Whats New: 6/16-6/22

Happy Monday everybody! My "To Do" list is very long this week but I wanted to share some of the new items I finished last week.

Available HERE

Available HERE

Available HERE

Available HERE

Photo Fridays: Carousel Princess Party

 One of the best things about what I do is getting to see how my customers use the products they purchase from me. Its the highlight of my day when I get customer photos. 

One of  my customer's, Colleen, was nice enough to share some picture's from her two daughters' beautiful joint birthday party. I added a carousel horse to my Princess party collection for a fun, unique party! Enjoy these great photos!!

Have a Royally Sweet Friday!!!

A Time To Celebrate!

It's June!!! A year ago today With Envy Studios took over as my full time job! Its been a stressful, crazy, and amazing year. Plus my birthday is at the end of this month and I just closed out May which was With Envy Studios' best month so far. So really LOTS of reasons to celebrate!

PS. A year wrap up will be up on the blog later this week :)

With Envy Studios STORE

With Envy Parties on Etsy

With Envy Paper on Etsy

With Envy Home & Apparel on Etsy

Etsy Digital Designers Summer Facebook Hop!!

The Etsy Digital Designers Team Facebook Hop is in full swing!! Make sure to grab your 32 amazing freebies! The hop runs until May 31st! Below is my contribution. 

START HOPPING HERE!!

A New Home...

With Envy Studios has a new home which combines all three of my Etsy shops! I love Etsy and I will still be there but I have been wanting my own space for a LONG time now.  And I wanted to try and making the purchasing experience easier, especially for orders including customization & personalization. I hope you will take a look around and tell me what you think. If you come across any problems let me know that too!

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Speaking of the website, I did the website design all myself and let me just say there was lots of frustration, tears, anger, joy and satisfaction involved in this process. And I although I am grateful for what I learned doing this myself, web design is definitely something I have no interest in taking on past updating my website. Kudos to web designers everywhere!

The vast majority of my products have been uploaded to the new site except for my seasonal items. Those are still only available on Etsy but I will be slowly adding them here too.

Now that the big chunk of work is done and I am going to be getting back to create lots and lots of new stuff. All this week I will be featuring new items on my facebook page and some here. All will be discounted during this week on the website only.

HAPPY MONDAY!!!

Fiesta FREEBIE!!

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo!! Here is the new blog FREEBIE. 

1pdf with (4) Fiesta Themed Printable Water Bottle Labels - 8.5"x2"

1pdf with (18) Fiesta Themed Food/Drink Flags - 4"x1" 

(when folded 2"x1")

 Both files are PERSONAL USE ONLY. 

DOWNLOAD BOTTLE LABELS

DOWNLOAD FOOD/DRINK FLAGS

Additional SALE

I was dealing with some technical issues last night and after I didn't have the energy to make any cute advertisement...

But in addition to 50% OFF all my St. Pattys day items in all 3 shops...

ALL CLIPART & DIGITAL PAPER IS 50% OFF NOW THRU 3/17 10PM PST.

Shop Clipart/Digital Paper

PHOTOS WANTED!

Starting this month I am going to doing a monthly customer photo feature. I love seeing how my customers display their With Envy Studios' products. I also think it would be nice for others to see what you can do with diy/printable items!

To go along with this I will be doing a monthly giveaway. For those customers who submit pictures, you will be entered into a drawing for a FREE* item from one of my 3 shops.

Here are the specifics:

+You can submit pictures of With Envy Studios' party printables or digital iron-ons at your event, or products you've created using my clipart/digital papers. You can also submit picture of displayed art prints you've purchased. 

+I will collect pictures received during that month and feature them at the end of the month (probably the last day of the month). If no pictures are submitted there will obviously not be a feature or giveaway that month.

+All pictures received in that month will be entered into a drawing to received 1 FREE item from With Envy Parties, With Envy Papers or With Envy Home & Apparel (this excludes customized party collections).

