Behind the Scenes

Happy Thursday!  Today happens to be our shipping day, so I thought it might be fun to give you a little peek behind the scenes on the night before ship day.  Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win this week's blog candy - the Elegant Cakes cartridge!!  AND - check out how close we are to reaching 2500 followers.  Wow!  We just hit 2000 followers less than 2 months ago!  So to celebrate, NEXT week's blog candy will be a special one.  You all seemed to really love it the one time I did it before, so next week will be a layout designed just for the winner in their choice of theme.  Be thinking about what you'd like next week if you win!

Waiting for directions to be added.

Our team has prepared over 200 kits this month, and about 75% are already sold. Making the kits takes many, many hours of prep - ordering supplies, cutting cardstock and ribbon, writing directions, having someone test the kit, making revisions, printing directions, adding directions to each kit, and sealing it up.

The sold out "R is for Rabbit" kit.

After all of the kits are sealed up and ready, it's still quite the process just going through and making sure we fill each person's order and ship them everything they requested. Each order goes through an assembly line of us filling the box, and it ends with me checking it over before the box is closed up.

Nana Susan's Joy Canvas kit - there are still a few available.

Each box (except for flat rate boxes) then gets weighed, and we print off the shipping labels. This labeling process usually takes 1-2 hours, and then it's off to the post office. We ship Priority Mail, so people normally get their packages 2-3 days later. Plus we have our local Cricut friends who like to stop by and pick up their kits in person.

Twine for the Stampede kits.

After everything is shipped off, it's time to start up again. We all have new kit designs that will be ready to show about a week later, and the process then starts over.

Stampede kits.  This is round 2, and there are still some availabe.

Be sure to check out our new shopping page HERE, complete with shopping cart. This is a MUCH faster and easier way for you to place orders rather than having to email me to make your requests. Plus the other cool thing is that you can now choose between using PayPal or you can use Google checkout, which allows you to use a credit card. And you don't have to wonder if an item is out of stock - it keeps the inventory for us, so if something is out of stock, it'll tell you right away. And finally, you can actually order directions and download them immediately where ever you see that option to add the directions to your cart. We'll soon be adding more directions to some of our retired kits as well.

Becca's Springy Sunshine Blossoms of Life Flowing through the Bubby River of Breezy Happy Moments Cards.  Whew.  Just a couple of these kits left.

Hope you enjoyed the tour! Be sure to check back tomorrow for another fabulous Guest Designer!!