My Current Projects

Hi fellow Etsy-ers! (And yeah, I know that there are people on here that aren't on Etsy... I'm just assuming that most of the people that read (or will read) this blog are).

Let's see.... My shop has actually been pretty slow lately. I'm really hoping it starts picking up soon. Christmas is just around the corner! Of course, I don't think of people buying baby blankets for Christmas presents, I think of people buying baby blankets when the baby is first born. Who knows. Technically this isn't my first Christmas season on Etsy, but I didn't start really making sales until March of this year. So, I really have no idea how well baby blankets do for Christmas presents... We'll see.

I do have a couple custom orders I've been working on. Right now I'm working on an gray and white ripple blanket. Not my choice of colors, but it does look pretty nice. Idk. That's what she wanted, so that's what I'm making.

I'm also making a multicolor... Sort of. This lady wanted a blanket that looks like one of my multicolor blankets, but she wanted it in colors to match a quilt that she made for her nephew when he was little, and his son now has it. I guess (based on the pictures that she sent) that the quilt hangs on the wall, and she wants a blanket for the great-nephew to use. Anyway, she wanted light yellow, light blue, light green and a bright blue. Well, the likelyhood that I'm going to be able to find a multicolor with all those colors is really, REALLY unlikely, so I have to try and make all those colors look like a multicolor. So that basically involves LOTS of color changes. And I mean lots. At the beginning it was really hard to try and figure out when to change colors, and what colors to do next, but I'm starting to get my bearings on it, so it's getting easier. I'll take pictures when I'm further into it on my iPod and post them on here.

Oh, and I had kind of a mishap with this blanket. :) So Nancy wanted it to be 42" x 42". Ok, not such a big deal, I've done lots of custom orders that involve different sizes. So, I started it yesterday morning, and when I got to 2 rows I measured it. 42" exactly. No problem. Well, last night when I was about 12" into it, I measured it again..... 50". And I thought, "Oh my gosh. What am I gonna' do? I'm too far into it to start over again." Now, I have absolutley no idea how this happened. It's not any wider at the top than it is at the bottom. It's really wierd. Anyway, I emailed Nancy, explained what happened, and asked if she would like it to be 50" x 50" instead. Well, thank goodness she was very forgiving and was just fine with that. But boy was I scared for a little while. I mean, I spent hours just getting to that point. I couldn't start over again! But it worked out alright. Thank goodness.

Hm.. What else do I have going on? Oh yeah. I do have a turquoise and white ripple blanket I have to make this week, but I'm going to wait until the payment comes through. It was paid for with an e-check, so I have to wait until that comes through before I will make or ship it. Paypal says that the payment should come through tomorrow, so I can start making it then. But I have to finish the other 2 blankets first. I put in my descriptions that all blankets that are out of stock will be shipped in about 7 business days. So I have some time, and I don't have to worry about people emailing me going, 'When are you going to ship my blanket?'

Um, I guess that's all for now. Oh! I am only 2 sales away from the big 100! I am still trying to decide what I'm going to do. What do you think? Should I have a sale... Offer a free blanket to customer 100...What? I'm curious for your opinions. Let me know!

Kayla