A Sneak Peak and Exciting News

I have been busily working on my 2008 Christmas Card Collection. I have a lot of designs that are really coming together and hope to have them all finished and available in the next couple of weeks. I would finish them this week, but we are leaving tomorrow morning for a week long wedding extravaganza. (My sister is getting married on a lake this weekend so we're going to spend a few days playing on the water and figuring out all the photography issues.)

So, I'll give you a sneak peak at my holiday collection.

In other exciting news, I've had a national retailer interested in selling my products on their site! How exciting is this!? We're in the beginning stages of the process. They also gave me some suggestions on how to get my products sold and suggested that I have a site devoted strictly to stationery products. I spent a lot of time and money on getting my photography site and shopping cart up and running, so I definitely won't be doing a full blown stationery site that is as elaborate as my photog site. But I did understand their reasoning..when consumers search for online stationery designers, if they click on my link on google and are taken to a photography site, they may be confused. So I'm working on a simple site that showcases my designs, but they will still shop from my same online store. I am very excited about this new opportunity and I'll definitely let you know if and when the relationship takes off with the retailer! And of course, I'll be debuting the new stationery site..so stay tuned!

New Stationery Products

I've gotten a few new designs done lately and wanted to share them and make them available for sale. I have more in the works so stay tuned! All of these are for sale in my online store at www.lpdesignz.com/store.

"Precious Squares" Birth Announcement. Available for boys and girls. Blue can be replaced with green or pink.

5 x 7

$1.50 each includes envelopes

printed on high quality 1oolb cardstock

This one is my favorite!
"Vintage Baby"
Available in boy or girl. Blue background will be replaced with pink for girl.
5 x 7
$1.50 each includes envelopes
printed on high quality 1oolb cardstock

This wedding invitation is special to me. I designed it for my baby sister using the engagements we took of them.

It's a 5x5 square single fold. The front has a photo and names of the bride and groom.



The inside has another photo and wedding invite wording.



The back can have any information you wish. This one gives directions. I am currently working on the pricing to include envelopes and response cards. Check my store for details!

Officially Up and Running

My Stationary Shop is officially up and running! I've got a few designs for sale there..with bunches more to come! Take a look around, and if you don't find exactly what you're looking for, let me know. I can design something specifically for your needs! The sidebar to the left is just a little sample of what I've got for sale in the shop. Click on one of the items to go there! I'm so excited about this new area of my business and can't wait to see where it takes me! Since I am a wife and mommy, I can't spend ALL day designing (as much as I would love to). So I'm hoping to put up about 1-2 new designs a day, unless I just get a ton of free time and can put up more. Go check it out!
http://www.lpdesignz.etsy.com/

Stationary Shop Update!

Thanks to my wonderful Lynsey...I am working on getting my online stationary shop up and going! She directed me to http://www.etsy.com/, an online marketplace for selling creativity! I have set up my account and opened my storefront..even though I have no designs posted yet. Its so simple! I will have a storefront that shows all my items for sale. Customers just select their product and pay through paypal. Etsy notifies me I have a sale and I take care of getting it fulfilled. I will be able to sell standard designs as well as customizable invites and birth announcements. The only fees are a small percentage of my sale. I'm so excited about this. I'm really hoping this will allow consumers to find my products. I also found a great website for ordering colored envelopes and different shaped papers(even though I don't have the ability to print my own products...yet). http://www.papersource.com/ and they have a sister company that sales wholesale to designers. So I'm checking into that. I'm going to be praying that the Lord will bless this new opportunity and allow me to use it to bless my family.

Check out my storefront http://www.lpdesignz.etsy.com/ Its pretty plain right now...but keep checking in for updates. Tell your friends!