Giveaway You'll Love!

I don't know how many of you are aware of this, but I own an Etsy shop.  Yes, I've been holding back from making an announcement on here, because I didn't want it to get too big, too soon, while I was still planning my own wedding.  I opened it in mid February, and to date, I've made 118 sales. (holy crap! I didn't realize it was that many already!)

But now that my wedding is over, and I'm doing this more or less full time, it's time to spread the word!!  So in honor of this coming out, an online friend of mine (some of you may know her as The Housewife/Laura/MeSooLaLa) is hosting a giveaway on her blog "Happy Hour With a Housewife" for one of my products.

Want to know what it is?!  I guess it won't do any harm showing you what it is, but you have to go over to her blog in order to enter. 

 One of my custom parasols!  Use it for your upcoming shower, wedding, birthday, you name it!
So hop on over there and follow her rules.  And check out my shop too while you're at it!  I'm slowly adding more and more things as time goes on.

Review: Custom Stamps from Etsy

A couple months ago I placed my first Etsy order.   I ordered two custom stamps from Etsy seller Jen from scribbling club and I finally got around to using them this weekend.  She had a deal going at the time for two stamps for $28.00 plus shipping.  We emailed back and forth until we settled on a design I liked for both.  I designed both of the stamps, and she played with them to make sure it would work for the size.  Then she sent me proofs for both of them before making the stamps, just to finalize everything.  I was incredibly impressed with our conversation, and the amount of interaction I had with her.

Once she started making them, it took no time at all, and they were shipped out to me 6 days later.  I'm thrilled with the quality of them both.

This "Eat, Drink, and Be Married" stamp measures 2x2".  I'm planning on using it on cocktail napkins for the bar, as well as on blank coasters I ordered.

I also ordered a return address stamp to use on the back of our invitation envelopes.  It measures 2"x3".

I reversed both of these in the picture so you could see what they really look like.  In reality, they're obviously backwards so when you stamp them they read correctly.

I addressed our Christmas cards this weekend and got to use my new stamp for the first time.  It's a little big for everyday use, and definitely can't be used on the front of the envelope, but I wanted it to be big for the back of our invite envelopes.  It stamps nice and clean, and like I said earlier, I'm very happy with the way it turned out, and will probably be ordering from Jen again.  My mom said she wants one for Christmas!