Featured on Indie Finds on Etsy!

The wonderful Dotty at Indie Finds on Etsy featured Felt Up Tees on her blog today!

Check it out here!

She also does great interviews with featured etsy sellers after their moment in the spotlight, so if you ever wanted to know how they are chosen or how their sales increase give her interviews a read!

And of course she has her own shop too, dottyral!

I love her little pincushion rings!



Thanks for the support :-)

My New Super Model

Since I've moved, I can no longer borrow the sweet antique dress form I used to use for all my t-shirt photos, so I've decided to try using a real models for a bit.

Here's my first recruit, the very talented Riley!



I am lucky I have cute kids in my family I can borrow from time to time :-) There are a few more I might also have to bribe with free t-shirts & slurpees!



Here's another of my new kid's shirts I'll be selling at the Alberta Street Fair & Crafty Wonderland this weekend -



I'm really happy with the way that one turned out! I only have a couple of them, but I'll be ordering more of the pink argyle shirts. Too bad they don't come in adult sizes, or I would totally be making one for myself!

Here's one last parting shot of my favorite little ham :-) She certainly brings way more personality to my tees than any boring old mannequin could!

I'm Awfully Fawn-ed Of You!

Here's a sneak peak at my new little fawn design. I've put her on tees for kids & adults & adult baseball tees. I'm taking them to my craft fairs this weekend & whatever is left over will go up on my etsy shop next week.



I'm also happy to do a custom shirt, so if you'd like this dear little deer on a specific size/color of t-shirt just let me know :-)



I've got lots of felted shirts just about ready, but I need to do some serious stitching tonight & tomorrow! I stuck with blue this time around, but what other color combos do you think would look good with the fawn?

An Oregonian Once Again

So after almost exactly 15 hours & a mere 971 miles, I'm back in my hometown. With the help of a few elves, I got pretty much all unpacked & settled in yesterday. I can't stand having stuff in boxes! All my t-shirt supplies are organized & ready to go, so expect to see some new designs in the next week or so. I'll be adding some sweatshirts & hats into the mix too, as chilly fall weather is right around the corner.

To celebrate my move & clear out some older stock I'm offering a free shipping special on Etsy Secrets. If you haven't already checked it out, Etsy Secrets is a great blog where shop owners post coupon codes for their stores. You can find my "secret" free shipping code here.

Oh and one random thing! Before I left LA, a friend & I went to Sports Chalet to look for a bike rack for my car & I found the hat pictured below. What sort of sport or athletic activity requires this hat for participation??? I'm thinking something that is only popular with Scandinavians... or perhaps Canadians.

My First Shot At Web Advertising

I need to get the word out about my tees, so I decided to venture into the world of buying ad space on websites. I got my toes wet by purchasing a week long slot on majaba.

Majaba is a site used by etsy sellers to easily see who hearts (added as a favorite) their shops & individual items. With this venue I'll pretty much only be marketing to other folks on etsy, but at less than $2.00 a day it's a great way to test the waters without sinking in much of an investment.



It will be interesting to see how much traffic this drives to my store & hopefully I'll get a sale or two from it!

My next shot at advertising is a month long slot on Modish in September. Modish is a blog about handmade style, that should reach some "regular" folks, along with the etsy crowd.

I'm having fun playing around with my differnt options for promoting my little venture & just learning as I go :-)

Knights of the Round Table or Dungeons and Dragons?

I ordered a bunch of hounds tooth printed blank tees that I thought were really cool. They make me think English with a modern twist. So... along those lines I though I'd make a dragon applique for one of them. Sort of Knights of the Round table-esque. I wanted a dragon that looked threatening & medieval, but that wouldn't be too complicated to cut out. I ended up designing this little guy -



He's not as distinguished looking as I had hoped for. A little less "old world cool" & a little more "I got beat up in school". Oh well I'm sure there's a market for that somewhere ;-)