I'm Back!!

WOW, has it really been 4 mos since I posted???? Alot has changed this year......so much family drama - it's overwhelming and stressful. So, I decided to just remove myself from it and do what I enjoy most....being creative and running my business. It's a fresh start!!

Here are some great items to make your little girl feel special

And something for mommy too

EtsyGreetings FREE Giveaway, Round 3

EtsyGreetings is up to our third round of contests.

What is the prize for this contest you ask...why a set of my Iris Notecards!! That's right.....just go to our EtsyGreetings blog and answer a couple of questions. That's all it takes and your name will be put in the drawing to win a set of four Iris Notecards!!


Good Luck to all who enter!!!!

Happy Anniversary EtsyGreetings!!!

February 14th will be EtsyGreetings 1 year anniversary!!! For those who do not know, EtsyGreetings is a fabulous street team made up of talented cardmakers of all mediums!!

To celebrate our upcoming anniversary, each week we are holding a contest where YOU can win free cards. Last week the prize was a wonderful folded iris card from Beadkiss and this week it is a set of cards from GreenWillow. So, you must stop by our blog and participate each week so you can have a chance to win handmade cards!!

Check us out and see what we're all about at EtsyGreetings.

Saturday Night Special!!!!!

Hello everybody! HAPPY SATURDAY!!

Tonight's special is 15% off ANYTHING in my shop PLUS FREE SHIPPING! WHOA.....can it be??? Yup, it sure can!!

Jewelry, Hand Knits, Dichroic Glass and Photo Notecards!

Just make sure to put SNS in notes to seller and I will send a revised invoice.

Valid until 6 am EST, Sunday, 1/13.

I hope everybody has a wonderful weekend!!

Letter Writing

This week, January 8-10, is Universal Letter Writing. This is the perfect opportunity to begin new traditions and write to your friends and family! Let them know that you are thinking of them, you appreciate them and most importantly love them. I would love to share my story of how I use letter writing and why it is so important in my life.

About 6 years ago my mother-in-law went through chemotherapy. As a side effect to the chemo and medication, her short-term memory suffered terribly. Fast forward to last year, she lost her beloved husband of 56 years which progressed her memory loss even more. When my father-in-law passed away, she stayed with us for a couple of months before going out to Colorado to live with her son and his family....we had grown even closer than we already were. After a couple of calls to her in CO, I soon realized that she was not remembering previous calls I had made to her. That is when I decided to stop calling, and begin writing. I write to her, on average, every couple of weeks. I write about what we (my son, husband and I) are up to. I just want to touch base with her, but more importantly, I want her to know that she is always in our thoughts. She can take the letters and place them on her bedside table and she will be able to look at them daily and know that we love her and miss her. It just puts a smile on my face knowing that a piece of us will always be with her.

Perhaps there is an old school friend that you'd like to contact, or family far away that you would like to say "hi" to. Whatever the situation, it's so easy to pick up a pen and write your thoughts down. I LOVE getting cards in the mail....it makes me happy to know that somebody was thinking of me enough to write to me.

Where can you find the perfect card for every occasion? Why EtsyGreetings, of course!! We are a 250+ group of talented card makers who sell on Etsy. Visit our blog or type EtsyGreetings in the Etsy search!!

For your reading enjoyment, here are what others have to say about letter writing:

http://grafikexpressions.blogspot.com/

http://winemakerssister.blogspot.com/

http://katydiddys.blogspot.com/

http://cesiadesign.blogspot.com/

http://aiekpapergoods.blogspot.com/

http://whimsy-girl.blogspot.com/

http://oswannydesigns.blogspot.com/2008/01/universal-letter-writing-week.html

http://winemakerssister.blogspot.com/

As for me, my most recent photo note card is this beautiful Iris and the Rose is just one of my all time favorites!

Happy writing everybody...I promise you, you will make somebody's day!!!

Love 'em or Hate 'em?

craft shows that is! I love the anticipation and setting up and the wonderfully happy feelings that I have knowing that people will purchase something that I made with my own two hands. Then, nobody buys anything and I'm completely pissed off and I have to pack all this crap up and I'm swearing left and right.

Now, thankfully, I have never done a show where I didn't sell anything...until last weekend. And, let me tell you, it really is depressing....at least for the first night. By the next day I was in a much better mood and was not going to kill anybody for looking at me the wrong way!

To boot, my booth was looking good too!! So many compliments, "your photography is beautiful" "what beautiful cards" "you made this glass? it's beautiful"...yada yada yada and blah blah blah! (but, really, I'm not bitter anymore) HA!

Here are some pics of my booth on that most depressing day.... :)






So, there you have it. Has anybody else done a show and not sold anything...I mean not even a flippin little something? Please tell me that I am not the only one.

*****Street Team News*****

Jewelry on Etsy Team (JET)
Your chance to get all the fantastic jewelry you need for holiday gift giving, and treating yourself!

This wonderful team has started it's Holiday Sale, 11/1 - 12/16!!! To find great sales from over 300 shops just search JHS in the Etsy search - or click here!!

Then you can purchase your Christmas cards from.....

EtsyGreetings Street Team

Purchase your handmade Holiday cards from our current promotion...click here to see what the fabulous card makers at EtsyGreetings have created!!! To see what the 250+ members of this street team have available, just put EtsyGreetings in the Etsy Search!

For your viewing pleasure, these are my Christmas Cards (more will be added)

Let's make this Christmas Holiday something extra special and buy HANDMADE!

Cheers,
Sandy