Farewell friends!

It's time to bid some friends farewell and bon voyage. Little Jamie has gone to live with Clare and her new family in Boston (yes, he brought a sweater). Francine roller skated off to Colorado and is very excited to meet her new friend, Marlea. Miss Mittens will be flying on a shiny airplane to California in the morning.

My friend Peggy suggested that I send stories about my little guys when they get shipped out. This is a great idea so I'm working on a few tall tales.

In other news, my website is up and running. You can now visit LemonCadet.com and it will take you directly to my etsy shop. Soon I will have a gallery, a link to the shop, and a link to this blog. Do remember that "soon" is a relative term.

An infestation of ladybugs

I've been working on custom designs for my Etsy shop, Lemon Cadet. My mom asked me to make something with a ladybug on it for my cutie cutie niece, Keaton Mackenzie. We went out to the stores because I didn't have anything in stock in her size. Mom didn't want a onesie because it's winter and she didn't want my designs to get covered up. How nice is that?

We were so lucky to find these super soft 100% cotton cardigans on sale. I happened upon a pair of little jeans in the right size and the inspiration was there. I stitched an open ladybug on the cardigan (almost like a monogram) then added a sweet walking ladybug on the jeans near the cuff. It's adorable, if I do say so myself.



The ladybugs will be added to the shop later this week and will soon be available for custom orders. My sister-in-law loved the set so much she ordered one for her friend's little girl. Bunnies on the way!

The Showcase is here!

I was lucky to be one of the first to get a spot on the new Etsy showcase. Here is a screenshot of the page with me there (that's the Charlie Ann sweatshirt) up on the left. I got the one spot for December and one spot for February. I'm hoping it goes well.

I think the Etsy guys have done a great job with this. The flash is amazing. You can toss the items around. It's fun.

There are also ads on a website called BoingBoing that look really sophisticated.

Look at how beautiful this is...

I love my labels. This is just so pretty all sewn into the little onesie.

Lemon Cadet is the featured seller on Indie Finds

I am so excited to be the featured Etsy seller on the Indie Finds blog. Dottyral does a great blog and is an Etsy seller herself.

It's amazing to be getting some interest in my little shop.

Farewell, young Fran!

Yesterday I sent out my first onesie. A fellow Etsy seller had emailed me earlier in the week to see if I could custom-make a Francine on a onesie for a new baby (work in progress). I had a yellow 3 - 6 month onesie on hand so I quickly got on task and created Young Fran.

It was really exciting. I've had orders from friends and family but this was an order from someone I didn't know, someone all the way in Texas. So now it's really official.

Gift Certificates in my Etsy shop

I thought I'd try something new for the shop. I added a couple of gift certificates in different increments to give customers another option.

This will let people give a gift certificate to someone who they know will like my little guys but wants to let that person decide which one to order.

I'd love feedback on this idea.