TERRIFIC TEMPLATES

It's a summer-tastic SALE event! Everything in our shop is 50% off until the end of August.

Our prices are pretty fantastic anyway, so this extra savings means you can stock up on ALL the templates and not break the bank.

We're also adding new products regularly, so make sure to bookmark us and check back often!

GO SHOPPING

Happy crafting
Shawnna

When I started my second Etsy shop Terrific Templates 4 years ago, it was just a sideline project. It wasn't something I thought would be a main focus for me. Still, I wanted to do a good job and so I set everything up very professionally.

It was somewhere to put the templates I had been creating that just weren't a good fit for my main business, my clipart shop Lovelytocu. This shop has been my main focus for the past 11 years and I've built a wonderful community around it. But it's been really fun to branch out into a completely different product set.

The templates proved popular though and I kept adding new designs. I had gone into it with the approach of the buyer needing to know what they were buying and how to use it - no tutorials provided. But if you had a question I was there to answer it. I even had this disclaimer in every listing!

Needless to say, customers felt otherwise and I've been compelled to basically offer free tech support and free digital tutorials. Some might say this is to be expected.

Hey, you don't ask a car salesman to teach you to drive or how to be a mechanic, so why does an illustrator/designer have to teach computer tech or provide graphic design lessons! Am I right?

Etsy customers seem to feel otherwise and it's been something I've had to embrace. Just to be clear, I've always been available to chat, it's not like I turn people away, it's just that written tutorials and techy stuff was not specifically included with purchase. Until now.

This year I decided to up-level my templates shop and I've given it a top to bottom re-design. Some of this is a work in progress (hello new blog page). But in order to better serve, and therefore better create, I've added a whole bunch of new elements to assist customers who are just starting out with templates, or have run into a tech snag along the way.

Tech glitches are abundant and one of the top frustrations of any computer user. Who here has never experienced a tech malfunction? Things break, stuff goes awry... tech is hard. And maddening sometimes.

I've also added additional file formats to most products with EPS and PDF being available as well. Each product group is a little different so it's important to check the listing for those details.

I'll be adding shop updates here as well as design inspiration and guidance with occasional tutorials or quick "how to" posts.

I hope you'll come along and join in, I'd love to hear from you!

Happy designing
Shawnna