Pinky Crafts' Giveaway Winner

Congratulations Kelli Lee (#45)!! You're the lucky winner of $15 gift certificate to spend at Pinky Crafts shop. Thank you so much Mishelle for your sponsorship and thank you to everyone who entered. For current giveaway, please enter here for a chance to win $20 gift certificate. Good nite!

Giveaway $15 Gift Certificate from Pinky Crafts

Win $15 gift certificate to spend at Pinky Crafts. 

Mishelle of Pinky Crafts is our Saturday Artisan this week. If you missed reading the interview, be sure to head over to yesterday's post. Mishelle generously sponsored this giveaway, giving away one lucky winner to spend $15 on any item in her shop, including custom order!! 

 Do you have a pile of photos that are just to precious to be neglected? I am! I'm working my way to finish my scrapbook albums as I am keeping us with the little one who grows wayyyyy tooooo fast!!

There are many ways to enter. Please make sure you leave a separate comment for every entry. 

How to enter to win: 

Mandatory entry:

• Go to Pinky Craft's. Return to my Adore By Nat blog and simply leave a comment here about your favorite item from her store. By the way, she has Christmas in July sale going on, so be sure to take advantage of that! :-)

Extra entries (only qualify once mandatory entry is fulfilled):

• Earn 2 entries - Go to yesterday's post to know her more. Leave a comment there (yesterday's post) on at least one the following: what you learn from the interview, what you want to see more on her shop and why, or any constructive feedbacks are always appreciated. Come back here and leave 2 comments that you did, to ensure your entries are counted.

• Heart Pinky Crafts and earn an entry. Simply let us know your Etsy username.
• Follow Pinky Crafts on twitter to earn an entry.
• Follow Pinky Crafts'blog and earan an entry.
• Follow my blog and you earn another entry. If you're already a follower, you still get an entry, just says you're following already.
• Tweet about this giveaway, add "@adorebynat or @PinkyCrafts" in your tweet. Each tweet worths one entry and you can tweet each day until the end of the contest (a maximum of one tweet per day is counted). That's a total of 7 entries!

• Blog about this giveaway to earn 2 entries. Leave two separate comments here please providing me with the link to your post.

• Tell us how did you hear about this giveaway and you earn an entry.
• Refer your friends and family to enter this giveaway. You'll earn 3 entries (Leave three separate comments) for each referral. Be sure to let us know their names and simply ask them to mention your name their entry as confirmation.

• Purchase an item from Pinky Crafts and earn 10 entries for each purchase. Don't forget letting us know by leaving comments :-)

Contest starts now and ends on July 24th, 2010. Contest opens worldwide.

Don't forget to leave me your e-mail address. Entries without contact information will be disqualified. Entries that do not follow the rules will be disqualified. Contest winner will be drawn on Sunday, July 25th by a random number generator, by the artist. Winner must respond within 48 hours after being contacted otherwise another winner will be randomly selected.

Saturday Artisan: Pinky Crafts

Meet this week Saturday Artisan, Mishelle, the creative designer of Pinky Crafts. As a papercrafter myself, I adore her creations and totally understand how addicted working with papers and those cute sparkly embellishments.

Tell us a bit about yourself and what arts/ crafts that you make?
I've always loved crafts, but I got my official start in 2003, when I decided to create my own wedding invitations. I loved the process and how they turned out! I then moved into scrapbooking; I love to give framed scrapbook pages or personalized albums as gifts along with making stuff for myself. I'd been told that I should turn my scrapbooking into a business but I never had a chance - until my husband and I decided to make a huge change in our life. In January 2010, we quit the stressful careers that weren't making us happy, moved across the country, and decided to pursue careers that made us happier. My Etsy shop was born in April 2010, and it's made a major difference in my life! Its a huge change, going from an administrator at a community behavioral health agency to being a full-time crafter. My husband and I are both very happy so far, and I hope to keep this shop as my full-time job. I started by specializing in custom and premade scrapbooking, fun gift tags, and unique magnets. I've recently added party supplies - paper goodies for baby showers, weddings, birthdays, graduation, etc. I'm having so much fun.

What is your favourite item in your shop?
I'm partial to any of my wedding-themed items; I love weddings!


How does your day go in general?
I'm most comfortable with routines and structure, so I try to keep my days much the same as they were when I worked outside the home. I usually get up when my husband leaves for work in the morning, feed both myself and Pancakes (my adorable bunny), get my workout in, and then I spend the rest of the day working on my shop or creating new items. If I'm really excited about what I'm doing, I sometimes have to force myself to take a lunch break! I try to be finished by the time my husband gets off work, so we can spend the evening together and play with the bunny - but I do sneak off to check on my shop throughout the evening.

What is your goal for 2010? And are you on the right track?
My husband and I had a joint goal for 2010: we want to work to live, not live to work. We're definitely on the right track, having quit the jobs that were taking us away from our families and turning us into mega-stressed versions of ourselves. I think we'll get make it!

What is your favourite tool that you cannot live without?
Although its not technically a tool, I couldn't craft without rhinestone embellishments. I like to put some sparkle into my work!

Any advice for others running their on-line shop?
I had friends selling on Etsy, and I truly believed that the key to success was simply having a cute product. Not true! So much goes into having a successful shop, and you need to be prepared to put time and energy into every aspect. It's not only about the product, but how you photograph it, how your run your shop, how you market, etc. I'm still new at this, but I'm working nearly as much to get this off the ground as I did in my "real" job before Etsy. But this is much more fun!

Stay-tuned for tomorrow's giveaway!