They're Finally Here

My Mom arrived 2 days ago, flewing from Vancouver. She brought my Etsy packages (5) along with all the stuff she bought for Ethan. It was so nice seeing her (and the packages, of course). Too bad that she only stays for a week this time. She has a tight schedule and we try to maximize our time together, especially I want her to have good quality time with Ethan.

It's almost overwhelming when I saw the goodies. In a good way :-) There are so many new papers to play with that I don't even know where to start. One of the packages contained scrap papers as high as 4 inches. The seller told me that she put extras in my order. Isn't that sweet? One seller has also refunded $1.50 for excess shipping cost. And her papers are cut SO neatly. No wonder if she's one of the successful sellers. I'll be back, that's for sure. Another seller provided a note detailing what goes in her shipping cost calculation and why I had to pay more than the postage. Interesting, I would say.

I had purchased them as early as July and had to be patient waiting to finally have them in my hands. Why did they get send to Canada instead of Indonesia? Well, not only that I do go back to Vancouver now and then (or other people, i.e. my mom), but also because not all Etsy sellers ship internationally. And shipping cost to Canada tends to be cheaper than shipping cost to Indonesia. That's why some packages are sent directly to Indonesia, and some are sent to Canada.

I guess, I won't shop for a while....hmm, may be for supplies, but I can shop for others stuff, can't I?

Use it!

I dare myself to do what I promise to do: to use it first then buy more. A while ago I wrote about what a saver I am. A saver in a not so good way that is (read here).

So today I'm using my rub-0ns.


Now I feel much better since I know I'm getting closer to buy more rub-ons :-P

This water melon drink was sooooo good. I enjoyed it as I made cards. To avoid any accident, I comply to my rule: no food and drink at the craft table. The English writing is confusing. And the Chinese writing, I have no clue, sorry. Perhaps you can translate it for me.

Heart Me

Here is another thing that I love.

I love checking my ETSY he♥rts. It's such a flattering feeling knowing that there are people out there loves my cards. Call me nuts, but I check them not only one or twice but many times in a day. And this is an everyday routine. Thank goodness that we have Majaba.org, where number of hearts and views are shown as a list. Of course the list can go on and on to number of pages if you have a lot of items in your store. But checking my hearts through Etsy is more time consuming since I need to click on each item to see its hearts.

I'm curious to see who hearts me. I clickety click to see their stores or favorites. It's just like finding a treasure. And the secret admirer...that's such a mystery! But I still love 'em. :-)

Here are my most he♥rted cards and papercrafts:

• Country Kitchen in Blue Tea Bag Holder - 10 ♥

• Classy Thoughts of You Card - 7 ♥

• Say Happy Birthday with Flowers Card - 7 ♥

• Say Happy Birthday with Bunch of Flowers Card - 6 ♥

• Decorate Life with Sweet Baby Giraffe Card - 6 ♥

Thank you all who heart me!

Gorgeous

This morning, catiesblue convoed me with a good news. I won the Artisan Beaders first giveaway contest. Yipee!

This is what I won, a gorgeous pair of earrings from Patty of Broken Teepee Designs.

Visit Artisan Beaders' blog for their weekly giveaway 'till the end of the year.

And don't forget to enter my giveaway contest.

Here is the newest set of Christmas Cards. I will list this set of 5 Christmas Cards tonight. Each is made with recycled heavy weight textured cardstock. Each is made with such details. With a bargain price of $10, this set may not be in my store for too long.