Namaste, my dear readers:
After a year of learning my new business I have decided to stop fighting technology and have been working on new designs to sell as Printables. My Etsy Store is filling up with products and Printables and I am enjoying my store each day more. I am working on building positive relationships with my customers and giving them the most personalized service I can offer. They are definitely shaping my business and I am learning from them what they look for. Pretty interesting journey.
Here is a new sample of a Printable with an amazing prayer we say every Friday morning at the Kundalini class. This blessing is for sale at my Etsy store: www.etsy.com/shop/idocaredesigns

Namaste, Jazmin

Namaste dear readers:
December is back and with it a year of being in business as "i do care designs".
While looking back, I feel exhausted and blessed from all the sleepless nights, early mornings, business plans, Facebook postings, Blog postings, Esty postings, networking, shows and marketing, Charity events, and countless hours designing in front of my computer. I have learned a lot of amazing lessons and met amazing people. I had the privilege to attend Yoga retreats with my family and alone. Have been exposed to new Yoga classes and danced away with strangers in Kundallini classes every Friday! I am grateful for this 2012 year and looking forward to learn more in 2013.
Here is an illustration that came to my mind to reflect homy feeling about my business.
Namaste and Love, Jazmin

Namaste my dear readers:

The Yoga Vancouver Show is over and with it a lot of new contacts, friends, new customers and certainly renovated energy. It was a good idea to take my "studio" out of my house and share my creativity with the world. With a slightly tendency to isolate myself, going to the show was definitely a way to "work" on this tendency. I had a lot of positive feedbacks and my booth was reflecting the image brand I have been working so hard all this past year. After the show many friends asked me: Was it worth it? I think so! The Yoga community in Vancouver is great and I love being part of it. The feeling of belonging inspires me to do more creations, contact new people and participate in new events. By Sunday evening I was definitley inspired and happy! I wanted to share with you some photos of my booth. Thank you and namaste, Jazmin

Namaste my dear readers:
The new chakra healing dolls are here! After waiting for the fabrics to arrive, I spent the whole rainy weekend assembling these cute dolls! I had to research every color and the meanings of each healing or property of character that they represent. It was fun, interesting and rewarding. The colors of the chakras inspired me to come with this idea. They are printed on 100% cotton twill and stuffed with newspapers and fabrics. Their size is: 3.5" x 13.5". Soon for sale on my Etsy Store!
Namaste, Jazmin

i do care designs & Sustainablity

Namaste dear readers:
I have been blessed to meet people in Vancouver who have helped me on my journey to build "i do care designs". I find that working with local business like printers, book binderies, paper companies, has enriched and shaped my decisions regarding the products that I sell. Every time I go to buy papers for my cards, I look into new catalogs, new papers in the market, new options. I experiment and check how my customers react. It is fun and playfull. Every time I go to the printers, I ask them questions, show them new ideas and they guide me to find the right supplier. In a year I have found lots of interesting places in the city and have met nice people. When I faced the question of manufacturing my prodcuts abroad, I always come back to what I found in my city, the people I met and that feeling reinforces the sense of sustainablity that I so longed to create in my business.
Below is a photo with Tedd, the nicest guy I have met, who helped me prinitng the wrapping papers for this season. He believed in my project and took it very seriously.
Namaste for local! Jazmin

Namaste my dear readers:
The High Season is near and with it lots of thinking has been coming up. I started "i do care designs' a year ago with the purpose of creating an art business where all my values, as a person and as an artist will be implemented. It has been a joy to live the journey and see how many wonderful things have happended since last October. I started off with 5 originals designs for Christmas and the New Year, where Yoga poses were depicted using, of course, my whimsical characters. I am glad to say that since then, I managed to add more than 30 designs, cards for Birthdays, friendship, encouragement, pregnanacy, birth, mother's & father's day, Holidays and more.
This week "i do care designs" is adding 3 new designs for wrapping papers!!!

Here are the new designs!

These papers are printed in 100% recycled paper and proudly printed in Vancouver, BC.
For sale on my Esty page,
Hope you like them,
Namaste, Jazmin

Namaste my dear friends:
Last Friday I delivered the new mini-gratitude journals to Semperviva. They looked very cute in the display. There are 10 different designs to choose from. In my opinion they are all pretty. As well as Semperviva, they will be sold at Bikram (3 locations in Vancouver) and on-line on my Etsy Store.
Hope you like them as much as I do, namaste Jazmin.