Etsy Friday - My days

It seems like I have taken a long vacation from my blog. But I'm back now :)

August has been tip toeing behind my back while I'm busy off at my projects. It is already the middle of August. Another two more weeks, I will be at another different place with different time zone. Before that, there are so much things to do yet I feel like savouring every second I'm having right now.

Early of the month, I was invited to join Baetulona Project - a group exhibition to portray the most important historical moments in the city of  Badalona and its most famous characters. It was a great challenge to try something that I have never done before (Thank You). My given theme was Vicenç Roca i Pi, a merchant who had donated all his fortune to the poor people in Badalona (such a nice guy!). He was honored with a monument that represented him and was placed in the middle of La Rambla de Badalona.

Due to the closing deadline, I have to finish it in less than few days but the etching part took me almost 28 hours (It was a massive size indeed), it was fun and I kinda like how it turned out eventually with the subtle moonbeam, glowing balloons and the little boy's smiley face. If you are interested to look at the process and details, you can find them HERE.

Next week, I will be rushing another two more projects which hopefully can finish them before the end of the month. Of course, I will not be missing any of my girl illustrations as well =p

I have uploaded another notecard to my Whimsy Whimsical Paper Goods :) Even though she was one of my early sketches (like in February?) but I still like her a lot. She is still waiting for her true love - her only prince. Hope she will find him very soon. 

Weekend is around the corner yet I'm still very busy with a lot of things. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend :)

xoxo!

Yee Von

Illustrations: Tara & Vera - The Sisters

Just managed to finish this new set of illustrations, dedicated to my lovely sister. She has been continuously supporting me for what I'm doing now. I'm so blessed to have a sister like her :)

The star sign constellation is inspired by her birth sign.

and this is Vera, who born under the star of Virgo. 

Now I shall back to get more sleep...

zzzz...

Etsy Friday - yeah~ friday!

I'm getting very busy for this weekend until next week :)

There are a range of new paper goods to be photo shoot for my Whimsy Whimsical etsy shop. There are two illustrations ready to be coloured for my yeevon's illustration etsy as well. But I'm still finding time in between to sort them out :)

Anyway, I have just added this set of flat notecards to my papergoods range, measured 4.25 x 5.5 inches each. Comes with crimsom red envelope as well and ready as a gift to someone special :D

Happy Friday and have a great weekend!

xoxo,

Yee Von

Notecard Thursday - I'm Sorry

I'm sorry for skipping yesterday Inspiration Wednesday...
I'm sorry for skipping last week Inspiration Wednesday...
I'm sorry too, for MOST LIKELY going to skip next week Inspiration Wednesday too...

Currently, I'm rushing projects and putting all my attention to it (so that I can finish it asap).

The mini notecard for this week is... I'm Sorry. Available at Whimsy Whimsical etsy shop.

Suggestion:

i. Replaced the bacon in your love one sandwich after a big fight

ii. Slip into your dad's wallet after you lost his favourite fountain pen

iii. Put on the pillow and slowly sneak out the hotel room after a drunk night


Any fun/hilarious suggestion of using this mini notecard? :)
Have a great week! Weekend is coming real soon!

Illustrations: Treat or Trick? Or Peak-A-Boo?

Halloween is months away but I have finally finished these two halloween-theme illustrations for Whimsy Whimsical shop. More Whimsy Whimsical Forest folks have joined the team: Mrs Goose and two of her darling goslings, mysterious black cat, and Mr Stork as the spooky vampire (haha).

So, which one is your favourite?

*My blog schedules are terribly messed up =p Thank you all for your kind understanding*

Whimsy Whimsical

This was what happened last night:

I went to register a new account for my new shop on 12am, 1 August 2010 cause I think it is nice to have new shop the starting of month instead of the end of a month. After I put the required details, I'm waiting for the confirmation email from Etsy. After 18 hours of waiting, I realized that I didn't click on the 'Submit' button......... which explained why the new shop's launching was late! Silly me.

Anyway, I will let my marketing manager, Mr Fox do the opening speeches now :) *clap clap*

"Hi, I'm Mr Fox, the manager of Whimsy Whimsical Paper Goods. I will take care any of your enquiries from now :)

Me and my love, Mrs Fox are staying at the east side of Whimsy Whimsical Forest with plenty of sunshine and wild berries. This shop is actually belong to Yee Von whom I have met in June 2010. She is a freelance illustrator from Malaysia. After a few chat, she kindly invited me to take care of this new shop while she's busy with her own one. 

If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'm happy to assist you :) You can always drop by when you are free. Mrs Fox prepares the nicest tea and fresh scones! Thank you *bow*"

This is how the new shop looks like :)

And my original shop. They have so little items (haha!) but I will try my best to fill them up!

Mr Fox and I have come out a small goal for month of August:

1) to have 10 sales (achieved 18/08/2010, achieved 20 on 27/08/2010)

2) to have 100 people to heart the shop (done on 11/08/2010, 200 done on 18/08/2010, 300 done on 22/08/2010)

3) a total of 10 new paper good items (we shall keep it a secret for the moment)

Thank you all :)

All the best!

Etsy Friday - August Goal

July is ending real soon :) and here comes August~

I'm pretty pleased with what I have achieved in July as most of my goals are met (even though the sales came in a very strange graph pattern). My sales (calculator click click) has up by 300%. Thanks to people who love my works and support me! Thank you all for giving me this great opportunity :D :D

Some of you may know that I have decided to separate my paper goods from my girl illustrations. This decision might effect my sales in August as my current shop's items will drop dramatically to only 12 items. I will try my best to draw and put more new items. 

I also realize that it is not easy to manage two shops together. However, the cohesiveness of my shop is very important in order to keep the branding strong. Moderate varieties will enhance shop appearance but too much will clutter it. Anyway, this is my goals for my current shop:

1) to have 40 sales in total
2) to have 450 people to heart my shop (achieved 9/9/2010)

3) to reach 100 fans in the facebook (FINALLY on 16/9/2010)

4) 4 new illustrations (1 Birds of a Feather / 1 Whispers in Thy Ear / 2 new illustration ideas)

5) 1 original illustration (3 on 20/8/2010)

The new shop will be opening on the midnight of 1 August, once my Christmas in July sales end! And I shall update the goal for it tomorrow :)

By the way, I'm getting Mr Fox to be my marketing manager of the new shop ~

Hi, I'm Mr Fox, Nice to meet you *shy*

Short Announcement

Just a short announcement that I have decided to separate my shop into two: one to keep with my original shop name, chanyeevon, featuring my girl illustrations; while another new shop entirely for my whimsical forest animals and related paper goods. More details will be updated tomorrow at Etsy Friday post :)

A short glimpse of my new shop banner and avatar :D

Illustration - Migration

This illustration relates deeply to me as I am moving real soon. Even though I am looking forward to the new life ahead, yet I feel sad to leave this familiar place that I love. It feels like you are leaping from one sky to another. The previous sky fills with bits and pieces of your life can no longer bring forward to the new place. I feel like I'm leaving myself behind *sniff*

Dawn breaks

Thousand wings flapping

I'm leaving

A small part of me behind

This print is available at my etsy shop now.

p/s: Christmas in July Sale still on-going until this Saturday midnight :) GREAT DEAL of getting 3 prints for the price of 2 + FLAT RATE SHIPPING.

Sneak Peak Sunday

This is the sneak peak for next illustration. I supposed to start something for the 'Whisper in Thy Ear' series but I'm still in the mood for more stork drawings... =p

Coming soon next Wednesday / Thursday :)