28 Dec 13
Two Saturdays has passed since the Pop Up Store. I had an unbelievably good time there. Made friends with fellow makers, met new faces, gained lots of encouragement, and sold a whole bunch of things. My greatest fear was not selling a single thing. So I deemed this Pop Up a success! It was an eye-opener watching how people reacted to my pom poms, for my poms to be touched by hands that aren’t mine. Some were surprised at how big the poms are in real life! That made me laugh out loud. They are big poms!
Between that Saturday and now, I’ve been taking things easy. Fulfilling some custom orders and picking up more yarn to make more, to restock the shop. That’s the easy part though. After the experience of selling face to face, I realized how much harder it is to sell online. Maybe I’m not nailing it in the ‘human connection’ department. So I’m going to try and do better with my product photos. My new thing is to bring along some poms when we go out, if I happen to come across a “cool” background, we’ll try and take some photos. It weighs less on me this way compared to a planned “photoshoot”. After lunch today, I got to put my new thing to action. I thought I’d share some here before the photos get old.
These pom pom badges sold out at the Pop Up. Not bragging, I am/was genuinely happy. So I made a ton more.
I’ll probably be quiet till the new year. So have a great end to 2013!
| Tags: greenlaundry etsy, iPhone 5S, pomhead
7 Aug 13
Yoohoo! A quick word about new items in my shop. G~A~R~L~A~N~D~S!!! Okay, literally spelling it out for you there 😀
Each garland is made out of yarn, strung on twine I hand-dyed. I personally love the foody & fruity ones! While the regular round pom poms aren’t as unique, it was important to me that the colours I used were something different from what’s being offered out there. I hope you like them as much as I do!
Mixed Patterns Black & White Pom Pom Garland
Blue Magenta Purple Pom Pom Garland | Multi Coloured Pom Pom Garland – Blues Pink Orange Yellow
Dinosaur Easter Egg Pom Pom Garland
Watermelon Pom Pom Garland (sold!) | Pineapple Pom Pom Garland
Onigiri Pom Pom Garland (sold!)
Pink Red Orange Green Pom Pom Garland | Strawberry Pom Pom Garland
Local readers, enjoy your long weekend!
| Tags: greenlaundry etsy, handmade, pom pom garlands
22 May 13
— Addendum made on 17 July 2013 —
Hi guys! I edited this post because I felt I didn’t fully voice my thoughts and process in the initial post. I left out the part about this being my first foray into making & selling handmade goods with a business mindset. I made & sold my drapes previously, that, I did on the side for fun. Back in July last year, I started working on some wood pieces, using the drapes as a foundation, to make something bigger more geometric. I ended up hitting a dead end when space constraints got the better of my ideas. I shelved the wood ideas though I really hope I get to bring them to life when we move into our own place and have a proper work studio. I was a bit defeated and it took me more time to figure out what next.
I took two bookbinding classes taught by Pooja of Notabilia to keep my juices going. I played with my paints and embroidery. But I kept coming up empty on ideas. One fine day I decided I wanted to make something wearable and I used that as my starting point. The result is Pomhead! The first person to draw inspiration from is  – yourself. It’s so brainless, yes, let’s make something for the girl like me!
I circled three words out of the bunch I wrote down – Fun, Bold and Tomboy Style. Tomboy style because I’m pretty much very unladylike, flowers on my head make me feel like uncomfortable. While Fun and Bold helped guide me in the right direction in terms of colours and design. I can’t say for sure how I finally arrived at pom poms on a headband but yeah, I liked it a lot and went with it.
The Berries Headband | The Black Polka Dots Headband | The Honey Rosa Crown | The Watermelon Crown
The Confetti Headband | The Red Polka Dots Headband | The Navy Blue Polka Dots Crown | The Magenta & Blue Headband
I’m working on a range of smaller pom headbands too. Also, pom pom garlands to liven up any space! I’ve started a mailing list for announcements – the field is up on my navigation bar ↑, join it if you’d like to be updated as I might not always be posting news here.
So dear internet friends, you’re gonna be riding this journey with me. I have hit a few bumps already but still crazy excited for the possibilities. Do share the word! Yknow pin it, tweet it… 😉
Credits to Larissa for her beautiful hand-painted silk tops you see in the photos. She owns curious creatures, do check it out.
| Tags: greenlaundry etsy, handmade, pom pom headbands hairbands
3 Aug 10
HEYYY!!! I’ve just updated my etsy shop with these new babies. I used a different type of paper this time, painted some twigs to go in a different direction, played around with ‘draping’ instead of the usual ‘drops’. I really love a few of these so I hope they end up in good hands!
Also, my twigs were on some of these cool blogs (many months ago!) – For Me, For You, Color Collective, dee9:14. Thank you ladies, I was quietly very thrilled!
| Tags: Craft, etsy, greenlaundry etsy, handmade, twigs+leaves
