CP Junior Jersey Sale, Also Store Closing

Repeating what I wrote in my "CHM Biz News Blog." (Note the link to this blog in the sidebar here)...

My "For Women Old Enough to Know Better", a.k.a. grannygear, store, will be closing by August.

However, this "For Women Old Enough..." store is still open as I speak, and with a Junior Jersey Blow-Out Clearance Farewell and Closing Sale, at that.

I have marked my Junior Jersey prices way down throughout the "For Women Old Enough..." store. Add my mark-down to CafePress's Junior Jersey mark-down starting today, and you've got lots of savings. Take advantage - after all, school and Fall are coming before you know it. Get your nifty cheap Jerseys now.

Back to the "For Women Old Enough..." store... This CafePress Premium Store originated when CafePress offered me a free six-months deal for me to upgrade my Basic Store (a free store, but with limited options) to a Premium Store. I took up CafePress's offer, even though I was already busy with my first and original CafePress Premium Store, Music Stuff & More. "For Women Old Enough..." store did well those first six free months, so I kept it. It has always more than paid its way, still does, but I like the idea of consolidation now - it's easier, more convenient, simpler, for me and, I believe, for you customers. Oh, and there'll be one less store to make payments on...

You will now find your favorite graphics and merchandise from "For Women Old Enough..." store @ my Music Stuff & More store. (As you may have noticed, many of these graphics and merch have been there already.) Look in the "& More" area for your favorite non-musical - also women-oriented - graphics. I'm in the process of "revealing" them soon, after I get them all tidy and ready-for-primetime.

So, "For Women Old Enough..." is open now as I write, with great deals on Junior Jerseys throughout the store, but will no longer be open in August. I haven't figured out yet what to do with this "For Women Old Enough...", a.k.a. Groovy Ladies, Blog. It will remain open and running until I can figure out what to do with it, a decision which will be made sometime before long... Input regarding this blog is very welcome!

Please visit - and enjoy the extra Junior Jersey savings - @ "For Women Old Enough..." store.
And, Music Stuff & More store.
And, my brand-new www.zazzle.com/chmayer, which is Music Stuff & More @ Zazzle.

Please note that I am newly on Facebook. Feel free to send me a Message or give me a Facebook Poke. You'll find me under my real name. And, both my CafePress store and my new Zazzle store can be found on my Facebook Profile.

Take care. Keep cool.

Green tea protects against heart disease: study - Yahoo! News

Green tea protects against heart disease: study - Yahoo! News (Reuters)

Yet another report about the value of green (also dark) tea.

Neat thing about tea, unlike coffee, it doesn't matter if it's hot, cold, or room temperature.

Drink up!

The New Stuff - Grafs & Merch

Images of just a couple of my many new items... Above, the new Raspberry Baseball Cap with the new "InfiniStitch Embroidery." Below is one of the Obama graphics, somewhat obviously. This graphic looks great on buttons - I know, I ordered ten mini-buttons myself and am very pleased with how they turned out.

A few links to some of my new graphics and new merchandise:

See Music Stuff & More store's "Sales & Features" and "NEW NEW NEW" section and 2008 Election & 4th of July (Americana, generally, also includes Obama stuff). And still more Obama stuff in the "& More" section

I have mentioned previously the new *Pink* color for maternity tops, I hope. Also new: pet bowls, in both large and small sizes. Find some in the "NEW NEW NEW" section mentioned above.

I'm Back!

Please excuse my absence.

Hope you're having a fun - and cool - Summer.

I haven't - and am not going to - add anything new to the "For Women Old Enough..." store, but I've been real busy over at Music Stuff & More , also have opened a Zazzle store, and started a Facebook Page. Also LOTS of new graphics, plus new merchandise, too.

More soon - it's freakin' 10:50 pm on a Friday night and 83 degrees in this Office.

Enough said!

More soon (yes, soon!) - and I've begun this month's newsletter.

