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I was excited about seeing Basic Grey's holiday collection this year. I really enjoyed their festive collections from the past. But, so far, I'm not too impressed by what they came up with this year. Even the name, Wassail, is a bit strange to me. Maybe, it hasn't grown on me yet. Anyway, here it is. What do you think?









And they also added a calendar creator to their line:


I think this year, I may stick to their previous year's holiday collections. Those were papers I could never grow tired of.

I should have known better than to start something like this count down. It is rare that I am able to update my blog daily, let along 12 days in a row. Besides the fact that the "12 days of Christmas" are starting to bore me, I've been off or behind so much, that I'll just finish it off now. And honestly, my reader following isn't much to speak of, at all, so I'm pretty sure I won't be disappointing anyone by cheating. So here is the rest.

by unicomkidsstudios

5 Golden Rings

by kateszabone

4 Calling Birds


by LilaB

3 French Hens


by the patchworkdress

2 Turtle Doves
by LilaB (again)

and A Partridge in a Pear Tree


by armatodesign

Ahhh. Now I'm free to post what I want, under no time frame.

Merry Christmas to everyone and a very Happy New Year. See you in 2008!

I have been wanting to contribute to The Sampler, ever since I discovered it. If you don't know what The Sampler is yet, check it out. It's great. I finally get it together and just sent in my contribution for the December Holiday Sampler. I'm not sure how effective it is going to be, as far as getting people to my Etsy shop, we'll have to see. I'm pretty excited about receiving my sampler that I get for participating. When I first contacted them, letting them know I was interested in contributing, I was feeling a bit over confident, when I first starting putting my samples together. For some reason I thought I'd be able to get 200 of them done. I had almost a month to get it ready. Well, it didn't take long for me to realize that wasn't going to happen. I ended up getting 100 (108 actually) done. It still qualified me to contribute to the media only sampler, if I want to. I plan on doing that next month. So anyway, I decided to contribute a mix of items, magnets, push pins, gift tags, and a few pendants. It came out to about 75 gift tag sample packs, 25+ mini boxes of magnet sets or push pins, and 5 pendants.

Here are a few of the mini boxes of magnets and gift tags packs. I like the way the gift tag packs turned out. The mini boxes were something I learned from an Etsy tutorial from the Storque .


Here is everything all boxed up ready to send off.


I received an email from them today letting me know that my package arrived safely. I am so relieved it got there on time and intact. I'll update once I know how it goes.

Not so far, at least as my Etsy shop is concerned. So often I heard about the holiday rush for Etsy shops. Sellers who have had their shops for a year, talked about how much business picks up when holiday shopping begins. I read lot's of tips about how to prepare for this busy time. Those of us who weren't around to witness it, were eagerly waiting the much talked about sales. Well I gotta say, it's been quite the opposite for me, so far. It is only November 9th, so I'm still hoping. But, so far, the past month or so have been the worst ever, since opening my shop. There have been a huge increase in new shops opening up, which explains the slow sales. When so many new shops are opening, while not so many new shoppers are visiting, it sure does change things in Etsy land. I hope that despite the growth in sellers, as Christmas gets nearer, that sales pick up a bit.


Here are some of my newest gift tags:

I am such a last minute person, especially when it comes to the holidays. I am one of those people who are out on Christmas eve, scrambling for last minute gifts. Having an Etsy shop has forced me to prepare ahead of time, at least for other shoppers looking to buy for Christmas. I have to admit, even though November has begun, it is a bit strange creating things in red and green color schemes. I hope I don't get tired of seeing it before Christmas even arrives. Here are a few of the holiday items available now, in my shop:


"deck the halls" gift tags


"holly jolly" gift tags


"jingle bell rock" gift tags


I am not sure how ready shoppers are to buy holiday gift tags yet, but at least I've prepared, some, for when they are ready. I've got lot's more ready to add, so check back often to Pictures of Lily.