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Etsy Monday: Idea Chic

by Megan on April 23rd, 2012

The other day I was scrounging around my house looking for some nice stationery. I couldn’t find any and was getting discouraged. That is when I realized that every girl needs some! Today’s featured Etsy shop, Idea Chic, has exactly that, plus more!

I want one of everything from this shop, which is extremely difficult, as I am trying super hard not to go on major shopping sprees, but with most of the items $30 and under, I can totally stock up without feeling guilty. Here are some of my faves!

Peony Letterpress Stationery

How goregous is this set?! I love the attention to detail with the handsewn envelope. I think this is too pretty to send.

Love is Brewing Tea Bags

I know these aren’t stationery, but I totally had to feature them. How DARLING?! “Choose from Passion Fruit, English Breakfast or Green Tea. Each favor is made of loose tea packaged in a muslin tea bag with a tag and ribbon for a finishing touch. The tea is brewed directly in the bag, enough to make around one pot.” Love!

My husband deploys every other year and I always try to send him love notes or letters every chance I get. When he is deployed, he always wants activity type of books, such as crosswords, puzzles etc. Why not send him this and combine both a love note and an activity! Brilliant!

I Love You Heart Puzzle

Be sure to check out Julie’s Grab Bag selections, for items under $30!

Etsy Monday + Giveaway: DimplePrints

by Megan on February 27th, 2012

Today’s featured Ety Monday shop, DimplePrints, is full of ”unique and custom designs for all occasions: Holiday, birth, graduation, birthday, retirement, invitations, save-the-date, thank you cards & more.” The shop’s owner, Carli, offers a digital you-print option as well as professional photolab and cardstock prints. Also, all of her designs are totally customizable, so if you want a different color font, no problem!

Check out her fabulous designs!

Rustic BBQ Digital Print

How adorable is this print?! Obviously your print will not have a watermark and you are more than welcome to change the colors, fonts, even the message to your desire! Here’s how the process works.

1. Select your favorite Dimpleprints design and purchase via PayPal. If you are interested in a fully customized design, please contact Carli.

2. Email your high resolution photos to dimpleprints (at) yahoo.com (if applicable). Please specify if you wish for the photos to be color, black & white or sepia. Please also include in your email: Names in order, family/last name, greeting/message. Please note your design name & color preference.

3. Within 2 days (not necessarily 48 hours, ie. if you order on Monday, it will arrive by Wednesday night 11:59pm PST), you will receive your order via e-mail. Please reply via email any modifications/edits. 2 day timeline begins from the time everything is received (order, payment, wording, size, pictures, colors, etc..

Please note, additional edits add approximately 1-2 to the timeline. I will work with you until you are happy with your photo card.

Edits consist of color tweaking, message & font changes. Editing extensively or recreating a whole new design is outside the scope of normal edits & may incur additional charges.

4. If approved, all files sent are print ready unless otherwise noted.

Easy enough! I’m all about convenience people.

Cupcakes Party Package

Another fabulous thing Carli does is create party packages. Your customized package will be emailed via PDF within 2 days. The package consists of:

Personalized items:
1. Banner: Name & Age
2. Cupcake Toppers: Name, Age, 1 Picture
3. Favor Tags: Message & Name
4. Select Signs (ie. Name’s Party
5. Shirt Designs: Name & Age

You can use these designs for the following:

Basic crafting supplies required for assembly. All pages are formatted to be printed as an 8.5×11.

Included:
-Fill In invite
-Folded thank you design (2 per page)
-Happy Birthday Banner
-Party Hats
-Favor Tags
-Various food label/place card designs (flat & tent)
-Cupcake toppers
-Favor Box
-Welcome Signs
-Party Signs (food, drinks, restroom, etc.)
-Large Pennant Banner
-Small Pennant Banner (high chair bunting)
-T-Shirt Design (requires printable transfer paper)
-Door & Chandelier Decorations
-Cupcake Wrappers
-Patterned Papers
-Napkin Wraps
-Water Bottle Wraps
-Instructions
& more!

