Cutie Stuffs

5% Discount Shop Wide - ArtFire

2011-08-22T11:51:00.000-04:00

Shop-Wide Sales! 5% discount on all items. shop wide! no coupon code is needed! Happy Shopping!

PayPal shipping address vs Etsy shipping address

2010-12-16T11:41:00.003-05:00

To my Etsy customers:

About a month ago, Etsy had used the PayPal Express Checkout system on all transactions on Etsy. When a customer proceeds a checkout on Etsy, he/she no longer needs to enter the shipping address. Etsy will take his/her shipping address on PayPal as a mailing address. Therefore, it's important for all customers to know that all orders will be shipped to their PayPal mailing address. Please double check your mailing address on PayPal during checkout!!! If you'd like me to send the order to somewhere else, please convo me!

Some customers didn't change their mailing addresses on PayPal even though they had moved. I strongly suggest you to do so because you're not under PayPal's Buyer Protection Plan if the order is shipped to somewhere else. It protects you and me! Thanks!

Cutie Stuffs

How to Make a Fabric Covered Button Ring (Tutorial)

2010-05-05T15:19:00.002-04:00

Here is my new video of making a fabric covered button ring!

www.CutieStuffs.etsy.com

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CutieStuffs' 1st Anniversary

2010-05-05T14:55:00.004-04:00

It's been 1 year! I've been doing this business for 1 year.....I can't believe that! Time really flies!

I'm so thankful for what I have had in my business this year! Business is unbelievable good which is out of my expectation! Praise God!

Here is a new item on the anniversary day!

E6000 0.5 fl oz http://www.CutieStuffs.etsy.com

Beautiful iphone Faceplate

2010-03-26T11:28:00.004-04:00

Don't you think these iphone face-plates are fabulous? They are made with Swarvoski flatback rhinestones by my beloved sister, Toby! She's so talented, isn't she? She's seriously considering open her own shop on Etsy too!

Check out my shops for these beautiful Swarvoski rhinestones!

New items! Bling Bling Bling!

2010-02-11T11:39:00.006-05:00

I've added some new items to my shops on Etsy and ArtFire. They are beautiful Swarovski Crystal flatback rhinestones! I have stone sizes 9 and 12 in 8 colors: Crystal, Lt Rose, Lt Amethyst, Amethyst, Black Diamond, Vintage Rose, Aquamarine & Lt Sapphire.

You can glue them on cell phones, ipods, iphones, cameras, calculators, t-shirts, shoes, laptops, bluetooths or greeting cards, etc. Here are some samples that my sister, Toby, made! She's awesome!

Please check out my shops:

How to Make a Covered Button & a ponytail holder (Video)

2010-02-02T14:54:00.003-05:00

I finally made a video of how to make a cover button ..... ahhh! Also, I will show you how to make a ponytail holder with the covered button! Here you go:

How to Make a Covered Button Bracelet

2010-01-31T10:27:00.008-05:00

Hi! Making a covered button bracelet is super easy! You can finish making a beautiful bracelet in 15 minutes! It's a great project to do it with kids and teenagers too! I made this blue bracelet with bumble bees & flowers for my daughter. She loves it!!

Step 1:

You'll need these materials: buttons to cover (I use size 24 [5/8" or 1.6cm] here),

a coordinating cover button tool, a bracelet, fabric,

a small piece of felt (it's not in this picture), a E6000 glue, a stick or a toothpick.

Step 2:

Cut a piece of fabric with the pattern you like in the center.

It should be big enough to cover a button.

Step 3:

Because my cover button is a wire eye back (loop/shank),

so I need a pair of pliers to remove the loop out. It's super easy!

Step 4:

Put the piece of fabric on top of the mold (white one), then put the shell of the button on top. Push down and tuck the fabric in the center. Place the back of the button on top of it.

(click here to see step by step tutorial of making a covered button).

Step 5:

Push the pusher (blue one) down.

Step 6:

A covered button is made

Step 7:

Cut a piece of felt as big as the back of the button.

It helps to increase the thickness of the button back which is easier to attach to the bracelet.

Step 8:

Apply the E6000 glue onto the bracelet disks and glue the covered buttons on.

It takes about 5 minutes to dry.

Da Da! It's done!

NEED THESE SUPPLIES? PLEASE VISIT MY SHOPS AT:

www.CutieStuffs.etsy.com

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Addicted to Amigurumi

2010-01-19T21:32:00.006-05:00

Oh! I'm too crazy about amigurumi recently. I can keep crocheting all day long and I never want to stop! I have stocked up many different colors of yarn in my craft cabinet and I need more spaces for them!

I'm here showing you some of my lovely and cutiest amigurumi and crochet works! I love them all. You can also visit my album on flickr.com! Oh! Don't forget to visit my friend, Clara www.6060.etsy.com, as well if you need these plastic safety eyes!

