Vintage Kimono Clutches
Looking for a holiday gift for someone special on your list? Whether it’s for your mom, sister, grandma, best girlfriend, aunt, or babysitter, a handmade clutch handbag is a treasured, useful and thoughtful gift. As part of my holidays promotions, I will be highlighting original clutches handmade by amazing women.
One woman in particular was just mentioned in my previous blog. Erin is a mom of 2 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Erin is the originator of using vintage kimono fabric to make her clutches. Her eye for fabric and fabric placement is quite keen. Her clutches are truly treasured gifts and she sells at local arts and crafts shows as well as online through her shop on Etsy. My relationship with Erin goes back about 3 years and I am endlessly impressed at how giving she is to her fellow clutch makers from encouraging to supporting others with her experience.
This handmade clutch is made with original vintage kimono fabric. This clutch is a beautiful rendition of the peacock clutches that we’ve seen. It goes well for the holidays with a LBD (little black dress) or for a spring wedding.
Erin only uses vintage kimono clutches. She has them imported from Japan! These are the real deal.
Love the bold color!
How stunning is this coin purse? Beautiful chrysanthemum!
If you are looking for a clutch, Erin has a huge selection with many price points. Please check Erin’s shop out!
20% OFF total purchase – It’s on!
Thank you everyone, for your congratulations. This is a gentle reminder that our sale has just begun for our once-a-year biggest sale as a thank you to our customers. The sale ends on Nov. 11 , 2012 at midnight EST so please plan your purchases well. Get your needs now during this sale to make your clutches for Christmas(!) offerings. OMG, I heard Christmas music one week after Halloween at a DVD shop in Ho Chi Minh City! Many Western traditions and culture have permeated the far reaches of the Earth. I just can’t believe they had Christmas music before Thanksgiving already – in Viet Nam, no less!
http://purseframesoutlet.etsy.com
http://whilebabynaps.com **Thy will refund 20% OFF total purchase + any excess shipping at time of shipping at my online shop.**
Our other sister is in town to help Thy out with the orders and so far, all orders have gone out within 24 hours! Thank you for all the emails and notes that you’ve written in Note to Seller. I think I’ve replied and thanked each one who wrote personally, but I didn’t want to go without saying thanks, again, here as well. If I missed you, things are a little cray-cray around here — in a WONDERFUL and BLESSED way — but we are doing everything to get all orders out timely so you can get to the business of sewing and making!
Y is here helping with your orders …
Not helping with your orders? These 2! But they sure look cute! 🙂
11/11/12 – 3 year Anniversary Sale
It’s hard to believe that I’ve been on Etsy for 3 years (and that I’ve been in business since 2001!). It’s really amazing that I still have many of the same customers that I’ve had since I opened on Etsy in 2009! You have included me by sharing about marriages, birthdays, loss of jobs, new opportunities, illnesses, deaths of loved ones, and new babies. You share with me your joys and sorrows as much as I share! Let’s have some cake!
Can you believe that this is a cake? They don’t make them like this anymore …
I cannot have an anniversary to celebrate if I didn’t have customers … so as a thank you for your business, support, encouragement and loyalty, I am offering my annual sale of 20% OFF ALL items in the store. 20% OFF your total purchase. This includes frames, kits, PDFs, and Gutermann glue.
How perfect are these cake pops??? Lots of other cake pops at the blog. Click on the picture for more.
Here are the Legal terms:
*Sale valid from November 8, 2012 – November 11, 2012 midnight EST.
*No extensions of this yearly sale will be made for payments/orders received after the closing deadline of November 11, 2012 midnight EST. Get your orders in!
*Good until inventory runs out! First in, first out. If I run out prior to the end of the sale, you will be contacted and you can keep your order with the rain-check (see below) until a new production is done, or you can cancel the order. Your anniversary sale discount will be honored at the SALE price at which you bought it regardless of price fluctuations in the raw metal prices.
*This sale is not retroactive on any previous sales or for any pending orders.
*You must enter code “3rdsale” at check out during November 8, 2012 – November 11, 2012 midnight EST and you will get 20% OFF your total purchase immediately.
*Due to the anticipated high number of orders in, please allow for up to 5 business days for your items to be packaged and shipped. We normally ship 99% of items within 24 hours, but due to historical high demand during the sale, please allow us time to do final inspections, package, and ship your order. If for some reason that it takes longer than that, we will let you know, but this window will give us time. All orders will have the 30-days money back, full refund (minus shipping both ways) for any reason extended from the date of shipment of your order.
