pencil set promotion

i've got a new sale to share with you! for a limited time, you can get a free one of these:



with the purchase of one of these!:



purchase any maoiliosa pencil set and you get your choice of any one maoiliosa pocket mirror free!

just add a pencil set to your cart (along with any other maoiliosa merch you'd like to purchase), mention the mirror you'd like in the 'message to seller' box during checkout, complete checkout and pay as usual, and ta-da: yours :). if no pocket mirror is mentioned, i will select one for you at random.

i am completely in love with these pencil sets, and i know you all are, too! since the launch a few days ago, various sets have been included in 6 treasuries on etsy, and have also been featured in two blogs! and all the new 'hearts' on these are really making me smile - 'kawaii koi' is in the lead, but all the other pencil sets are getting love, too :).

happy shopping, and happy back-to-school!

♥,
melissa

did you know?

all of my pocket mirrors have been reduced to just $3! i'm trying to clear them out, people ;).

here's where you can find them.

oh, and of course the "$2.50 each when you purchase 10 or more" still applies! contact me for details and i'll make you a reserved listing.

i am running very low on certain styles, and they're selling quickly, so get it on this while you can! i do have 30+ of some popular styles that would make excellent wedding/party favours, like the 'taking flight' and 'sakura in the clouds' mirrors. and don't forget - free shipping on your entire order until the end of the month! (maybe longer, i haven't decided yet ;D).

♥,
melissa

sale on all pocket mirrors!

my pocket mirrors are on sale for just $5 (regularly $6) right now! plus, as always, buy any three pocket mirrors and get one of your choice free! go get 'em here.

enjoy! :)

♥,
melissa

updating my photos

i spent most of the day today redoing most of the photos in my etsy shop. the majority of the pictures i've taken so far aren't in the shop yet, as i still have to resize and edit them, but WOW it feels good to have been so productive today!

i get so many compliments on my rice-and-river-rock photo motif, but i am branching out a bit on some pictures to include different props. above is a silly picture i took of my "rice and rock" set-up :p.

as of right now, my wall scrolls and pocket mirrors have updated photos.

mmm, pile o' mirrors ;D.

i am also slowly listing new washi wall scrolls and rings, so stay tuned to the blog and shop for those!

♥,

melissa

the first happy customer photos are in!

happy 'maoiliosa' customer (and marvelous friend!) whitney sent me these darling photos of her and her sweetie-pie daughter ceili, and thus, these are the first of the 'happy customer' pictures that i will have the pleasure of showing you!



whitney is wearing the 'crimson petals' pendant necklace, although she was smart and bought it in the (now extinct) 'spring's arrival' gift set (those things were a great deal!). i know it probably seems as though ceili is protesting having her picture taken, but in actuality, she is so excited about her mommy's 'maoiliosa' wear that she is doing the "rocker fist" move. you know, like you do at a badass concert. okay, maybe that's just wishful thinking, but still! ;p







whitney is also wearing the matching earrings (available as 'love in bloom'). whitney, they look so pretty on you! and look at little ceili striking a pose ;).



so like i was saying in my last post, everyone who submits a 'happy customer' photo featuring themself in 'maoiliosa' merch gets a free necklace or pocket mirror of their choice from my shop! yay whitney - happy choosing!



see my previous blog entry for info on submitting your 'happy customer' photos (and of course getting free stuff!) too!



♥,
melissa

washi wall scrolls are on sale!

'enchanted sakura' washi wall scroll by maoiliosa

sweet deal alert! just barely in time for valentine's day, and in addition to the other 2 sales i have going on right now in my shop ("buy 3 get 1 free" on pocket mirrors and "buy 2 get 1 free on necklaces"), i have temporarily reduced the price on my wall scrolls to $30! that's $10 off, people!

♥,
melissa

new news

hiiiii, the internet! i didn't forget about you! i have been overwhelmed with grown-up problems (ack! this 25 year-old is not ready for that!) and writer's block this month, but i think my head is on straight again, and i'm ready to blog blog blog :).

first thing's first:
extended/expanded sale going on now at 'washi by maoiliosa'!

that's right :).

• all pocket mirrors are 'buy 3, get 1 free'
• all pendant necklaces are 'buy 2, get 1 free'

you know the drill, just tell me which items you want for free in the 'message to seller' section when you check out :).

also, be sure to check back tomorrow for the first of many posts in my brand-spankin-new segment, 'feature friday', where i highlight one fabulous etsy seller per week whom i'm ordered from in the past! i'll be kicking off this segment with none other than the talented susie ghahremani of boygirlparty! don't miss it!

♥,
melissa

new pocket mirrors!

'seafoam koi'

... and ...


'winter sakura'

... are my newest additions to my selection of pocket mirrors!

each mirror is still just $6 (they make great stocking stuffers!), and all of my pocket mirrors are still on sale: buy 3, get 1 free (duplicates, too!).

pretty dang exciting, huh? ;D

♥,
melissa

cyber monday sale!

