Why I closed my Etsy Shop ~ AKA the March Newsletter
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Posts Tagged ‘discount’
Taking a short break. Shop closing Aug 1- Aug 27
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She is growing up
I can hardly believe as I sit here and type this that my little girl is now a teenager. It seems like it was just yesterday that she was scurrying off in the store to hid under clothing racks, or climbing into my bed during the night. For a few weeks I’ve been planning a Hunger Games inspired surprise party for her, no easy task to do when she is my helper and home 24/7 but it was slowly happening. Unfortunately some plans fell through and she wasn’t going to have a sleepover where I could transform everything so I had to rethink my plan. That is when I had a brilliant idea. So this morning when my late sleeper girlie was awake before I was I sat her down at the table and gave her some very simply wrapped gifts. If you are a fan of the movies at all the twine used on the package was a mix of black, red & orange.
The first of the three gifts to be opened was the invitation that was sent to everyone else already. I had seen a few invitations on both pinterest and etsy however I only needed 1 to be printed and I was on a budget for this party so I designed my own.
Now my girl is in love with all things Hunger Games. I have never seen her this excited about something before she reads and rereads the books has seen the movie twice so far and references people and things in the book as much as she can work them into conversation. Add to that her love of vintage clothing and light blue being her signature color as she told me proudly when she was three and I knew I had to find her a “reaping day” dress. I lucked out on etsy of course.
Last but not least was the gift I’ve been teasing her about. She has been asking for weeks about her birthday and her gifts asking what she was getting if she was getting a mocking jay. I’ve been smiling and saying yes and that it was a real live mocking jay and hidden in my desk drawer.
Happy Thirteenth Birthday Girlie! May all your wishes come true!
Lexi being the amazing kid she is said I should use her birthday and have a sale. So use code CATNIP for 13% off and every order places until her birthday will receive FREE either a Pretty in Pink lip balm (originally created as party favors for her 10th birthday) or a small bag of Pretty in Pink Tea (made with my girl in the same year). Please let me know which you would prefer or it will be Lexi’s choice!
It’s Party Time!!!
That’s right its that time of the year again where I celebrate MY birthday with SAVINGS for you! And its a big birthday so we are talking HUGE savings!!!
Yes I know its the same cupcake from last year what can I say I REALLY like red velvet!
Oh right you want to know about the sale, use code HAPPYBDAY2ME for 36% OFF thats right I’m old HUGE savings until the 20th (5/20) (lets face it on the 19th I’m taking the day off) to CELEBRATE! Available in ALL shops! Now you go shop away I’m going to pack some orders that need packing. Yes I will accept cupcake mail for my birthday!
Geography
WOW so I was looking though all my old sales today while having a coughing fit and drinking a cup of tea curious to see how many states & countries I’ve shipped products to over the past few years and I was pleasantly surprised! 45 of 50 states have been covered and lets try to make it 50 by the end of the year I’m looking at you Idaho, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North & South Dakota! I’ve also shipped to all but 3 Canadian provinces and 21 other countries! This really excited me! Thank you so very much for your support.
I know shipping the past few months has been a little slower than any of us like and I apologize we have had a lot to get accustomed to here at home and with my husband gone 95% of the time if I get sick or my 5yo breaks his arm and we have to spend one day in the ER and then 3 other days at various drs appointments for it there is no one to help me pick up the slack and I still have to do all the other “mom” stuff and my kids whine a lot if I don’t feed them and they don’t have clean clothes to wear.
As a little thank you for putting up with my insanity over the past few months I’m extending my FREE SHIPPING coupon code FREESHIPPING10 in my etsy shop through well how about 11-11-11 you know because that makes sense right?
I did it!
His & Hers Gift Set
For the past couple days I have been having a battle of all battles with wordpress. I’ve trialed 3 different themes. The current one is still not exactly what I want but it does give me the most shopping cart integration so far. I miss some of the blogging features and widgets of other themes but I really needed that shopping cart to work well and this has the best individual product page layout.