*For Custom Listings, just contact me at the shop and a custom listing will be done for you with 20% OFF and the correct shipping applied. Please know that we only charge the true and correct shipping for all orders at all times of the year.
Two ways to contact on the Shop home page.
*If you don’t see a quantity or size listed, it means someone has just ordered it and it has not yet been re-listed. You can wait until it gets re-listed, order it at my webstore or contact us through the shop home page or through any item and Thy can make custom listing for you.
Contact button available on every item’s listing.
*Sale applicable to frames out of stock but under production as rain-check items (see below).
Raincheck items:
*I just started another new production of frames in various sizes and finishes. The list is quite big, but if the frames that you want are not in stock but is currently in production, we will extend the 20% sale price if you pay in full by the deadline of November 11, 2012 midnight EST.
*Rain checks will be shipped when your entire order comes in unless you contact us otherwise. (Items can be shipped as they come in but you will charged shipping each time.)
*Due to the back-n-forth nature of conversations (emails through my Etsy shop), contacts requesting custom listings must be sent in before the sale deadline of November 11, 2012 midnight EST. If we have your contact with a request for a custom listing with items needed and quantity in before that deadline, you qualify for the 20% OFF total purchase. ALL payments for custom listings must be paid within 48 hours of the Custom Listing going up on Etsy.
Made in New Jersey!!! 🙂
We thank you, again, for your loyalty and support. Work is never “work” when you are getting this much joy from servicing and interacting with your customers. 🙂
~Winn (and Thy)
#1 on Google for “Clutch Sellers”!
Hope you all have had a great week! Some of you already know but I’ve just opened the shop to take orders.
Please note the shop announcement that Thy and her family will be back on the 25th and shipping will commence on the 26th. Thank you very much for your loyalty! I know there were many who waited until we opened the shop back up to place the order. We didn’t want you to wait too long for your order so we shut it down for the week so there wouldn’t have too much of a back log. She certainly needed the break with her family. There are several orders in already so thank you so much for your confidence in my fine frames for use in your craft and business!
As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
On my link exchange, I realized that you may want links to your shops or other web properties — not necessarily blogs. So if you want to do a link exchange with your shop or any web property, please leave a comment here, email me, or convo me.
Here, again, is my link info if you have a blog:
URL: http://clutch-me.com
Title: All about clutches.
If you don’t have a blog, a link on your shop would work (thanks, Nancy):
URL: http://whilebabynaps.etsy.com
Once you’ve put in my link, please contact me here and I’ll put your link in.
Though I have a niche market of clutches in the bags and purses category, I am the #1 US purse frames seller and I get inquiries on who to buy from. Check out my #1 Google search result for “clutch sellers”.
I work hard to get to #1 so that my Sellers can get more views.
So if they are looking for a seller who sells clutch handbags, they are coming to my little blog.
I know it would benefit my blog to do a link exchange, and I know it will benefit you as well. So I’m happy to add a link to your shop, blog, fanpage, blog store … I hope all of you currently on the Seller page will submit yours!
Thanks
Winn
Shop on Vacation soon.
My shops (WhileBabyNaps.Etsy.com and PurseFramesOutlet.Etsy.com) will be on vacation mode from Sat. March 17 – Saturday March 24. Thy and her family will be on some much-needed vacation time to Florida. So if you need an order prior before the shop closes, please get it in before she takes off. She will ship out until Thursday, March 15th as she will need time to pack for their adventures!
Speaking of Florida, one of our other sisters (there’s 5 of us girls in the family … :)) lives in Florida. She just opened her new photo mats shops. Please stop by her shop GirlByTheBeach and have a look. They will make great gifts for your:
– girlfriend’s 2-yr old’s birthday
– mother-in-law who likes to garden (mine taught me how to grow flowers)
– family’s holiday photo
– Girl’s Weekend vacation photo in the Caribbean (so lucky!)
– dog, kids, co-workers, your guy, your gal… something for everyone.
Handmade photo keepsakes for that memorable time. They are all painted using watercolor and use acid-free scrapbook decals.
***If you like what you see and are in the US, enter BLOGVIPFREESHIP to get free shipping. Please note that this is only for US customers. Since shipping rates differ all over the world, if you are outside of the US, enter BLOGVIP20OFF to get 20% off your entire order. Please note this is only for non-US customers. This offer is good until March 17th midnight EST. Value between US and non-US customers is comparable. Only one type of discount per customer based on the location of your mailing address.