Take care. Keep cool, enjoy, and take it easy.

Don't Forget Mother's Day

Shop at the For Women Old Enough...store or at Music Stuff & More for gifts for Mom, Grandma, or, heck, yourself (if you're a Mom or Grandma, you're very entitled to treat yourself, don't you think? You've earned it!).

See a section with Mother's Day Gift Ideas from my Music Stuff & More store

Also check out Moms Rule and I Heart Mom graphic merchandise and Grannies Rule, I Heart Grandma, and other loving Granny merch (Find Phat Granny and Groovy Grandma merch here as well.)

My CafePress Stores & the Earth

Please visit my Music Stuff & More store, too, where you'll find even more Earthly merchandise.

And, don't forget my many green shirts, also organic T-shirts, as well as the re-usable $14 totebags available in both my CafePress Premium stores.

Happy Holidays

Happy Easter. Enjoy the holiday weekend!

Got some new graphics in Music Stuff & More store: new blue treble clef Circle of Fifths graphics, also a new "HB - Huntington Beach" graphic.

Music Merchandise
"NEW NEW NEW' section and "Sales & Features" in Music Stuff & More store

GREEN

Plugging my Green feature in my other CafePress store...

Are you a Green fan?

Irish? Environmental and Earth-Friendly?

Green is in.

Have you noticed how many politicians wear green ties these days? They wouldn't have been caught dead in the past wearing a *green* tie, likely. Unless maybe they're Irish and it's St. Patrick's day, or Christmas.

Anyway, I am featuring green graphics and green shirts in my Music Stuff & More store, check out this green stuff.

And, for the saving of the green (badly needed these days, the economy being in the state it's in...grumble...), check out the buttons, stickers, magnets, Value T-shirts (only $9.99) in both my big CafePress stores. Yes, you'll find some with green graphics in the feature mentioned above.

America : For Women Old Enough... : CafePress.com

America : For Women Old Enough... : CafePress.com

It's Super-Duper, Tsunami Tuesday tomorrow! The Nearly-Half- the-U.S. Presidential Primary!

Am I excited? Yes, can you tell?

Hey, even the fact that a woman is being considered, has a real chance to be a presidential candidate, is a big deal.

But, for me, either an Obama win or a Hillary win is a very good thing. I'll admit I've already mailed-in my vote for Hillary. Very hard to choose - both candidates are so good.

The live links up top are to my American eagles and "Democratic Progress" (yes, appropriate for either Obama or Hillary) graphics/merchandise.

For more of these 2008 Election graphic and merchandise check out my Music Stuff & More store, at this link and at this link

(BTW, behind the scenes I'm in the process of re-organizing my stores, which will result in my not pointing out merchandise in a number of different places! It will be consolidation as well as re-organizing, making my stores easier to use for you - and for me, as well. Ties into the creation of that long-discussed new website of mine, too, which makes sense if you think about it.)

Now, be sure to vote tomorrow!

SALES & FEATURES : For Women Old Enough... : CafePress.com

SALES & FEATURES : For Women Old Enough... : CafePress.com

An update!

Please note the Valentine section here. : )

Are you ready to vote in your Primary? I'm mailing my ballot in today or tomorrow and I still haven't been able to commit - Hillary? Obama? FWIW, I'd be happy with either.

If you're either an Obama or a Hillary fan, you might want to check out...

Democratic Progress (as well as American eagles...) in this store

or

Democratic Progress found in my Music Stuff & More store (lots more merch here)

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!

Enjoy a safe, happy, healthy Holiday Season! Peace & Joy to All.

Carolyn

The New Bigger Buttons are Here

The new bigger - 3.5" - buttons are now in this Store in its "Sales & Features" section.

More will be coming. More are located in my other big CP store, Music Stuff & More

No, I don't have any 2008 presidential election campaign buttons, etc. right now, as I don't have a favorite presidential candidate yet. Maybe I'll make one for Hillary, one for Obama, one for Edwards...

