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Adventures from T-Shirt Land.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Almost There!
I opened Caustic Threads before I started listing items, but I know that I started listing items April 15th of 2010. I wish I could say I had ambitious-or really any- goals for caustic threads when I started listing items, but I didn't. I didn't even open it with the expectation that Caustic Threads would primarily be a TShirt store, but rather a sewn clothing store, because as you may know I am also a fashion designer and Caustic Threads was intended to be my indie design label since I made the best decision of my life and decided to be a stay at home mom instead. The problem with having a store of all intricate designs that I have to sew to measurements is that while I LOVE designing, and can sew well, i don't love sewing the same thing over and over, especially if it is complicated.
I had been interested in screen printing for a long time and decided early 2010 to invest in a screen-printing set-up- the initial costs for my business were very low and I am still happy with it. I started out buying overstock shirts and then as I made more I was able to invest my earnings into made to order shirts, which is when my sales really started to take off.
Early January I finally set my first sales goal for caustic threads. I wanted to make 1000 sales by April 15, 2011. I didn't quite make it but now it is April 19th and I am at 997 sales! It is so close I feel like I reached my goal anyway! I am so thrilled that Caustic Threads has been so successful, and I love designing the art for my shirts as well as dying and printing them!
So cheers! To goals, and reaching them... or at least getting REALLY close.
Here are some of my newest items at http://www.etsy.com/shop/CausticThreads
Good luck with all of your goals!
Take care!
♥Erica
I had been interested in screen printing for a long time and decided early 2010 to invest in a screen-printing set-up- the initial costs for my business were very low and I am still happy with it. I started out buying overstock shirts and then as I made more I was able to invest my earnings into made to order shirts, which is when my sales really started to take off.
Early January I finally set my first sales goal for caustic threads. I wanted to make 1000 sales by April 15, 2011. I didn't quite make it but now it is April 19th and I am at 997 sales! It is so close I feel like I reached my goal anyway! I am so thrilled that Caustic Threads has been so successful, and I love designing the art for my shirts as well as dying and printing them!
So cheers! To goals, and reaching them... or at least getting REALLY close.
Here are some of my newest items at http://www.etsy.com/shop/CausticThreads
Good luck with all of your goals!
Take care!
♥Erica
Monday, April 18, 2011
I finally did it!
I have been interested in purchasing fabric from spoonflower.com for a long time but got sticker shock from the $18 a yard price tag. Not that that is a BAD price for a custom item, just that that is a lot of money for fabric.
I decided to buy myself some fabric for my birthday last week and was planning on buying some from some of the sellers on etsy, but when my favorite seller was on vacation it re-sparked my interest in designing my own fabric.
Here are a few of the designs I ordered:
I was hoping I could share what they looked like with the images repeated to give a better idea of how they will turn out, but I am sure I will be back to share what the actual fabric looks like later!
I am super stoked!
Take Care!
♥Erica
I decided to buy myself some fabric for my birthday last week and was planning on buying some from some of the sellers on etsy, but when my favorite seller was on vacation it re-sparked my interest in designing my own fabric.
Here are a few of the designs I ordered:
I was hoping I could share what they looked like with the images repeated to give a better idea of how they will turn out, but I am sure I will be back to share what the actual fabric looks like later!
I am super stoked!
Take Care!
♥Erica
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Procrastination
I have orders to go do, and a local post office to drop by, but I feel like waffling a little longer so I thought I would drop in for a moment. I would like to be able to say I will be around more often but I try not to make promises I cant keep.
I had my 28th birthday on Monday, and other than the expected disappointment of my husbands inability to really celebrate holidays I had a pretty good day. We went out to dinner at Gardunios- yum- and I enjoyed cheating on my low glycemic diet both with dinner and some yummy birthday cake. I am on a low glycemic diet for pregnancy, but I will probably continue to follow it after the baby is born because it is a really healthy lifestyle and I feel really great. It is a really new idea that all calories are not created equal, and I am finding it to be so true. I have been doing a ton of research on nutrition, health, etc. since I had autumn and have found this to be one of the most beneficial things I have learned.
I recently received a really awesome and unique pendant from Erin at http://www.etsy.com/shop/elegantgirl I think the pictures in her shop are great, but it is one of those items that is really much more special and wonderful in person.
Isn't it lovely? all of her pieces are one of a kind and come packaged really beautifully.
This is one that is in her shop now that I really love. This coral color is so great for spring and summer.
So, what else?
Due to an unexpected emergency I will be helping my Dad out at his shop for the next few Thursdays until he hires someone. I was willing to work during the rest of the week too, but am a little relived to only be working on Thursdays, I am afraid I would fall pretty far behind in Caustic Threads work if I were at his shop more.
The pregnancy is going well, I am about 24 weeks along, and it seems to be going much faster than when I had my daughter, and I feel better in general. Adam thinks I have more energy. We didnt get to find out if it was a boy or a girl at the last ultrasound because the baby's foot was in its crotch... which means we will probably have to get another ultrasound before it is born because I am really not patient enough to wait to buy baby clothes... Autumn did the same thing, and I learned that buying gender neutural colors just ment that people guessed the wrong sex of the baby about 90% of the time. (or at least it felt like it)
The dirt on my belly from my daughter climbing up me is awesome, right?
One last thing. Something changed in blogger, and I am totally bummed... I used to be able to copy and paste treasuries into the text and it would realign perfectly and all the great items would be clickable. This is no longer true.
Sad face.
Ok, Take care,
♥Erica
I had my 28th birthday on Monday, and other than the expected disappointment of my husbands inability to really celebrate holidays I had a pretty good day. We went out to dinner at Gardunios- yum- and I enjoyed cheating on my low glycemic diet both with dinner and some yummy birthday cake. I am on a low glycemic diet for pregnancy, but I will probably continue to follow it after the baby is born because it is a really healthy lifestyle and I feel really great. It is a really new idea that all calories are not created equal, and I am finding it to be so true. I have been doing a ton of research on nutrition, health, etc. since I had autumn and have found this to be one of the most beneficial things I have learned.
I recently received a really awesome and unique pendant from Erin at http://www.etsy.com/shop/elegantgirl I think the pictures in her shop are great, but it is one of those items that is really much more special and wonderful in person.
Isn't it lovely? all of her pieces are one of a kind and come packaged really beautifully.
This is one that is in her shop now that I really love. This coral color is so great for spring and summer.
So, what else?
Due to an unexpected emergency I will be helping my Dad out at his shop for the next few Thursdays until he hires someone. I was willing to work during the rest of the week too, but am a little relived to only be working on Thursdays, I am afraid I would fall pretty far behind in Caustic Threads work if I were at his shop more.
The pregnancy is going well, I am about 24 weeks along, and it seems to be going much faster than when I had my daughter, and I feel better in general. Adam thinks I have more energy. We didnt get to find out if it was a boy or a girl at the last ultrasound because the baby's foot was in its crotch... which means we will probably have to get another ultrasound before it is born because I am really not patient enough to wait to buy baby clothes... Autumn did the same thing, and I learned that buying gender neutural colors just ment that people guessed the wrong sex of the baby about 90% of the time. (or at least it felt like it)
The dirt on my belly from my daughter climbing up me is awesome, right?
One last thing. Something changed in blogger, and I am totally bummed... I used to be able to copy and paste treasuries into the text and it would realign perfectly and all the great items would be clickable. This is no longer true.
Sad face.
Ok, Take care,
♥Erica
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