Nest - changing the world one purchase at a time.

Nest is a nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the lives of women in developing countries. The mission of Nest is to support women artisans in the developing world by helping them create sustainable entrepreneurial business.

I will be posting some of my greeting cards for sale on Nest, and 15% of the sales will go towards Nest to support female artists in the developing countries. Nest also sells some amazing arts/products from all over the world...  please check out this site!

Holiday Gift Tags are here!

The holiday gift labels are finally on my Etsy site!  Some of the labels match the holiday cards. These were definitely the popular items at Tiny Canary since they are very affordable and everyone likes to buy one of each kind. 

My shop will be featured on Papernstinch for a month! Please check out and don't forget to vote for your favorite artist!

Holiday cards are here!

I designed some of the holiday cards for the show last weekend, and now they are for sale on my website! They were popular items at the show, and I was happy to see so many good response! After sketching out more than 20 ideas, 8 of them made the final cut : ) Hope everyone will enjoy my cards this year~!

Tiny Canary was a big success!

We had our very first craft show right here in Columbus this past weekend. Tiny Canary was just a perfect craft show for us.. right location, right people, and right size (40 vendors). Everything was a learning process, but Jeff and I had a great time meeting some amazing & creative people over the weekend. Big thanks to people who came to visit our booth.. it was so nice to meet each person who visited. 

Here is the detailed "behind the stage" scenes to prepare for the show...  

A few weeks earlier, I sketched out the booth ideas. My friend, Lovanna helped me making the curtains and the table clothes. 3 of my friends (thanks to Anna, Roz & Lovanna) came over to help me put all the cards/calendar together a couple nights before the show. I bought inexpensive crates & baskets from Flower Factory and spray painted in black. I also purchased inexpensive mini easels from WalMart, and spray painted in black. I bought a carousel card-rack online. I used my dessert plates to display all the labels. I bought a beautiful plant pot at Flower Factory for $2.50 and planted a succulent.. and used it as a display. I designed a sign and printed at Capitol Citicom. I signed up at ProPay and accepted credit cards (big success). 

We are still learning as we do this, but we are also looking forward to our next show! We had such a great time, and it was just an amazing turn out. Thank you so much to Tiny Canary!