Here are just a few …
My Dog photo mat
Flip Flops photo mat
Day at the Park photo mat
New Arrival photo mat.
Thank you, as always …
~Winn 🙂
Of Interest: Pinterest
I have just started a new page for WhileBabyNaps at Pinterest. This will work in concert with the promotions that I’ve been currently doing for Sellers to promote their clutches on the Facebook fanpage and Twitter. The more eyeballs to your shops, the better the chances of you selling your clutches and getting your name out there. If you are interested in being included in my marketing and promotions, you will first need to become listed as a Seller. I choose clutches that meet the themes that I am coming up with (for example: red clutches for Valentine’s Day) from amongst the current bags from the shops on the Sellers page. I only choose clutches that I know are made using my fine frames.
For all current shops on the Sellers page, please remember to note my trademarks for customers looking for clutches made from my frames. As I’ve only made clutches for samples, kits, or for family, I do not make or sell clutches with my frames. I always refer them to find a clutch maker on the Sellers page. Customers will look at the list and the links contained the pics and names will take them directly to the Seller’s shop.
I just started this Pinterest page. It takes a lot of time for me since my internet connection here is spotty. Wah-wah. 😦 If you are not already on Pinterest and would like to join and create your own page, convo me for an invite. I will need an email address to send invites to. This is the email address that you will be using for your Pinterest account. It’s in the beginning stages so I am just starting and learning as I go myself. If you are already on Pinterest, convo me so I can check your boards and Follow you! But here are a few things you should know:
1. Pinterest is about pinning things you really love. So it’s not the same as say, Talbots or Ann Taylor putting their coupon codes and sales on their respective facebook fanpage or Twitter feeds. But you, as an Etsy shop owner, for example, can pin up clutches that you’ve made so others can see and (hopefully) like and repin. Then the people who see their pins might like and repin, and so on …. Don’t just pin about your clutches or shop. Remember to pin other things in your life that you really love! This is a fun place that you can mix your work and your personal favorites!
For me, I love clutches. So I’m going to pin clutches that I love.
I love my dog, Pax, a goldendoodle. So you will see pins about Pax, like you’ve seen on my blog posts! 🙂
I dream of peace and quiet and white interiors are a favorite of mine. Check out my pins of Katherine Hepburn’s house. Its interiors are to die for. It’s my forever home … as in it’ll be forever until I can own a home like that … LOL. And when I do, it’ll be much smaller, not on a waterfront (cha-ching), and old and will need years of toil to refurbish it. But I digress…
*Swoon*
2. It’s a highly visual medium and it’s awesome for visual learners, like me. (You can also experience a huge time warp when you’re on it, so mind your time!) Where Twitter is great for 140-characters on your iPhones and for when you are mobile and not on your laptop/desktop, Pinterest really allows me to showcase your clutches well.
3. Follow others and repin others. The more you interact, the more exposure you will get, and hopefully your pins will be re-pinned by others.
I'm working on these!
4. Pinterest is about giving credit to where you found it. So when I pin your clutches, guess what? The credit goes to your shop where I found it! Users who see your clutch and like will click on the “from” and it leads them to your shop. Note that all have been truncated to “etsy.com” by Pinterest, but go to my Pinterest page and try clicking on several clutches and you will see that it leads to the individual clutch maker’s shop.
Several clutches have had "likes" and "repins" 🙂
How to pin and how to create boards are easy. One thing that really helps is getting the “pin it button” by clicking on the About menu. When you come across something that you like, click on that on your toolbar and it automatically adds the link to the site.
Makes for easy work!
Hope you all had a wonderful Valentine’s Day! I got the loveliest bouquet from the hubby.
Love the bright punches of color!
Talk soon!
~Winn
Happy Valentine’s Day to all!
I am seeing red. 😉 Take a look at the new album I put on the Facebook fan page for Valentine’s Day. Pretty huh?
I soooo covet these and I know others will too! Whether or not you have a honey, muffin, or sweetheart, know that I treasure you and send you wishes for a wonderful Valentine’s Day!
~Winn
If your sweetheart doesn't get you something, go treat yourself to something decadent!
20% off your entire cart SALE – Raincheck
WOW! I can’t thank you guys enough for all the wonderful and heartfelt “welcome back” notes in via the convos and “Message to Seller” in your check outs. Thank you, again, for the thoughts and prayers for our Grandma. And thank you, for your loyalty during our shop closure to tend to our family.