I totally am smitten with this idea! How fab would it be that for $20 you have everything you need to decorate a party. LOVE!

And, Carli was kind enough to answer some questions and offer one of you lucky readers a $30 gift certificate to her shop! Thanks Carli!

1. What made you want to start an Etsy shop?

I started my etsy shop on a whim. Just thought I would list a few Christmas cards ideas in 2008 for a bit of extra Christmas shopping money. Things went well & I grew it from there!

2. What is your favorite item in your shop?

My favorite item is probably the baseball party package as I designed it for my son’s 3rd birthday & he loved it!

3. How did you come up with your shop’s name?

I love a dimple on a smiling face.

4. Do you take custom orders?

I do take a limited number of custom orders per month.

Now, onto the giveaway!

How to enter:

Please fill out the Google form below. No entries will be accepted via the comments form. You can enter by filling out the form ONE TIME PER DAY!

Mandatory Entry: You must visit Carli’s shop and let me know which item is your fave.

Extra Entry: “Like” Fantabulously Frugal on Facebook

Extra Entry: Post about this giveaway on Facebook up to 1x per day

Extra Entry: Follow Carli’s blog

Extra Entry: Follow Fantabulously Frugal OR Fantabulously Frugal in NYC on Twitter

Extra Entry: Tweet about this giveaway up to 1x per day

This giveaway will remain open through March 4, 2012. A winner will be randomly chosen using random.org and announced March 5, 2012.

Good Luck!

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Etsy Monday: Son of a Sailor

by Megan on December 12th, 2011

Sometimes I just talk to Etsy artists and feel as if we should be besties. This was exactly the case with today’s featured Etsy shop, Son of a Sailor. The shop’s owners, William and Jessica, are just as cute as can be. William fancies himself a graphic designer and Jessica is a marketing professional. What they both have in common is their playful spirit and amazing work! Check it out!

Leather Bracelet- White

Chevron is all the rage these days! However, I totally want to wear this pattern, but am slightly terrified. Sometimes when I try to wear trends I tend to look like I’m trying too hard. This is a great way to be trendy! This bracelet is also handpainted, so no two bracelets are exactly the same. I love that.

Hot Air Balloon card

This card is black, white and coral, which are three of my favorite colors! If they aren’t yours, no fret! This card can be customized just for you!

Framed Vintage Paperback: Slipping Beauty

This piece of art serves dual purposes. One, it’s fab and can be hung or placed as is to add a vintage touch to your decor. Two, the paperback is in great condition so you can totally read some short stories from Avon Books from 1952. I know just the room I’d put this in!

William and Jessica were kind enough to answer some questions. Enjoy!

1. How did you and William come up with your Etsy shop?

William and I began creating together the first time we ever met. One of our first projects together were the button earrings (seen in our etsy shop) and things only grew from there! After a year of dating long-distance–I was in San Francisco and he was in Austin–I decided to move back to Texas, where I had lived for 10 years prior. Once I got back, William and I continued making, and with the encouragement of a friend that owns a jewelry boutique here in town, we opened an Etsy shop with our first collection in May.

2. What material(s) do you enjoy working with the most?

I think, for us, it’s a tossup between brass and leather. Brass, with it’s nautical affiliations, proved to be the best material for the current collection. Brass has a fantastic quality about it when it antiques–the unique markings in the metal come out, and it earns a beautiful patina. It can also be polished to stay shiny and golden—we like that it has two extremes! Leather has a warm and rustic feel to it. It is beautiful when left alone, but also makes for a fantastic foundation for the addition of designs–both tooled and painted. Leather has a lasting quality to it that translates for both men and women, which we appreciate.

3. What is your favorite color? What is William’s favorite color?

Jessica: My favorite color changes…I suppose you could say that I’m fickle! Currently, I am in love with deep fall colors, like cranberry red, navy blue, and forest green. But I’m desperately in love with adding neon splashes to this kind of a color palette—just a bit of florescent pink or orange instantly turns a color palette that was very popular in the early 90s into a modern, playful theme. But two months ago, I was gung-ho seafoam green and light pink. I still love those. Can my answer be all of them?

