Moving

This will be the last post here at wordpress because I have moved my blog over to squarespace and I love it! Won’t you please come on over and check it out?
www.doeandmouse.com
It’s going to be great!

Thank you!

It has been a busy couple of months leading up to the Brooklyn Lyceum Craft Market last week and Christmas in general. Thanks to everyone who came out to the craft fair and everyone who has supported my little shop! It’s amazing to think that people actually want to buy and use something that you [...]

Delicious & Cute Giveaway

Do you like coffee? Of course you do.  And it’s even better when it’s free!

Head over to Sarahcentric, where you can enter to win some delicious and hard to find Graham Cracker coffee and one of my cute coffee sleeves  in honor of Sarahcentric’s new blog design. She will be selecting two winners and giving you extra special [...]

New Fabric Styles

I have started adding some new fabric styles in the shop. Here’s a little peek. If you don’t see them in the shop yet, the rest will be up by end of day today. And remember, the thanksgiving special of Free shipping continues all weekend. Thanks!

Hydrangeas in black with rings

Hydrangeas in blue with red polka [...]

the Doe & the Mouse – Free Shipping This Weekend

Hello!
I’ll be having a little Thanksgiving special this weekend in my Etsy Shop. From Black Friday (12/28) to Cyber Monday (12/1) I will be offering FREE SHIPPING on all items in the shop.
All listings will be updated to include this special during that time. I hope you can pop in and take a look. I’ll [...]

Photography for Etsy

More coffee sleeves cut out and ready to flip.

I’ve been having a tough time this weekend trying to figure out the best kind of photography for my Etsy shop. You can see here that when I photograph the coffee sleeves on the table against the green wall, the light and texture looks so good. But [...]

Procrastination Inspiration

Mental dialogue last night…
Left Brain: Just what do you think you are doing, young lady?
Right Brain: Well, uh… You see I had these fabric squares. And I just thought maybe they would make cute coasters. I mean, everybody needs coasters.
Left Brain: Yeah, but nobody needs coasters when there are 130 coffee sleeves to make – [...]

Cozy Crazy

Hi. It’s been a while now, but I make a promise to you, right here and now, that I will be posting much more often. Just thought you should know.

 
I have been super busy making tons of cozies/coffee sleeves these last two weekends. Christmas time is close at hand and I have got to get [...]

Fall Look

Fall seems closer than it should be. Last weekend I realized that I needed to get down to business. I need to make lots and lots of coffee sleeves and scarves for fall, but also so that I can stock pile some for winter when people are looking for stocking stuffers.

That got me thinking about [...]

Done

Two items checked off the To Do list this weekend. And I made a whole bunch of other coffee sleeves as well.

I’m on a roll. Must be The Sorcerer’s Stone on my ipod keeping me company. I just can’t get enough of harry.
DONE – 1. Hem AG’s two skirts before her trip.

DONE [...]