It’s my forest Turquoise clock was featured in February issue of Pregnancy & Newborn magazine. Thank you P&N for sending me the jpgs.

I’m taking a suggestion from Anne and doing a giveaway of the new whale clock this month! (Shannon – i am taking your idea and do It’s my forest clock – special edition next month!)
Alright. To win this clock you must answer the following question: What is your latest happy purchase and why?
And write your answer in the comment section below. Your email will not be public and as always only be used if you are a winner and for nothing else.
One winner will be randomly picked at the end of the month.

My latest happy purchase is MOR’s Body Butter – Indian Pomelo. I just LOVE the smell of it. I usually put it on my hands, morning and night. I am super sensitive and allergic to perfume so I am happy to find something that I can put on my body that doesn’t give me a headache!

Fist of February — I didn’t even realize until few minutes ago. I knew it was Wednesday and I only have couple of hours left to get my work done so let’s get right to the winner!

The winner of Giveaway No. 18th is… Amanda M who wrote on January 16th! Congratulations! I will email you to get your shipping info.

Well folks, what should I do for this month’s giveaway? any ideas??

Introducing 3 new clocks: a giraffe, train and whale! I have several request for whale and giraffe clocks for some time now and I’m glad to have finally made them.
They are currently available in my etsy shop.

Duh, i just realized that today is Feb 1st! I guess I have to announce the winner of the giveaway. Will be right back!

Last year, I worked on some candle labels for Simone & society for rational dress. Now they are available to purchase here.

Welcome to the first Giveaway of 2012! It’s only appropriate to start the first giveaway off with this Goal/Wish list, don’t you think?

Oh boy, this year may turn out to be the busiest year for Decoylab! I won’t go into specifics as you will find out in a couple of months, but let’s just say that the market is getting bigger. Since I have no way of knowing what to expect, all I can say is “Bring it!”

So – let’s start this giveaway… This is how it works — To enter this month’s giveaway, please answer the question:
If you win the GOAL/WISH clipboard, what would be the first thing you would write?
And leave your answer in the comment section below. One winner will be chosen randomly at the end of this month.
As always your email will not be public and will only be used to contact if you are the winner.

I will have a GOAL board and first thing I’ll write is “schedule time for creative play.” I would love to make my creative play time a routine rather than something I do when I have time. There’s been too much managerial work I’ve been doing.

It’s already 5 days into 2012, but Happy New Year! Hope you had wonderful holidays and I wish everyone an amazing year.

I need to pick up Leela from Daycare (I should be leaving right now!) so I am here to quickly announce the winner of Giveaway No. 17!
It is Amy who wrote on December 18th. Congratulations! I will contact you to get your mailing address. (and Lorraine, I have not forgotten about you!)

There will be more giveaways to come through out this year and the first one will begin next week. Also stay tuned for new designs! (Yay! Fun work!!)

I know something about stealing… when I was in first grade, I stole a candy from a grocery store. I don’t know why but I had to tell my mom about it. My mom was upset and she sent my dad and I to return the item to the store and apologize.
Personally, I’ve learned in my early years that not only stealing is bad but it also left me with a nagging guilty feeling that I just can’t seem to shake off, until I set things straight. I couldn’t bear the guilty feeling.

If you own a small business you know how difficult it is to try and do it all by yourself. From designing to selling and marketing to customer service – countless hours, energy and attentions go into WORK. Not only I have to make a living and pay bills for the family, I have to pay my overhead and expensive materials constantly. I don’t think people realize how expensive it is to try and produce something in small scale and make products in the United States. Yes we can always make mass produced items in China, made and sold at less than half the price. Even then, the final price of the product get so inflated so the companies and retail shops can make profit, not the people who work in Chinese factory, people who make the products. I don’t call that special.

So whoever stole my designs please come up with your own. Nowadays anyone can have access to laser cutter. They can certainly start their own businesses in their home. What I do is not that ‘special’. Anyone can do it! But my designs are my designs – because I don’t want anyone else to think that I have my products mass produced. It goes against my intention. And you are not just stealing my designs, you are stealing my business. You are pooping on the solid hours and energies I put into what I do.

I can go on and on about this but I am going to stop here because I actually came in to my studio to get some work done. I don’t want this to ruin my Sunday plan.

**UPDATE**
I feel VERY VERY lucky that this issue actually got resolved, and in such a short period of time!

Thanks one98one for making apologies and quickly responding to the issue. I’m glad that you’ve taken down my designs but I still wonder where the designs came from.

SUPER BIG THANK YOUs go to the person who let me know (whose name I won’t mention here) about the stolen designs and very lovely Beth Barden for taking the matter into her own hands and got this resolved.

Rereading my blog post, I don’t even know if I made any sense! I started to make a point but dropped the whole thoughts in the middle of the post because I realized it was taking so long for me to gather my thoughts and I REALLY had to get my work done! But I thank you all for reading my ranting and left well wishes on this site and my Facebook page. I appreciate it!!

Over at Neet Magazine Blog, there’s a 6 days of handmade giveaways going and I am taking part in it.
So if you would like to have a chance to receive $30 gift certificate visit their blog and comment!

Looks like you have time until December 16th. And there are lots of amazing products giveaways to enter!