a blog in the life of an online gift shop and its owner
Just added! Happy 30th teddybear with his own box of chocolates and lollies.
It’s nice to celebrate a birthday milestone and now we have cute and yummy birthday gifts specifically for 18th, 21st, 30th, 40th & 50th plus a general Happy Birthday to You gift and our gorgeous Beary Happy Birthday gift.
We’ve got you covered! Over the coming months we plan on adding additional birthday milestone gift boxes, exciting 
With Easter only a few weeks away we are full steam into getting our Easter gifts packed and ready for despatching. We try and not send them too early but obviously don’t want them arriving too late so we need to ensure they’re all ready to go plus we do label the outside of the parcel with a ‘Happy Easter’ label - then the recipient can decide whether to open now or what until Easter.
Generally the week leading up to the Easter long weekend* is when we’re flat out! Last minute ordering is guaranteed so we need to be ORGANISED! Ensuring packing boxes are made up is a start plus having enough stock of our ‘everyday’ gifts ready to go out helps, a lot! Easter is one of the main times we have extra helpers in, if we didn’t I’m sure I’d be grey by now with plenty more wrinkles!
I’ve just realised that it has been 3 years since we started the Rainbow Designs blog, I can’t believe it’s still going (and me!). There are moment when our blog does get neglected but we do try and add new posts as regularly as time permits and sometimes we just get plain old writers block!
Happy Birthday Blog
* Easter long weekend is from Friday 2 April until Monday 5 April (also note school holidays for most states start on Good Friday)
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We all need time to just sit back and relax and to put our work and business stresses aside, you’d go crazy (or crazier) if you didn’t!
Running your own business does make it harder to simply relax and not think about work because it’s yours, you are responsible for pretty much everything about the business. It can take over your whole life if you’re not careful. I know it has for me but I am trying a lot harder now to have the weekend as a no work zone. Now, it doesn’t always work let me tell you. I do still find myself answering emails on a Sunday and even doing up orders but I am getting better and normally I only do this if I’m trying to delay doing housework, eeeeek!
To help me switch off from my business I *try* and keep everything up to date, such as paperwork, bill paying, filing, stock ordering etc throughout the week so I don’t have anything hanging over my head during the weekend and dreading Monday. It is much easier to enjoy your time away from your business if you know there isn’t a weeks (months!) worth of data entry and filing waiting for you on your desk. If you can’t get everything done before you have a break (which btw should be every weekend) at least organise it so it doesn’t look quite as intimidating. This can just be putting things in piles with post its, having trays for various things ie filing, bills to be paid, new products etc Also, if you are realising that you can NEVER get everything done each week/month then maybe it is time to outsource. What are things you don’t particularly like which always get pushed back and back but is still always on your mind. It could be your filing, your accounts, data entry Can someone else do it for you? Can it be done ‘virtually’ by someone else? Do you have a neighbour or friend who wouldn’t mind working a few hours/days a week?
You might think ‘but I just can’t afford it’ I know I did this for a long time before I realised I was spending (well, wasting) so much time, not only doing these things but also worrying about them. So I finally hired someone to do my books, and let me tell you it was such a load off! I love knowing that at the end of each month all my accounts are up to date without me having to stress about it. It’s also made it so much easier to really see what is going on within my business, how things are *really* going.
We use Tilda Virtual and they’ve been great!
Other things you can outsource:
Your newsletter - how often do you send one? This was something else I would put off and then when I finally did get around to doing it, it would put together quickly without much thought at all. A waste really. So what did I do? Yep, I hired someone to do them for me. Brilliant. I just send them a brief outline of what I want included ie new products, specials, up coming events (like Easter) and they put it all together for me, easy and inexpensive! We use Clever Streak. They can also look after your blog plus social media like Twitter and Facebook.
So don’t think, just because it is your business, you have to do EVERYTHING yourself. There are so many wonderful businesses out there that can help you. Sure, there are times when you will be super busy and won’t be able to get away but when it gets like this you still need to have a break even if it for just an hour. It’s amazing what a clear head can do!
Everything won’t fall apart if you’re away from your computer or, heaven forbid, you actually turn your computer off! Organisation is the key and not sweating the small stuff.
Now, turn off your computer (and your phone!) and go spend time enjoying yourself. BREATH & RELAX.
ps: I haven’t worked out why every word ends up with a capital letter, very strange, but I will take my own advice and ‘not sweat the small stuff’.
pps: The gorgeous images are from our new range of Greeting Cards!
