Christmas in July

With the fall craft fair season fast approaching -- in like four months -- I knew I needed to get planning. I knew that calendars would take the bulk of my time because they require a lot of tedious details like making sure the days are right and silly stuff like that. The process of calendar layout is more laborious than creative so the sooner I start, the better.

But for 2013 I decided to change my calendars a bit -- I made the fonts larger and the paper smaller. So that took more than just getting the dates right -- it took some formatting changes. I knew that starting now would be my best bet for avoiding staying up until 3 am the week before my first craft fair. Calendars are a big seller in the fall and I still have to print and cut them. So I knew I was ahead of the game doing them now. I figure if I print and cut over the next few months, the craft fairs will be turn-key-ish.

And then came the announcement from Etsy of a Christmas in July promotion. Crap. I didn't think about that. So I booked it and produced my calendars in record-time. By staying up late every night for a week. Ha!

But they are darling. I am really happy with the new size and even finished a new artwork collection I was planning. The new collection of artwork excites me because it's the first time I used the same image but changed the color. It's representative of the change of seasons ({even though we don't have much of that down here in Texas}.

So, as of today, my 2013 Calendars are ready for the masses. If you swing by my shop between now and July 26, you can enter coupon code CHRISTMASINJULY and save 10% on all the items in my shop. You can shop for gifts or for yourself.

And I even threw in my Christmas cards so there's no excuse for not sending your cards out on time -- this year, anyway.


So come on by, y'all. Check out what I've been up to deep in the "heat" of Texas...