Meet the Stockist: Sick for Cute - Giveaway!

Our new monthly feature on the last Friday of every month will showcase stockist of independent makers, a little about them and their business, and their tips on how to approach shops in order to sell your work with them.

First up is Sick for Cute who have kindly offered to give a tote bag of the winners choice to a lucky entrant.

♥ ♥ ♥ Enter here! ♥ ♥ ♥

♥ What’s your name and where do you come from??
My name is Lindsay and I run Sick for Cute along with my husband Tyler. We're currently located in sunny Southern California!
♥ How long have you been in the boutique business and what made you get started?
Sick for Cute has been open a little over three years now. We actually started off online under the name 'Kid Pirate' which was my own line of screen printed tees and accessories.

After a while we decided that we wanted to expand Kid Pirate into a more general shop and so Sick for Cute was born!

♥ What’s your shop like and what do you sell?
Sick for Cute is strictly online, for now anyway! We have an office and warehouse where we keep our inventory, do our shipping, work on new designs, and have fun! :) Our style is cute & quirky. It's really important to me to be able to offer cute apparel and accessories strictly to adults because I feel grown ups are deprived of so much cuteness when it comes to clothing options!!

♥ What’s your typical day like - the best bits and the worst bits?
A typical day is getting to work at about 8:30 am and taking care of customer service inquiries and emails. Then we pack orders for a couple hours a day and spend the rest either working on new designs, assembling products, sourcing new products, working on the website, chit chatting about ideas and plans, and a plethora of other boring little things like inventory and restocking boxes!

♥ What do you look for in handmade goods to sell?
I look for accessible, well made goods with a quirky edge. The items typically have to be remade easily.

♥ Do you actively seek new designers, or wait for them to come to you?
Both, but mostly if I'm interested in a designer I'll contact them right away.

♥ What’s your best seller?
The Hey Sailor Ladies Tee. It's a classic!

♥ How do you prefer a designer to approach you about selling their work? Any tips?
I prefer an email with a pdf catalog or something similar. They should at least send a price list, images or links to images, and their terms/conditions. Personally I wouldn't like it if a designer turned up with their work in their pocket because I'd feel put on the spot. I like to take my time to consider things before making a decision. [Please note that Sick For Cute are not currently seeking new designers].

♥ What sort of basis do you prefer to work with your designers - consignment or wholesale?
We prefer wholesale because it's easier, but will and have worked on a consignment basis. It really all depends on the individual so we consider things on a case by case basis.

♥ Link us up!
http://www.sickforcute.com/

Sick for Cute on Facebook

Sick for Cute on Twitter
 

♥ ♥ ♥ Enter the Sick for Cute giveaway!! ♥ ♥ ♥

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Inspiration Station #6

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Rainbow!

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Little (non-food) treats for being a good girl

We all need a little treat from time to time, right? A reward for getting something done, or when you realised you've had no 'me' time at all...

I love a treat, but it's always been chocolate, or cake, or pizza.... I am an absolute comfort eater in every sense. But this has to change if I want to look ker-ching in Austin in June!!

I am compiling a list of non-food treats and would love you to tell me more! They have to be fairly cheap and accessible and able to use straight away/there and then.  Here goes:

♥ a new lipstick

 I want to try this sooo bad

♥ a magazine
♥ time to doodle
♥ a new nail polish

 'Pretty edgy' by Essie. I want it!

♥ DIY manicure
♥ a (professional) eyelash tint
♥ an extra exercise class
♥ time to write a snail mail letter
♥ inviting the girls round for brews and biscuits in fancy china

 I need a collection of really cute cups to drink out of! And this may be the first... ♥

Any other suggestions? I'd love to know your thoughts... ♥

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Inspiration Station #5

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Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker

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I heart... welcoming signs

Something that The Penthouse lacks right now is something to say the door is always open for guests (just give me a ring before you come, sometimes I like to have naked days).  here's a selection of nice welcoming homewares:

♥ Hello recycled wooden sign by William Dohman on Etsy

♥ Vintage Wooden 'Welcome' Blocks by Seahorse on Not On The High Street

♥ Free hugs we're open' sign by Sunny Champagne on Etsy

Lovely

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Sweet notes from my sweets

I went to the postbox on Saturday and found this...

 

Obviously it didn't have stars all over it - that's to stop you stalking me.  But it did have... ♥ neatest handwriting ♥ two different cute tapes ♥ a cute heart coloured in pink, where the dot should be.

And... what's this on the back...?

 

♥ Pop art!! Oh me, oh my! ♥♥♥ 

 It was a lovely early Valentine card from Samantha, my London pal... it made me sooo happy!!

I put it straight on my lovely notes board. The board may need upgrading to something more lovely soon...

I can't wait to write a snail mail back!

Here's some sweet messages in my text box today. But who are they from?! 

♥♥♥ Have a really lovely day, love-birds ♥♥♥

xoxo

A video blog: Regional dialect meme

I was name checked in the end of Samantha (aka Marthaamay)'s Regional Dialect Meme video, and so I have made a little video myself, saying some words in my West Yorkshire accent...

Say these words:

Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught

Now answer these questions:

What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?

What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?

What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?

What do you call gym shoes?

What do you say to address a group of people?

What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?

What do you call your grandparents?

What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?

What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?

What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

 

Have a go yourself  :) be sure to link back to me

 

xoxo

 

P.S I have an exciting new feature and giveaway coming up - keep your eyes peeled!