More baby gifts in honor of my new niece

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This next store is full of adorable baby items. They suggest magnets and buttons to hand out instead of cigars and customers are able to have them personalized with baby’s name and birth date.

They also have a large variety of bibs and onesies. I chose all baby girls’ gifts to share, but they have lots of cute baby boy clothes too.


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New Year’s Resolutions

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Only 2 weeks until New Year’s Eve! This is about the time I started my store last year. My original idea was putting what you were giving up for your New Year’s Resolution on t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, aprons, caps, mouse pads, stamps, buttons, magnets, etc.

The store has evolved quite a bit and my New Year’s Resolution items are now just one section of the shop. But, givitup is still all about fresh starts and positive changes. Whether you are giving up a bad habit or putting on a good one it' s been proven that goals shared stick better! So show the world - it might just inspire them to make a change too!

Whether it's: regrets, excuses, or road rage, share it with others on your choice of over 90 items. givitup

"No fear"

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I sent my state free classifieds out today about “no fear”:
”With everything going on in the world; from bird flu to terrorism to drugs, crime and natural disasters, Americans have been living in a shadow of fear. With online store, givitup's, "no fear" t-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, caps, buttons, magnets and more, you can show the world that you are ready to step out bravely and experience life again. Start the trend! Get America back where it's meant to be!” http://www.cafepress.com/givitup/1078889

What are you giving up for Lent?

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I was disappointed CafePress didn’t do any kind of Lent promotion like they do for Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, New Year’s, etc. Since that was the original idea for my store (what are you giving up for Lent?) I was prepared! But, there was no mention in their news section and no design contests. Oh, well, I’ve sent out some press releases (of course). Here’s an excerpt:

Ash Wednesday is March 1st. For the next 40 days (the season only counts weekdays) Christians all over the world will be reflecting on their faith journeys. It has become a tradition to give up something you enjoy as a sign of penance and also to get the smallest glimpse of how much Christ gave up for the World.

givitup has taken the most popular things people give up for Lent and put them on hoodies, sweatshirts, t-shirts, mugs, hats, buttons, magnets and more. Whether one is giving up caffeine, sugar, coffee, gossip, road rage, TV, whining, alcohol or dessert givitup has you covered.

Visit us at www.givitup.com

2 new designs announcement

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I decided to go ahead with the two other ideas I had had years ago when I first thought of the Lent buttons. At the time, Brittany was just a little girl and I thought of how many times we butted heads over what she would wear. I wanted to have a button that said “I dressed myself today” so no one would think I picked out that combination. Then of course Daddy put a few odd ensembles together too, so I thought of “Daddy dressed me today.”
Spent almost all day getting two sections set up for that. Mostly because poor John had to make the images for me and also the buttons on the side of my site, which is apparently really hard and I need to quit asking him to do that!
I debated whether to do a basic shop and just link it to mine, but then I would have had to have two basic shops because you can’t put the same image on the same product unless you have a premium shop. And I didn’t want to buy another premium shop just for two sections. But, I do like having my store have a theme and not just be a jumble of everything I could think of.
So, I ended up treating the new sections like they were stores I am recommending. They each have a little button like my affiliates, which sort of separates them, but are still part of my store. http://www.cafepress.com/givitup/1180863 is my “I Dressed Me” section and http://www.cafepress.com/givitup/1180725 is my “Daddy Dressed Me” section.
I think it will work. I am not really planning on marketing them like I do my givitup stuff, I am hoping word of mouth for this one, and so I sent out some emails and asked people to pass them on to anyone else with little kids.
As John was adding the statcounter to the two new sections I realized it wasn’t on my front page, which would explain why friends had told me they had looked at my site, but I never saw the evidence on the statcounter. Of course it doesn’t explain why they didn’t go to another page!