#smallbiz

[chloelum]

Meet my little fae cat, a magical friend holding a tulip to brighten your day!

[friday-tea]

Bear with the long post, teahearts. This is important.

It's summer slow season and June did not save us this year (we had no Pride rush this year, it's usually the only thing that gets us through the season), not to mention a few major invoices haven't been paid to us on deadline.

We would really love to keep our doors open and we have some big ol bills (now late) to pay that usually the last weekend of June handles.

Note: horrifyingly, this is what "successful" actually looks like for indies right now: simply staying in business at all. Between operating expenses getting spendier and Pride being pretty much nonexistent this year, we're about $10k shy of where we need to be this week (and ASAP to avoid accruing late fees).

Some great options if you want to help your fave tea shop survive the summer:

🍵 Don't need more tea and just want to spread the queer nerd cash cache around? We do have a shop financial health fund donation link!

🍵 We can handle regular orders out the wazoo. Bulk tea is non-taxable in the US, so that's better for us than a donation, plus is great to stock your cupboard, gift to loved ones, etc. Bonus: tea doesn't even think about staling for at least a year, so you can do your holiday shopping NOW!

🍵 Gift cards are a great way to give indies a cash infusion while spreading out the actual fulfillment workload! Always a lovely choice.

🍵 See also: reserving custom blend appointments to redeem later!

We don't want to burden already-stretched pockets. If $$$ is a stress for you, consider FREE ways to support us:

🍵 Share share share! Word of mouth, link-shares, socials posts about your faves, etc!

🍵 Ask your local cafe/retail store to ping us about wholesale!

🍵 Ask your office to stock your favorites of our teas!

🍵 Ask your team lead to use us for corporate gifts!

🍵 Leave us reviews! Google, Yelp, product pages on our website...reviews help so much!

🍵 Engage with our posts on socials! Share them around, comment, like, save, etc. This helps the robots see us as valuable and pushes our content out to new audiences significantly. Makes a huge difference!

[holleyteatime]

✨🦇 Dripping Sky Women's Ribbed Button Up Cardigan 🌙✨ Available in sizes S to 4XL. 🦇✨

✨ Kawaii aesthetic fashion shop with original art designs on all products. ✨

🌙✨ Online shop www.holleyteatime.shop 💫 Shop all cardigans 🌙✨💫

[kirawrart]

New foil prints are here!! ✨ You can pick one up in person this weekend at my Furlandia artist alley table (or just head over to my website!) ⤵

"Vestigecchan" Foil Art Print — KIRAWRA.ART

Artwork is printed on heavy weight, glossy coated paper with gold foil detailing. Signed on the back by the artist. Size: 30 × 21 c

[cowboyandcricket]

i know i haven't posted in a while but i'm still here, making candles out of everything i ever loved

www.cowboyandcricket.com

[averycooldad]

Mind if I show off….

…our apparel and nail polish is back in stock? 😇 Support a small queer business and check out all our apparel and nail polish colors! All nail polish is 10-free, vegan, and handmade (by this queer)!

Shop: Fey+Fiend

[mjpedersen]

Another piece I’m working on. This isn’t any cat specifically, just a random cat i wanted to draw!! I hope y’all like it! I’m not sure if i want to sell this one yet but if your interested in something like this for your cat DM me!

Please like, share, an comment!! Any and all support is really appreciated!!

Thank you for all your support!!

Mj ❤

[wheresmypencil]

✨The Fall 2025 update arrives this Sunday, September 28 at 6 p.m. (Paris time).

👉 This restock will include two new rolls of tape (pigeon and floral tiles versions), blueberry and banana scented notepads, a pigeon sticker sheet, as well as prints and a few Patreon stickers from last year, while supplies last! Finally, the Garden mouse pad will be back in Dark Green and Midnight Blue versions!

👉 For handmade creations, you'll find a small collection of hand-painted party-loving dinos and cats, a small series of floral earrings, and a few pigeon charms! Handcrafted pieces will now be sold in small individual boxes and will come with certificates of authenticity for unique pieces! 

👉All handmade pieces are available in limited quantities. I advise you to be quick and not to miss the store's opening time so you can grab your favorite before it disappears. Please note that I will not accept any advance reservations!

👉 My patrons will have access to the store update 30 minutes before the public opening, as well as a one-time 10% discount coupon for the store. You can still join the Patreon team before Sunday if you don't want to miss out on a piece!

👉 Please note that due to new customs restrictions, I will unfortunately not be able to ship products to the United States, except for prints and stickers.

🎉 See you on Sunday! 🎉

maylee.shop