Hi everyone! Very very excited to share our new home with you, over at sharethemess.com!!
All future blog posts and activity will be through there. Blogger will always be our first home, but it was getting a bit squishy and we'd like to keep it for memories' sake.
Please head on over to our new online home for today's Tuesday Treasures featuring a lovely, fresh green treasury by tigstogs and for future Gloriousmess! activity!
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Showing posts with label whisperings. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Sunday, June 02, 2013
A little recap & some housekeeping
Hope everyone's having a good weekend!
It's been an eventful week, and it was great to finish our first month with a bit of a bang! I had a lot of fun (and lots of painted, glittery fingers) creating custom stickers for a research project involving pre-schoolers.. how fun does that sound, to work with such little ones!
Someone is also enjoying their little jar of hearts out there and I hope her eyes will twinkle just as much as mine when she got it in the mail!
Also, we made it to the Etsy front page several times this week as part of a lovely treasury and once as a curator with our Flowery Dreams treasury!! Below is a screenshot of the Etsy front page with one of the hand-picked treasuries that featured us (thank you Sylwia!!).. you can see our D'Vines sitting there in the top row :D Our Pegged! Summer Fruits were also on Etsy Australia & New Zealand Finds newsletter!! I couldn't believe it when my wonderful Australian Wandarrah team mates told me about it at first!
We were lucky to have perfect weather for viewing all the awesome exhibits at Vivid Sydney and I was quite happy with my haul of pictures during our little jaunt. My feet were less happy the day after, when they finally realized that they had been traipsing around Sydney the previous day.
And of course, our first ever giveaway celebrating our soft launch concluded yesterday with 3 lucky duckies being randomly drawn to win some limited edition mini wooden pegs and lots of shiny, shimmery stickers. My favorite part was the anticipation of finding out who would be drawn when I clicked the "pick the winner" buttons, followed by wrapping and packing their prizes!! I absolutely adore wrapping up presents to make them pretty! So much so.. I sometimes forget I'm supposed to get excited about what's inside! Here are the prizes, ready to be shipped with their hand-lettered, handmade name tags.. Brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favorite things! ♫ ♪
And now.. some general housekeeping for Gloriousmess!
Shipping policy update
We've had a month to settle in and I'm finding and ironing out the kinks. The one that's been a thorn in my side is international shipping! GNNAARGH! The prices are atrocious! Seriously.. AUD$19 to mail a pack of straws? I did what I had to do, because there was no other option but my initial reaction was the same as the lovely Kim's when she got her floral straws earlier this month. Her reaction made everything worth it and made my entire day though!!
*Giggles*
Radiant Gradient collection launch
You probably have seen the sneak peeks already..
In preparation for all the upcoming fun that Summer usually brings, we've concocted an oh-so-sweet collection of ombre rainbow goodness! Even though it's going to be Winter here in Sydney, we figure that's all the more reason to inject some happy rainbows into the gloomy, grey season.
We've got our SLURP eco-friendly wooden cutlery, as well as a Hearts version. These can be matched to our ice cream shovels (oh, they're so cute.. I want to eat everything with them!!) and our ombre heart stickers. All Radiant Gradient goodies can be found in-store from Monday, June 3rd onwards!
Have a happy weekend!!
It's been an eventful week, and it was great to finish our first month with a bit of a bang! I had a lot of fun (and lots of painted, glittery fingers) creating custom stickers for a research project involving pre-schoolers.. how fun does that sound, to work with such little ones!
As a result of this project, we're now stocking some glittery pearl star stickers and am pretty excited about these!
Someone is also enjoying their little jar of hearts out there and I hope her eyes will twinkle just as much as mine when she got it in the mail!
Also, we made it to the Etsy front page several times this week as part of a lovely treasury and once as a curator with our Flowery Dreams treasury!! Below is a screenshot of the Etsy front page with one of the hand-picked treasuries that featured us (thank you Sylwia!!).. you can see our D'Vines sitting there in the top row :D Our Pegged! Summer Fruits were also on Etsy Australia & New Zealand Finds newsletter!! I couldn't believe it when my wonderful Australian Wandarrah team mates told me about it at first!
We were lucky to have perfect weather for viewing all the awesome exhibits at Vivid Sydney and I was quite happy with my haul of pictures during our little jaunt. My feet were less happy the day after, when they finally realized that they had been traipsing around Sydney the previous day.
And of course, our first ever giveaway celebrating our soft launch concluded yesterday with 3 lucky duckies being randomly drawn to win some limited edition mini wooden pegs and lots of shiny, shimmery stickers. My favorite part was the anticipation of finding out who would be drawn when I clicked the "pick the winner" buttons, followed by wrapping and packing their prizes!! I absolutely adore wrapping up presents to make them pretty! So much so.. I sometimes forget I'm supposed to get excited about what's inside! Here are the prizes, ready to be shipped with their hand-lettered, handmade name tags.. Brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favorite things! ♫ ♪
And now.. some general housekeeping for Gloriousmess!