Oh, thought you might like this pic of my son Ethan showing his Great Gram pictures of family on the iPad. She was like “This thing takes pictures? This records videos, too? It must be really expensive.” When I told her how much the iPad was, she said “I can buy a lot of land with that!” 🙂
Amazing to think what she has witnessed in nearly a century!
Many of you have asked about our 20% OFF total purchase sale and specifically taking rainchecks for items currently out of stock or sold out. I wanted to clarify it for those still unclear. Just like any brick-and-mortar retailer, I also offer a raincheck. What does this mean for you?
*A “raincheck” is when you pay at a sale price for item(s) that are not currently in stock or are sold out due to the sale. In other words, if the shop had those items, you’d be able to cart it out with you to the minivan (or insert cool ride you have here). What, I’m the only with a minivan?? 🙂 I digress … but since they don’t have said item(s) (not your fault) you still qualify for the sale price, but you’ll just get those items when they come back into stock.
*Sale ends at midnight EST on November 20, 2011.
*… BUT with Etsy’s convo system and the nature of the back-and-forth communication of custom orders, I am allowing for convos asking for a custom listing with details on what you want sent in by that deadline to qualify for the 20% off sale. Even if we do not nail down 100% what you want, you will qualify as that was submitted before the deadline. It’s as if you’re at the store and there are long lines and only 2 registers open, and you’re the 8th person in line with a cart full of things and the shop will close in 10 minutes. But once your Custom Listing is up, you must pay within 48 hours or your order will be cancelled. (We convo you with a link to let you know that your custom listing is up.)
I miss Target. I miss Costco, too!
*Your order will be shipped altogether in one shipment when they all come in. (4-6 weeks). If you want to break the order up and ship them as they are available (same shipping options that Amazon allows), your shipping costs will go up accordingly. Just let us know. We will only charge what it costs to ship, not the time spent to ship multiple packages.
One more note, thank you for your loyalty and orders. I want to reiterate clearly that this sale of this magnitude only happens once a year on the anniversary of my shop (11/11). Under the legal guidelines, I cannot extend the sale to orders placed, paid or shipped prior to the sale, and it will not be extended past the end of the sale (barring the note about convos submitted by the deadline above). If you have a Custom Listing that has been made per your request, please pay ASAP. All custom listings not paid after the sale will be deleted.
Please keep in mind Christmas time and gift giving: start making your clutches and have them ready to sell for Black Friday. I would highly recommend planning your order and ordering what you need. Remember that as long as they are unused and in same new condition as was shipped to you, if you have excess that you want to return or you simply changed your mind, I accept returns for any reason for 30 days. You will get a full refund minus the shipping fees paid. Unfortunately, no exceptions can be made to the sale terms. So please plan well and order OR convo us with what you need.
Now, once I get out from under this mountain of to-do’s, I will be shopping for fabric. YAY! Something to look forward to! I will take pics. I will sell the fabric. I’ll get on it. It’s on my list … several of you have asked and I thank you for liking my taste!
~Talk soon!
Winn 🙂
11-11-11 2nd year Anniversary SALE on ETSY!
First, a BIG thank you to all who have written expressing your kind words about my grandmother during her recent bout of weakness. She is still alive, by the grace of God, and has been able to meaningfully visit with relatives from the US who flew over to spend some time with her: her daughter and son, her grandchildren. She still has long moments of lucidity and her humor is in tact. One time, she kidded with my male cousin who has a pot belly and said “When is he having the baby?” 🙂 These are great blessings and I am truly grateful that I get to spend the last chapter of her life with her.
I wanted to share some personal photos of the these times with you.
My Gram's first embrace with my aunt - her only surviving daughter.
Me and my Gram. She sleeps on a mattress right on the floor. This is where and how I am during my visits: lying right next to her! 🙂
Me, my daughter Hayley, and her Great Gram! The lighting is bad in the pic because there is actually bad lighting in her house. One light source for the entire room via a bare linear flourescent bulb.
Me and Thy visiting.
Gram with 3 grandkids, 1 daughter. There's still a lot of laughter to be had.
Gram with 3 grandkids: me (formerly NJ), Thy (OH), and cousin Sean from Portland, OR.
Hanging with the matriarch. Holding her hand. I am so blessed to have this time with her.
She is still full of life!
So for all of you who have stuck by me through the temporary closing of the shop, through the kind convos and emails, I want to say thank you so much.
The shops, WhileBabyNaps and PurseFramesOutlet, will tentatively re-open as planned on Nov. 17th. But before then, you may recall that “11” is my favorite number. On last year’s anniversary, I gave my largest sale to celebrate my anniversary on 10/11/10. And I mentioned that I would do the same for this year’s anniversary.
