Light box update

Well, it's a good thing that I don't sell light boxes! I stink at it so my pictures continue to suffer.

Having another go at it today though and will update if I have success! In the meantime I'm still working on updating my website www.wheezies.com and working on the etsy site. www.wheezies.etsy.com

Any suggestions on pictures or light boxes will be gladly accepted:)

Glass Tile Pendants

I started Wheezies in Feb of 2007 so naturally it's time to change things up a bit. I decided to add magnets to my button covers so now you can either slide them under an existing button to wear or you can use them to hold up papers on your fridge! Fun and an easy change that makes the product 2 uses in 1.

Also new are the glass tile pendants that I am having a blast making! These are more time consuming than the button cover/magnets but I believe worth it. The end result is just lovely and I think they'll make wonderful Christmas gifts.

Today I've spent most of my day steam cleaning my carpets (forget not that we have not one but two puppies!) and then I'm going to try to figure out how to make a light box so I can take better pictures. Once I figure it out I'll test it and provide the instructions here. Until then, check out my etsy site http://www.wheezies.etsy.com/ and I'd love to hear what you think of the glass tile pendants. Oh, and does any one know how to get coffee ring stains out of the carpet?

New Banner

I added my new banner today to my blog. It better represents the colors and feel of Wheezies. An fellow etsy seller, StormDragon (http://www.stormdragon.etsy.com/) designed it for me and I think it's cool. She was really able to capture what I was looking for.

Today is football day around the house for the hubby. The kids are chasing the dog and they're barking their heads off while I try a new glue for a new product I'm testing. I wish I could lay on the couch and relax but I'm lacking that gene. Rats, that would be a good one to have!

We did catch the movie "What Happens In Vegas" last night and it was a riot! Would recommend if you're looking for a laugh!

Enjoy your Sunday everyone!

What's in a name?

Before the name Wheezies came along my store was called "It's Fun Being a Girl." I thought it would be neat to sell my button covers with matching hair ribbons but quickly discovered that I didn't really enjoy making ribbons! Guess I should have checked that before I jumped into this venture but that's not how I roll. Once I get an idea about something I have to run out and gather all the ingredients before I even know if I'm going to like the pie. In this case the pie was pumpkin and I wasn't going to eat it. There was just no way I was going to spend all my time working on something I didn't enjoy so the ribbons were history.

But the name "It's Fun Being a Girl" remained and seriously didn't fit my product.

As is common in the "learn as you go" formula I seem to be most comfortable with I realized that my little do-dads really did need a name if for nothing else than to allow me to stop calling them "those things I make." So I bugged family and friends to try to come up with some kind of fun name to call them. Boy did we come up with some doozeys..."Cover-em-ups" anyone? How about "Busters?" "Snap-overs?" After a week of trying out every word that I saw or that came to mind and nixing the lovingly suggested duds that came from my friends and family I realized the perfect name was sitting right in front of me. On my dresser was a picture of my beloved deceased dog Wheezie. Ok, the picture isn't actually on my dresser but my other dogs is and he looks just like her and he's in doggy heaven too so...well ok, his picture isn't on my dresser either but I've been meaning to get to that. I'll have to put it in my Blackberry calendar on my list of "stuff to do" right after "learn how to use my Blackberry calendar."

Now that we had the name of the product when it came time to change the company name (after people kept asking me why I had boys modeling in a store called "It's Fun Being a Girl" and after multiple refusals of my boys to wear wigs and dresses it seemed time.) an easy choice just to go with Wheezies.

Before we decided on the tag line "We've got your buttons covered" we had "Decorative button covers" but even that put us to sleep so we tried "Don't let your buttons go naked" but we didn't know if that would sit right with everyone so we kept thinking and as I was typing out a listing (ok, again, embellishing but "typing out a listing" seems so much more productive than the truth, "while I was playing computer solitare.") it came to me and I haven't lost interest in it yet, so "We've got your buttons covered" was born!

Wheezies

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Day one on the blog. What in the world do I have to say to the world? I guess the first step should be to clean up around here and try to make this place look half-way inviting. Then I can show you some of the stuff I make and link you to my website and etsy page. Well, why not just start there.

www.wheezies.com

www.wheezies.etsy.com

Ok, now let's see what kind of trouble I can get myself into. Be back......