NueToMe

In addition to making tons of recycled tshirt dresses, capes, bibs, smocks and such... I've also been working on giving my new line it's own identity. I'm calling it NueToMe - and I am going to separate them into their own store. What do you think?

I made price tags for my items this weekend and for the most part, I love how they came out. I used boxes from my pantry and cut them out freehand. I printed the logo on some of the throw away paper that accumulates around our printer. Of course, my printer is terrible and the color didn't print clearly - but it seemed silly to keep reprinting it to get it right when the point was to save paper. So, I used them anyhow. I like them.

I'll be printing new business cards soon too. They will have the NueToMe shop on one side and World of Whimm on the other.

My final problem to solve is the labels. I want to keep these items completely separate from World of Whimm... so I haven't been using the labels. I want to make labels for NueToMe but I also want the labels to be made from recycled materials. I think I'm going to be ordering a custom stamp and using fabric ink... but I've posted an Alchemy request to see if someone out there can make labels for me. I think the biggest hurdle is the recycled material. So far, the bids haven't used recycled materials. If you have any ideas... I'd love to hear them!

I'm still very excited about these tshirt items. I'm constantly designing new styles and new items. Right now I'm working on an apron... and it's super cute! I can't wait until I get it to the point where I'm happy with it so I can post one in my new store.

I hope to start posting items in my store toward the end of this week. The items I currently have in OnaWhimm will remain there for now. I have enough new items that I can start fresh with the new store. The only bummer about moving over to a new store is that I lose the feedback from the items I've already sold. I figure the sooner I move them over, the better... so I can start receiving feedback in the new store.

Exciting times!

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