Shipping policy update
We've had a month to settle in and I'm finding and ironing out the kinks. The one that's been a thorn in my side is international shipping! GNNAARGH! The prices are atrocious! Seriously.. AUD$19 to mail a pack of straws? I did what I had to do, because there was no other option but my initial reaction was the same as the lovely Kim's when she got her floral straws earlier this month. Her reaction made everything worth it and made my entire day though!!
"When I saw the price of that I about died!"
*Giggles*
I tried to offer a flat shipping rate so people would know how much shipping fees were right off the bat and not worry about them anymore, regardless of how many things were added to the shopping cart. It seemed like the best option available until Mr Pancakes honed in on it and suggested lower shipping rates. Unfortunately, this is quite impossible because the private courier companies charge even more than Australia Post. A lot of teeth gnashing ensued.
After a lot of thought and consulting, I've decided to get rid of the flat rate shipping starting Monday, June 3rd. We're going to try and mail as many of our goodies as possible in envelopes/mailers so they get classified as letters instead of parcels. There's a huge price jump between the two..
If you've got your eye set on a particular one that is too chubby to pass as letters (such as our wooden cutlery sets, burlap bags or Hospital Helpers stickers), we're encouraging everyone to buy a lot of different (or same, if you like!) goodies all at once. Might as well make full use of the shipping costs because they're valid for parcels up to 2kg!
Radiant Gradient collection launch
You probably have seen the sneak peeks already..
In preparation for all the upcoming fun that Summer usually brings, we've concocted an oh-so-sweet collection of ombre rainbow goodness! Even though it's going to be Winter here in Sydney, we figure that's all the more reason to inject some happy rainbows into the gloomy, grey season.
We've got our SLURP eco-friendly wooden cutlery, as well as a Hearts version. These can be matched to our ice cream shovels (oh, they're so cute.. I want to eat everything with them!!) and our ombre heart stickers. All Radiant Gradient goodies can be found in-store from Monday, June 3rd onwards!
Online homes update
We have an open subscription to our newsletter and you can sign up using the link located on the right side of this page near the top. The main purpose is to keep you informed of sales and new products coming to Gloriousmess! and we envision emailing a newsletter quarterly at most.
Gloriousmess! is now also on Instagram as @sharethemess and we post random snippets of our daily adventures along with a peek at the Tamago's antics every day. We invite you to also tag any of your pictures (especially "action shots") involving our goodies with #sharethemess or #ohwhatagloriousmess so we can find them and give send out some shout-outs!
If you have any requests for Tamago antics, email us your ideas and the Tamagos might enact it!
If you have any requests for Tamago antics, email us your ideas and the Tamagos might enact it!
We continue to also live on Facebook and Google+.
Our Twitter page is more for you to ask us any questions.. like an online chat so come and say hello! You can find us as @ShareTheMess.
Have a happy weekend!!
Friday, May 10, 2013
Whee! A Giveaway!
So, we're just over a week old. Yay! A "Thank You" giveaway is in order, wouldn't you agree?
Like we said, we had no idea what to expect and we still don't! Gloriousmess! initially started out as a collection of higgledy piggledgy with a smattering of paper goods, gift wrapping accessories and stickers but it has taken a life of it's own already. So many new and exciting things are waiting to be created, we're going to have to declare a sale soon to make more room! We've got ourselves a lot of new spaces online and a lot of numbers that overwhelm us. We think it's much easier to digest it all with pretty pictures.
We're by no means sitting on our laurels! We're absolutely chuffed at the numbers and are working hard to ensure we live up to your expectations, and plenty beyond!
To celebrate our opening and thank everyone who's supported us along the way, we've concocted a giveaway! It starts today, May 10th and will last until the 31st of May. All you have to do is fill out the entry form, mosey over to our Etsy home and you're in the running for one pack our handmade goodies, each containing:
Good luck and have fun! :)
Grand Opening Giveaway!
If the above widget is being naughty and refuses to work for you, head on over here to enter the giveaway instead!
Like we said, we had no idea what to expect and we still don't! Gloriousmess! initially started out as a collection of higgledy piggledgy with a smattering of paper goods, gift wrapping accessories and stickers but it has taken a life of it's own already. So many new and exciting things are waiting to be created, we're going to have to declare a sale soon to make more room! We've got ourselves a lot of new spaces online and a lot of numbers that overwhelm us. We think it's much easier to digest it all with pretty pictures.
Infographic made with Piktochart. Word cloud in the shape of Australia made with Tagxedo.
We're by no means sitting on our laurels! We're absolutely chuffed at the numbers and are working hard to ensure we live up to your expectations, and plenty beyond!