(believe it or not, FWIW, I still do have the Kerry-Edwards stuff in the back here)

Being in California I would get any of these presidential graphics out well before our Primary, which is in January, I believe.

P.S. Re the Southern California fires thing... I have been safe, but sick, from it. The Santiago Canyon fire, which the firefighters are still fighting, was headed straight for one of my daughters' neighborhood until the good firefighters "corralled" the flames. Daughter Sarah lives right over that now infamous Orange County-Riverside County ridgeline/border. The firefighters held their Riverside County townhall meeting right in my grandtwins' school! Scary, but okay now. And, I don't expect this coming weekend's Santa Ana winds to be a problem. The air has been really crappy here, but slowly getting cleaner, I'm happy to say. BTW, the Orange County Red Cross has met their limit for O.C. fire donations - good for my fellow Californios. (Please note how well our evacuations to the Qualcomm Stadium went, I say, with a bit of smugness and pride for our Golden State. And, how about those firefighters?! Our heroes! As always.)

Anyway, *big* buttons are here. : )

Oh, and happy Halloween.

CafePress Bigger Buttons Coming...

...also Yard Signs.

In mid-October this new merchandise will be rolled out. CafePress is thinking the 2008 Election especially.

I have zero ideas for Yard Signs right now, especially since I have yet to choose a candidate. (You may notice that I have "For Gore" stuff available, but Al seems to be showing less and less interest in declaring his candidacy for president, seeming full up on other important projects, such as winning awards and climate change, etc. Darn.) So, yeah, I'll have to make my choice by January (CA Primary), but I haven't zeroed in on anybody yet. Perhaps I'll do several candidates' stuff, since I don't have a favorite right now, anyway? That's a possiblity.

Regardless, I'll put out some of the new, bigger buttons - 3.5" - with some non-political graphics. As in, bigger versions of buttons I already have out there in my stores. Be nice stocking stuffers, etc. Nifty to stick an Earth button on your re-usable totebag (here @ only $14.99), too.

Stay tuned. Again, this new merch will be rolled out in mid-October. The new buttons will come out fast, as they're really easy for me to whip up with the graphics already present.

News w/ More to Come RSN

I've been busy working on my other blogs and stores (it's 9 pm already!), but I want to let you in on some news for now, with more later this week.

Check out the new feed from my primary blog - CHM Biz News Blog - which you'll find on the sidebar here. There's a CafePress sale!

It's a good idea to keep an eye on the CHM Biz News Blog, anyway, as it's the best information source about my business, with the possible exception of my monthly CafePress newsletter.

You may also want to check out my Music Stuff Blog, also found here, with a horizontal banner toward the bottom of this Page, not on the sidebar. There's some fun stuff I just put up there you might enjoy. Involving music, of course.

And, last, but certainly not least (and I should have mentioned this on the CBN Blog, but...later...), and that is...I think I have my price mess cleaned up. I'm not yet ready to signal the 100% all-clear, but all is looking good, and has for a few days now. CafePress IT is still working on the issue (I certainly wasn't alone with this problem!), when *they're* done, then I'll feel all is corrected. Just an FYI, especially for those of you who read my newsletter which referred to this.

Now, I'm off to dinner and the rest of the Emmies (or is that Emmys?).

: )

Poll: Family ties key to youth happiness

Poll: Family ties key to youth happiness - Yahoo! News (AP)

Interesting, important, and, especially if you're a mom, encouraging survey done by the Associated Press and, yes, MTV.

IMHO, these two together - AP and MTV - could come up with a pretty good overview of what's going on with today's youth.

Hey, some good news (for a change). : )

Keep cool.

Stopping By & Update

Hope all are keeping cool!

The "limited time" "Buy 3 Shirts, Get 1 Free" CafePress promotion is over now.

I have been hard at work re-organizing my CafePress premium stores, as you may notice, also adding new graphics and merch. Been busy putting together Back-to-School Features as well (which I had better complete RSN!).

