busy, busy, busy

Things are moving right along! Our wristlets seem to be our best seller, they are selling like crazy! I have 20 more ready for sewing.
Our website is up and going strong. We would love your comments and suggestions on how to make it better. Tell us your thoughts...

Tax Day!

Happy Tax Day! AND Happy Birthday Marion! Our good friend from Kangashop. Check out her designs at www.kangashop.etsy.com . She makes awesome, quality kid clothes.

Our website is having a Mothers' Day Sale from now until Sunday, May 10th. We will take 15% off of your order at www.boodlebags.com . Just enter the promo code: iheartmom Our wristlets are the perfect gift for the special women in your life (mom, grandmom, & aunt)

English Toffee Latte and chocolate bunny

Life doesn't get any better than this! I am waiting on the eggs to cool off before we dye them. I am playing catch-up on work stuff. I just got back from a family vacation to Lake Chelan, it was awesome. I was out of work with bronchitis the week before so I have lots of stuff to catch up on. I plan to be a fabric cutting machine the next few days. Our inventory is growing nicely and we can't wait until we have our regular craft shows this summer!

Spring is here!

Well, look who finally decided to show up - the sun! After the winter we've had and this delayed start to spring, I don't feel guilty about playing hooky for the next couple of days. Renee is on a much-needed vacation with her boys, and the timing couldn't be better. I did my first show solo yesterday - I Heart Rummage at Chop Suey on Capital Hill. All I can say is I hope we do better next time! At least we paid for the booth. On the plus side, I had lots of time to sketch, and hope to be previewing a couple of new designs at our next show! I'll be optimistic and speculate that it was due to the glorious weather that the denizens of the Hill opted to be outside rather than inside a dark, smelly night club... Nobody else did well, either, but regular vendors say that the venue is usually a good one, so we'll try again next month. Hope to see you all out there in May!

Another great review!

We are excited that our bags are making a name for themselves. We just got another great review from AListBaby check it out: http://alistbaby.net/2009/03/alistbaby-find-boodlebags/

Back in the groove

At last! I am feeling better. I had been sick most of the week and now have lots to catch up on. Our website is doing great! Orders are coming in thanks to an article at NWsource. A great write up by Sheryl Wiser. Angela and I are working hard on building our momentum. We have lots of ideas and goals, can't wait to get there...Our next show is Sunday, April 5th at the I heart rummage sale at Chop Suey in Seattle, we hope to see you there!

Boodlebags is in the news! Check out our press debut here: boodlebags article
We've had a busy month getting "ready for our close-up, Mr. DeMille", and today was a mad scramble! Poor Renee is sick and miserable, but she still had to put up with constant bugging from me all day long, AND we had to place 3 new orders for supplies. Did I mention we were busy? Chris and our web designer, Joseph, have been working all day putting the final polish on the website, and I've been looking over their shoulders and jabbing my finger at the screen saying, "no, no - put THIS thingy over THERE!" I'm sure they appreciated my input... For my own part, I've had to cut the new changing kits for our seamstresses, who are starting to make great headway! I think we'll introduce them soon. Anyway, my hands are swollen from all the cutting, and I'm wiped out!

This is my first post to our blog; Renee usually does it, and she's much better at it than I am, BUT I just couldn't leave her "i've got the ickies" post as the first thing that new people would see when they came over from the article and website! :-)