A Beautiful Acrylic Dahlia Adjustable Ring

2010-01-19T21:19:00.003-05:00

I recently bought some beautiful acrylic dahlia cabochons from www.waytobead.etsy.com for my cabochon rings. I bought a bag of 8 dahlia cabochons with 4 different colors - fuchsia, orange, lime green and baby blue. I attached one of them to my 10mm pad adjustable ring blank with an E6000. It dried up in minutes, fantasic! Please stop by my shops at www.CutieStuffs.etsy.com or www.CutieStuffs.artfire.com for these ring blanks!

New Items - Bobby Pins with 10mm Pads

2009-11-23T10:57:00.002-05:00

I recently listed bobby pins with pads in my shops! They are great for covered buttons (sizes 20, 24, 30 or 36), glass, beads, Swarvoski Crystral or cabochons! Check them out!

Color: Silver
Pin size: 2 inches (50mm) long
Pad size: 10mm round

Team ESST

2009-11-19T08:19:00.001-05:00

My Handmade Amigurumi

2009-10-23T18:33:00.007-04:00

I'm addicted to Amigurumi!!!! AMIGURUMI is the Japanese art of crocheting small stuffs animals! I crocheted a whale without pattern couple months ago. My younger daughter loves it so much. When my older daughter asked me to make her one, I couldn't do it again for I didn't write down the pattern! Indeed, I'm not too good at crocheting. I'd better follow patterns!

As I mentioned in my last blog, I bought an amigurumi pattern from http://www.anapaulaoli.etsy.com/. When you scroll down the pictures, you'll see a little cute piggy. Her name is Jacinta!

After making Jacinta, I can't stop making more amigurumi! Therefore, I've made a little bunny, her mommy, her friend which is a little bear! It's so much fun!

Oh! Don't forget to get plastic safety eyes from Clara, my best friend! http://www.6060.etsy.com/. Those plastic safety eyes are so easy to assemble. I use 9mm black eyes for all these animals! good size!

Mammy & Bunny

Bunny & her friend, teddy!

teddy

Jacinta - her cloths are changable

my first amigurumi - a whale

9mm plastic safety eyes from www.6060.etsy.com

New Items-disk and loop bracelets, earring posts and rings

2009-10-20T11:32:00.019-04:00

Hi everyone! It's getting cool in New Jersey now. How's the weather in your state/country?

I've been very busy at crocheting recently! Yes, crocheting is a lot of fun! I'm making some amigurumi for my kids. I bought a pattern from http://www.anapaulaoli.etsy.com/ last week. She is a very nice and sweet seller. She has many cute and easy-make amigurumi patterns in very low prices. She is also an author of 2 amigurumi books! I also ordered some plastic safety eyes from my best friend's shop http://www.6060.etsy.com/. She has many different sizes plastic safety eyes for amigurumi. Good price! Godd seller!

OK! Back to my topic! I have some new inventories in my shop! Look at these beautiful silver-plated and gold color disk-loop bracelets! You can glue on fabric covered buttons, Swarvoski Crystals, grass, pendants, charms and cabochon on them! I love these bracelets!

Silver Plate Disk and Loop Bracelet - Front

Silver-Plated Disk and Loop Bracelet - Back

Gold Color Disk and Loop Bracelet - Front

Gold Color Disk and Loop Bracelet - Back

More! I also have silver plated french hook earwires! They look so beautiful with Swarvoski Crystal! The price is not as expensive as sterling silver, but has great quality!

These were posted yesterday to my shop - 5mm surgical stainless steel earring posts and backs! They have glueable flat pad for fabric covered buttons, grass, Swarvoski Crystal, beads or charms. Each earring post comes with a butterfly nut (back).

5mm earring posts (surgical stainless steel)

Now, I have 10mm flat pad adjustable rings in gold color!

10mm pad adjustable rings

Please visit www.cutiestuffs.etsy.com for these findings!

A Very Cute Pouches Shop - MoonSun

2009-09-18T18:05:00.017-04:00

MOONSUN on Etsy

I've found this cute shop on Etsy! I was so excited to see these cute little pouches by getting in this shop! I love anything from Japan, from Japanese food to Japanese fabrics. This seller, MOONSUN, has so many beautiful and cute pouches made with designer fabrics and Japanese fabrics! I bought a Great Value Set from her last Sunday which was a slim pencil case and a key chain coin pouch! These are the gifts for my friends.

And I couldn't resist to get one for myself! I bought this cute MATRYOSHKA Zip Pouch. haha! Love it! Love it! Love it!!!!

These are the other pouches that I like!

Ooowl!!!!

Sakura!!!
www.moonsun.etsy.com

ESST Weekend Shopping Extravaganza - Sept 5-6

2009-09-03T23:21:00.004-04:00

I'm so excited to become a member of the Etsy Supply Street Team! This ESST Weekend Shopping Extravaganza will be my first participation of the team's event! Please come and join me on September 5th and 6th. You'll find many discounted items such as different sizes of cover button blanks, earring posts, adjustable ring blanks, french hooks and back pins! Don't miss this opportunity!

Recommended in an Israelite Craft Forum...Weee!!!

