Recap of Etsy Made in Canada Show

A huge thank you to all that stopped by and enjoyed all the handmade goodness at our local Etsy Made in Canada Show! It was such a great event!! Here's a little peak of my day...

Embracing Change

One of the first blogs I started reading was Kelle Hampton's Enjoying the Small Things. If you are not familiar with her blog, you have to go and do so...I am telling you right now. Stop reading my post and go read this post of hers. Wait. Make sure you come back, K?

Ok, your back. Don't you feel enlightened? Alive? I seem to forget about the simple things on a daily basis and Kelle always reminds me of those moments.

My question to myself is 'Why can't I remember all those magical moments that Kelle writes about on my own?' I do all those little things, all of them...yet I do them in a rush. Never enjoying each one fully.

At the end of the day, as I sit down and blog, I'm reminded that I too experienced those little things. But I find it is a constant battle within myself to remember to slow down.

So one day at a time, I'm trying to put the magic back into my life and just be content...

...to fully embrace springing forward. To embrace the change that is needed to grow.

The Nitty Gritty:

One of my first changes is to implement a Home Management Binder. I will definitely share once I compile everything together too. This will hopefully allow me to manage my time better. Also, over the next month I am cutting back on the amount of posts I write on my lovely blog here, while I get a frim hold on what it is that I need to do and waht changes need to happen. But I have a bunch of fabulous ladies lined up to share some spring inspiration and tutorials with you to fill up some gaps so you won't even notice! Along with these decisions will come some other minor changes to my blog as well, which I will probably announce in April!

P.S. I've got a giveaway going on at Rolled Up Pretty today for a chance to win a $25 shop credit to Imprintalish the Shop-all of the photographs above you can find at my shop!Enjoy!

P.P.S Thank you sooo much for reading, I appreciate each and every one of you :)

Winter Sale!

I took a bit of a hiatus from my Etsy shop...but I am up and running now!!! I thought I'd come back with a bang and have a winter sale!! Yippee!

Use Coupon code WINTER20 at checkout for 20% off your purchase!!

Plus, I've added some Valentine's goodies...

So what are you waiting for...go check it out and buy something!!! :D

New Etsy Packaging!

I am addicted to packaging...and nowadays you can almost make the packaging as pretty as the gift itself!
So when I see little handmade shops discuss their packaging options, I get a bit jealous. With my Etsy shop you can't really wrap a digital file, can you?! But now with my photography prints...I get to wrap!!!

So here it is...

Since I am sending photographs, I still had to keep it safe, so inside all of these Kraft Paper envelopes are your run of the mill cardboard mailers. I just measured the size onto the Kraft paper, folded it in half and stitched the sides shut. I then used my trusty alphabet stamps to stamp out my shop name and voila! My very own packaging! So now when you order a pretty photography print from me, it comes with pretty packaging too!

What do you think?

Oh, and I added some new prints to my shop too...

Also linking up at Tip-Toe Tuesday,

For the Ladies-Etsy Gift Guide

Welcome back to day #5 of my Kick off to Christmas week! If you missed any of the previous giveaways or holiday fun this week, go here to catch up! Today is 'Ladies Day' and I've got some fantastic tutorials and fabulous giveaways for you guys!

But first..let's take a peak at some handmade gift ideas...oh and if your someone that would like to know what I want for Christmas...look no further!

1. Sparkle Farm  2. Blue Birds Fly Boutique  3. Elegant Accessories  4.Two Girl's Patterns

5.Handmade Therapy  6. Wire-n-Whimsy  7. Roots Soap Co's  8. Pole Star

9. Lovely Crochet  10. The Cupcake Kid's   11. Lucius Art's  12. Maddie Bee  13. Heart and Soul Pieces

For the Kids--Child Friendly Gift Guide

Welcome to day #3 of my Kick Off to Christmas Event!!

We've had some great days so far, check out what you've missed here. Today though, well today is gonna rock your socks off, cause it is 'For the Kids' Day! I've got some amazing giveaways and great tutorials for all you 'giving handmade is better' people...myself included! So let's get on with the show...

Pssssst...there's a Coupon Code at the end of this post!!!!

I put together a little shopping guide for all the little people in your life...Etsy is such an amazing place to find one of a kind items! Shopping is fine at the best of times, but shopping for kids is soooo much more fun! I seperated the gift guides by boy/girl, but obviously...it wouldn't matter...I know Gray would love to wave that pink wand around-PINK is his favorite color! LOL!

1. Funky Friends  2. Smiling Tree Toys 3. Blackberry Mountain

4. Green Bean Toys  5. Imagination Kids  6. My Sunshine Designs  7. We Choose Joy

1.  FFTFandB  2. 3 Princesses Engraving  3. The Little Beansprout

4. Posh Pip Squeak  5. Sweeter Then Sweets  6. The Posh Tots

You know that pretty pink hair clip (#5 above)? Well, that little piece is from Sweeter Then Sweets! Tricia,  the super talented lady behind the company is giving all of you guys a coupon code to use at her shop for 25% OFF!! Just for being a Imprintalish reader, how cool is that?! Just punch in the code Imprintalish25 at checkout!! Here are some other beautiful items from Tricia's shop too!

For the Men- Men's Gift Guide

Men are hard to shop for. Right?! Or is it just me? Thank heavens for Etsy. All my hubby's presents were purchased from there...some of them I even added to this pretty little gift guide I made for all of you...shhh...don't tell him!!! What is great about all these items are that they are handmade (love!) and won't break your bank!!! Happy Shopping!

1. Wire-n-Whimsy  2. Gaia Metal Works  3. Knotty Notions 

4. Cufflink Works  5. VanCaron Collection  6. Ollie Pots  7. Sewloutions 

8. Branded  9. Rawkette  10. Drewniane

New Prints Added

I just added new prints to my Etsy shop...

Karly over at Three in Three is having a 100th follower giveaway celebration! Head over to Three in Three to enter to win a $25 store credit to my Etsy shop!