I've been in the process of marking down my Value T-Shirts.

My Value T-Shirt mark-down is for two reasons:

1. CafePress will be increasing its price for printing on a second side later this month. What this means is that either we shopkeepers can pass along the price increase to you guys (!), we can cut our mark-up (!!), or we can remove the graphics on the second side (a ton of extra work on top of an already heavy workload at the busiest part of the online retail year). I most likely will do the first and third: pass along the mark-up, plus start removing some - but not all! - of the second graphics. What this means is that all my merch printed on two sides will be slightly more expensive, but you'll start to be seeing prices drop as I remove the second graphics from many items. BTW, I have many, many items (most?) which have only one graphic, so they will not be affected in any way, price or otherwise. So....to make a long story shorter, my offering the Value tees at a lower price, may compensate a little for the increased price of the two-graphic items. (I'm giving it a shot for now, anyway. Running it up the flag pole; seeing if it will fly.)
2. The economy. It's getting a little ugly out there. The stock market has been like a roller-coaster this year - you have to hang on tight, and it's starting to get a little sick and nauseating. Then there's all those "sub-slime" (thank you for this apt word, Jim Cramer) and otherwise screwed-up mortgages and other "creative" financing/credit crunch. Gasoline prices, higher food prices... It's not a time to expect people to want to throw around their cash. It's a time where someone might be more interested in spending $9.99 for a tee she really likes and can afford, while, perhaps, the more expensive shirts have to be passed up (especially those with that added two-graphic CafePress mark-up!). The more flush among you won't care, but I do have sympathy for those who are uncomfortable shelling out more than $9.99 for a T-shirt at this time.

Telling you far more than I should, it's good news/bad news for me when I sell stickers, buttons, magnets, Value Tees, and the like. Good news in that I made a sale and that someone has appreciated and is now enjoying my stuff. But a little disappointing in that I'm making only $1 or two on the sale. (The more expensive items bring me $5 or more...)

Anyway, I'm way long, too long here. Just updating you, and wishing you well. Keep cool!

New Merch & Other News

I've been literally under the weather lately (bleeping climate change affecting my eyes, lungs, and sinuses - the downside of living in SoCal), as a result I haven't been keeping up with all my work as well as I'd like.

Can't believe I didn't post here yet about the arrival of the new Junior spaghetti tank tops and the new maternity tops, many of which have been in the For Women Old Enough... store for a while now. I do plan to add yet more. Check them out in "Sales & Features" The maternity tops come in black or white. The new spaghetti tank tops come in pastels as well as in white. See still more of this merch in the "Moms Rule" sections, and elsewhere in For Women Old Enough..., as well as in the Music Stuff & More store.

Here's some other - this is brand-new - news regarding all my CafePress stores from my CHM Biz News Blog (and please subscribe while you're there).

Of particular interest For Women Old Enough... (both you and the CafePress store), are the new Junior Jersey T-Shirts, which will be replacing the soon-to-be-former Junior Baby Doll T-Shirts. These are expected to be of higher quality - and will be offered in pink or blue, as well as in white. These new Jerseys ought to be in my CafePress stores within the next few days, according to CafePress, which is doing the bulk of the adding (quicker for you, easier for me - good news all around).

To view these changes at my family-friendly, women-friendly, children-family other CafePress store - a bigger one, frankly (huge!), please visit Music Stuff & More

I also recommend, once again, subscribing to my monthly CafePress newsletter. I'm really good at getting this newsletter out every month for years and years now, and still am, come heck or high water. It's probably the best way to keep up with what's going on regarding my CafePress stores. (Yes, I'm still working on my website - !, and still upgrading my blogs...).

You'll find my monthly CafePress Newsletter subscription/sign-up thingie in a box there on the right sidebar here, as well as on my CafePress premium stores' Storefronts.