This is what I’ve been planning for a few days and was up working on until 2am last night. A giveaway! TWO lucky people will win a free gift set as shown above. Including 2 bars of soap Orion & Artemis, 2 travel size deodorants in Eros & Psyche, a small unscented whipped body butter and Eostra Aromatherapy perfume roll on. All this is a $35 value! The terms FIRST you must either “Like” Lana Bella on Facebook or join our mailing list scroll down below the icons. If you already are easy peasy for you one less step for you! Lastly you just need to comment on this post! Thats right thats it just tell me you want to win!
Oh one other little bonus is if you want to shop now you can! Just click that little shop now button and it brings you to the shop you can even order multiple items at once without having to ask me about it. A little treat if you use coupon code HISHERS you can take 25% off and the other fun feature is that the shipping weights of products are in the cart so you can pick your shipping in real time! This code is ONLY applicable here not etsy or artfire!
Have fun and share with your friends.
UPDATE: The contest will run until 11:59 pm PST on 4/30 the kids will pick a winner 5/2 as I will be at a show on 5/1 thanks!
Wowza!
I had great intentions yesterday of getting out a quick eblast but honestly when the heartsy stuff started to hit it slammed into me with the force of a mack truck. This is pretty much the constant view I’ll have over the next few days but after that I have plans BIG BIG plans!
Orders being prepped for shipment.
Btw that table is 44 inches wide by 88 in long (we have a big family and have both leaves in due to our very narrow home we only sit on the ends and put all four kids down one side on a bench).
Uncertainty
In our family I’m the worrier. The one with the notebooks of lists. Lists on the wall, in email, on post-its, idevices, everywhere.
My wonderful husband he is the one who never worries about what MAY happen, the what ifs, the maybes. He has been watching me for what seems like forever trying to figure out just how we will “get by” if there is a government shut down resulting in him not getting paid. My wonderful coastie, my spouse, my hero, my best friend, my soldier. He would still be required to work just not get paid. With this move to Miami (more soon on that) looming, our oldest daughter graduating high school this year, four other full time children I am Homeschooling, this my growing little business, and now this it’s too much. Too many financial what ifs and maybes for me to handle.
My stress is your gain! Until a federal budget is passed you can save 20% the code is already active on Etsy and will go live here ASAP I’m really hoping to finish getting the products loaded over the weekend. Right the code BUDGETORBUST fitting right to add to the fun ALL orders over $25 (after discount) will also get a FREE GIFT with your purchase!
Thank you so much for your support of our family!
It's Holiday Time!
WOW. I’ve been preparing for what seems like weeks in preparation for Thanksgiving weekend and the sales and show and still I feel totally behind. I’m so glad I took yesterday to get everything made but our turkey taking time to bake with my kids. 
Today while we spent the holiday relaxed at home in our jammies watching movies and snuggling I had my macbook on my lap most of the day while I updated photos and added about 75 items to the etsy shop. I had wanted to finally finish getting all the items over here to the shop as well but after all day of editing this is about all I have left. Though I might sneak another piece of pecan pie but shhh don’t tell ok.
I’m not doing a huge Black Friday Sale because everything has been on sale for about a month now. I will however offer you my faithful readers a coupon code TURKEYHANGOVER for 13% off Lana Bella Etsy Shop thru Monday 11/29
As always if you want more than one of something CONVO me I’ll do my best to answer promptly but it will be a busy weekend!
If you are local don’t forget to come out to BAZAART and see the new wonders in person.
I think I’m going to skip that pie and head straight to bed!
Jenni
Counting Down…
Its been a long long summer here at our home made to feel even longer by having Lexi my 11 year old daughter gone for most of it. I didn’t realize/took for granted how much her young girl hands helped both our family and the business to run smoother. It is often Lexi who pulls the products for your orders in a timely fashion because its not as easy to do with a 6, 4 and 1 1/2 year old as one might think. She also helps keep inventory of products so I don’t accidentally run out on something popular or make something only I like. Don’t worry I’m not running a sweat shop it was something we agreed to as part of homeschooling this past year and she gets paid in both craft and money.
