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Last 2 days for 20% OFF sale!

Thank you, thank you, thank you … for all your heartfelt and kind notes in the “Note to Seller” giving me congrats on my 1 yr. anniversary on Etsy.  It is very much appreciated and I feel very welcomed in the Etsy community of fine craftsmen and craftswomen!

Just a quick note to let you all know that due to the large volume of sales from the 1 yr. anniversary sale for 20% OFF any one item of frames, I am running about 1-2 days behind on fulfilling your orders.

I will have it again next year on 11/11/11!!!!   (My mind is crazy with excitement for my fortuitous number of “11”.  I’m going to play every lottery on that day, for sure!!!)

There are only 2 more days left on this sale.  (You can read the details on this post here:  https://clutchme.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/one-year-anniversary-sale/)

So please plan your purchase and place your order any which way of the 3 methods.  All orders will be shipped out before or by Weds. 11/17!  Shipping will begin again on 11/29 after my vacation and Thanksgiving holiday.

Thank you!

~Winn

November 13, 2010 Posted by Thy K | SALES and PROMOTIONS | Leave a comment

YAY! 1 yr. on Etsy today!!!

What an exciting year!!!  Just wanted to thank all you wonderful ladies (and a few gents) for supporting my business!!!
I am currently doing quite a few happy dances — in that uncoordinated, awkward way for a grown woman who hasn’t been to a dance in 2 decades +!  🙂  I’m breakin’ out the Electric Slide~, the White Girl dance (pls don’t be offended :))~ the Water Sprinkler …

And thanks to all who have put in your orders for the 1-yr. anniversary special discount of 20% off.  Sale ends Sunday so put yours in today.  I’m on “vacation” 11/17 and due to the Thanksgiving holiday, shipping will not resume until Nove. 29th!!!

So, thank you, thank you, and muchas gracias!

And a thanks to our Vets on this Veteran’s Day, especially to my niece Sonja who served in Kosovo and Iraq!  Thank you for all your work and dedication to our country!!!!!

November 11, 2010 Posted by Thy K | SALES and PROMOTIONS | 1 Comment

One-year Anniversary SALE!

To celebrate my 1-year anniversary on Etsy, I’m offering a SALE to all to commemorate, celebrate, and to thank you for your tremendous support!  (Those who buy from my webstore and do not have an Etsy account, no worries.  It only takes a minute to sign up a free account to buy.  You can also continue to buy privately at my webstore and I’ll refund the sale in the same manner via Paypal.)

Here are the milestones with my purse frames supplies Etsy shop:

* My 1 year anniversary is on 11/11!  Yay! (Would you believe it:  When I was 8, I decided that my favorite number was 11 and it has been ’til this day. My first child Ethan was born on May 11 at 11:11am.  And I did NOT plan it or realize it until months later that I had opened my Esty shop on 11/11!!!  What???  That is crazy!)  I truly believe things happen for a reason and I’ve only been privileged to have met wonderful, kind-hearted, hard-working women on Etsy.  There’s not a bad apple in the bunch.

* I just received my 1000th feedback!  My frames are the best [Geez, Winn, are you a little biased?  Well, yes, yes I am.  🙂 ] but I feel my customer service is really what drives my business and brings you all back.

So it’s time to get out the bubbly and *clink* (even though it’s 10 in the morning)!

I am happy to offer this sale to celebrate.

Starts 11/8 - Ends 11/14 midnight EST.

Details, schmetails …:

*Offer effective when it hits your mailbox with this announcement (or 9EST-ish on 11/8/10) until Sunday 11/14/10 midnight EST.

*20% off any one item of frames in the store or webstore.  It can be a set of 5 frames or a set of 500 frames.  No limit.  This 20% off any one item of frames is in addition to the listed price that has the volume discount pricing but no other discounts applies. So when you check out, you will get an additional 20% off any the highest priced item of frames in your cart.  One sale redemption per customer.

*To redeem:

#1. you can “convo” (Etsy’s internal email system) me for a custom listing and I can take the 20% right off the bat with combined shipping.  No need to wait for the refund.  OR

#2. just order a la carte as you normally do at my Etsy shop and note “Anniversary sale” in note to seller.  I’ll refund the 17% via Paypal after your order has been shipped.  The reason it’s 17% instead of 20% is because of Etsy commissions which I do not get back for any refunds that I give to customers.  Of course, I will combine ship as well so any excesss shipping costs paid will be refunded to you as well.

