My Small Business Journey ~ Day to Day in September

My Small Business Journey ~ Day to Day in September

Susan Hollitt

4th September 2025 8:17am Thursday 

Happy Spring Everyone! although the weather hasn't changed i can see it in the air the blossoms are out and its not as cold in the morning or the night! 

I still have Covid! I really thought it would be gone by now! So I'm just being a hermit and not going out anywhere. 

I made some really sweet pet birthday cards for the shop because I just couldn't decide which one to make some I made them all! 

Pet birthday cards
I also worked on my Halloween collection yesterday and worked out some new products to make so keep an eye out for them! 

I had a business meeting last night and we worked on my Christmas Collection making sure they had the keywords and using Copilot to help us make some new descriptions up. I will be making some new products and revamping the old Christmas products in the coming days. 

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9th September 2025 6:17am Tuesday 

Finally feeling a bit better and back to my normal schedule. 🤗

We went to the Adelaide show on the weekend the kids had loads of fun!! Here's a super funny shot of them on the roller coaster. They all thought they were going to die! 😂

Adelaide show
I went back to work yesterday. I revamped my shelve and had a lovely morning making sweet little bouquets of flowers inbetween helping customers for these sweet little cards that are going in the shop today.

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10th September 2025 6:16am Wednesday 

Yesterday I worked in the Lemon Fizz shop in the morning then came home and started working on some Halloween things to go in the shop. I started making an activity pack which is going to have a activity book with stickers, colouring, embellishments and masks to cut out in which im super excited about. 

Halloween activity book
Halloween activity book
Halloween activity book
Tip: Ask chatGPT what you should make for Halloween or your next collection. It helps get your ideas flowing. 😉

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17th of September 2025 6:17am Thursday 

I worked in the shop on Tuesday and was so happy to pick up my very own custom made wooden heart earrings from Ves Creations. Thats the best bit about working in a shop with so many talented handmade creators. You get to see first hand what they make and if they can custom make things for you. I literally got these the next day after asking for them! 🥰

Ves Creations earrings
Ves Creations earrings

That's just a silly picture I sent my husband lol!! 

Now yesterday I went to see Jayne who is the naked cat lady who I also met in the shop. You can read about her candles here. She is unwell at the moment, so I wiped up a thinking of you card and got a bunch of flowers (that were actually from another vendor at the lemon shop) for her and had a lovely morning seeing her and her studio. 😊

Graces flowers

Last night I had a meeting with my sister which was quite enlightening, but there is something exciting coming to my website I can't say what it is yet as there's still some details we need to iron out but it has to do with my activity boxes and something I have always wanted to start. See watch this space people its exciting!! 😁

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22nd of September 2025 6:10 Monday 

I got a lovely message from a lady who wanted 120 butterfly and flower cardstock cutouts in butter yellow and lilac for her event she is having for red nose day. So I got to work making these.

Yellow and lilack cardstock shapes
While I was making them I got a cha ching! Which I haven't heard in a while!! It was for a blue safety pin card so I also made that and sent it off on the same day. I do pride myself in my quick processing times. 

My weekend was full of Family adventures with a wee baby shower popped in there yep I'm going to be a great Aunty again!! 🥳🩵 My Mum made a shall for the new baby to be and I made a sweet tag to go with. 

I also made a card to go with mine and my sisters present in the same cardstock but with an elephant on there. So now im thinking I should probably put these up on my shop as a collection of a card and tag together. What do you think? 

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23rd September 2025 6:12am Tuesday 

Yesterday day was a making day I need to make many more cards to go in the display at Blackwood and also restock some cards at Mt Barker. So I set out making a few new ones! I am really enjoying colouring at the moment it is so very relaxing! 🥰

I then tried to do some computer work, got frustrated and gave up! 

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24th September 2025 6:05am Thursday 

I finally made the trip down to blackwood yesterday to the Lemon Fizz shop there. I had some more cards to put in my stand and I also needed to sort my stand out the cards were all mixed up so I hope now that it brings in some sales. 🤞 This is what my side of the stand looks like now! 

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29th September 2025 6:42am Monday

Well yes sorting out my cards definitely paid off with sales last week. You know when you know something is the right thing to do you can feel it in your gut! That was the right decision. 

The universe does work in wonderful ways... story time.... on Friday I thought I will just print out 5 Halloween Activity Books for the market coming up on the 11th of October. Then that night I hear a cha ching from my website. The order was for 1 birthday card 2 packs of origami bookmarks and 5 Halloween Activity Books!! I was gobsmacked and it just goes to show if you live like you have already got the sales you want they will come. 😊

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