The good news is she will be home August 23! I’m so excited so much has changed in our home while she has been gone I’ve been on an organizing, decluttering frenzy. I really can’t wait for her to get home to start school again. There is so much I have planned for this fall sewing, baking, crafting, painting, photography and we will be continuing with the theme of prairie life as well.
In order to spend more time with my family though after the whirlwind spring season I’ll be taking on a lighter load of a fall schedule show wise though because I really missed them. To offset this I’ll be offering more discounts in my Etsy shop.
HOMECOMING SALE 8/16 through 12:01 am EST 8/23 10% off all orders AND buy more save more BUY 5 get one FREE feel free to mix and match you will just get your lowest priced item free don’t forget to tell me HOMECOMING in the note to seller box on Etsy for the discounts I will refund discounts & free items though paypal.
Hey what are you still doing here SHOP NOW!
Mother’s Day Sale!
Rory in his I <3 mommy tattoo shirt
In honor of all the mom’s out there Happy Mother’s day! To help you honor the moms in your life Lana Bella will be offering 10% off and FREE SHIPPING when you tell us I <3 Mom in the note to seller box. Due to Etsy’s inability to handle coupon codes I will refund the difference and shipping to you when you pay by paypal.
If you tell us why I <3 Mom we will put all the comments in a jar and one of my beautiful children will pick the lucky winner of a 6 month subscription to the soap of the month club for you or a recipient of your choice on Monday May 10 at 10 am.
Mother's Day Sale!
Rory in his I <3 mommy tattoo shirt
In honor of all the mom’s out there Happy Mother’s day! To help you honor the moms in your life Lana Bella will be offering 10% off and FREE SHIPPING when you tell us I <3 Mom in the note to seller box. Due to Etsy’s inability to handle coupon codes I will refund the difference and shipping to you when you pay by paypal.
If you tell us why I <3 Mom we will put all the comments in a jar and one of my beautiful children will pick the lucky winner of a 6 month subscription to the soap of the month club for you or a recipient of your choice on Monday May 10 at 10 am.
New Year New Passion
So who knew that with 2010 and my beautiful girl turning 10 that suddenly she would have passions of her own! I’m so proud of her she is beautiful and artistic and quite possibly even crafty! More than all of that though she really wants to learn to play music, more precisely guitar. “Not Rock band guitar, Mom real guitar with strings and picks”, she tells me.
We were able to hold her off some playing Rock Band on the wii but really she wants to make music her own music not copying green, yellow, yellow, blue, red. So I want to make my baby girl happy but with 4 kids (and a birthday) all in December the January budget is always a little tight to say the least. In order to make my baby girl happy though you get the sale of the well month at least!
I’m going to offer all of the soap of the month items 25% off (they already have free shipping) and anything else in the store 20% AND FREE SHIPPING in addition to all that greatness how about a free gift with each purchase! Just use code STRATOCASTER in the notes to seller box at check out. If you want something you don’t see listed just convo me and we will see what we can arrange!
Now what are you waiting for go shop lets get this girl a guitar! Shop Lana Bella
What is coming soon…
Ever wonder just what is up my sleeves? Well here you go a glimpse of whats on the racks or in pots I have 36 hours until my deadline of getting all of these done for holiday giving!
lavender oat
chocolate lavender
lavender vanilla
lavender eucalyptus & bergamot
moroccan fig
rosemary mint
mint julep (peppermint orange)
vanilla latte
orange vanilla
Ant-y thing bars
la-min-chouli (lavender spearmint patchouli)
scarborough faire
mojito
nekkid jaybird
chai
citrus basil
moonlight path
vetyver
doggie bars
Shampoo Bars:
redheaded stepchild (Hibiscus, red clover & rose)
blondes have fun (lavender & chamomile)
deliciously dark (lavender & sage)
squeaky clean (lemongrass, lemon balm, yarrow infused with rosemary, tea tree & peppermint essential oils)
Thats all I can think of for now!
Oh and did you see if you purchase through this weekend (11/6-11/8) you get free shipping if you use code “keenrory” in the etsy seller comments.
