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a few more out the door

I owed my sis-in-law a few things including some new fabric tags that I designed for her Christmas sewing projects. I hope you like the new tags Natalie. I designed them both but, Mark had the idea to add the little green apple to the corner of the "N" one too. Cute huh?

I also designed some new stickers to go on the larger packages going out for shop orders this week. By the way, I owe a big thank you to Natalie Zee again (!) for mentioning the Elf One-of-a-kinds on the craft blog. Thank you! And, thanks to everyone who bought one -- I am now completely sold out of my existing stock! If you wanted one but missed out on the last round, I'm working on two more Elfettes that are destined for the shop.

after the tempest there shall be chocolate

It took me hours and hours -- okay, 90 minutes -- to upload nine photos to etsy. Smack dab in the middle of the frustrating uploading debacle, both Safari and Photoshop synchronized a crash. Cruel, cruel programs. How could they do this to me after the morning I'd had? I'd been up since early(ish) to photograph everything for the shop update only to discover that the skies were dark, dark, dark. Despite the futility of the experiment, I suffered through that doomed photo shoot. And, as expected, the photos turned out dodgy. Yes, I was well aware that my husband has been telling me for months that I need to make a light box for such photo shoots. Fortunately, when he arrived on the scene, he refrained from saying "I told you so." No doubt, seeing my crazed look, fear prevented him.

And now, now that the miracle-also-known-as-a-shop-update and its accompanying horrors are behind me, I am in great need of a steaming cup of luxury sipping chocolate.

i've got ink

No, not that kind of ink. Today some of my creations made it into a story about handmade gifts for the holidays that appeared in our local paper, the Argus Leader. I was so thrilled when Janna, the story's author and one of the first people I'd met when we moved here, asked to use some of my "cute things" for a photo shoot. Three of my items made it into the spread: my stuffed bunny, a stuffed puppy + an elf. How cool is that?

As you can see, the elves were tickled pink at their new stardom and very intrigued. It was tough to get them to stay focused on the task at hand: their photo shoot with me for tomorrow's Mod Dots shop update. I've got three elves for the update and more things planned (perhaps a couple bunnies). Oh, and did you notice the HUGE stack of papers in the photo? My husband surprised me with them. ♥ Apparently, that's only half as many as he tried to buy. There was some concern of him buying up all available copies.

did you hear that?

Hammer! Bang! Crash! Who knew a needle and thread could be so noisy? Kidding. No, those noises are not coming from my workshop. They're from the offices across the hall. I wonder if more tenants will be moving in? No more time to ponder that possibility today, though: elves are being made and the work must go on. A quieter sort of work, but no less difficult for its lack of auditory demonstrations. For your kindness in putting up with my boring banter, here's a sneak peek at a couple of the new elves!

shop update

Due to a bit of camera trouble, the shop update will be at 2:00 PM CST today instead of at Noon.

The shop is now open! For this update I decided to give etsy a try. You'll find me there as Mod Dots on etsy. I'm not sure if I'll give up my own shop page yet. For now, I'm interested to see if I like using something different.

Have a great weekend!

ninja shop update

A quick hello to tell you that I added Ninja Iron-On Transfers to the Mod Dots Shop.

I'm off for the weekend now, have a great one and I'll talk to you soon!

wait a minute mr. postman

First, a great big thank you for everyone who has bought some of the robot iron-ons! Wow. I spent the morning filling robot orders -- and finished up just in time to shuffle them into our outgoing mail slot before my postman carried them away. I love putting orders together and designing all of the packaging.

Did you notice that I have a new favorite mug? Green! This was Mark's idea -- the fire king D handle jadite mug. Mmm... good.

Thank you!
Thank you to Natalie Zee for mentioning the Mod Dots shop on the Craft blog. I was thrilled! Thank you. ♥

mr. roboto

It's still Spring isn't it? I sure hope so because I finally have a Spring shop update announcement. The Mod Dots Shop (i.e. my studio) is overrun with Robot Iron-on Transfers and they've simply got to go!

Sample robot on a gift bag I made for my nephew. This one has an "I" on the robot so it's a little different than the standard design. I can do custom robot orders upon request, and time permitting.

More good news... check back next week for another shop update. *gasp* Yes people, the Ninja Iron-on Transfers are making a comeback too.

a teensy shop update

You might remember them from last year...

It's the Love. Dangerously. Teensy Valentine! I have to admit that I wasn't planning on doing a shop update, but I made a few extra for those of you who are stumped about what to give your Valentine and are running out of time to shop. All orders will go out via Priority Mail so you'll have it in time for the 14th.

Go to The Mod Dots Shop now. ♥

i could use a nap

The Mod Dots Shop has been updated! As I mentioned yesterday these Elves and Elfettes are labor-intensive so there are only going to be a few available. You can check them out here.

As I promised, there will be a couple more updates coming this week -- you can visit these links for previews:

elf + elfette photo card sets | fabric + button pick-packets | cheery holiday red robots

Now for that nap.