To celebrate our opening and thank everyone who's supported us along the way, we've concocted a giveaway! It starts today, May 10th and will last until the 31st of May. All you have to do is fill out the entry form, mosey over to our Etsy home and you're in the running for one pack our handmade goodies, each containing:
- A special edition of Pegged! in Summer Fruits combining both Set A and B into 1 pack of 8 mini pegs
- 1 pack of our gloriously shiny antique gold heart sticker seals
- 1 pack of stupendously shimmery kraft heart sticker seals
Good luck and have fun! :)
Friday, May 03, 2013
Want it. Need it. Love it.
We're on Wanelo! What a funny word, eh? Not so, when you realize it's a mash-up of "want it. need it. love it." and then you get that lightbulb moment :)
I remember reading about it yonks ago, and not really understanding what it was all about. Now that it's taken off a bit more, it's much easier to understand. I still feel like a contestant in Supermarket Sweep with all that visual overload and that "grab what you like" mentality. The only way I can describe Wanelo is ... like a Pintrest-meets-old-Google-Images where it's a never-ending wall of pictures. My mouse scroll wheel has been getting a workout!
So.. come and find us there! Share a few of your likes and favorites! True to their warning, you gotta be careful. That place is getting quite addictive.. 0.0
I remember reading about it yonks ago, and not really understanding what it was all about. Now that it's taken off a bit more, it's much easier to understand. I still feel like a contestant in Supermarket Sweep with all that visual overload and that "grab what you like" mentality. The only way I can describe Wanelo is ... like a Pintrest-meets-old-Google-Images where it's a never-ending wall of pictures. My mouse scroll wheel has been getting a workout!
So.. come and find us there! Share a few of your likes and favorites! True to their warning, you gotta be careful. That place is getting quite addictive.. 0.0
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Pssstt, We've Moved In!
Whee!!
Welcome to the Gloriousmess! blog and hope you'll be keeping tabs on us! Expect to see beautiful, inspirational, and slightly off-beat things in this little online spot of ours and bring along your imagination and whimsy. Oh, and expect a dash of nerdette!
A soft launch on Etsy is due in the next week or so and we plan to settle in before making the official launch announcement sometime in May or June. For now, my Tamago team and I will keep ourselves busy putting on the finishing touches as we jiggle with glee behind our soon-to-open online shoppe. After all, we love to make things sparkly and pretty, and there's plenty of fairy-dusting to do first! By the same token, we're bursting to share all the awesome higgledly piggledgy we've collected so far and hence, the soft launch.
We love making friends all over the world (and the convenience of having a place to stay at when travelling is a bonus!). Of course, we wouldn't want to scare you off by suggesting that we'd crash at your place. Just saying.. So, um, that got quite awkward quite fast. Where were we? Ah, making friends! We would love to hear your views, see what inspires you and invite you to journey with us on our online and offlline adventures!
Remember to tune into our Facebook page, or our Google+ page ..or both if you're so inclined! Sneak previews, special sales and updates on shop stock will be made through there.
Thank you for stopping by, and hope you thoroughly enjoy your stay!
xo
Missy Messy
P.S. The little by-line is something that has oft been repeated by Mister Not-so Messy and seemed apt to apply to Gloriousmess!, especially with bits and bobs everywhere just before the soft launch..
Welcome to the Gloriousmess! blog and hope you'll be keeping tabs on us! Expect to see beautiful, inspirational, and slightly off-beat things in this little online spot of ours and bring along your imagination and whimsy. Oh, and expect a dash of nerdette!
A soft launch on Etsy is due in the next week or so and we plan to settle in before making the official launch announcement sometime in May or June. For now, my Tamago team and I will keep ourselves busy putting on the finishing touches as we jiggle with glee behind our soon-to-open online shoppe. After all, we love to make things sparkly and pretty, and there's plenty of fairy-dusting to do first! By the same token, we're bursting to share all the awesome higgledly piggledgy we've collected so far and hence, the soft launch.
We love making friends all over the world (and the convenience of having a place to stay at when travelling is a bonus!). Of course, we wouldn't want to scare you off by suggesting that we'd crash at your place. Just saying.. So, um, that got quite awkward quite fast. Where were we? Ah, making friends! We would love to hear your views, see what inspires you and invite you to journey with us on our online and offlline adventures!
Remember to tune into our Facebook page, or our Google+ page ..or both if you're so inclined! Sneak previews, special sales and updates on shop stock will be made through there.
Thank you for stopping by, and hope you thoroughly enjoy your stay!
xo
Missy Messy
P.S. The little by-line is something that has oft been repeated by Mister Not-so Messy and seemed apt to apply to Gloriousmess!, especially with bits and bobs everywhere just before the soft launch..
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