It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Show your support with a Knotty NY original, available until November 10th.
A portion of every sale is going to help find a cure!
These special shades won't be back until Next year!

The Month That Is October

I must admit I am still in shock over the sudden rush of orders I got from my Etsy shop yesterday. Don't think it has fully registered yet... But please, let me share with you a screen shot of this months activity I took from this awesome application called "Etsy Shop Lovers" from Craftopolis:

   And here is the "Heart Chart" from CraftCult

Do you see that amazing spike of visitors?!?!

From under 100 page views, and 1 to 2 hearts a day to over 3k views and 56 hearts?!

ALMOST INSTANTLY!

I already jump and scream like a babbling buffoon  when and IF I get one sale in a week.

Let's just say I will be making orders for the next 2 weeks, easy.

And it's all because of this lil guy..

As you all may know, it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I could not feel more honored to be a part of this wonderful experience!  A portion of the sales of these Pink  Awareness Bracelets are donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (http://www.bcrfcure.org), dedicated to preventing breast cancer and finding a cure in our lifetime. 

I really wanted to make some purple bracelets for Spirit Day, 

an event to honor teens who have lost their lives to anti-LGBT bullying, but I did not have enough time, seeing as the event was yesterday... I did wear purple though!

Please, if you have the time, visit these sites and learn more about what's going on, 

and ways we can help improve our communities and relationships with our friends, family, acquaintances and even strangers. This is so important, no Man, Woman, or Child should be left alone, neglected or abused. 

My thoughts are with all who have been negatively affected by cancer and bullying. 

I wish you well!

Peace, Love, and Sales!

 

New Logo!

And a second one!

What do you think??

Knotty NY Loves 2 Finger Rings!

Grab one of these if you can, they are hot!

Etsy Favorites 10/17/10

These apples may not keep the doctor away, but who cares when they are as awesome as these?!

Apple Booties $8.00

Apple Bowls $132.00

Snow White Fine Art $30.00

Apple Memo Pad $88.00

Red Apple Hat $14.50

Snow White Apple Decal $9.99

PEACE, LOVE & SALES!

Allyson Michelle

Procrastination Causes Stress

Going to try and keep this post short and sweet. I have been so busy applying for school, looking for a new job, and a new place to live that I can hardly concentrate on anything else. It is my fault though for procrastinating up until very recently.

School, if I get accepted, begins Oct. 25th. Although I am nervous and slightly stressed, I am extremely excited and cannot wait to begin. This is going to be one of my biggest tests in life. I will finally be living on my own, and taking care of myself and my future. No relying on anyone else, no taking care of anyone else, just me myself and I. I should probably be scared right now, but honestly I cannot wait! So wish me luck everyone!

Also, check out some of the new colors I have in my Etsy Store

I know, I really need a new camera. 

This silly little Point-N-Shoot is really starting to get on my nerves.

All my photos seem to be grainy and somewhat dark.

I should not have to edit every single photo that I take, they should just automatically be perfect, right?

Makes me feel like a bad photographer, not that I had any formal training (or any training at all for that matter ha), but I know I'm not THAT bad....

WINNER!! 10/10/10 Giveaway by KnottyNY

I don't usually like to wait very long for these sort of games, so this went by very quickly! 

The giveaway is officially over, and we have our winner! I went to Random.org, put in the number of comments and clicked to generate a random number. The result was comment number 11!

So a big CONGRATULATIONS goes out to FIVE STONES, winner of our 10/10/10 Giveaway of 2 custom made bracelets from KnottyNY! YAY! I will be contacting you through email with further details. If there is no response after 72 hours, another winner will be chosen.

I just want to thank all of you who participated in this giveaway. It was a lot of fun, and I hope that you all come back again for future chances to win coupons, contests and giveaways!

THANK YOU!

10/10/10 GIVEAWAY!

