Silly Me Design Review and Giveaway

Until this year, I have always bought pre-made birthday invitations for my kids and then just filled them out. I don't know about you but after I receive the invite, I write it on my calender and toss the invite in the trash. What a waste really. I'd rather "Go Green" and just make calls to everyone but who has time for that either. Then it came to me...Design (or find someone clever enough to design) a birthday invitation that people will keep. I wanted to have a catchy line or two but also feature Emma, and her year of growth, on the invite. I wanted these pictures to be an update to the family members that are unable to see her often. So when I had the opportunity to review birthday invitations from Silly Me Design, I was thrilled.

Here is a bit about Kim:


1.Please tell us a little bit about yourself.
Hello! I’m Kim Henrie. I live in beautiful St George, UT
I am a working mother to a TWO year old boy and have a
baby on the way. I love all things creative.......
especially sewing, photography & scrapbooking.

2. What circumstances brought you to opening a shop and selling on Etsy
I started designing cards for family and friends when a friend told me
about etsy. I have been HOOKED ever sense.

3. How did you choose the name of your shop?
I was driving to work one day, and there was a new ice cream shop
opening in town called {Spoon Me} Shop names had been on my
mind.... Silly Me Design just came to me.

4. Where do you get your inspiration?
I LOVE fabric. My favorite fabric designers are Amy Butler, Heather Baily,
and Michael Miller. Who would of though fabric would inspire cards?

5. Apart from creating things, what do you do?
I love spending time with my family. My husband is a full time student, so when he has time we like to do things together as a family.

6. How did you feel when your first item sold?
I can still remember! I had opened my shop in October,and had a bunch of Christmas Cards designed and listed. I have a lot of people inquiring, but no buyers. It was a little discoursing. It wasn't until February {4 long months later} when I sold my first card. It was a custom design for a Pink Poodles in Paris party. I was a little overwhelmed, but SOOO excited.

7. How long have you been selling on Etsy?
Almost a year and a half

8. Do you have a day job or is Etsy it for you?
I have a part time job,where I am a Sleep Consultant at IntelliBED.
They feature the best mattresses in the whole world.

9.Do you sell your products elsewhere, or only on Etsy?
Only Etsy for now. I am hoping someday have my own website.

10. What is your favorite item that you sell?
My favorite item I sell is birthday invitations. I Love how excited the parents are when they see the finished design, and then they contact me later and tell me how much everyone loved the invitations. It makes me feel really good about all the hard work I put into each design.

11. If you could give any advice to someone aspiring to sell on Etsy, what would it be?
Don't give up. I think it is hard to get started on Etsy, but once you get a couple sales under your belt you are good to go.
Have good customer service. Your customers are EVERYTHING to your shop.
Have good communication, and go above and beyond for every customer.... even if they are driving you CRAZY :)

Here is the invite:

Words couldn't even describe how much I fell in love with this invite before I even held it in my hand. Kim was wonderful to work with. She wanted my invitations to be perfect and worked with me, making several proofs, before we had it perfected. When I received the invitations, they were perfect. The quality was above standard. The color and details were amazing. Also, Kim included envelopes that fit my invites perfectly.

Kim also offers endless options which is nice when you have an idea in mind. If you see something you like, Kim will work with you to make it your own. Not only does she do invitations for birthdays, she also produces amazing shower invites, wedding invites, announcements and party's. Kim is able to print your invites for you or send you the jpeg file, allowing you to print at home or at a local printer. Kim also loves custom orders and challenges her customers to be creative.

I will defiantly be using Kim and Silly Me Designs for all my invitations in the future.


Bet you want one, huh?

Head on over to Silly Me Designs and check out all of the unique designs.

Bet you would rather win one, huh?

Kim is awesome and she is offering 1 Luvn Life reader the chance to win a 100 invitations, envelops and the jpeg file of any design of their choice.

Mandatory Entry:

You must be a follower of Luvn Life and then Visit Silly Me Designs and tell me what you love.

Optional Entries:

~Heart Kim's shop

~Subscribe to my blog

~Follow Silly Me Designs on Facebook

~Follow me on Twitter and tweet this giveaway(can be done daily): @luvnlifeOO Enter to win 100 custom designed invitations with envelopes from Silly Me Designs Etsy Shop http://tinyurl.com/2au3kf2


~Grab my new button (5 entries)

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~Enter another giveaway on my blog (1 entry each)

~Blog about my giveaway with a link to the giveaway here and to Silly Me Designs(5 separate entries if you blogged early, 1 if you blogged on or after July 1st)

~List my giveaway on a giveaway site or Mr. Linky and leave me the link (1 entry per listing)

~Make a purchase from Silly Me Designs before the Giveaway is finished (10 entries)


Each entry needs to be a separate comment. Also, please leave a valid email address for me to contact you unless it is in your profile. Silly Me Designs giveaway will end at 11:59pm on August 8th, 2010. Winners will be chosen via randomorg.com and the winner has 48 respond and to send correct mailing information or I will draw another winner.



**I received the above stated product to review. No other compensation was received. Receiving the sample in no way influenced my statements in the review. The opinions expressed are my own and your opinions may differ.**