Cotton Yarns

Cotton yarns, perfect for summer projects...currently available on eBay!

Bernat Handicrafter Field of Dreams

Peaches & Creme Shades of Green

Peaches & Creme Licorice

Novelty Yarns "In" This Year!

Word on the street is that novelty yarns are making a comeback for this year's holiday projects!  Right now on eBay and YarnPal on Zibbet, I have several for sale...

Dept. 71 Fanciful Pink

Herrschners Pom Pom Parade Lime & Cocoa

Dept. 71 Valerie Beyond Blue

Dept. 71 Valerie Beach Sand

Herrschners Pom Pom Parade Caramel Corn

Dept. 71 Fanciful Red

Plymouth Flash Eyelash/Fur Yarn Red

Now Shipping to Canada!

YarnPal on Zibbet and AlisonDesigns on Etsy are now shipping to Canada!

I began selling handmade jewelry and crochet items on eBay and Etsy back in 2006-2007.  I included shipping to Canada back then and did quite a bit of business.  Unfortunately, my regular job caused me to put my shops on an indefinite vacation and for a few years, I stopped selling on-line entirely.

But I returned late summer 2010, determined to make on-line sales a new hobby and maybe someday my main job, and this time I'm focusing more on selling craft supplies.  I've only been shipping within the U.S. since then.  Actually, I had a great first holiday season, and if I had been selling internationally, I don't know if I could have handled the load, especially since I was still getting my feet wet with on-line sales.  My top priority is to get well-priced quality products out quickly to my customers, so I have to be realistic about limitations I have to set on myself...and while I would have loved the extra business international sales would bring, I may not have been able to accommodate all of my customers as a whole as well as I did my first holiday season.  As a one-man operation selling craft supplies and seasonal items, I was strapped for time as it was.

Business is a little slower now, though, so I am giving international sales a try again by opening up shipping to Canada.  I know, it's just a small step toward expansion, but I want to be cautious.  On top of the extra work (filling out customs forms, travelling to the post office several times a week), I probably get more stressed out than most people do about shipments that can't be tracked!  I don't make enough money yet to be comfortable covering the cost of lost merchandise, and when you ship First Class International, you can't track your packages!

We'll see what the holiday season brings.  Now that I have a good rhythm of packing and shipping worked out, hopefully I'll be able to handle the extra sales without sacrificing my careful packaging and speed of service.

So for now, Canadian shipping is available at YarnPal on Zibbet and AlisonDesigns on Etsy!

Tools of the Trade - Crochet Hooks Available on Zibbet!

Check out my crochet hook section at YarnPal on Zibbet!  There are multiples of most products available - you can get better deals when you buy more than one item and save with my combined shipping rates.  I'm just getting started with adding tools to my inventory - I plan to expand this section.  I also have bamboo knitting needles coming soon!

    

My Latest Passion - Crochet Stuffed Animals

I've been away from the blogging again for a while.  Sometimes I'm not inspired to say much, while other times i can run my mouth on and on about nothing.  I've been very busy lately, but I'm spending much of my free time making little stuffed cats and other animals.  I've been wanting to get into making amigurumi dolls and animals...the following aren't true amigurumi because I have been joining my rounds at the back, but they are my own designs...

I'm in the process of trying to perfect my cat ears.  I'm enjoying making these little creatures - they're quick projects and that's what I like...plus, I'm using up a lot of spare/leftover yarn that I've been collecting over the years...

I Want To Follow You Back!

I wasn't sure if I was ever going to get back to blogging...I've been dealing with a very sick kitty for the last few weeks, I'm trying to sell a piece of land we've had on the market for a while now, and I have dentist appointments all the time these days!  Looks like I might need a root canal!

I have to keep this short because with the few moments I have, I want to attempt to crochet an amigurumi!  I found free patterns for a snowman, a Santa, an angel and one other thing...all Christmas ornaments.  I'll practice with these little guys and will give the good ones out as gift-toppers this year!

Anyway, if you're following my blog and I'm not following you back, please leave me the link to your blog - I can't get to all blogs by clicking on the profile pics (an ongoing problem for me).

Thanks and have a nice night!

Alison

Today's Featured Zibbet Store: Handmade Fuzzy

   Handmade Fuzzy

On Zibbet

Handmade Fuzzy is a great place to go for women's and children's knitted accessories made in beautiful colors and designs.

Handmade Fuzzy also has knitted, stuffed mice that come in all sorts of themes, including angel mice, scholarly mice for graduation, working mice, and even a vegetarian, and so many more!

These lovable little creatures would make great gifts for friends, coworkers and loved ones!

Give the gift of style to the medical professional in your life with Handmade Fuzzy's stethoscope covers (socks!)

In this shop, you'll also find gorgeous sewn bags/purses and back issues knitting magazines, too!

Don't see something in the color you want?  Custom orders are welcome!

Check it out!!!