Friday, October 22, 2010

AKDesigns Boutique Weekend Update 10/22/2010

Hello Everyone!
Happy Friday! I hope everyone has fun plans for the weekend. It looks like it's going to be a beautiful weekend here in GA! We have our last tennis match of the season and our end of season tennis party planned, so we should be able to take full advantage of the nice weather.

Breast Cancer Awareness
I've had a super busy week working on some things for breast cancer awareness. Me and one of my best friends, Lou, are going to walk in either the Atlanta 2-Day Walk or the Susan G Komen 3-Day walk in 2011. We're working on creating a team and I've created a logo that's in it's final stages. I will create digitized designs and vector artwork [for vinyl cutting] that are breast cancer related and add them to the website. ALL profits from the items that are breast cancer awareness related will go towards my fundraising efforts for the walk. I participated in the Atlanta 2-Day walk 2 years ago and it was an amazing experience. I highly recommend participating if there is a walk your area and you are physically able.

Yahoo Group Free Monthly Designs
Okay - no one has complained, but I'm sure some of you have noticed - I haven't posted a free design since May!! I'm shocked at how much time can go by without even realizing it. I think about the free design all the time and I know it's something that everyone looks forward to, so I feel so bad that I'm so neglectful. I've decided that I will continue to post free designs, but without any promises of when so that I can relieve myself of some stress and guilt that I don't necessarily need. Because of my neglectfulness, I will be thinking about what I can give away for free that will help make it up to all of you that are so incredibly patient with me! :)

SPOOKTACULAR
Embroidery Design Sale - 35% Off!

35% Off ALL Embroidery Design sets, Font sets,
Frame sets and Appliqué sets ~ basically everything under
the Embroidery Designs Category!!
No PROMO Code needed – discount is shown

Recently Added Products & Updates
Coming SOON
Keep an eye out for the following new products.

Embroidery Designs

  • #312 Simple Applique Font - 2"
  • #834 Applique Guitars
  • #1305 Hey Charlie [Brown] Font - 2"
  • #1350 Fleur de Lis Font
  • #213 Applique Witchy Boots
  • #493 Horse Shoe Designs
  • #837 Applique Horse Shoe Designs
  • #324 Funky Applique Font and Numbers - 5"
Group Rules to Remember - there aren't many rules, so please follow the ones that I do have :)
  • DO NOT post LINKS to sites that sell embroidery designs.
  • No Advertising of any kind - please do not post links to your website, blog, facebook page, etc. This group was set-up for support, not advertising. It's okay if it's part of your signature, but do not just post a message directing members to your site.
  • Group Buys must be approved PRIOR to sending message to the group
  • Items for Sale must be approved PRIOR to sending message to the group
Services provided by AKDesigns Boutique
  • Machine Embroidery Designs - font and monogram sets, applique sets, design sets and frame sets
  • Machine Embroidery Supplies - stabilizer, topping, needles, disappearing pens, bobbins, and other misc. supplies
  • Machine Embroidery Software - Monogram Wizard Plus products, Embird products, and SewWhat Products
  • Ready to Cut Vinyl Artwork - artwork that is ready to resize, then send to your vinyl cutter.
You can e-mail me any time at angie@akdesignsboutique.com.



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Monday, October 11, 2010

AKDesigns Boutique Weekly Update 10/11/2010

I hope everyone is having a great Monday! Are you starting to feel the Christmas pressure yet? It's a good time to start setting order deadlines and expectations for your customers/family members so that your holiday season isn't too crazy and you aren't still stitching for others on Christmas Eve! Have a great week!

Embroidery Design Sale - 30% Off!
30% Off ALL Embroidery Design sets, Font sets,
Frame sets and Appliqué sets ~ basically everything under
the Embroidery Designs Category!!
No PROMO Code needed – discount is shown
Sale is valid now – October 19th @ midnight

Recently Added Products & Updates
Coming Soon
Keep an eye out for the following new products

Embroidery Designs

  • #312 Simple Applique Font - 2"
  • #834 Applique Guitars
  • #1305 Hey Charlie [Brown] Font - 2"
  • #1350 Fleur de Lis Font
  • #213 Applique Witchy Boots
  • #493 Horse Shoe Designs
  • #837 Applique Horse Shoe Designs
  • #324 Funky Applique Font and Numbers - 5"
Embroidery Supplies
  • Solvy Topping Roll - 8" x 8" perforated 110 yd
  • PolyMesh [No Show] Backing Roll - 15" x 10 yard
Services provided by AKDesigns Boutique
You can e-mail me any time at angie@akdesignsboutique.com.

Have a great week!



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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

AKDesigns Boutique Weekly Update 10/6/2010

Wow - we missed Fall here in GA! The weather went straight from hot, sticky summer to cold, toe numbing winter in a matter of days. Has anyone else missed Fall? Are you all ready for Halloween? I've added a couple of new Halloween designs, and I have more on the way and hope to get them up soon.

Embroidery Design Sale - 30% Off!
30% Off ALL Embroidery Design sets, Font sets,
Frame sets and Appliqué sets ~ basically everything under
the
Embroidery Designs Category!!
No PROMO Code needed – discount is shown
Sale is valid now – October 19th @ midnight

Website Updates - Have you been to the AKDesigns Boutique website in the last few days? I've made a ton of changes/updates, so please let me know what you think. If you ever run into problems while you're on my website, please let me know so that I can try to fix them. Or, if you just see something that doesn't make sense or is a bit confusing, let me know that too - sometimes I'll add something that makes total sense to me because I know what I'm thinking, but it really doesn't make any sense at all! LOL!! Thanks in advance for your help!!
  • I didn't realize that my pages were too wide for probably 80% of my customers, so the "add to cart" section on the item detail page was off the screen to the right and they could only see it if they scrolled to the right. There are still a few pages that need to be updated, but the page width should be much better for most pages.
  • Removed "Add to Cart" from a few places that were causing unnecessary confusion. First, on the product list page where the category search results display, second in the "You may be interested in these items" section at the bottom of the product detail page, and third in the featured items section on the Home Page. The buttons weren't really helping anyway because you can't add most items directly to your cart, so pressing it would just take you to the detail page for that item so that you could make the necessary selections and actually add the item to your cart [i.e. Download or CD and the format needed, etc.].

Recently Added Products & Updates




Coming SOON
Keep and eye out for the following products.

Embroidery Designs
  • #492 Teeny Paws Designs
  • #312 Simple Applique Font - 2"
  • #834 Applique Guitars
  • #1305 Hey Charlie [Brown] Font - 2"
  • #1305 Fleur de Lis Font
  • #213 Applique Witchy Boots
  • Embroidery Supplies
    • Solvy Topping Roll - 8" x 8" perforated 110 yd
    • Hat Stitch Tearaway Stabilizer - 4" x 8" pre-cut sheets - White
    • PolyMesh [No Show] Backing 8" x 8" pre-cut sheets - Black
    • PloyMesh [No Show] Backing Roll - 15" x 10 yd



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