AT: February Jumpstart Project

Apartment Therapy ended up using my floating nightstand entry in the February Jumpstart contest!

Go give it a "thumbs up" if you are feeling so inclined. I'd be forever grateful if you did! Voting ends March 2nd. I was a bit behind on submitting my entry, but that's okay. I had fun anyway.

Hope your weekend is going well. I'm trying to decide what to do today, but it's already 2:00. I painted a few boards this morning for something that I'll show you soon, but other than that, there's not much going on.

Joe is laying on the couch (what he does best on the weekends...) but I want to go DO something. We'll see what happens.

This blog is on hiatus.

Please come visit me at Operation Paper Cut!

break time

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Changes

Yellow Canoe is now on Big Cartel.

I might be leaving Etsy soon if all goes well.

Hi Again!

So the last time I posted was in August?!? I guess it's because I started working more hours so Yellow Canoe is kind of just...there.

But here are a few things I've been making:

"The Mountain"

"Sit Still"

"Barn

Latest sweater/coat/bag rack:

"Sugar Mountain"

In action....

Getting ready for the holiday rush on Etsy and hoping that it goes as well as last year.
We'll see, though.

I've been working on a bunch of one-of-a-kind key/necklace racks, which I'm hoping to start listing today.

I'm working in the customer service department of a large corporation now and I am thinking about applying at some retail place just for seasonal work. If I do that, I'm not really sure what will happen with Yellow Canoe as far as updates go. I worked from home for about 8 months and learned a lot during that time. I definitely realized that it's not for me! I just need more structure in my life I guess. It was always a dream to never have to work for someone again, but once that dream came true I found that there is a lot more stress involved than I cared to deal with.
I have been much happier since creating has become something I look forward to again. I also have big plans of getting back into book binding because I miss it dearly...I haven't bound a journal in almost a year! I hope I haven't forgotten any of it, because it was something that I taught myself how to do and there are really a lot of little tricks that I learned along the way that made things easier. I've been collecting pretty paper for awhile now and my stash is gigantic- I can't wait to offer journals again! Right now it's just a matter of finding a new paper supplier for the signatures. More on that later, but when it happens it will be through my Operation Paper Cut shop.

For now I'm off to paint. Thanks for visiting.

more racks

more market bag racks are available!

this one...
and this one...

more to come soon!

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i have an interview on monday for a position as an order processor, answering phones and taking orders.

if i get the job, i will continue to update the yellow canoe shop as much as i currently do, which won't be difficult since i haven't been updating as much as i'd like to lately.

the reason for this is because i broke 2 of my rapidograph pens and i'm waiting to buy new pens...until then i can't do anything other than print.

i miss drawing pine trees.

i will buy new pens after i get home from the world's longest yard sale, which i'm going to in 4 days.

i can't wait!

FYI

Just thought I'd let you know that we're experiencing a huge outage in the Madison area with our cable internet provider today. Some sites work, but many do not. I am leaving town tomorrow afternoon so if you have a question and can't get a hold of me through Etsy, please email me at erinlangnorris AT gmail DOT com.

Figured I'd put that out there since I can't get on Etsy to check anything!

sale

lots of items on sale in the shop right now!

Newness

Market bag racks are here!

Measures about 8.5"x21.5"

Great for your bag, sweater, jacket, scarf, dog leash, purse, etc etc etc.

More colors and designs coming soon!

See more details here.

Keep on Keepin' on...

So I'm almost finished with a batch of 41 new racks!

To celebrate, I'm offering free shipping to anyone who tells me that they read about the free shipping offer on the blog.

Just enter it in the message to seller box.

This offer is valid until Sunday, June 8 at 12:00pm EST.

Newness

Very quick post, as I'm off to work!

As soon as I get home, it's back to the Yellow Canoe thing...

What's to come:

New pattern design:

New color:

New design!
Coral!
Available in shop.

Snap shot of what's coming up:

To be printed in butter yellow:

To be printed in a sandy safari tone:

Okay, it's off to boring work I go!

Oh, the new prices have been set at $26.
Shipping is $5.75 for domestic.

Exciting News

Hello!

I know, I've been gone forever...

But I'm back with some great news!

I have decided to start offering a smaller size key rack/necklace rack in my shop. I might be phasing out the old size completely.

The old size is 6"x11". Weighs 1 lb 5 ounces when packaged in a box. Usually costs about $8.70 or more to ship with delivery confirmation and insurance. I hate having to charge my buyers so much money...it's insane.

The new size is 6"x7.5". Weighs 12 ounces when packaged in a heavy duty bubble wrap envelope (goodbye, boxes and tons of packaging tape, maybe...) and weighs 1 lb. when in a box (if I keep the boxes...) The REALLY great thing about the envelope is I can ship First Class since it weighs under 13 oz, which costs much much less than my current options. So, with insurance and delivery confirmation, it will cost approximately $4.50 for First Class and $6.80 for Priority, maybe even less.

I'm really happy to be able to offer new pieces at a lower shipping costs, and I'm also pleased to say that since the pieces are smaller, I get more out of the large pieces of wood I cut. This can only mean one thing- I can now offer my pieces at a lower cost! Prices are still to be determined, there is a lot to factor into the equation.

The new pieces will have 3 hooks rather than 5. This is good because spray painting hooks while living in an apartment really just sucks at times. Okay, so it sucks ALL the time. This way I will be able to get about 18 boards finished with one package of hooks, rather than only 11...a huge difference.

Yesterday I painted 4 sets of the new size, introducing 4 new colors:
Pebble grey (almost white)
Nautical blue
Grape green
Sugarplum Purple

Today is printing day- 1 new design to come! I'm printing the new one on the blue and greyish boards. Photos to come. Everything will be in the shop by tomorrow or Wednesday.