#3. just order at my webstore and I’ll refund the 20% off via Paypal after your order has been shipped.

Legal terms:

*Good until inventory runs out!  First in, first out.  If I run out, you will be contacted and you can keep your order with the raincheck until a new production is done, or you can cancel the order.  Your anniversary sale discount will be honored at the current 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.

*Only applies to frames.  All other items or supplies (such as, but not limited to, Gutermann glue, PDFs or kits) are not included.

*If you don’t see a quantity or size listed, it means someone has 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.

VACATION NOTICE:

*We are taking the kids to Florida to visit family for the holidays.  Another state to treasure! (It’s our goal to take them to visit all 50 states!  I’ve been to 35 and my hubby has been to all 50 and we LOVE it!)

>>>>>>>>>So my vacation is 11/18-11/25 and then it’s Thanksgiving weekend so shipping resumes 11/29!  Yikes!<<<<<<<<<<<<

Take advantage of my anniversary sale and get it in before I take off to the Sunshine State!

November 8, 2010 Posted by Thy K | SALES and PROMOTIONS | 2 Comments

Blog completely redesigned to add SELLERS!

Take a look guys!  I redesigned the blog and hope you all like the cleaner look.  Now if only I can get to cleaning my office …  argggg.

Please click on it for a larger view!

As per my earlier post https://clutchme.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/4-things-that-can-help-your-clutch-handbag-business/, I have begun adding the new section called “Sellers”.  I get more and more hits on my blog daily with people asking where to buy clutches made specifically from my metal purse frames.  Since I do not have time to make and sell them  these days (only locally and privately), I wanted to let potential customers know where to buy.  Please read the earlier post about the trademark requirement and how to easily submit your store.

I know everyone is busy will fall arts and crafts shows.  But don’t wait to get your shop listed.  The holiday shopping season has begun!!!  It will not take you a lot of time and the upside is they will go from this blog to your store!

Best wishes as always!

~Winn

November 4, 2010 Posted by Thy K | SALES and PROMOTIONS | Leave a comment

A thank YOU Sale! (Columbus Day Weekend!)

A 2-day SALE!  Columbus Day SALE as my thanks!!

Thanks to all of you who listened and responded to me with your honesty and empathy.  You all really lifted my spirits up.  So moving on the better things … 🙂  These 3 are my reasons:

Yippeeee!!! (First day of school!)

It’s Columbus Day Weekend!  I used to live in Columbus, Ohio (go Buckeyes!) so I wanted to wish everyone a wonderful holiday weekend!

To take advantage of the weekend when my husband can help take care of the kids and I can work, I am giving an unprecedented 2-day sale.

So place your order this weekend and get the following:

*15% OFF total purchase for your order (excluding shipping) over $200

*20% OFF total purchase for your order (excluding shipping) over $400

*25% OFF total purchase for your order (excluding shipping) over $600

**This is on top of the volume discount pricing that is in the price.  Did you know that handbag makers who stock up and buy in bulk can save up to 67% OFF the original price? Check my webstore for these volume discounts. **

Terms of the offer:

This covers any and all items at whilebabynaps.etsy.com and my webstore whilebabynaps.com.  One time use only.  No additional discounts apply.  Effective midnight Saturday 10/9/10.  Expires midnight Monday EST 10/11/10.

***Important:  For Etsy users, you must convo me at my Etsy store with your order needs to do a Custom Listing.***  Discounts will be taken off immediately in the price …. no need to wait for a refund!

***For webstore customers, please order in bulk at my webstore whilebabynaps.com as normal.***  Your discount will be given to you via a refund back to your Paypal account.)

Plan your inventory and stock on now to make enough clutches for the holiday rush!   It will be an advantage to have clutches available for sale for the holidays by November!

October 10, 2010 Posted by Thy K | SALES and PROMOTIONS | 1 Comment

30% OFF coordinating NEW antique brass chains

As a thank you for signing up to receive my blog posts, I just listed my new antique brass purse frame with loops and the coordinating antique brass purse chain.  I am offering 30% off the listed price of the antique brass purse chain:  when you buy the antique brass frame, you will get 30% off the antique brass chain to go with it.

