{Monday Morning}

Well it certainly has been a while since I last posted something here! Hope you are all doing well and getting prepared for Christmas. Here (in the UK) there has been lots of snow - so deep that when Toby goes for a walk all you can see is his head and back! I have been so busy recently with freelance design work & making lots of orders, but as time is running out in the run up to Christmas, I thought I would post a little reminder of the last dates that things can be posted out to get to you all in time for Christmas.

The last dates for custom orders was:
Tuesday 30th of November (sorry if you missed out!)

Last dates for shipping in time for Christmas:
UK:
Monday 20th of December:
1st class

Wednesday 22nd December:
Special Delivery

Elsewhere:
Friday 10th December:
Western Europe, Eastern Europe, USA and Canada

Places that can no longer get things in time for Christmas (sorry!):
South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Far East (including Japan), Australia and New Zealand

Oh also....I mentioned on twitter recently, that I would do a blog post about the decorative tape and the many ways you can use it (which I will hopefully get up on the blog tomorrow)

I also forgot to mention here the opening of my new big cartel shop, which can be found here!! - www.shop.mr-yen.com, it has been open since the 1st of December and has already made a sale, which is a good start! I will be slowly using my etsy shop, less & less in the new year and focusing on my own shop, but I didn't want to close my etsy shop as I have received some great customers from there. Anyway I have lots more work I should be doing so...

I Hope you all have a productive Monday!

{WIP Wednesday}

This week I have been finishing up the wholesale order I received last week and I now have a proud war wound on my index finger... It's only a small lump, but it aches and stings so much I am going to have to give papercutting a rest for today!

In other news the mrYen decorative Christmas tape has arrived and is now for sale in my etsy shop! & I will be creating a blog post next week showing the many ways that the tape can be used, other than wrapping packages!

{WIP Wednesday}

Well, it's been quite a while since I blogged and the whole planning posts didn't happen either as I have just been to busy (which is a good thing! I'm not complaining!)

I just thought I would check in to let you know that I am so busy recently as I have just received my first wholesale order, which I will reveal next week, once it is all sent off! ...& to let you know that the next 10 orders from my Etsy shop get a free postcard as seen in Computer Arts magazine (and above) I also included some images that I have taken recently from around the apartment as I have just acquired a nice set of letterpress letters from Handmade By Alison.

Other important bits of information you might like to know, well in advance, are the last dates for mrYen orders to be shipped out and the last date I will be accepting custom orders to get to you in time for Christmas, which I have detailed below:

Last date for custom orders:
Tuesday 30th of November

Last dates for shipping in time for Christmas:
UK:
Monday 20th of December:
1st class

Thursday 23rd December:
Special Delivery

Elsewhere:
Monday 6th December:
South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Far East (including Japan), Australia and New Zealand

Friday 10th December:
Eastern Europe, USA and Canada

Monday 13th December:
Western Europe

Hope to see you back here on Friday!

{Monday Morning}

This morning I finally got around to photographing some of my new Xmas stock & have listed some seasonal greeting cards and a set of four matching tags. I also managed to photograph & list the limited edition papercut in my etsy shop now, with only 10 editions being available!

Each card (as you can see above) has a deep ruby red interior and a bright snow white exterior, with a hand cut design. The set of four tags match the designs of the cards and are also red and white.

Making, photographing & writing the descriptions for these products is getting me all excited for the holiday season, plus, now with it getting darker earlier, it makes me think of Christmas and I can't wait to start buying & making presents for people too!

Hope you have had a productive Monday!

{WIP Wednesday}

Hello! Its been a while since I actually sat down & took the time to blog. How are you all?

This week I took Toby to get his final injection which means he can go out in a week! While we were at the vets we got him micro chipped too which was slightly painful for him and he even bled a bit. Now all the initial vet visits have been made, he doesn't have to go back for another year now, unless something happens to him (lets hope it doesn't!) so I can get back into a routine for work again.

I have also slowly been making my way through the festive products (1.2) that I will be releasing for the Christmas period and have slowly started setting up a mrYen big cartel shop too! I am aiming to open the big cartel shop with the new products early in November, just in time for all those Christmas orders! Also, this week I am planning on creating a few blog posts for the week ahead to see how it works out as I'm getting so busy now I keep putting this blog on the back burner! (but I have fancied up the blog header a bit!)

Oh....also, since setting myself up as a freelance designer/maker I decided I should create limited edition papercuts for special occasions, such as the one I have designed above, so I will only be making 10 of these. Keep an eye out for them once they are released! & I will be splitting them between my etsy shop & my new big cartel shop.

Hope your having a good week!

{Monday Morning}

This morning I have been out and about gathering supplies to create some more Christmas designs. So today I will be creating packs of hand cut gift tags - in sets of 5, and packs of hand cut decorations - in sets of 4, with two deep berry red & two snow white. I can't wait to get started as I'm feeling very festive due to all these luxurious colours!

Hope you have a productive Monday!

{friday morning....New Years Day}

a lot of blogs will have a round up of their year, this blog has not yet been active for a year so I have decided to create a quicker more interesting post using photos. You can find my 2009 in pictures here. I took one photograph from each month that I felt was the most interesting or prominent for that month.

Below is January 2009 - It is a hand stitched mathematical illustration that I created. You can see the rest here.

{wednesday morning}

First thing this morning I have had a check up at the dentist and later in the evening I will be going with some friends for a late Xmas meal, So I think today is time to start the mammoth task that is the dissertation in between. I will be doing some reading, some writing and some organising of the order of quotes/citations and chapters. I thought I would also include a few WIP shots of some papercuts I have been working on, in the post, as its been a while since I have posted any work in progress...

Yesterday I posted about some new products to be listed for my Etsy shop this year and I thought I would get started straight away, staring with an original customisable silhouette of your choice. The first image below is a papercut silhouette of me that I have listed as an example of what your customised papercut could look like. (which is an actual paper example, its not a digital illustration)

*With every custom silhouette order, you will also receive the cut out section of the head silhouette for free!* (like the second image)



The following images are papercuts I have created for the Cut Click mail art exhibition. More details here.

{back for business}

I have decided to open my shop early and get a nice head start on the year. I have also removed all the Xmas stock and will be adding some new products. Any orders placed between now and January 3rd will be posted on January 4th.

I am planning to bring paper cut silhouettes into the shop, some bird silhouette paper cuts, some paper cut covered notepads, some small paper cut votive candle covers and a few other paper cut treats, that will be revealed further in the new year.