Yet more, on a personal note: Yes, I've seen the new "Pirates", I'm happy to report : )

And, Friday's my birthday - no milestone, though. Yes, that makes me a Gemini. Not surprising, I am pretty much of an airhead. ; )

Be well, and do have good weather.

SALES & FEATURES : For Women Old Enough... : CafePress.com

I hope that you moms out there had a good Mother's Day!

SALES & FEATURES : For Women Old Enough... : CafePress.com

A "For Women Old Enough..." store update:

This Page linked to above will give you a good summary of what's new in the store. But, I'll also make a list here:

~ From now on, ALL of my totebags in both of my CafePress premium stores (that would be "For Women Old Enough..." as well as "Music Stuff & More") will be sold at the reduced price of $14.00. This is to encourage bag re-use, yet another way we can help our planet - and, ultimately, ourselves.

These CafePress canvas totebags are good for re-use, being strong, easily washable cotton canvas. The bags can also be used as shoulder bags. (I've a couple of these bags myself, so I do have personal experience with using them.)

~ Along that line, surely you've seen the World in the "For Women..." store. No, really, the Planet Earth. CafePress merchandise with a high-quality NASA photo of the Western Hemisphere of the Earth graphic is now available in both of my CafePress premium stores.

~ There is brand-new CafePress merchandise available. I've been starting to add the maternity tops (in both white and in black) and the new Junior spaghetti tank tops (in nice colors) to both of my CafePress premium stores. Also, I continue to add other merchandise (always working at catching up) to both stores.

~ As I've mentioned previously, here and/or in my monthly CafePress newsletter or CHM Biz News Blog, some CafePress merchandise is about to be discontinued.

In fact, if CafePress doesn't remove the U.S. Custom Postage right away, I should/will, because the price of postage is changing this week, while this postage is not (being 39 cents). All in all, I recommend not buying the CafePress Custom Postage - or for that matter, the soon-to-be-discontinued CafePress Postage Pals. Actually, these postal items may already be unavailable.

CafePress apparel to be discontinued in early June include the Junior camisoles, the Junior baby-doll T-shirts (to be replaced with new Junior jerseys - stay tuned), and the light-blue trucker hats.

Note that the black trucker hats will continue to be available and are not being discontinued.

= "For Women Old Enough to Know Better" store
= "Music Stuff & More" store

SALES & FEATURES : For Women Old Enough... : CafePress.com

SALES & FEATURES : For Women Old Enough... : CafePress.com

Finally got my Mother's Day and Mother Earth Features added to this "Sales & Features" Section!

Check 'em out (Please?)

TGIF. Have a nice weekend! : )

Sharing a Secret?

The cat's out of the bag... This is not yet public, but I'll share this with you blog people and hope that CafePress wouldn't mind (I sincerely doubt it would.).

From an official CafePress person:

Hi Shopkeepers,

We're adding excitement to Spring with new items and new color choices. Soon you'll see:

-- Maternity T-shirts: It's what you've been waiting for! With this shirt, we'll be offering a special belly print (10" x 10") area. Available in black and white.

-- Jr. Spaghetti: 3 new colors added! The colors are light pink, light blue, and lemon

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Me again.

Note that this merchandise is not out yet. But, it'll coming soon.

I know this is not so much a young woman place, or its accompanying store, but I thought you'd like to know. After all, you do have daughters, some of you. I will be making the maternity tops available in my stores - I do support moms - of all ages. : ) I think my already-available "Moms rule" graphic would work on those maternity tops, for a start.

Have a nice weekend! I'm looking forward to a quiet day by myself: baseball (just in front of the TV) while playing/working with my bead stuff, and reading my vast multitude of library books. Kicking back, relaxing, and, frankly, taking a break from this bleep electric box. Looking forward to Spiderman, too, in the next few days. Spidey's back! : ) (If you think I'm a bleep fool now, wait 'til "the Pirates"'s arrival later this month. Yo Ho, Yo Ho...) I'm just an old bleep kid. : D