Whether it’s for friends, family or work our Easter Treats gift boxes make a fabulous party favour (even if we do say so ourselves!).
Minimum quantity is 30
Filled with delicious milk chocolate Easter eggs
Price is $7/box
On the side of each box you can have your company logo, message (or both) plus we’ll even attach a gift tag to each box so you can have a logo/photo on the side of the box and your message on the tag. All this at no extra charge plus there is no additional delivery cost, weeeeheeee
What are you waiting for? Order online today!
Good Friday is April 2, 2010
we have SAME DAY DESPATCH* if you place your order by 1pm (NSW time).
All our Delivery information can be found HERE!
* this means send not delivered btw
So, if you order this:
by 1pm, it will be winging it’s way to its destination that very same day.
You can also order now for delayed despatch - meaning we will hold your order until the date you request. Great way to not miss someones birthday or anniversary - do it NOW while you think of it!
Daylight saving will end in New South Wales* on Sunday 4 April 2010 at 3:00 am, when clocks will be put back one hour. Which means we get an extra hour on Easter Sunday to eat our Easter eggs
This is also the same for Tasmania, South Australia, ACT and Victoria
Western Australia, Queensland and the NT do not have daylight savings.
* this is where Rainbow Designs is!
Not sure when Easter is this year, can’t remember when Mother’s Day is or which Sunday in September Father’s Day is, never fear Rainbow Designs ‘Calender of Events’ is here!
btw: Easter Friday is April 2, Mother’s Day is May 9 and Father’s Day is September 5.
Plus we also have a list of all the School Terms across Australia - the next lot of school holidays are just around the corner!
FYI - it’s a public holiday in Victoria today plus Adelaide peeps get a day off as well (for the Adelaide Cup)
Yep, can you believe it’s March which means it’s almost April which means Easter, hooraar!
Important dates:
Good Friday is umm Friday (obviously) April 2, 2010 (do you say 20 10 or 2000 & 10, weird isn’t it - or is it just me!)
To ensure your orders are delivered before the Easter Bunny arrives (remember Good Friday and Easter Monday are both Public Holidays) you will need to place your orders by:
a) WA, NT, Qld country, Tas - order by 1pm Friday 26 March.
b) Vic, NSW country - order by 1pm Monday 29 March
c) Sydney metro - order by 1pm Wednesday 31 March.
ok, now that’s out of the way onto the good stuff EASTER EGGS!!
Baby Bunny - She’s so pretty! She measures 12.5cm x 11cm x 7cm deep and holds 260g of absolutely gorgeous Pink Lady Milk Chocolate Easter Eggs - $31.00 includes delivery and gift tag
Eggcellent (even if she says so herself! btw she is baby Bunny’s mummy) - She measures 16.5cm x 14cm x 8cm deep and is filled with 600g of Chocolate Easter Eggs - $39 includes delivery and gift tag
Easter Feaster, indeedy! A massive kilo of Easter Eggs, yep you read right A KILO! Includes solid milk chocolate, peppermint cream, caramel and strawberry. Great for work mates, family get togethers or people with a big ol’ sweet tooth, known as a Chocoholic!
My personal favourite - Bunny Box, these boxes are just divine and we’ve made them even better with the inclusion of Easter Eggs 700gms of them, woohoo!
They measure 27cm x 15cm x 7cm deep
We also have:
and
and (of course)
So everyone’s covered!
HAPPY EASTER
When was the last time you actually went to the Post Office and sent a real greeting card? Too far back you can’t remember? Well, there’s no excuse now! We’re making it easy for you, yay us!
Our gorgeous new line of Greeting Cards, made by the fabulously talented Jenni from Sweet Sentiments, are so sweet, so cute, so adorable that you won’t be able to stop yourself from sending them! Although, in reality, we will be sending them, all you need to do is type in your message, click buy now and you’re away! We’ll neatly hand write your message, address the envelope, place a stamp on the front and pop it into the post office then a few days later you’ll be the toast of the town!
Is it your anniversary? Why not send this gorgeous card - Luv Ewe ($4.90 includes postage)
Mother’s Day (it’s Sunday May 9) - perfect for anyone who has a (non wicked!) step mum!
and this adorable Mother’s Day card:
All cards are printed onto high quality white card.
Go on, surprise someone, send them a REAL card!