…But I am going to do better than last year as a thank you for your support, loyalty and patience through this year’s unforeseen store closing: I am offering a 20% ALL items in the store. 20% OFF your total purchase. Yes, this includes frames, kits, PDFs, Gutermann glue.
Here are the Legal terms:
*Due to shops’ temporary closing, the sale will run upon our re-opening. Sale valid from November 17, 2011 – November 20, 2011 midnight EST.
*No extensions of this yearly sale will be made for payments/orders received after the closing deadline of November 20, 2011 midnight EST. Get your orders in!
*Good until inventory runs out! First in, first out. If I run out prior to the end of the sale, you will be contacted and you can keep your order with the raincheck (see below) until a new production is done, or you can cancel the order. Your anniversary sale discount will be honored at the SALE price at which you bought it regardless of price fluctuations in the raw metal prices.
*This sale is not retroactive on any previous sales or for any pending sales.
*You must enter code “2ndsale” at check out and you will get 20% OFF your total purchase immediately.
*Items will be shipped within 72 hours of receiving your payment. We normally ship 99% of items within 24 hours, but due to historical demand during the sale, please allow us 72 hours to inspect, package, and ship your order. If we will be later than that, we will let you know, but this window will give us time.
*For Custom Listings, just convo and a custom listing will be done for you with 20% OFF and the correct shipping applied.
*If you don’t see a quantity or size listed, it means someone has just ordered it and it has not yet been relisted. You can wait until it gets re-listed, order it at my webstore or convo me and I can make custom listing for you.
*Sale applicable to frames out of stock but under production as raincheck items (see below).
Raincheck items:
*I just started another new production of frames in various sizes and finishes. The list is quite big, but if the frames that you want are not in stock but is currently in production, we will extend the 20% sale price if you pay in full by the deadline as stated below.
*Rainchecks will be shipped when your entire order comes in unless you convo us otherwise. (Items can be shipped as they come in but you will charged shipping each time.)
*Due to the back-n-forth nature of convos, convos requesting custom listings must be sent in before the sale deadline of November 20, 2011 midnight EST. If we have your convo with a request for a custom listing with items needed and quantity in before that deadline, you qualify for the 20% OFF total purchase. ALL payments for custom listings must be paid within 48 hours of the Custom Listing going up on Etsy.
My list of to-dos is long and I’m a good 4 weeks behind what I need to get done … but I will never regret not visiting my great Gram. The work will always be there upon my return! I will start bringing my sewing machine to my Gram’s house during my visits so I can still sit with her and sew during her naps. 🙂
I thank you, wholeheartedly, for your loyalty and support.
~Winn
One of my favorite pics! Gram with Thy. 2 pretty girls! 🙂
New Twitter promotions and 20% OFF Joann’s!
Hey guys!
Another promotion on Twitter featuring some amazing clutches for sale by various sellers who use my fine purse frames.
Check these out before they are sold out! Of course, the sellers will be happy to custom-make one for you!
Another group of amazing clutches!
Also, if you haven’t already signed up at Joann.com, you should really do it because:
*It’s free.
*You get coupons sent to your inbox.
*You can print the coupons out from your desktop printer.
There is currently a 20% OFF TOTAL PURCHASE (!). I save these to stock up on supplies and materials.
Email subscription for coupons!
Go get yours!
About
I am the #1 US seller of purse frames and I’ve been incorporated since 2001. This blog is mainly aimed at my audience of clutch handbag makers. I have a very small niche that is comprised of 99.9% women. I am loyal and promote handbag makers who are loyal to me by using my fine purse frames. When they are successful, then I am successful.
The two businesses that I own are:
*purse supplies, Gutermann glue, and DIY clutch kits at whilebabynaps.etsy.com, whilebabynaps.com
*up-cycled purse supplies PurseFramesOutlet.etsy.com
To find clutches made using my fine metal purse frames, LOOK to see “Trademarks of WhileBabyNaps.com and H&D LLC” and you’ll know the clutches are made using the finest metal purse frames that are tested for lead and that have a protective coating to lengthen the life of the clutch. You can go to any of the sellers on the Sellers page.
****NOTE: If you want someone to make a clutch for you, please contact any of my sellers and inquire. They will gladly make custom orders!****
Interested in reaching my audience? Advertise. Contact me here.
Thank you for stopping by for a look.
Warmly,
Thy Khuong
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