Dayzee Love designs

Having two shops can mean you sometimes neglect one, this is something I can say from my own experience on Etsy. The main reason I found for this was that I was unsure how to market my original shop.

You may be like me and find it difficult to talk about your skills for fear of sounding like an egomaniac so I sought the help of a fellow Etsian, also one of my regular customers who has no problems translating your thoughts into words!

My shop really needed a focus so I bought a listing from MissYoshi for a Shop Announcement and explained to her the concept behind my work. She got to work quickly and wrote something from my perspective that said exactly what I wanted to say but in a way I felt comfortable with! I now have a direction and can feel confident in marketing my shop.


The Shop Announcement listing I bought also comes with a free rewrite, so when I need to move this on further, possibly in the New Year she will be happy to help me once again! She is a true professional and I would recommend getting some professional help with your shop if you're stumbling to say what you feel!

I've got the itch to start writing again! It's been 2 years since Blowback magazine folded and I haven't written any games reviews since then. It was a regular monthly thing for me for 5 years and now nothing! :(

I've been doing a bit of dabbling on Helium after it was recommended to me by a good friend of mine and it's got that side of my brain ticking. I've expressed my interest in writing for a couple of websites and set up a new wordpress blog but didn't have an avatar.

I got chatting with Carl Rothwell from Fulltilt in the Etsy chat room and he had some great ideas for it so I commissioned him to make me a Space Daisy.

Take a look at my lovely new avatar!

Thanks Carl for making this groovy picture for me! I can't wait to get it online and start writing again! :)

This week you can definitely see that Autumn (Fall) is on it's way. Monday was the first morning when the light didn't peek in under the blind to help me wake up for work. Then the bathroom light didn't work and I dropped a lot of things down the toilet! :p

Although I love being outside in the Summer I think Autumn is my favourite season. It was a very pleasant surprise when I found that missyoshi had created a Fall treasury and included one of my skeleton leaf pendants in it.

I'm now looking forward to making more Autumn / Fall products and listing them in my shop.

It's been far too long since I wrote in my blog. I've been trying to juggle a few too many things and have certainly dropped a few of them along the way. My blog is now so far behind I really don't know where to start!

I'm drawing a line in the sand from here ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
anything I missed I will compile and put up on the new web site that I am currently working on. From here on I will dedicate an hour every evening to post up any important news. Let's see how long that lasts before I fall behind again.

Last week on my day off I organised a treasury. It was very enjoyable and it made me realise that there are still quite a few people that I want to include in a future treasuries.

Here is my Lazy Day Treasury :)

Just some of the many items I was browsing and wishing I could buy. I so need those wellies! :0

As I've been having quite a few ideas lately that don't involve any graphics at all I thought the range of items in my shop was becoming a little too diverse. To avoid confusion I thought I would open a second shop and have my shiny pretty things in one shop and my graphics work in another.

Here is the new shop banner for my graphics shop. The idea was for it to be similar enough to my original shop for people to realise it's still me! It's called Dayzee Love Designs!

Sidebar Adverts

I opened up the shop with a few special offers. I'm offering the first 5 people to purchase a 'Sidebar Advert' a special $2 taster. This is in the hope that if it works out for them they will want to come back for other adverts when they get a new range of stock or have a specific sale.

I've sold 2 of the 5 so there's still a chance to get a bargain here. Owlbot's advert is completed and PastryStitches is arranging photos for her advert.


Thank You Love Hearts pins and magnets

You may remember that I had an idea to make 'Thank You Love Hearts' for your customers, to drop in with their order just to say thanks. They have a double purpose in that they can wear the pin button ones on their coats, bags or hats and the magnets will go nicely on fridges or desks. This way they will always have your etsy shop address handy should they want to recommend it to someone.

I'm offering $2 tasters on the 'Customised Thank You Love Heart Pin Buttons'. You can try 10 for $2. Your shop name is added and the message then says 'Thanks for shopping @ your shop name'. If your customers love them come back and order a larger order at a special rate.

There are 'Customised Thank You Love Heart Magnets' too. You get 5 for $2 and again, if they are worthwhile as a form of advertising you can order a larger amount next time.

Business Card taster

I also have $2 tasters on Business cards. If you have an idea for a business card but aren't sure if it will work this is perfect for you. Use the special offer to try 10 business cards so you can do a little market research. I will make you up a basic design for you to test out.

This post is a little bit of a mix of promotion for my web design skills and one of my web customers.

For the last 4 years now I've been web designing for a customer who has two beautiful villas in Gocek, Turkey. It's a pleasure to work on as the photographs of the place are amazing.


Not only is the subject matter amazing but the customer is lovely too, so this project has been an enjoyable one.

This year due to all the advances in web design and the efforts that browsers such as Firefox and Safari have been making to use the web standards of the W3C we decided to update the look of the site quite substantially.

This new site is a mixture of HTML and CSS and is very clean and crisp looking. It has the modern feel of a blog while still having the professional edge of a web site. The pages are designed to be limitless so that new content can be added often without distorting the look of the page. Due to a snazzy bit of coding from Andreas Viklund, the navigation is fixed no matter how far you scroll.

Take a look at the site live here: www.villasyasemin.com

It's a beautiful place to visit, I'm hoping to go there myself this year. If you're looking for a holiday destination I can definitely recommend it.

The owners have recently started a blog so they can keep people up to date with how things are going while they are out in Turkey for the holiday season. Take a look and follow it too: villasyasemin.blogspot.com

If anyone reading this is looking for a website like this get in touch as we can work out a great price for you: design@dayzee-love.co.uk

It's been an interesting day that started off with a bit of spring cleaning. As it's the first day of my Spring break or Easter holiday I was determined to do as much as I could. I threw out a lot of old junk from my kitchen in the morning and can now see the top of my kitchen table.

I wanted the afternoon to have some kind of achievement to it too so decided to try and get my first treasury. I was amazed when I actually managed to get one but didn't have a clue what I was doing! There isn't a lot to go by and I had no idea why the items on the right had faded slightly.

The result of the treasury has been an exciting one and it has brought a great deal of attention to my shop. I have included a screenshot as it won't be available for very long.

In the meantime while it is still live will you please show it some love in the hope that it may make it to the front page!

My first treasury! Thanks! O.o