Hapa Girls 3year Anniversary on Etsy Giveaway!!!!!!!

 January 8th marks my 3rd year on Etsy! You may be wondering how I will be celebrating this milestone.  Well of course with an "Etsy 3 Year Anniversay Giveaway"

How to Enter
1. Leave your contact info and maybe a comment under this blog post.
2. Go to my Face Book Fan page and tell me one of your New Years resolutions. 

**Your comments left under this blog post are numbered.  I will be choosing a winner using the Random Number Generator.

* One entry per person
*Giveaway starts January 2, 2012 and will end on January 8, 2012.

I bet you are all wondering what I'll be giving away!!!!! I thought I would change it up this year!

Lotus Blossom Drop

Happy New Year and Good Luck to all!

Change up your packaging presentation

When running your own handmade business, I feel the artist should stay as true to handmade as possible. After all, if a customer wanted something more commercial looking why not go to a big brand name store. 

I have always used commercially printed "Thank you" cards with all of my orders. I love the style of the card I use and they fit within my budget.  However, after using these cards for sometime now I would like to hand make my own.  Sounds crazy doesn't it? Seeing that I am so busy with being a Mom, homemaker and running a small jewelry business.

I have decided to start off small by first carving out my own Cherry Blossom stamp.  I think it gives my handmade products a bit of a personal touch.

I have yet to perfect the appearance of the stamp but feel it looks pretty nice! 

Recently I purchased a Letterpress kit for my Cuttlebug.  My next step will be to transform my design into a letterpress plate so I can letterpress my own note cards with this kit.  I am excited to try this new tool out and will blog about the results!!