Rainy Day Magnets - Giveaway!

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Whew! I was going to post this on Monday, but given that I could find NO batteries in the house to take pictures with I was a little bit doomed!

However, since we have gotten another 1.25 inches of rain in the last 24 hours, I think the rainy day magnets are still appropriate!

So, here is a picture of the cute little rainy day magnets I did! One rainy clip magnet, for you to keep up with that list of rainy day stuff you need, and 3 button magnets one with rain drops and two with puffy white clouds on an orange sky ... because orange and light blue is just such a fabulous combination!!

You get the 4 magnets and they will arrive in a clear top magnet tin ... so you can store other goodies too!

I've made two sets of these, so the other set is available only in my Etsy shop!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/82729936/rainy-day-magnets-in-clear-lid-magnet

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This is open to everyone worldwide, and the winner will be drawn on Wednesday, October 5th 2011 by putting the number of comments into a random integer generator. Contest closes at 7am eastern daylight time on Wednesday, October 5th 2011.

New Large Coupon Organizers

I've just listed some new large coupon organizers in my shop! Here is a sneak peak!

You can see all coupon organizers Here!

Day of the week magnets!

Keep up with your daily lists with these day of the week magnets!













Use them to post your daily todo list, menu, things to mail during the week, or just as a complimentary magnet to your office decor!

Organizing - Up and outa there!

So, since I missed a few weeks of organizing projects there ... I thought I should do a couple extra this week!

You may remember reading about my epiphany that I had on Monday - that my desk was always a mess because I was setting myself up for it to be that way ... So, I am doing something about that!

This is actually a picture of the Cleaned up desk ... but you might notice that overflowing basket of stuff I need to sort. Not the nicest thing to look at!

So, I found it a new home INSIDE the cabinet! I actually had another storage thingy in here before, but since I only use it a few times a year, I decided that it could live somewhere else!

Now my storage for important things and things I need to sort is right next to me when I am sitting at the desk.

I'll have to make sorting it a project for next week!


















Also earlier this week I came up with this fabulous idea to put magnets underneath my cabinets, and store some of the items I have for sale there until they sold!

However, I liked the idea so much ... and decided that I could use those containers for organizing ... I decided to just take some out and keep them for myself! So, now I have this whole little section where all of the different size buttons and grommets I need are labeled and in easy reach!

I think it looks pretty neat too!


Now I just need to get all of these photographed and listed for sale! I am going to see if I can round out the sets though and make them all sets of three! I think I will even include a magnet in case someone wants to put them under their cabinets too!

Getting Organized for a Craft Show

Hello World! You can find me on the web at www.mooremagnets.com

So, I am going to be in a craft show this Saturday, Arts on Easy Street in Salisbury, NC. I have been assigned to space number 2 - I don't think I have every been this close to the entrance before, so I think I need to be really organized and keep my space neat. So, here is what I am doing/have done in the past.

I have plastic see-through bins for products, tools, show props, supplies, and unfinished product to work on. I don't mix any of these items together anymore so that set up and take down are organized looking. I have found that this is very beneficial because shoppers and vendors (and vendors are shoppers too!) are watching so you want to look organized at all times.

I have table cloths that I made out of sheets (got a great deal on them at the outlet store on clearance) that reach the floor to cover all of the bins under the tables. I use PVC pipe and PVC clamps (I will try to take a picture this weekend) to hold the cloths down at the bottom - The wind is always a factor!

I pack my SUV (couldn't do this in the Honda!) so that I can fit as much product as possible. In fact, I have in the past left some of my booth set up at home so that I could have more product instead. I try to pack so that the items (like the tent and sandbags) are the first things out and last things in the car.

I have a separate card table that I use only for checkout and what I am working on so that I am not mixing unfinished with finished product. I forgot this table at my last show, and realized that this is essential to me a shows! I keep bags, a receipt book, and calculator in their own box (one that has a lid) so that I am not looking for these items every time I have a sale.

I display items so that people can touch the items and see the quality that goes into my work. I mix things up in the displays, as I have found that when I display like items together people don't see everything.

I have items that are from 50 cents up to $50 so that I have something for every price range. I can't tell you how many times I have covered my booth fee from only selling the 50 cent items!

I wear an apron with my logo on it, but I don't keep my $ in the apron pockets - I do keep business cards handy at all times!

Talk to people, smile, tell them how much I enjoy what I do!