Welcome, cupcakes, to my first ever Shop Spotlight! I am so excited to provide this service to you loverlies to get not-so-well-known companies names out there. Most products I am featuring are all with products I bought with my own money (unless otherwise stated). Todays company is a sticker shop (go figure!) on Etsy called Sponsored by Coffee. First, can we just start by how amazingly cute her name is?! I support anyone who is fueled with the same amount of love for coffee as I am! But I know you didnt hop all the way over here from your side of the interwebz to hear my prattle on about my love affair with coffee (which, ironically I didnt start liking until somewhat recently; read: within the last 2-3 years).
So the packaging in itself screams sophistication... & girly! Black & white stripes, gold, & pink. Now, Im not sure if the envelopes are always pink or not; but my original order & my replacement (we will get into that later) were both the same yummy shade of pink. Yes, pink is apparently yummy. & while we are on the topic of shipping: I ordered late one night (it was either a Friday or Saturday) & the next morning I was getting a notification about my order being ready to ship! Definitely a plus in my book. However, after the notification that it shipped, all updates stopped because SBC does not offer tracking. This is definitely something I hope Connie offers in the future, even as an add on. Upon opening the envelope I was greeted by more pink (& I totally forgot to take a picture, Im sorry -.- ) but this time in the form of a lighter cellophane bag holding my precious stickers hostage.
Tada! My wonderful, super colorful order! The order also came with a white/cream & gold foil thank you card as well as a little pack that she likes to call her "Freebies, Oopsies, & Try Mes". They were wrapped in a white, silky type of paper (parchment, maybe?) & the sticker was - you guessed it! - pink! I am assuming each freebie set is different, so if you want to see what I got, look at the picture above... on the far right are 3 little single pieces. Its those. (:
On my first order, I received the following:
» Item Boxes - Summer Fun Color Scheme
» Money Tracker Stickers - Pink & Mint
» Item Boxes - Blushing
Everything arrived on glossy paper, which I have never had before (not even in my own shop... yet!). They feel so weird! Hahah. I did, however test out some writing on them in my planner for this week & I used both a ball point pen & an ink type pen (not a ball point, not a gel... its hard to describe, its a Korean pen). No smearing & took the colors like a champ! Everything arrived in beautiful condition except for my important stickers. ):
Not entirely sure what happened but they look like they had gotten wet. ): I immediately contact Connie on Instagram (her IG is: OfficialSponsoredbyCoffee -- follow herrrr! ) Instantly she apologized & offered to send me a new one free of charge. I even offered to send back the damaged ones (because with big box companies you have to return the damaged products for anything to happen... ie: my Erin Condren disaster). Connie insisted that I keep the booboo & she would just mail me a new one. & sure enough, a few days after contacting her a new sheet was in my hands - Good as new!
The customer service of SBC is superb! I honestly recommend this shop to anyone looking to start their planning journey.
Do any of you have any etsy shops you recommend? I would love to hear about them. Any that I should stay away from?
