Saturday, February 29, 2020

Beauty and the Beast

Need a tee to match a Belle dress? This Beast is the perfect solution for you!
Dress your little prince to have fun!


Beast from Beauty and the Beast Tee Shirt - $25



Beast from Beauty and the Beast Polo - $35

How do I order? You can either head on over to my facebook or instagram page and shoot me a message or email me at jessica52877@yahoo.com .

www.facebook.com/magicalmemoriesbyjessicaboutique
www.instagram.com/magicalmemoriesbyjessicaShipping is $4 for the first tee and $1.50 for each additional tee. If you would like to upgrade to priority mail it will be $5 more.

Please allow about 1-2 weeks to make your order and get it shipped!

What should I include in my message? Please include the item or items you would like to order, size and color along with a paypal address so I can invoice you!


Where can I see more of your work?
Either type in the search box here on my blog of what you are looking for or head to Facebook to see albums and albums of sewing awesomeness!



BEAST from BEAUTY and the BEAST  - Custom Boutique Applique Tee Shirt
 
Hand cut fabric,  pieced, thermally bonded and sewn hand applique tee. Constructed in my smoke and pet free home studio. An embroidery machine is NOT used for this item.

When purchasing please convo me with the following information:

Shirt Size
Girl or Boy
    - Ladies or Unisex if for an adult
Color - If applicable
    - I cannot get some colors in girls/ladies cut

Other characters available. This is for ONE shirt only. This is also available as a string backpack. Please just let me know and I can make you a listing or you can purchase here, just note that you want it on a backpack instead.

Please allow about 5-15 business days for mailing. I start making upon completion of payment AND details since these are custom made for your little one! I can often times make them faster if necessary.

Shipping is $4.00 for one tee, add $1.50 for each additional or you can upgrade to priority shipping for an additional $5.00.

Friday, February 28, 2020

Cartoon Mickey and Minnie Mouse

My favorite style Mickey and Friends to sew is the style below from the Disney Channel shorts!

This is also the contemporary style coming in just a few days, March 4th, to Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway!



Cartoon Mickey - $24

Cartoon Minnie Mouse - $24

I've also made her holding shopping bags! Perfect for a day at Downtown Disney or better known today as Disney Springs!

Mickey was part of a set I made seen below! I can do jeans, shorts or capris for an additional fee with Pluto and the word Mickey!
Just shoot me a message on Facebook or at jessica52877@yahoo.com and we can discuss pricing! 

 

How do I order? You can either head on over to my facebook or instagram page and shoot me a message or email me at jessica52877@yahoo.com .

www.facebook.com/magicalmemoriesbyjessicaboutique
www.instagram.com/magicalmemoriesbyjessicaShipping is $4 for the first tee and $1.50 for each additional tee. If you would like to upgrade to priority mail it will be $5 more.

Please allow about 1-2 weeks to make your order and get it shipped!

What should I include in my message? Please include the item or items you would like to order, size and color along with a paypal address so I can invoice you!


Where can I see more of your work?
Either type in the search box here on my blog of what you are looking for or head to Facebook to see albums and albums of sewing awesomeness!



Cartoon MICKEY MOUSE  - Custom Boutique Applique Tee Shirt
 
Hand cut fabric,  pieced, thermally bonded and sewn hand applique tee. Constructed in my smoke and pet free home studio. An embroidery machine is NOT used for this item.

When purchasing please convo me with the following information:

Shirt Size
Girl or Boy
    - Ladies or Unisex if for an adult
Color - If applicable
    - I cannot get some colors in girls/ladies cut

Other characters available. This is for ONE shirt only. This is also available as a string backpack. Please just let me know and I can make you a listing or you can purchase here, just note that you want it on a backpack instead.

Please allow about 5-15 business days for mailing. I start making upon completion of payment AND details since these are custom made for your little one! I can often times make them faster if necessary.

Shipping is $4.00 for one tee, add $1.50 for each additional or you can upgrade to priority shipping for an additional $5.00.




Thursday, February 27, 2020

What Etsy's New Fees Mean for EnchantedStitches528


 With the new advertising fee structure that Etsy is implementing I will be closing up shop there. My Etsy name is Enchanted Stitches 528 where as my facebook and regular business name has always been Magical Memories by Jessica Boutique.

I will continue to sell through the two platforms below.

www.facebook.com/magicalmemoriesbyjessicaboutique
www.instagram.com/magicalmemoriesbyjessica

Let's look at what Etsy takes now and what they will be taking in the future and how I came to that decision. We all know that you pay to sell on different sites. Etsy's fees are pretty much in line with other platforms. From each sale which includes the shipping amount they take:

$.20 listing fee per item
5% transaction fee
3.5% payment processing fee

Not too bad! Right?

Now don't forget you also pay federal taxes on your sales, this includes ALL costs again, so this isn't the actual money you made, but what your item sold for including shipping. All your costs will come out at tax time EXCEPT tax laws changed in 2019. This was awesome for some people and others not so much. Being a small business it makes it so we no longer can itemize, therefore any cost rolled into my business is no longer taken into account.

cost of the tee
notions - stabilizer, thread, heat n bond, etc
shipping
sewing machine and maintenance
supplies - iron, board, pins, etc
electricity

Wow! That is a lot of stuff coming out of that cost that isn't being accounted for anywhere.

NOW Etsy is implementing a mandatory advertising fee of 12% for stores that sold more than 10K in a year, this fee is mandatory forever. The fee is 15% if you didn't make the 10K threshold.

15% of total sale

Let's break down the price of a $24 tee that includes $4 shipping.

$28 x 23.5% +.20 = $6.78
Shipping -$4
Taxes of 15-30% depending on where you fall $4.20 - $8.40

 = $8.82 left

PEOPLE! I haven't even paid for the tee yet or supplies!! On a good day, we'll assume I only spend $10 on the tee and all supplies.

I'm losing $1.18 PER SALE to sell an item now.

I think we can all see why ties with Etsy have to be cut. This is something that has been discussed before the new advertising fee being announced, this is just the icing on the cake that makes me really have to pull the plug.

WHY IS THIS SO HARD?
Because I LOVE what I do!
Etsy is so different than just selling on facebook!