whimsy & spice – sweetfineday

20% off Summer Sale

August 2, 2013 | Category: the biz

Our annual summer sale is here! 20% off all our shops including our website, our Etsy shop, and our print shop. Use code SUMMER13. We’ll be closing up our online shops as usual for a few weeks from August 15th to September 4th, but we’ll be stocking up our retailers before we go. We have three more markets this summer – August 4 & 11 in Dumbo and August 17 in Fort Greene. We’ll be back again for the Fall Flea season starting September 14 and every weekend until the close of the outdoor season in late November. Mark has been taking the girls to the Flea more often now that they’re older. If we’re in a childcare… CONTINUE READING

mother’s day cookies

April 19, 2013 | Category: the biz

I guess we’re firmly entrenched in 2013, never mind that it still feels like the year has only begun. Are we actually talking about Mother’s Day already? Yikes. This year’s deadline for gift box ordering is May 2nd. What a week. You know how you sometimes feel like you’re running to catch up, but the finish line never quite comes into your line of vision? Or maybe it’s running after that dangling carrot. I don’t know…something about a hamster wheel sounds right just about now. The good news is that a lot of stuff has come across our way lately. The bad news is that sometimes being a small operation can be a major obstacle to those opportunities. My… CONTINUE READING