Little tip for your pin backing cards… create a tiny white circle, smaller than pin size, on the actual design… this way you get the same placement every time. PS. I love your blogs and have followed you for many years now and you still inspire me. Love your journey Catherine 🌸💝
I love my 'tree-mendous ' christmas tree print & have it on display on my desk .I love seeing what's involved on a shop launch , there certainly is a lot to do ! ❤
I know you like the collapsible part of your cardboard storage bins, but like you said they lose their rigidity over time. Have you considered Akro bins? They have some super cool setups that you can do with them. They can come with a peg board setup so that you can change around the entire look/functionality as you need it. There's also tip out shelves where you can pull them like drawers but they won't fall off shelves because of the top lip they have. They come with divider slots so that you can put more than one SKU per bin and still keep them divided, reducing the shelf space/boxes used which is always a big help in a smaller storage area. The bins don't fold down flat, but they will nestle together for a relatively smaller footprint when being stored away until needed. Long-term they are a much better solution for storage because they don't lose their rigidity and are plastic so they will resist shelf wear much longer than cardboard. And, when they have finished their life cycle they're traditionally easier to recycle because the cardboard ones will end up with so much plastic tape holding them together that's it's almost impossible to recycle them and they end up in the landfill rather than being something able to have another life.
I used to have Akro Bins actually, but I didn;t like them Im not sure why, I like that I can cut these to size for the shelves (Height wise) but your right I think I might have to look back into this and take a look at different storage solutions! Do you happen to know where you can get them in the uK? Thank you so much for sharing 🌷
Hello Catherine, thank you for my Gingie and Spice Christmas pins. I wore them to my work Christmas party yesterday. Of course, everyone loved them and asked me for your website. My Chrissie present to myself was the Gingie and Spice Chrissie gaming mat but the best thing was they were packaged by you, dear Catherine. Your name sticker goes into my diary. Merry Christmas to you and Dean from Sydney Oz.
Another fabulous vlog! I was so happy when the Christmas launch happened. My folks got the Christmas pin set for me as a present and I got the stickers and the sticker gift labels. I absolutely adore the sticker labels, they have been a boon to me this Christmas and people whom I've given gifts to have commented on them, so I get to tell them about your business and that makes me happy! 😊
oh my goodness thank you so so much eheh 😍 I am so so so happy you like them all! heheh we have used the labels for our presents too and they look so stinking cute heheh 🌷 YOU DA BEST thank you so much!
I'm wondering if you've ever looked into making your designs into diamond paintings. They'd make fun placemats for a holiday table setting. And the lines you use would translate really well into a canvas meant for the dot pattern of diamond painting. It'd be interesting to have your design as a finished piece, but also be able to have my own hand in the making process.
Congrats on the launch!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Everything came out so cute as always! I must say tho, the shaving cream Hot chocolate looked sooooo yummy! 🤤 Mmmm gotta run out and get me one of those😝
Um… were you actually using spray cleaner foam in the mug to look like whipped cream??? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Okay, I just was watching the intro- I see halfway through you’re using Gillette shave cream! Even more fun. LMAO. I used to play with my Grampa’s shave cream every time he visited. I wonder if he ever noticed his can was nearly empty when he went home? ❤
20:12 a pin backing remover would be ideal but in the meantime, I have seen other people use this method where they use a fork! It seems to work well and gets the job done and protects your nails 😊❤
Hi Catherine, love your vlogs they’re always really cheerful and make me smile. Can you tell me what lights you use for photography please? I make sea glass jewellery using Seaham sea glass and it’s sooooo hard to get decent lighting. It’s not really the best weather to be taking photos outside and as you know, it’s a bit chilly outside here 😂
May I ask which theme you use for the website? I have a shopify hosted site and trying to figure out a better theme to use (I use Refresh right now). Thanks and Merry Christmas, love your posts!
I would if I could remember where on earth I got it hahah, I honestly can't find where I found it! But theres alot of different types on google shopping! 🌷
Thank you so much for letting us know about this! We got it fixed right away this was very helpful! 🌷 Please let me know if that solved the issue YOU DA BEST