Hiii! :) I'm Kissa and welcome to our blog. I'm a die hard Friends fan, Apple enthusiast, biz start-up specialist, and wife. By passion and profession I'm a stationery lover, graphic designer, and iPhone & iPad case designer! This blog is our little piece of internet real estate and is about the company that my husband and I own and all the fun things in between. Hope you enjoy!
Guys! You can’t believe how floored I am this week! Let’s just get to it shall we?!
I GOT MY FIRST WHOLESALE ORDER!
Can we just celebrate for a moment?! 😀
Source: Gifbin
OMG. I’m so happy right now. I’ve been dreaming about wholesale for years. YEARS PEOPLE! And this weekend, we got our first order through Etsy Wholesale.
On top of our first order, we’ve been quite busy fulfilling a lot of Mother’s Day orders and some custom design requests. Thank you all for your continued support!
Hiiiii Internet. It’s been a while but it’s great to be here. Since my last post things have changed but my goal still remains in tact – take my products wholesale. The past month or so I’ve been seeing everyone’s posts about their preparations for NSS and realize now that I definitely would not have been ready (or even close to ready) by May. I’m so glad that I decided to wait and get some accounts under my belt before taking the plunge to exhibit. I knew it was the right decision for our business.
So let’s recap on my goals from the previous JTW posts:
JTW No. 1:
– Inventory all my cards and reorder as needed: INCOMPLETE 🙁
– Organize my office for a better work environment: INCOMEPLETE 🙁
– Get my catalog together: Brainstorming in progress! I need to break down this goal into smaller steps.
JTW No. 2:– Product photos: CHECK! 🙂 This was a huge triumph for me because I felt like nothing would happen if I didn’t have good product photos. I’ve found a system that works for me. My goal was to improve my photos and have a more clean and professional look. All it took was some foam core, nice natural light, a little bit of Photoshop, and my iPhone!
– Compile my mailing list: CHECK! 🙂 This is obviously going to be an ongoing project as I want to add retailers regularly, but I’ve got it started.
– Catalog (again): IN PROGRESS. Let’s get more into detail with this one
In the past week I’ve made leaps toward achieving my goal. I was approved to be an Etsy Wholesaler last week. YAY! Etsy has done so much for our business. We’ve reached people that we never would have been able to otherwise and I hope we have the same success with their wholesale platform. I actually applied for Etsy Wholesale a while ago, even before they released it but my application got denied and I wasn’t sure why. A couple weeks ago I decided to contact them and just ask to reconsider us or give me feedback so that I can improve on it. They replied back and notified me that it was because of my product photos. I improved on them and they approved me! Goes to show that you shouldn’t be afraid to ask. The worst thing that will happen is they’ll say no. Here’s a before and after of one of our product photos.
BeforeAfter
The photos are so much brighter, the colors are more vivid, and my thumbnail isn’t making an appearance in the corner haha!
So in this installment of Journey to Wholesale I want to:
Note: This post may contain spoilers. Not many though, since I’ll be talking more about the show in general that any specific episodes. But still, read at your own risk!
My friends, last night I watched one of my favorite shows come to an end. Parks and Recration on NBC. My heart broke little by little as I watched the finale on Hulu. This show was funny and heartwarming, everything that a good ol’ sitcom should be. If you’ve never watched Parks and Rec (what is wrong with you?! jk. but really.) I suggest you start watching!
Source: NBC.com
So the story goes, there’s this lady Leslie Knope that works on the Parks Department of this small town called Pawnee, Indiana. She loves her job, I mean LOVES it. The story is about her journey through the parks department in this unique aspect of a documentary style capture. SPOILER: We never get to see who is filming them which is kind of a bummer.
As the story goes along, because I think the first season starts off a bit slow, and you get to know the characters more you start to see the subtle funnies that the actors contribute to the characters. Season 2 really gets going and it just never really gets boring after that. At least I think so.
Sigh…so thank you Parks and Rec for your servitude to all of us. Because now I’m upset that it’s all over! 5 STARS!