With Etsy’s shop redesign, I find that my shop announcement gets lost.  (And let’s admit, I can be quite loquacious!)  Soooo…  I’ve been asking all 1000+ of you Etsy customers to sign up for my email subscriptions to get updates here from my blog so you get the latest and greatest scoop on everything.  (I’ve also included my pro’s who buy in bulk and don’t buy at my Etsy store.)

It’s my way of getting your ear about new interface, new frames, marketing tools, and technical tips, etc…  because I’m not in it to just sell you cheap frames.  I’m in it to help you start your own businesses from the PDF instructions to frames, glue, interface, etc… I have customers who buy a PDF from me in April — and by May — will start buying in bulk!  Those local craft markets are great to sell lots of clutches!!!

You will see that I’ve also designed the purse chain here with lobster claw closures — something your necklaces also have.  These closures are more costly due to the parts involved in making them, but other closures will break over time and are just awkward to use and not very chic.

New antique brass frame with loops

30% OFF coordinating chain when you buy the antique brass frame

Since this is limited to the first 200 chains, please convo me on Etsy for a custom listing, so that I can manage the discount and combined shipping.  You will not need to wait for the refund because I’ll take it right off the top.

So buy any number of antique brass frame with loops, and get the coordinating antique brass clutch chain for 30% OFF.  Offer is effective as soon as this blog post hits your email box and ends after the first 200 antique brass chains are sold.

*Please note that I ask all of my customers to purchase this at my ETSY shop, so that I can manage the number sold.  (My webstore sales are unlimited so I often oversell on the promotion.)

Don’t know how to get a Custom Listing?

1.  Click here to get to my Esty shop:  http://www.etsy.com/shop/whilebabynaps

2.  If you haven’t signed up to have an Etsy account, please sign up, which takes 2-3 minutes.

3. Below the pic of my puppy Pax, click on “Contact” which will enter you to Etsy’s internal communications route called “Convo”.  Don’t worry, it’s just like email within Etsy.

4.  Drop a note of how many antique brass frames with loops you will need.  (*Please note any additional needs such as other nickel-free purse frames(TM) or Gutermann glue.)

I will reply back via the Etsy convo with a link to your custom listing for your entire order.  This will include the coordinating antique brass chains at 30% off the listed price as well as combined shipping for your entire order.

5.  Click the link, order, and pay.

Etsy customers are used to this, but my non-Etsy customers may feel intimidated, but no worries.  I have custom listings made multiple times every week!  It’s easy and you don’t have to wait for a refund.

September 30, 2010 Posted by Thy K | SALES and PROMOTIONS | Leave a comment

“It’s off the chain!!” — 20% introductory offer.

That’s me trying to sound current.  😉

“Hehehe…” — that’s you snickering … but here’s the scoop on my nickel-free purse chains(TM) with lobster claws.

They say that “nothing worth doing ever comes easy”.  That is very applicable to my nickel free purse chains with lobster claws.  Why have you not seen purse chains with lobster claws before?  Because it hasn’t been done!  I’m the originator!  I just did not want a nice chain with an awkward, cheap, or cumbersome closure.  With my second business — selling jewelry at 2point5Karat.com — I thought, why not make a nice chain like the necklace and bracelets that I see?

So months and months later … I got what I needed.  I’m so proud of these chains and I actually loop it twice and wear it with my Baume & Mercier watch!  Yup — like jewelry.  Just add a black leather cord to make it punk rock!  (This Momma of 3 is more ‘Target’ than ‘punk rock’).  So I snapped a quick photo of it:

This is one way I wear my nickel-free purse chain!

So take a look at my nickel-free purse chain(TM) with lobster claw.

"Aww, you're my lobster" --- name that show that line originated on!

Chain with satin ribbon threaded in.

*** Etsy customers, convo me to get a custom listing with the frames and chain to get 20% your first purchase of purse chains.  I’m requesting a custom listing so that I can combine ship and save you money, and also take the 20% off the purse chains immediately — no need to wait to get a refund.***

**Whilebabynaps.com customers, note “Blog20chains” in note to seller and a 20% refund will be returned to you off of the price of the chains.**

This offer is good until Weds. 9/22 noon EST.

As always, thank you for your tremendous support and encouraging words.  I get them and I really appreciate you ladies!

September 16, 2010 Posted by Thy K | SALES and PROMOTIONS | 2 Comments