That's right! One lucky winner will receive two beaded bracelets of their choice courtesy of... me! Allyson Michelle of KnottyNY.

All you have to do is leave a comment here on this blog post to be entered for your chance to win! Easy, no? Just make sure you leave your contact information otherwise, how will you know if you've won? Everyone gets one free entry so please only leave one comment unless it is a Bonus comment.

BONUS:
1. Blog about, and link to this giveaway! Enter a second comment linking to the entry.
2. Follow us on Twitter and send us a tweet about the giveaway @KnottyNY. Leave another comment with your twitter username.
3. Follow this blog!
4. Like us on Facebook! and leave an extra comment here.


Great! So now you have 5 possible chances to win 2 awesome bracelets from KnottyNY! But hurry! You have from now till the 10/10/10 11:59pm EST. The winner will be announced on the 11th!

P.S. This is an international giveaway so don't worry if you live outside of USA.

3rd time this week!

Today marks the 3rd transaction I've had to cancel on Etsy in the past week. Yet another customer has bought from me without pay or contact. What is going on here? I send messages and/or emails offering to help with completing the checkout process, I send custom invoices and reminders, and I wait anywhere from 3-7 days for payment or at least a response about the problem. Am I doing something wrong here? Is there more that I should do? Or are there just people who don't know the right way to window shop?

This really is frustrating though, because I get so excited knowing that I have a sale. I get ready to start making the product, check for customer specifications, and realize.. "Hey, I haven't been paid yet..."

I know this isn't Etsy's fault. I also know that sometimes people are new and just don't understand the proper way to do things, but something needs to be done here. I will not sit here and be okay with canceling more bad transactions than actually completing good ones. Because even though Etsy does pay me back the transaction fee, I still don't get my .20 for listing and re-listing the item. It is small now, but it adds up, and I have no idea what I would have lost had I actually been paying to advertise my items as well.

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And of course as I type this I see that Etsy actually has changed the cancellation process a bit today, but that still doesn't fix my Checkout issue. I'm thinking that it would be a good idea not to consider an item bought UNTIL it is paid for. I don't know, I am sure it is more complicated than it seems, but I am broke, tired and slightly annoyed....


....END RANT

Win A $50 Gift Certificate To Ink + Wit on A Cup of Joe!

Joanna Goddard of A Cup of Joe is giving away one $50 gift certificate to Ink + Wit on her blog. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment here by tomorrow! Oh what a lovely gift to receive.

Just a few things that could potentially be yours:

That's What Friends Are For!

I want to dedicate this post to all of the etsians who have my store in their favorites. Thank you so much for your support it is truly appreciated!

Here are some of my favorite items from their shops:



xoxo

Packaged & Ready to go!

Packaged & Ready to go!, originally uploaded by OMFG It's Mimii.

Just mailed out SIX bracelets today!

As you can see I am no graphic designer. But I can say that I recycled! Yup the backs of those card stock cut-outs are the outsides of my favorite cereal boxes. GENIUS, I KNOW! I have recently started to "Go Green" or at least try to...

I wonder if they make card-stock out of banana leaves... I sure hope so because then I wouldn't be contributing to the cutting down of hundreds of trees. Not that I am a tree-hugging hippie or anything (but if I were, I'd absolutely be proud of it), I would just like to leave as minimal of a carbon footprint as I can.

In other news, my beloved laptop is finally on it's last leg. The sound card is broken and somehow still works through a USB headset but only for about 30 minutes or so, before needing a complete restart. The battery is completely dead and does not charge anymore. My lappy only works when plugged into a wall, and the Mother-Father charger is cracked and falls out with the slightest movement, so basically I have a desktop computer, ha. I am pretty sure there is about 30 viruses on it too. You think if I click on one of those "CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'VE JUST WON A FREE COMPUTER!!!" ads, I'll actually get a new computer?? Or just a bunch of junkmail?

Speaking of Mother-Fathers, check out this video, I love it!