So far it's been worth it.

Last night we made our way to Dunn Brothers Coffee to hang some of our artwork on their walls. As I said in a previous post, Dunn Brothers will let local artists sell their art right from their walls. Everyone benefits ~ they don't have to decorate and we hopefully get more exposure.

In December we had gone to Dunn Brothers to check the place out and we're a bit discouraged at the set up. We had decided not to do it. Last week I told JB that it was feeling like we were putting all our eggs in one basket by just having our stuff on Etsy. Even if we didn't sell anything at Dunn Brothers, you never know who would take our business card and buy something off Etsy.

Just as we were finishing hanging up our artwork, some lady walked up and asked what we were doing. We started chatting about Etsy and able mabel. She asked what she need to do if she wanted to buy a picture! She sat down and wrote us out a check right then and there. As she was leaving she said "Happy Birthday to me!"

Even if that's all we sell....it was all worth it!

Miss me?

Did you wonder what happened to me today? Usually I update in the morning but from the minute I woke up this morning I've been racing!

Today JB and I took off to IKEA. It's about an hour from where we live. It is snowing today so the trip down there took longer than normal. We left our toddlers behind, checked our 5 year olds into the daycare there and shopped in peace! (well relatively speaking..I had my hip ornament on me..aka...my baby) We got what we needed there, swung thru Archivers and broke for home. Our babysitters were very pleased at how fast we were. We didn't have much choice because we still had to get ready for Dunn Brothers Coffee Shop tonight. As I sit here (I'm listing a 2008 planner, multi-tasking!) JB is downstairs finishing a few things up.

One thing I didn't anticipate when we started able mabel was the amount of custom orders we'd get. It's absolutely wonderful! We now have 4 in the works. Busy, busy, busy!

That's all for now...Supper prep awaits!

That's what I get!

This morning my baby woke up at 7:00, happy as a lark. I had no choice but to get out of my nice warm bed and get her ready for the day. By 8:00 husband and son were on their way out the door to the skating rink and I was whipping up a batch of blueberry muffins. As I was putting them into the muffin pan, feeling very pleased with myself for being so "with-it", amibitious, domestic, energetic, etc, I realized I forgot to grease the muffin pan! Oh no! There was nothing I could do at that point. I caught my mistake before I did the last 6. So now I have 6 muffins and 12 mushins. (or as my 3 year old told me "6 fixed and the rest broken")

Note to self: As soon as you feeling/acting smug, something will bring you back to reality.

able mabel is taking another weekend off. I'm just going to blog today (okay and check out the store every once in a while). I'm playing catch up around the house today. Cleaning, baking, laundry, etc. It actually sounds fun because it all needs to be done so bad!



I love this newest listing in our store! JB cranked it out when she was on a roll this week!

Be good and have a great weekend! See you on Monday!

Today we have...

Annie Howes! Annie's shop is striking. Her banner is awesome, her pictures are crisp and clear and her stuff is so darn cute! I know a few little girls who would love a necklace like this! Plus Annie is all over the Etsy forum boards, featuring other's shops, offering encouraging, etc. (We especially love her because she featured us in her treasury and the item that she picked from our shop sold!)