William: Turquoise.
: )

4. What is your favorite item in your shop?

Jessica: It’s really hard to pick one–we don’t create things that we don’t love! I would say that I rotate every few weeks between pieces that I wear. Right now I’m wearing the Large 30″ Triangle Chevron Necklace, and I really love it! It seems to go with so many outfits—from a cute patterned dress to a T-shirt and jeans! I also wear the Black and White Chevron Lariat bracelet with a “J” initial almost every day.

William: My favorite is Jessica Blake. Oh, my favorite item in the shop? I really like the Pecos Handpainted bracelet in white with the yellow chevron pattern–the mustard color seems to be spot on for the fall season, and it’s really easy to wear!

Thank you so much William and Jessica!

Holiday Gift Ideas for $0 – Get Holiday Cards, Calendars, Labels, and More

by Lisa on December 5th, 2010

Vistaprint is currently offering 10 holiday items for FREE. {The best price, right?}

The free options currently include:

250 business cards
1 photo wall calendar
140 holiday return address labels
10 5×7 holiday cards
10 4×8 holiday cards
1 mug
100 holiday postcards
1 photo flip book
1 tote bag
1 sticky note pad

The last time Vistaprint ran this promotion you could get one of each of the free items for … free. All you have to do is pay shipping and handling.

Click here to head to Vistaprint now!!!

Heads up – the last time we wrote about Vistaprint fab reader Erin told us that after placing an order and filling out a customer survey Vistaprint automatically signed her up for their Rewards Program, which costs $14.95 per month. {Ouch.} Vistaprint is a fab company because they print a wide assortment of items very inexpensively, just beware that you do not inadvertently sign up for this awful-sounding program.

Register to Receive a $10 Off $10 Hallmark Coupon

by Lisa on November 20th, 2010

Remember last year around this time how Hallmark offered a coupon for $5 off any in-store purchase of $5 or more? Well, that deal is available again this year, although that coupon can only be found in select magazines. It’s not a printable, which is a bummer because I used that coupon to buy many, many, many rolls of wrapping paper.

Although, all is not lost. Right now when you sign up to receive Hallmark emails you can choose from one of two coupons: $10 off an in-store purchase of $10, or 25% off an online purchase. You know which I chose, right?

The only caveat is that whether or not you’re a mom you must pretend to be one as the form asks for “mom’s name,” “mom’s address,” and the birth dates of mom’s children. Since I have a fur baby, I used his information as my child. If anyone looks at the form they may be a little confused about why I named my child Bacon, but what can you do?

Click here to claim your Hallmark coupon now!!!

Vera Bradley: Free Mini Note Cube w/$65+ In-Store Purchase

by Lisa on November 3rd, 2010

I thought I’d share this with any of you planning on making in-store Vera Bradley purchases before November 15, 2010.

When you spend $65 or more at select VB stores you will get one of the adorable mini note cubes above for free. No, this isn’t the best freebie ever, but those cubes are darn cute!

Click here to read the fine print and to find a participating store near you.

50% Off Select Flat Cards at Amy Adele

by Lisa on October 11th, 2010

Right now at Amy Adele flat note cards are 50% off! I know this seems like a random sale to feature, but you all know how much I love paper products… and isn’t the Amy’s Bee Flat Card ridiculously cute?

I love that you can get the cute design and also fill in the text at Amy Adele, so they’ll come printed and ready to go, like the Superhero Flat Card above.

ALL of the Amy Adele cards are this cute, and would make perfect gifts for kids and adults alike!

8 cards normally costs $10.32, but through October 31, 2010 8 cards will cost just $5.16. And of course you can get them in larger increments as well! No promo code is necessary – all of the cards included in the sale {all 162 styles} are already marked down.