Giveaway winner!

So to select the winner of the giveaway, I emptied out my mango pudding cow and entered placed everyone's name in it (2x if you entered on my blog and my FB). Then, I shook it around and picked a winner...


Congratulations Kairi! Please email me your mailing info ASAP (berrysprite@yahoo.com) so I can send out your clover heart pom pom maker! Thanks so much everyone for entering... stay tuned for a tutorial or some other goodie in the coming month!

Clover Heart Pompom-Maker Giveaway!

Huzzah, it's time for another giveaway (open to US and International friends)! To reward you for your patience while I had my tiny blog hiatus, I am giving away something truly grand... a clover heart pom pom maker (size small)! If you haven't seen or heard about these wonderful gadgets, you can check out my review of them here; basically it allows you to make pompoms that are in the shape of hearts. Besides making hearts, I use mine to make these kawaii pompom chickens... so cute! The giveaway will run from March 25, 2011 to March 30, 2011 and the winner will be announced March 31, 2011

EDIT: Announcement will be late tonight, HI time (but still technically on the 31st for me, haha)... thanks so much everyone!!!

Spoonflower Project Selvage Entry

Have you guys heard about the Project Selvage contest? One of my FB friends let me know about it! It's a contest done with Spoonflower and Michael Miller... the contest is asking people to design a baby boy fabric. The grand prize winner will get $1000 and an all expenses trip to the International Quilt Market Fall 2011 in Houston, TX. But best of all, the winner will be asked to design 6 more coordinating fabrics for Michael Miller Fabrics! I found out about it a bit late (designs must be submitted to spoonflower by March 24) but luckily, I already had a design floating around in my head and therefore I also had a lot of the elements designed. Here's my entry on top it's called "happy ocean"... the bottom one is one that I also liked (but figured it might be harder to win with since it's larger scale and baby boys are small)! If you guys are interested in entering, go and design something quick!

Tiny blog hiatus

My Facebook splash page!

It's been a while! This is probably one of the longest times I've gone without posting anything on my blog... and I have to admit its kind of a bummer, because I miss you guys! Unfortunately, I'm going to have to go on a mini blogging hiatus; my target date will be a return on March 19, 2011. You guys know I'm swamped, so I'll spare you the details. I will still be active on my facebook, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to keep my shop open during this time (I need the $$$!) It's just that blogging requires a little something more :) Please take a mini vacation with me until then... and if you get lonely hop on over to my FB! I promise that when I come back, I will be doing a really fun giveaway as a reward, and I'll probably have a tutorial or two available as a reward for your patience! Until then, have a happy end of February/ beginning of March!

Happy Valentine's Day

I know Valentine's Day is over (or almost over) for most everybody, but here's my belated present to you! A new wallpaper featuring my newest animal design... little raccoons! Go to flickr or photobucket to download for free, and enjoy my loves!

Square credit card reader

Speaking of ipods....Although I haven't tried to sell my berrysprite stuff at any other venue besides etsy, I would really like to sell at craft fairs someday. Accepting credit cards is a big issue for sellers; if you don't accept credit cards, often you miss out on a lot of sales. However, if you do accept credit cards, sometimes it's hard to get a reliable card reader, and you may end up in a worst case scenario where you have to phone in every credit transaction. The horror!


Luckily I found out about Square...If you guys have an ipod touch or an iphone and you do a lot of craft fairs, I would highly recommend you looking into this little credit card reader! The company and card reader were featured in Time Magazine last year as one of the 50 best inventions of 2010, and I just recently got my own. I know that many people use propay or other credit card services for their crafty businesses, but I was really attracted to Square because: 1. the card reader is free, 2. there is no monthly plan/ charges, no setup fee, no contract and no hidden fees. 3. I have an ipod touch!!!


I found it easy to sign up on their website, and I got my card reader in about 2 weeks. Although I haven't done a test run yet, from the reviews I've read it seems to work spot on all the time! If you are interested in a Square, I would recommend that you also look into wireless internet service for your ipod/ipod touch... that way you can be sure you always have the ability to take credit cards!