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If you’ve been following my Etsy Shop for awhile, you may have noticed I increased the pricing for most of my Handmade Ornaments this season compared to 2019 (I kept my Etsy Shop closed for most of 2020 due to the pandemic, and just focused on wholesale orders that year). In order to be transparent, I have increased my prices approximately 30% across the board for my handmade ornaments for 3 main reasons:
Getting paid for my time. These ornaments are simple and rustic but they do take a lot of time and effort… sourcing the wood from family and friends, cutting and slow drying the rounds so they don’t crack, creating the design and wood burning it by hand, drilling and stringing them, stamping and packaging them, etc - once I get the long logs in our garage I do the rest of the work solo. Last year I realized I was getting too stressed out about the amount of work and didn’t feel as though I was getting paid for the time I put in.
Postage costs. Postage costs have gone up considerably and no one likes to pay for it. In my Etsy shop I generally under-charge for shipping in order to not put off buyers, and orders over $35 always ship for free. Because of this I loose quite a bit of money on shipping costs on most orders and therefore need to charge a bit more for the items to make up for it.
Etsy fees. Etsy is wonderful for exposure and traffic which is why I’m still with them, but all their fees and listing charges add up fast and I need to account for those when pricing my items.
I just wanted to thank you all for the support and purchases you’ve made. I know these price increases aren’t easy and I likely won’t sell as many ornaments this year but I know it was needed in the long run in order to keep my Etsy shop profitable. I hope you can catch one of the sales we’re planning over the holiday season - the next one being a Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale that will run for several days straight. Keep an eye on Instagram and Facebook for more updates when that sale happens!
Happy Fall! It’s such a beautiful day I thought we’d celebrate by running a sale - now through Friday October 22nd take 10% off everything in my Etsy Shop, no coupon code needed! At the moment we have a variety of great vintage finds, some handmade ornaments, our new New England Lakeside Baseball Cap, and more! Quantities are limited and many of the vintage items are one-of-a-kind, so I recommend shopping early if you’ve had your eye on something ;)
For a long time I’ve wanted to expand my shop offerings to items beyond handmade ornaments and occasional vintage finds but I just kept putting it off, instead watching other small entrepreneurs take risks and continue to expand while I stayed behind. Lately I’ve realized that I just need to take the leap and give my ideas a try, rather than just think about them and not take the risk. And so here we are… the New England Lakeside Baseball Cap is my first step into expanding my offerings and trying something new. I have more ideas I’m excited to bring to life too and will work towards them step-by step.
The New England Lakeside Baseball Cap was designed by me and embroidered locally by a small shop here in New Hampshire, in an effort to help support other New England-based businesses.
I was much too excited about these hats to wait and take proper pictures, so I just took some quick listing photos this morning to get it up on Etsy ASAP. Within the next week or so we’ll take proper pictures of this hat at the lake and will update the listing with photos that do this hat justice ;)
We have some NEW Ornament designs - introducing the Lobster and the Anchor! Huge thank you to Wiglesworth’s Mercantile in Portsmouth, NH for the push to make these happen. At the moment, Wiglesworth’s is the only place you will find these designs so definitely check them out soon on their website or in person.
And we’re back! It's been a long time coming (I temporarily closed my shop at the beginning of Covid) but our Etsy Shop is back open. You may notice inventory is low at the moment... currently we are concentrating on fulfilling wholesale orders ahead of our busy holiday season. So until we are caught up on wholesale orders the shop will have limited ornaments available - thanks so much for your understanding and patience!
PS - Please feel free to favorite my shop and/or any listings you like! Trying to make a comeback from a long hiatus is tough on the algorithms - the more activity my little shop sees, the more it helps me place in searches. Thank you for the support!
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In preparation of re-opening my Etsy Shop next month, I am giving away FIVE Birch Landing Home Stickers between Instagram and Facebook. Just hop over to one (or both!) of those platforms and look for this photo to enter - Good Luck!
When I reopen my Etsy Shop I’m planning on having this logo sticker available, along with another New England-themed sticker design, some unique vintage pieces, and of course my handmade crafts. Thank you all for being so patient these last few months.
I wish this was some kind of belated April Fools joke, but it sadly isn’t… I fell down the garage stairs a few days ago, breaking my foot and bruising myself up pretty good.
I will spare you the x-rays, haha.
Initially I had planned to reopen my Etsy shop later this month after getting vaccinated - up until this point in the pandemic I didn’t feel comfortable risking all the extra trips to the post office or going out buying supplies, so for the past year I’ve just done wholesale orders to keep things simple and minimize my errands. I was looking forward to reopening the Etsy shop and offering my hand-etched birch ornaments and vintage finds again, but that will now have to wait a little longer as I am currently unable to drive, stand at my saw, or put sufficient pressure on the wood burning tool for hours at a time.
I’m looking forward to healing up (hopefully soon!) so I can finally reopen the shop after this year-long hiatus. Stay tuned for more info, and in the meantime feel free to check out our items locally at one of our Stockists.
So excited to have some of my custom ornaments heading down to ACK 4170, a beautiful gift shop located on the island of Nantucket! They are currently closed for the winter, but in the meantime you can shop their store online and then in-person again when they reopen for the season in April.
I wish I could mail myself down there with the ornaments - I haven’t been to Nantucket (yet) but have always wanted to visit!
