It feels nice to put up some new designs, it has been two months!
I bet I’m going to get a flood of out-of-office auto-replies from the mailing list this time, lucky vacationers :D
Over the last few days I’ve been doing my annual check of sales and statistics and spreadsheets. I like to take stock at the end of each year and freshen things up to make way for new offerings, and that means quite a few designs are being discontinued from the lettersets and write-on labels. They are all marked on their respective product pages now, and will disappear as soon as current stock runs out. In addition the 4×6″ versions of prints are now discontinued, though I can still produce these by special request if you email. I’ve also had to make minor adjustments to the prices of a couple of items but most are unchanged. Some of my suppliers have raised their prices but in most cases I’ve been able to compensate by purchasing larger quantities, hooray!
Now this is uploaded I may just go back to bed for a long-weekend sleep-in… mmm…
It’s time for the annual festive update – I know, I know, Christmas is still quite far away, but that’s the nature of sending goods in the mail!
Please note our holiday shipping guidelines over on the right if you’re interested in giving N&B for Christmas.
There won’t be a Decmber update because everything is so busy at that time of year, so these are the last new products until 2010 (!!) but I’ll still be posting drawings and links and kitten photos here :)
Yay, the new stamps and notepads arrived! I am very happy with them.
People often ask me for more feline designs, so I hope this letterset and notepad goes down well. Also, these stamps include some of the most-requested designs from the responses to the rubber stamp competition I ran a wee while ago :D
As always, the update announcement I sent out to the mailing list has revealed lots of email addresses that no longer exist, so if you’ve changed email recently you’ll need to subscribe again with your new address or you’ll be missing out on the special offers!
And just as a heads up, there’s a few write-on label, rubber stamp and button/magnet designs which will be discontinued when current stock runs out. They’re all marked on the product pages so please check it out if there’s something you’ve had your eye on.
Here’s the situation with the October update: I lost nearly a week’s ability to work on developing products with my computer out of action, and I’ve got shipments of new rubber stamp designs and a new notepad due to arrive next week.
I’d really like to include those in the update, as there will be lots of other things coming out in November (festivity!) so I’m going to hold off until they’ve arrived. I expect the update will be ready Thursday or Friday next week. It’s later than usual, but I think it will be worth the wait :)
New designs this month:
P.S. I am having some mailing list issues today (argh!) – if you’re a subscriber your copy of the email might not arrive right away, but I’ll be doing everything I can to make sure nobody misses out.
New designs this month:
The Oh! Angora! Letterset is quite a special item as this was one of the very first N&B designs launched way back in 2005. I’ve been thinking about those rabbits rather fondly recently, so I thought a reissue would be fun. I did have to re-draw the design as the files weren’t in the best shape, so it’s a little different to the original, but I hope you enjoy the new-and-improved version!
Also, some advance notice: I will be taking a break from shipping for about a week later this month while we move house. I expect that to be around the 16th-22nd, but it might shift a day or so in either direction – I will post exact order cut-off times here once we’ve made our final arrangements!
New this month:
Thank you to everyone who stopped by here and gave me feedback on potential button/magnet designs. I ended up using most of them, though I made a few changes along the way. It was really good to hear what you liked best, and I’ll probably do more of that in future!
Also, don’t forget I’m now taking on a limited number of commissioned amigurumi pieces if you miss out on this month’s panda, or would like to choose your own colours! Email me for more information if you’re interested :)
New this month:
* Grey Gorilla Amigurumi
* Grocery Bag Shopping Notepad
* Prints in a new 4×6″ format
So far I have 24 prints listed in the new size, but if they prove popular I will be adding more. Please feel free to email me if there’s a specific design you’d like in a 4×6″ format – there are a few where it will not be possible due to the nature of the illustration (and in the case of some of the older designs I may not have a suitably high resolution version) but I will make it for you if at all possible!
This month’s update is all about rubber stamps, with new and restocked designs and lovely new packaging. I’m so pleased with these clear boxes – they look fantastic, and they are quite sturdy, so you can use them long-term to keep your stamps clean and tidy, and to stop them from getting other things all inky!
The April update will be in the usual format with a variety of new products, but I needed to keep things simple this time as it’s been so busy since we got back.
To keep you up to date, orders are now being processed as usual – that’s within 1-2 business days – and the Sketchbook Sweeties will return on Friday :)
P.S. Each time I send a mailing list message I have a few copies returned because people have changed their email addresses. If you have a new email address and want to continue getting our update notices, including a special offer for mailing list members every month, you will need to subscribe again. Thank you!
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