peeks of the items. They are really fun and I can't wait to get them up. I also have something fun planned for the release which I am excited about. 

Hope everyone understands. I am going to go take care of my little girl now and hope that she gets some rest and feels better soon. Have a great weekend everyone and Happy Easter :)

This Weekend

We went out early Friday morning to gather up ingredients for Butterbeer, Chocolate Cauldrons and Licorice Wands...and of course picked up Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1.

For dinner on Friday we had French Onion Soup- because all I could find mention of in the HP books of any sort of dinner item was when Mrs. Weasley made Onion Soup. So we had our dinner and then watched our movie with our treats. I have to say the Butterbeer we had is pretty sweet and after a few sips I was good. 

On Saturday we went and picked up some raspberry bushes for our yard from Justin's parent's neighbor. I am excited about the possibility of picking raspberries. Then I worked on something I have planned for the launch of the new items while Jude napped. Jude is in that in between stage of needing one or two naps which makes it kinda rough some days. That and I think he caught on to how much daylight there still is at bedtime. 

On Sunday I did some rearranging in the playroom and finished tying up all the loose ends of the new products. Justin worked outside pulling out large dead and unwanted bushes from our yard with his vehicle. I guess it was so cool the neighbors even came over to watch at one point. Then we headed over to my parents for dinner. 

It was a good weekend. 

Thank you to everyone who subscribed to the newsletter! I was excited to see how many people signed up. I am working on that "something I have planned for the launch" and as soon as I have that finished up I am going to send out a newsletter with peeks of the new products...should be in a couple of days :) 

Newsletter

I know what you are thinking- you don't need anymore junk emails, right?

I am with you.

I have gradually started unsubscribing from emails to help manage my inbox. I mostly hit the unsubscribe button when companies start emailing me nearly everyday with sales. Everyday- even every few days is a bit too much. 

But...I started a newsletter.

If you are interested and want to sign up- I promise not to flood your inbox with emails, I promise I won't share your emails with anyone (I majorly hate spam and) and I promise to make it worth your while.

I know you might follow me on my blog, Facebook and Twitter...so I will try not to copy information from each of those onto the newsletter. 

Instead I am going to make the newsletter especially for sneak peeks of product, special discounts for newsletter subscribers and anything else I might think of that would be a neat insider perk.  

If you are interested you can sign up on the sidebar or right here. 

As for new product- I was busy working on photographing it all yesterday and am going to do a little bit more today. So the release will be sometime next week- I will let you know when I get closer.

This is a fun release and I can't wait to share as I have some very new and different things :) 

 

What I've Been Up To

 

Work at Home Mom: I like the term 'Work at Home Mom' and even if I didn't run a shop. It is really the toughest job being a mom- 24/7 work. It is the best though. 

Working on new items for the shop. Some I am very anxious to get out there. I have been working on these the last few months and ran short on time for the last few things...so those will have to wait. Which brings me to the reason they will have to wait...

Jude is a glue stick. When he is not a glue stick...I am chasing him because he is getting into everything. He isn't walking yet besides the occasional step or two- but when that happens it is out of pure frustration because he is so mad that you are not holding onto his hand. He could walk if he wanted to though. I can tell because he will go into his room and fill the (usually) empty laundry basket with his toys and then use the laundry basket to walk down the hallway, practically picking it up to turn corners. Occasionally the laundry basket has not been emptied and I have found miscellaneous toys and books in the basket as I go to do laundry. 

Gardening: I am not really up to this exactly, but my husband is in full seed growing mode. This photo was taken several weeks ago- these guys are so much taller now. It's crazy how fast they grow. We (I mean him- I just am there for support) planted tomatoes, green beans, corn (which is crazy to me) jalapenos and onions. Last year we just did what we referred to as our 'salsa garden' (onion, tomatoes and jalapenos...and cilantro which just happened to pop up from the previous year) and it turned out so great so we planted all the same things again plus a couple of new things. 

Scrapbook: Got behind on Project Life but caught up over the weekend...okay I am still a little behind on last week. But I realized I stopped working on Jude's baby album at nine months and so I am getting all of that together now also. 

In case you missed it- I posted the information for the Creative Team Call yesterday. If you are interested- please do apply :) 

 

SALE

How about a SALE? It will be short..but sweet. 

Use the code 2SWEET now through Thursday and get 20% off in the shop (not the Etsy shop- just the main site). 

 

Creative Team Call

Alright, let's try this guys. I was so happy to hear all the positive feedback considering the Creative Team call so I came up with as much as I could plan and well... I'll take the rest as it comes. 

I'm attaching a PDF of what I am looking for and how to apply.

and here it is: 

Download Ormolu_CTcall

Hoping I did not leave out anything... if you have any questions you can shoot me an email (my email is listed on the PDF as well as on the blog under contact). 

Applications need to be submitted by May 14th and Creative Team members will be contacted by May 20th

Oh, and this is open to everyone- including those overseas. 

 

 

Photo Album Labels using Sticky Back Canvas

After using the sticky-back canvas to make tags the other day- and realizing I have been looking at these ugly little spines of my photo albums for the last couple of years wondering what I could do to help them out...I came to a solution! 

I bought these albums as suggested by Stacy Julian in her Library of Memories class and they are great quality but the spine just needs some help. For those of you who do not know what lies beneath that numbered label it is a dark maroon color block with the word 'Album' stamped in gold. Need less to say I was not a fan and I had tried a few things to cover it but none yielded the results I was looking for.

So this morning I drew up a quick little colored box in InDesign (although something this easy could be done in Word or Photoshop...I just happened to have InDesign open at the time). I then layered the colored box with a white box and placed a number in the box. I set up a file to print and printed it out on some more sticky-back canvas. I trimmed the files out and then placed them on the spine. Super quick and easy and they look much better. The canvas seems to stick really well too- and in one case I wanted to move the image slightly so I pulled up and was able to readjust it very easily and yet it still is sticking well. Hopefully it holds up. 

For those interested I have provided a download with the files in case you can use them for something...whether it be albums, jars or baskets. There are two files- one yellow and one black. 

Download Albumnumbers_black

Download Albumnumbers_yellow