+If you have pictures which include your children, by submitting I will assume you are ok with me displaying the pictures on my blog and in the customer photo album on my shop FB Fan page.

+By submitting photos you agree that you took the pictures or you have permission from the photographer to use the photos in this manners.

 

Please send any photos to withenvystudios@gmail.com.

*you can send as many pictures of your item(s) as you want for that month. Pictures of the same item(s)/event submitted in different months are only eligible for ONE giveaway. 

I look forward to seeing your pictures!!

St. Patrick's SALE

SHOP PARTIES
SHOP DIGITAL DESIGN
SHOP HOME & APPAREL

March Blog FREEBIE!!!

Yippie it's March and time for another FREEBIE!!

St. Patrick's Day is one of my favorite holidays for the simple fact that there is so much green around. It gives me an excuse to make random foods green and force my children to wear green, it's perfect!

I created this mini party set to help you celebrate the holiday. Perfect for a kids party or adult get together! 

ENJOY!!

**Note on the editable food labels: They are intended to be printed on home computers. You can enter any text you want but the file can not be save with text entered. Therefor it can't be uploaded to a 3rd party site for printing with text entered. You will need to enter text and then print right after.

PERSONAL USE ONE

DOWNLOAD HERE

Whats New 2/10-2/16

Even though I was knee deep in Valentine orders last week I was still able to get some new stuff added to the shops. In case you missed any of the new items here is a rundown...

Ice Cream Party Collection

(several items sold separately as well)

All-Star Sports Party Collection

(several items sold separately as well)

Hoppy Easter Clipart Set

 

St. Patrick's Day Glitter Paper Pack

Chevron Shamrock Personalized DIY Iron On (you pick color)

Cute Leprechaun DIY Iron On Transfer (girl leprechaun also available)

Lucky Charm DIY Iron On (Mommy & Daddy versions also available)

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I have also been busy adding Favor Tags and Thank You Cards to coordinate with my party themes.

I have a ton more new things coming up so stay tuned!!

Just a little update....

Hey guys! I haven't written a "real" blog post in a while so I want to update you on whats been going on around here.

I am happy to report, I am very busy and thats mainly the reason I haven't blogged. Back in late November there was a lot of family stuff going on and with the holidays everyone wants their order ASAP. I was stressed out and a bit depressed about things. I was also contimplating whether I should get a part time job to provide more financial cushion. But struggling with whether that was a real option since my husband's work hours can be unpredictable, and if we had to pay for day care that would take away any cushion I earned. But Decemeber really surprised me and I ended the year with my highest grossing month ever. I probably could have done cartwheels.

I was excited for the new year and really optimistic for what it could mean. But truthfully I was also worried. I have been basing my product focus and assumptions about what months will be busy or not on the last two years of my party shop stats. But those last two years the shop was a "side thing" and some months I didn't do anything with my shops because I was too busy with my day job.

I noticed since summer ended that the what people are buying from me has changed and with the clipart shop thats a whole new set of customers that I'm still trying to figure out. So I have been spending a lot of time refocusing my attention and my products but I was worried it wasn't going to work out.

But so far January and these first 6 days of February has exceeded my expectations. I seriously have been having a squeal-fest with each and every order. I'm just so happy with where things are going. I do still know that every month is a different story. I do a lot of seasonal items, and I know sales change once the holiday is over.  But I have put a lot of focus on non seasonal items as they have become more popular for me lately and up until my current Valentine surge, my non seasonal items where making up most of my orders which is awesome!

I am really working on staying positive and trying not get bogged down in what other shops are doing and just be happy with my successes and my path (easier said than down). But one of the great things about being busy is I don't have the time to worry about that stuff. 

I will try to be better about recapping each weeks new products and doing a "real" post way more often. 

Whats Better Than Love In The Air...?

A SALE!!!!

