Sold!

So maybe I'm not the best at this blogging thing. I'm not very consistent.

Oh well!

I had my first two REAL sales on Etsy! The first was for FIVE grocery bags -- custom order. A lady in New York wanted two of the green tree and three of the brown nature bags to give to her mom for Christmas.

"Sweet!" I thought. "I already have two green tree bags made, I just need to make the three brown bags!"

Then I went to cut the fabric.

There was not enough for three bags. Only two.

"No biggie. I'll just go to JoAnn and pick some more up."

Right.

Four JoAnn's, one Hancock Fabrics, one Beverly's later, lots of online searching and phone calls, and no luck. Apparently, this is a very popular fabric. One fabric cutter lady at JoAnn (I don't remember which one - maybe in Fremont?) told me that a lady had come in earlier that day and bought the whole stinkin' bolt. Grr. Couldn'ta left ONE yard?

But I digress.

My customer was very understanding with the whole ordeal and agreed to two brown bags and three green bags.

Throw into the mix of that fiasco another order for two green tree grocery bags, and you've got one frazzled lady! I had made a custom order listing for the first order, not thinking to take off the original listing, making it look like I had two bags just a-waitin' to be shipped. Since I was short the brown nature fabric and wasn't going to be able to ship the first order until I'd found it, I went ahead and shipped my first two bags to the second order-er. I was still ahead of schedule on the first order's shipment once I finally did get it out.

Anyhow, all in all, I made my first real money on my first real orders from real people that I don't even know!

I took pictures of the finished package, but for some reason, I can't find them. I'll blame Cody. :) For now.

Off to rescue a crying baby!