Giveaway Announcement!

One lucky person will win their choice of 1 tshirt, 1 necklace, 1 coin pouch and 1 pair of post earrings valued at $58! Additional prizes may be drawn as well! 

There are 3 ways to enter:
1. Leave a comment below telling me which items from my shop are on your wishlist this holiday season (1 entry).

2. Tweet this message "Enter to win a super cute prize pack from @thetinyfig http://tinyurl.com/2by67qs RT to enter!" (1 entry for each RT).

3. Every item you purchase from my etsy or webshop in the month of October gets you an entry! Check out the sale section for extra savings! If you have already made a purchase you are automatically entered! (1 entry for each item purchased).

Contest ends Oct 31st,2010 at 12am pacific time! Winner will be announced shortly after and I may draw for additional prizes!

New site + a discount code + a giveaway!

I'm so excited to finally be able to share the new site with all of you! Just in time for our 3rd birthday :D I've put in a brand spanking new shopping cart with some wonderful new features! The cart now has the ability to accept discount codes so my very first order of business today is to give you all a discount code ;) Use the code "tinyfig3" between now and Sept 1st to get 15% off your order before shipping!


Another feature the new cart has is the ability to create a "favorites list"!  You can email the list to yourself and to your friends ;) I loooooooooooove this! So I'm going to run a giveaway between now and Sept 15th! Just stop by my shop, click on the grey hearts (they turn red) to add items to your favorites list and send me (Connie) a copy of it at thetinyfig [at] hotmail.com

Rules:
1. Sending a favorites list to Connie at "thetinyfig@hotmail.com" is a mandatory.
2. Additional entries may be made by tweeting, posting to facebook, blogging, sending in fan photos, etc...
Leave a comment below this post for each one you do.

Tell me your favorite item and win it!

Tell me your favorite item from my shop and on Wednesday July 14th at 12pm (pacific time) I will draw a winning number. If you are the poster for that winning # you will be awarded what you picked as a favorite!

Tell your friends! You may enter 5 time a day with 5 different favorites! There are 7 days so you have 35 chances of winning! Extra entries for anyone who tweets about this! (Notes: my etsy forum giveaway doesn't seem to be working so I'm moving it to my blog! No worries I transferred all the entries too!)

Shop survey and a giveaway!

I totally fudged the survey link in my newsletter so I thought I'd post up my message here too!

I'm working on making the shop/website better so help me out! Just copy and paste this SHOP SURVEY into an email, fill it out and send it to thetinyfig@hotmail.com with "shop survey" in the subject line. I know, it's kind of long and detailed but if it isn't then how will I make changes for the better? :)

In return for your time, I will enter you in a draw for a chance at winning 1 of 5 cute mystery boxes. The mystery boxes could be filled with any of the jewelry, accessories, paper goods or charms that are in my shop and even contain some items that aren't available in my shop! I may giveaway more boxes depending on how many responses I get so help spread the word! I will take entries until April 30th and then draw the 5 (or more) winners and announce them on my blog and in this newsletter.

Psst..

There's a giveaway going on at the Sweet Figments Blog. Have you entered yet?

Free with purchase!

To the next customer in my Etsy shop so if you are sale #1020 you get them! I have a set of these which are normally tags but I was test cutting different media types with my plotter and out came these adorable scallop edge cupcake magnets! They are approximately 2.5" inches in diameter and there are 6 of them (glossy too!).


Don't forget!!! I'm having an earring sale! All earrings regularly priced at $12 each are now 3 pairs for $25!!!
http://thetinyfig.etsy.com

And the winner is...

Thank you all for voting for me on Paper-n-Stitch and helping me win the contest :D I totally forgot to announce the winner yesterday. I kept thinking that today was the 12th but anyways, there were 66 comments in total and I used the random number generator to select the winner. Congrats to #12 Annie :)

A Giveaway in my Paper-n-Stitch shop!

This giveaway requires a bit of work on your part but it's easy and quick! I promise!

Details: Sign up for an account at http://papernstitch.com once you are logged in visit my shop and do TWO things: 1. click on the red heart so that it turns green and 2. leave me a comment HERE with your contact info so I know you were there. For a bonus entry, leave a second comment telling me what your favorite item in the shop is! It's as simple as that! Contest ends on July 10th and I will draw a winner on July 12th! Be sure to tell your friends and family so they can enter too!

Vote for ME!

Oh how exciting! I woke up to an email from Elizabeth a Dawanda staff member letting me know that the Print and Pattern Blog has selected one of my items to be showcased on the front page! There's also a contest running for the featured items so GO VOTE for me and you could win a voucher to spend in my dawanda shop! Voting ends Oct 31st!

new giveaway on sweet figments!

Win this lobsterlicious dog collar from TheVacationlandDog

Enter HERE by leaving a comment about your favorite item in the shop. Be sure to leave your email address so we can contact you. Open to all international residents.

CAN'T YOU JUST PICK ONE AND STICK TO IT?

I'm refering to your avatar. If you constantly change your avatar how will the people who hearted you and remember you from your avatar find you?

I remember people's avatars and not their usernames. Especially if they have a long name or their name consists of common words like "beads" or "designs" or "sweet" or "jewelry". Unless your name is super unique or I talk to you a lot the chances are I won't remember it. Why do I remember you by your avatar and not your name? Because It's easier to remember an image than a bunch of letters especially if it's eye catching. Plus it's a lot easier to search through your favs looking for a photo than a name. So when you change it I can't find you.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that when you pick an avatar it should be something that is constant like a logo, if you have an item on display it should be your signature design or something that is always going to be carried in your shop. (Note: People hate clicking on avatars of a beautiful product and it's not even in the shop!). This way people will be like she/he's the girl/guy that sells ______. It should be something that will help brand your shop and help customers recognize you and what you sell. I know that a lot of people feature their work in their avatars but if you are always changing it people won't remember you. There's a reason you have featured items in your shop. Make use of it.

Your avatar is SO important because it gets seen in your shop, chat rooms, forums and other networking sites you may be on. I have always used the winking bread as my shop avatar and it has served me well. A few months ago my shop name changed from Coonies to TheTinyFig. What helped my past customers and the people who had previously hearted me recognize and find my shop was my avatar. It was confusing for a lot of people at first because they thought that I had stolen Coonies avatar and shop items haha but in the end it worked out to my advantage that I kept my avatar the same because I've had a lot of repeat customers.

So, this is just something you might want to consider before you go changing your avatar.

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GUESS WHO THE AVATARS BELONG TO AND WIN!

These are some avatars on Etsy that I have noticed don't change at all or very often. The first person to guess all 9 of them correctly will win one of these guys from my shop. You must post your answers in my blog comments to count.

So, happy guessing!