Shop WITH ENVY PAPER

Shop WITH ENVY HOME & APPAREL

Shop WITH ENVY PARTIES

Valentine Facebook Hop LIVE!

The Etsy Digital Designers Team Facebook Hop is in full swing!! Make sure to grab your 37 amazing freebies! The hop runs until Feb 28th! Below is my contribution. 

Start Hopping HERE

Also I have a couple of items that coordinate for purchase at With Envy Paper. 

AVAILABLE HERE

AVAILABLE HERE

Oh and as a bonus my blog, Facebook fan exclusive and newsletter freebies with be using the same color palette. Stay tuned for those to be released the beginning of Feb.

Happy Tuesday!!

Freebie Preview

Dropping in to share a preview of my contribution to Etsy Digital Designer's Team Valentine Facebook Hop. Also as a bonus I will be adding a few coordinating items probably to With Envy Paper soon. And better yet my new blog and FB Fan freebies will also coordinate color wise. 

Hop starts January 28th!

Are You Ready For A FREEBIE?!?! - NO LONGER AVAILABLE

This freebie is no longer available. I did make a new update set for the teams in 2016 you can find it HERE

I'm SUPER excited for this Freebie!! I love football and I love the Super Bowl. I have great memories of my family's Super Bowl parties (I didn't really watch the games much back then but the food was sooo good!). 

Here is a freebie to jazz up those Super Bowl celebrations. The colors coordinate with each team's colors. You can download just one or both for a fun "house divided" type of celebration. 

Sets include:

*2” Party Circles, 6 designs, 12 circles per page

*8.5”x2” Water Bottle Label, 4 designs, 4 labels per page

*5”x.5” Beverage/Food Flags, 2 designs, 24 flags per page

*2.5”x3.5” (when folded) Tented Food Cards, 1-2 designs, 4 cards per page

*8”x10” Football Sign

*Party Banner, includes capital letter A-Z, each panel 5”x5” 2 panels per page

*PERSONAL USE ONLY

ENJOY!!!!

I have a REAL job...

I was inspired to write this because its something that has been gnawing at me for a while, especially this holiday season...


I am a person, I am a wife, I am a mom, I am a business owner.


I work 7 days a week, holidays, weekends. From 7:30am until at least 1am on most days I work, I fill orders, create new items, put out customer fires, grasp at any article or bit of advise that will help me grow. I spend my day tracking what I earn down to the penny to make sure my revenue is where it needs to be. I spend my day examining and re-examining my shop to figure out what to change or do more of. I spend my day worrying about what the future will bring and being excited that I've made it this far. I spend my day regretting my decision to go out on my own and regretting that I have any small sense of doubt. I spend my day doing a mental cheer each time my phone dings to tell me I have an order. I spend my day grateful that at least for now I don't have to spend my morning stressing over what to wear to work and trying to get out of the house on time, inevitable forgetting something. I spend my day trying to decide if I really have time to do this or that when I really need to spend as much time as possible working. I spend my day longing to be in my college form where I could pull an all nighter. I spend my day hoping that my kids, my husband and my family will one day understand why I often have to tell them I can't do something, or we can't buy something and feeling like the worlds worst wife/mother every time I say it. I spend every minute of everyday working in some form.


Just because I can do it in my pajamas without leaving my house doesn't make it less real, less hard, less stressful. Just because I LOVE what I do, despite the instability, worry, stress and tears doesn't make it any less of a REAL job.


I work 80+ hours a week, I am supporting a family, I am making FAR less than what I made at my last stable, benefits providing, cooperate job. I have to think about every penny I earn and every penny that leaves the house. But I am not stressed because I work so hard and in the end it doesn't matter, I am not trying to maneuver the work politics, I am not up at night wondering what I forgot to do, that I didn't even know I had to do, I am not depressed at the thought of getting out of bed and getting dressed to go some place that I hate. I am finally happy with my REAL job.