2009-09-03T23:11:00.002-04:00

About a week ago, I sold few items of cover buttons to a customer who lives in Israel. I got a feedback from her who said it's amazing to receive the package in 6 days! I was happy to know that the package delivered to her hand fast and safely cuz this was my first shipment to Israel!

About a day or two later, I had 3 orders from Israel!!!! I didn't think it's coincident or something. My instant told me that it's related to the first Israelite customer! Then I emailed her and asked if she recommended me to her friends. I was so thrilled to get the answer from her. She remmended me to a local craft forum in Israel! Wow! The "word of mouth" is amazing! It's better than advertizing in many different blogs and sites! Thank to her! Today, I've had another 2 orders from Israel again! Weeeee.....!

How to make Ear Wire Earrings?

2009-08-29T11:28:00.014-04:00

Do you want to make your own designed earrings? Don't think that it's difficult and let it stop your creativity. Here is a tuturial demonstration of making ear wires (French hook earrings). It's easy and so much fun!

First of all, you need the tools (round nose pliers, a side cutter & needle-nose pliers-sorry, the needle nose pliers is not showed in this picture), beads (I have 5mm, 3mm & glass beads) and earring findings (2 head pins, 2 eye pins & 2 French hooks) . In this demonstration, I will make earrings with 2 sections each. This picture shows the layout and order of the design.

Check out my shop for fench hook earring findings.

We'll work on the bottom section first. Arrange beads onto the head pin following the design of the above picture. Then use a pair of needle-nose pliers (here you go!) to bend it over to make a 90 degree angle.

Then cut off excess head pin with the side cutter. Leave approximately 1/4 inch.

Grab the end of the head pin with a pair of round nose pliers and make a loop. But don't close the loop yet because we need to put the eye pin into it to make the top section of the earring.

Now, put the eye pin into the loop. Then use the round nose pliers to make a closed loop.

Again, arrange the beads onto the eye pin following the designed on the first picture.

Then cut off the excess eye pin leaving approximately 1/4 inch. Use the round-nose pliers to make a loop. Before you close the loop, remember to put the french hook into the loop.

A beautiful ear wire is finished. Follow the above instruction to make the second piece.

Need french hooks? Check ou my stores here!

Cute earrings by BeBeCha

2009-08-20T19:18:00.012-04:00

These are the earrings I bought from an Etsy seller, BeBeCha! Are they so cute? When I opened the package, my daughter, Kristen, was so excited - she kept saying "I love them! I love them!" Yes, they are so beautiful!

I've also found that she has beautiful headbands! Check her out on Etsy! http://www.bebecha.etsy.com/. She's doing a sale on earrings now. If you buy 3 earrings, the 4th is free! It's a nice shop! Don't miss it!

How to Make a Covered Button?

2009-08-19T22:44:00.007-04:00

Covered Buttons-Supplies

2009-08-16T11:13:00.000-04:00

Great Accounting File by AccountingSPOT

2009-08-13T16:53:00.004-04:00

I've found a great accounting Excel file from AccountingSPOT's blog. It's free to download. The great thing is it's designed for Etsy and small business! You have to try it out!

http://www.accountingspotonline.com/2009/07/free-download-simple-profit-loss.html

Agnes

Proud to be a member of Etsy Supply Street Team

2009-08-12T14:43:00.003-04:00

I'm so happy today that I've been accepted as a member as the Etsy Supply Street Team (ESST)! Wow! I really consider myself as a supplier now! haha!

How to cover a button?

2009-08-05T11:51:00.010-04:00

Many of my customers are questioning how to make a fabric covered button. Indeed, it's very easy and quick! Even my 6-year-old daughter, Kristen, can make fabric cover buttons by herself! I've taken some pictures of the process so that you'll have an idea how easy it is!

Appreciations from my Customers!

2009-08-05T11:34:00.006-04:00

I've been on Etsy for 3 months and I'm so thankful that I'm doing great there! I had 210 sales in 3 months which was more than I expected. I really believe that good customer service makes a success! I usually pack and ship out items immediately. By using PayPal to print out shipping labels which informs my customers that packages are being shipped. That gives them a peace of mind! Here are some feedbacks from my customers who appreciate my fast shipping!

"Thank you again!Excellent quick delivery!" by thecrochetycrocheter

"Arrived so quickly - really appreciate the service AAAAA" by sheebahcraft

"Superfast post - well packed - many thanks" by sheebahcraft

"Item shipped fast. Highly recommend. I will use her again to purchase my supplies." by bugsyb

"Awesome seller! So personable and great to work with! Quick shipping and great products ;)" by Bebecha

"speedy delivery and speedy answer to initial inquiry." by theBeadtanicalGarden

"Faster than the speed of light !! Thank you" by lasourisaplumes

"Wonderful seller! Great communication, super-fast shipping... Thank you so much!" by adelineandalice

"Thanks very much for the exceptionally fast shipment!" by thecrochetycrocheter

"i will always order my supplie from cutiestuffs. fast delivery and great communication." by tiateeper

I really appreciate and thank you for all my customers!!!