another day for whimsidoodle

Today was a good day... and a productive day. Kelsey is definitely teeething and two of her 1 year molars are coming in on the same side, so she took a LONG nap (happens when she's up a lot at night.) I managed to vacuum, do the dishes, do laundry, put clothes away, take pictures of 3 items, get them uploaded, get a gift ready to go, pack... whew.. and more.

Some of my latest items listed on whimsidoodle

Jess made a huge batch of onesie cards which is awesome! oh.. I left Josh's birdhouse out of the collage. I am so excited to have all of these new items by such talented people in my shop! One thing I love about etsy is the trading aspect! It's a fabulous way to get things you're hoping to have if the other person has interest in trading with you. I am currently doing trades with my cousin, Mary Morra and the Lemon Drop Studio.

So tomorrow Kelsey and I head out to Massachusetts for a crazy busy, but really fun and exciting four days! Tomorrow we'll be in Marbleshead (one of my favorite places!) with KT and Emily. Then Saturday we head to Danvers for Reece's baby shower. Then back to KT's and hopefully a trip to the Peabody Essex Musuem. Then Sunday I head down to Boston.. JP to stay with Ash.. so excited to see her and meet Temple! Then Monday Shea took the day off and we're heading to Downtown Crossing.. YAY H&M and hopefully Kendall Square to the Garment District.. can't believe I have never been there!

It may be a whirlwind few days, but I am looking forward to it!

Are You Up For a Fall Challenge?

I become more and more impressed by my fellow MaineTeam members. They are such marketers at heart! We received an email last month giving us a challenge and everyone has been having fun with it. Here's a treasury that Adroit Jewelers put together with some of the items including my orange and yellow origami lights.

Maine Team Fall Challenge--

Maine in the Fall-- what does it mean to you?

Our team challenge is to make at least 1 new Fall inspired item by October 15th! We will blog about it along the way and also post threads in the promo section here on Etsy. We can post pictures & links of the items and statements from each artist describing their product and how it's related to the project while promoting the entire team. We may even have a volunteer to interview each seller for our blog! Keep an eye in the live weekly forum thread to keep up with our developing ideas!

Let's start creating some items and post them as you finish them! Tag them with the usual "Maineteam" tag and also add "mainefall" so that we can find each other for treasuries and promos. Team challenges are very successful within Etsy for promoting items and shops and I can't wait to see how this boosts our sales!!