Naughty Naughty Brusselsprouts.....

My sense of humour has finally got me into trouble....its taken 38years but yes I am officially in trouble. I have been told by facebook that a post of mine was 'offensive' & I have been 'reported'. I suppose I should be feeling chastised by this but I dont really as I posted a photo of a fully clothed person that has been circulating on the internet for quite awhile & my intent was only to lighten the mood of facebooks recent changes which had started a mild mass hysteria amongst business pages.

Obviously not everyone was offended by it as I received the most likes,comments & shared pics I have ever received, a total of approx 310 combined in the space of 2hours. I dont think this is a massive achievement in facebook interaction as some pages put up a 'ballot' for something & get 200 comments in 10 minutes.

Here is the extremely offensive picture & please feel free to avert your gaze, or unlike my business page or not follow this blog................

yes folks it is a person whose identity is not shown & they are wearing leggings........arrrrgggghhh! the indignity how dare I??? Facebook is a business/networking tool & not a popularity contest & I would hate small businesses or wahms to give up on their dreams because they felt invisible on this one marketing avenue because of all posts saying you need likes, you don't you are all fabulous xx

Things that make you go Hhhmmmm #13......

I would think that is the bike seat but then I look at her expression & it makes me go Hhhmmmmmmmmm.....

Dear Dad, Happy Fathers Day, Sorry about the Banana's........

Being Fathers Day I decided to buy Mr Sprout a rare treat to take to work today.......a banana.

Still costing $12 a kilo it is a rare treat indeed to have them in the house. Unfortunatley I forgot to tell my husband I had purchased them, a whole 4 of them which totalled $10.97, so he went to work without one.

I thought it might be wise to move them to a higher shelf before they were discovered by the boys ......obviously I was too late.

Cheat Sheet for Men.....

Shop 4 Kids Spring

A gorgeous handmade product that I stock has been featured in the latest issue of Shop 4 Kids - Spring 2011 the vintage print kewpie onesie!

Shop the Shoot Pg 146

I love these retro prints & have many more designs available online & instore in either the onesie or t-shirt version.

Thankyou Shop 4 Kids x

Business upfront..........& a party in the back.

This morning I have to be all about business for a few minutes in regards to pre-ordered & sale items. I would just like to re-iterate that I only hold these items for 1 week after they arrive.

Listing & sorting & emailing & messaging regarding this stock is time consuming & though most customers are fantastic & either pay within this timeframe or make other arrangements with me there are many that dont & then complain weeks later when their items are no longer available. As of today I will also no longer be accepting direct deposit for orders, payments can be made with a debit card via my website.

I am but one woman who has a store to run, stock to sew, children to care for & a husband who I like to hang out with sometimes. With that off my chest I can now get to the party bit, next week the Porter St store will be closed as I will be hanging out with my two little sprouts.

Thankyou Facebook Likers......

Today I listed my 2000th custom sale, not from the Porter St store or the website or made it or etsy, all 2000 from Facebook!

I was very hesitant about signing up to facebook & had no idea if anyone would want to know what I was making or read my ramblings but I jumped in and gave it a go. If someone had of told me that I would have achieved this many sales in 16months just from one source I would have never believed it.

I would like to say a massive thankyou to everyone who follows my page, to all my awesome customers,  & a big special thankyou to the customers that have been with me from the start & still buy from me. I think a big glass of champagne is in order xxx