30% off everything in my shop this monday, CYBER MONDAY, 12-01-08!

this sale is in addition to my other sales that are going on right now:

• buy 3, get 1 free on all pocket mirrors! on duplicates, too!
• pendant necklaces reduced to just $10 each!
• free shipping on all orders over $50!

don't miss your chance to save big this holiday season!

the sale will run all day, starting at midnight monday and ending at 11:59 monday night (central time).

this is such a crazy time of the year! you'll be relieved to know (well, i was, at least!) that i got an 'a' in that biology class that i put off forever :p. i now have to do an entire sociology of deviance class in just one week (but don't fret for me - i just need to write a bunch of papers, which just so happens to be my forte!). i have 2 other college courses beginning this week (gotta love self-paced classes!), and i need to apply to take that gigantic french test soon so i can test out of all my foreign language credits i need to graduate.

on top of that, i am still waiting to hear back on the final result of whether or not the retail shop i am supposed to manage will open, and whether or not what the job entails will suit me and my schedule. and on top of THAT, i have been working on a secret new project that will appear in my shop this coming friday! all i can say is it's nothing like anything you've seen on etsy, and you're gonna LOVE it! :D

and i did finally get my wedding pictures, so i will be sharing a few of those on tuesday. i already have them in an album on my facebook account, so you can peek there for many more photos than i will be able to post here :).

i hope all of you had a tryptophan-tastic thanksgiving! ;D haha, sorry, that's my favourite (and thankfully only...) thanksgiving gimmick!

♥,
melissa

finally!

hello! didja miss me?

after basically a 3-week hiatus from blogging, i have returned to you ;p. things have been so eventful the last few weeks that i haven't had time to sit and blog, believe it or not! but i missed it, so here i am :)

let's see, where to begin?

• the nine inch nails concert on october 23rd was AMAZING. it was definately the best nine inch nails concert i've been to, and of course that means it's the best concert i've been to overall ;). here are some pictures:

as you can see, we got REALLY close this time! ah, to be close to trent reznor...

... but i am a married woman now, and even though trent's hair is dreamy, his voice is dreamy, his muscles are dreamy, his butt is dreamy... no! no more of that ;p.



we eventually had to retreat a bit, but i could still see mr. reznor perfectly fine, in all his yelling glory. i got a few really good videos of the concert, too.



the acoustics were much better at this venue than the one in houston, and i was blown away.



the opening band, ghostland observatory (from my native austin), was super awesome as well. the singer really struts his stuff on stage, and it's hilarious and very engaging! look them up on youtube for some examples of what i'm talking about. and yes, the other dude in the band is wearing a cape :p.

i like their music a lot, and brandon and i are going to see them in austin on november 15th at the place where i attended my very first nine inch nails concert :). i'm sure we'll have a blast! they're a lot of fun.

and of course no concert would be complete without a silly pic of me and brandon!

• halloween was mostly uneventful (would you believe that not one trick-or-treater even came to the door?!), but it gave me an excuse to wear my platinum-pink wig!

i love this wig! brandon bought it for me for my birthday last year, and i just adore it ♥.

• my etsy friend heather (auryndesign) is a super-sweetheart and featured me on her blog recently. that means a lot, especially since we are each other's competition, you might say. she is a good friend with a lot of talent, and we each have our own totally unique spin on the washi-paper-jewelry front, so it works out :). so yes, i am excited that i was interviewed for a feature, especially from a friend :D.
  
  
• you might have noticed a bunch of brand new things in my shop. well, that's because i put a bunch of brand new things in my shop! ;p. more on those in my next blog entry, but feel free to head on over to the shop and check out the new pocket mirror and pendant necklace designs! the new pendants come on 18" sterling silver-plated chains!

this pocket mirror is called 'natural beauty', and is $6 in my shop

• also, i've decided to no longer do my "monthly goals" blog post, as i rarely felt i was meeting my expectations, and it's just a reminder that i didn't do as well as i hoped for the previous month, if that makes any sense.

but the main reason i've been away from my blog is college work. i am finally done with everything but my final in my biology class, i've studied a lot for my huge french test (i have to test out of 16 credit hours of it), and now i can complete my deviance sociology class with nothing else in the way!

oh, and i still don't have any more wedding pictures to show you; they are supposed to be on their way to be by next wednesday. i'll share as soon as i get 'em :).

and one final thing: i don't like to talk about things on here that might offend people, but i just have to say that i voted for barack obama yesterday, and i am feeling extremely, overwhelmingly, and fantastically proud. his winning speech was so moving that i got all choked up. i know many of you probably would have loved to see mccain win, but hopefully president obama can show all of america how his intelligence, instincts, and know-how will give this country at least a few of the things it has been severely lacking. i have faith in that, and hopefully you guys on the right-side will be impressed with him before too long :).

okay, no more preachy-yeswecan-hope-mongering! ;D

for those of you who have been checking in to see if i'll ever blog again (haha), thanks for sticking around! oh, i'm on twitter, too (see it on the top-ish right?), so you can follow me there!

♥,
melissa

ALREADY in a treasury!

my little cranes pocket mirror ('taking flight'), which was just listed yesterday, has already been featured in a treasury! many thanks to buddysan on etsy :D.

yep, i think the pocket mirrors are going to be a huge hit!

♥,
melissa

pocket mirrors!

some time ago, i had this awesome customer from the u.k. who requested pocket mirrors with the washi designs i use. well, here they are! well, some of them ;).

at the moment, there are 5 designs to choose from, but considering the fact that i sold one (the koi cutey pictured above) immediately after listing it, i can tell i'm going to be expanding to even more designs very soon!



you can use these 2.25" handy mirrors for checking your makeup, your hair, or my favourite use: peeking around corners like a super sleuth! ;D and each mirror comes prettily packaged in a matching organza bag, ready to give to a friend or toss directly into your purse!



and at only $6 each, how can you say no?! every girl needs one of these!

if you see any washi designs in my shop that you think are just dying to be on a pocket mirror, leave me a comment and let me know! you can name a pendant, magnet set, etc. that uses the design you're thinking of so it's easier for me to know which one you mean.

yay, pocket mirrors!

oh, and ps - these were a total bugger to photograph! lea, now i know what you had to go through with your pocket mirrors!

♥,
melissa