I had my first sale on my etsy shop

That's right bitches!! :o) I had my first sale. Thanks to Kristen over at Five Dot Design, I officially had my first sale. I was sooooo excited when I logged on and saw that on my shop it said 2 sales. (she purchased two things from me) Anyways, it made my entire night. Then when I get back from my moms house late new years eve night I find out that I made a 2nd sale. I was still excited even though I found out it was my friend Tabby. haha Hey...a sale is a sale. So...it totally motivated me to get my but in gear and really start producing some products.  I've got so many designs and ideas in my head that I start one project and then come up with another one so i'd stop and start on the new one.  Then I'd never go back to the first one to begin with.  So I decided I need to get one thing done at a time...Then move to the next.  I finally made me a light box.  It's not all the way done..I still need to buy a better light bulb but its much better than only being able to take pictures right next to the window only in the day time. 

Now I can take pictures anytime, anywhere.  I was actually going to wait a few more weeks before purchasing the supplies for the light box but when I ran into wal-mart on New Years Day and seen their Bi-fold Foam Board for a $1 I couldn't pass it up.  So I bought 5 of them because they were cheap and I wasn't exactly sure how many I would need.  So I made them into a square by taping them together with masking tape.  I wanted something that would be easy to take it apart if needed because I don't have much storage space in my craft room right now so I wanted it to be able to be taken apart if needed.  It took me seriously about 5 minutes to tape it together.  JC helped hold it together while I taped it and he was actually quite intrigued by it. haha  Like I said it isn't exactly how I wanted it.  I still need to purchase a better light bulb and I still need to cut a hole in the top so that if I want to take a picture looking straight down on something I can.  But overall it got the job done and for $3.00 it was worth it.  Well I guess it cost $5 but I only used 3 of the foam boards...so I could always take the other two back if I wanted.  Anyways...I'm happy with it.  I'm going to play around with it this weekend and get it exactly how I want it.

When I bought the foam board at wal-mart I actually went their to try and find some blank shipping labels so I could customize them for Adiqshun Designs.  They turned out reall well...or atleast I think so.  I even put up a listing on my etsy shop for some custom ones.  I had alot of fun making them and decided to share. :o)  They match my business cards reall well.  I'm trying to think....is there anything else I should be making to help promote my business? 

Business Cards...CHECK...

Return Address Labels...CHECK

Webpage, blog, etsy shop, twitter, flickr, facebook, myspace....CHECK (haha)

Hmm...anybody have any ideas???

I am going to have a custom banner made so that when I have a stand at festivals and such I'll have a sweet custom banner to hang up in my stand.  I'm super excited about that.  There is a local screen printing shop in the next town and I saw one hanging outside of their shop and it said CUSTOM BANNERS $30.  It was a pretty good size and $30 seems like a pretty good deal.

Anyways...JC is going to be umpiring all weekend so my plans is to stay in my craft room ALL WEEKEND.  Of course right now I'm blogging instead of crafting..but I felt like I needed a good update.  I also will be taking a two hour break either tonight or tomorrow night to watch The Sex and The City Movie.  I got it for christmas and haven't watched it yet.  I'll also of course be watching the playoffs even though my team is not in it...I'm still interested in seeing who wins and I'm just not ready to give up football until August either.