One of my big goals this year is to be more willing to express the above by not being nervous or embarrassed to say that I work from home, that I'm self employed, that no I wasn't fired, I chose this path. Still a work in progress...

NEW Items at With Envy Studios 1.6.14-1.12.14

This past week was my first week back to my "regular" work schedule in 2 weeks. My mom and sister visit from a little before Christmas to right after the New Year. I still worked during that time but mainly at night and I was kind of scattered with things. 

Here are some of the NEW items that I added this past week. 

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED PARTY COLLECTION

REVAMPED TRAIN PARTY CIRCLES/CUPCAKE TOPPERS

MONKEY BABY SHOWER PARTY CIRCLES/TOPPERS

WHIMSICAL GLITTER CLIPART

WHIMSICAL GLITTER PAPER

HEART MONOGRAM DIY IRON ON

XOXO PERSONALIZED DIY IRON ON

There are probably a few more items that I forgot to add but needless to say it was a productive week! I have LOTS more to add. I will try to recap the new items each Monday. I show off some of the new stuff on my Facebook page when I list them.

Out With 2013, In With 2014 - Review Post

In January of 2013 I would not have thought I'd be where I'm at today. Back then I was constantly mentally beating myself up for leaving the social work profession to do a job that offered several perks but was one I had no interest in and no passion for. It was a job that on my best day I felt mediocre at, despite working my butt off and being stressed beyond belief the majority of the time.

The first half of last year, I was struggling with feelings of failure and hopelessness. Basically just feeling stuck and wondering if this was really what my life was going to be like for the sake of stability. 

Then we got a few tangible blessings and just lots of cosmic hints that made me think making my little Etsy shops my full time job could really happen. After LOTS of stressing, I took the leap June 1st. 

The second half of 2013 has been nothing short of amazing, stressful and terrifying all at the same time. I made the decision early on to start offering clipart and expanding my digital papers. I have created my own clipart since starting my first Etsy shop back in 2009, but never really thought of selling it. I'm SOOO glad I made that decision because currently that shop is the most popular of the three. I also re-opened With Envy Babies (now known as With Envy Home & Apparel) to focus on digital iron ons and art prints. With Envy Parties, which has been the main shop has been going through its own growing pains. I kind of let it slide a bit while I was working on getting inventory in the other two shops and in that time what customers are buying has changed, so towards the end of 2013 I started to revamp, pair down and streamline what I'm offering. 

I have been working my butt off at the expense of sleep and my sanity and I ended 2013 with my highest grossing month ever!

With 2014 here I have lots of goals but, the main one is that I am able to earn enough to keep doing this full time. I also would love to get  and STAY more organized. It's hard finding consistency when trying to juggle working, wrangling two kids, daily house stuff etc. It doesn't help that I am easily distracted most of the time. Also it wouldn't hurt if by the end of 2014 I am able to go to bed before 1 or 2am more often than not :)

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Here is what I am hoping to add in 2014:

With Envy Parties:

-More party sets

-More instant download party sets

With Envy Paper

-Etsy shop banner sets

-More clipart/paper coordinating items

-More paper/element coordinating items

With Envy Home & Apparel

-Expand birthday shirt offerings

-Add bookplates

-Add more home decor items

I will also try to blog more about my journey! Here is to a GREAT 2014!!!

New Year, New Color Challenge - Winter Frost

Welcome to January's Color Challenge!!

January's Etsy Digital Designer Color Challenge theme is Winter Frost.

Participants are given a specific color pallet created by Robin, from the team and Digi Scrap Delight.

Every month there will be lots of products and FREEBIES from members of the Etsy Digital Designers team just for you...and better yet they will all coordinate color wise!!

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I created these items available for purchase...

Available HERE

Let It Snow Digital Art Print; Available HERE

And then the FREEBIE! 

Facebook Fan Exclusive Freebie available HERE

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Here are the other AWESOME items from my fellow designers!! Share this post! We would love to see what you guys create using our products!!