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Stickers coming soon!

 Hi! I'm pleased to announce that stickers will be coming soon to my shop! I recently bought a sticker cutting machine & a bunch of sticker paper from different brands to experiment with. My partner (who I live with) is making all the sticker designs & all the profits from sales will be passed onto them. To separate what I make and what my partner makes we're calling their items part of the "Jollection" (Jo Collection). Before posting the listing we're sending out a test package to one of their family members in another state just to make sure our packaging in adequate before making any sales to customers. The listing should go up within this week, so keep your eyes up for that!

Parcel shipping only experimentation

Unfortunately due to recent inconsistencies in my current shipping method, I am looking to change to parcel shipping only. I'm very sad that I have to do this because it's what made my shop unique & cheaper then others. I'm always quite sad when I find out a package never arrived on time like it should, my shipping time is so long & I never know if something didn't get there ok until weeks after the buyer ordered. I have to admit, whenever I see an order come through with package shipping I feel a little bit of relief. Starting now, I'm knocking down all my listings to $3.00 & having etsy automatically calculate the shipping cost for sending the package as a parcel. This will leave the end product cost at about $6.80, up from $4.50 for most buyers. I still have about 20 orders using my original shipping method to send out. I'm sending all of them out tomorrow. The end of my experiment will be when the packages I send out tomorrow arrive. Depending on...