Well !

It was a beautiful day today but I just enjoyed hanging at the house.  I am shipping some boards to a consignment in Rhode Island and sold a board that I will ship in the morning.  It has been slow so I am grateful for any traffic I have.  I was so busy at the first of the month selling boards left and right then it just stopped.  I am not sure why but I guess with spring break and easter there were other things to do besides shop on the computer.  Check out my etsy shop and see the new boards I have listed.  My goal is to have 200 boards in my shop by Christmas! 

Check This Out!

http://www.jesmy.etsy.com/ has a lot of knitted items that are so nice.  She has an apricot and carmel cowl that is to cute.  Check out her store for knitted hats and dishcloths.  You may find something that you can't do with out.

I was asked to make this board for a guy who loves flannel shirts, that is all he wears.  I found this fabric to make his board and he loved it.  My dnl said it was Tartan like, whatever it was something new I put in my shop.

Just another Day of Cold Weather!

I would love to stay home today and build new boards for my shop but my real job is what pays my bills.  It is not as much fun and requires a lot of my time.  Even as my sales have continued to increase in my shop, I still come home every night to build boards for my customers.   My fabric stash continues to grow as I am always looking at fabric to use for my boards.   I plan on putting more people on my blog in the future to show you how creative people are in their crafts.  It amazes me how many different things people can find to make. 

Well Spring was short lived!

It started snowing about noon but it didn't stick just left a mess.  I was really hoping for spring.  I made a new board for a girl at work and I think it is so cute.  It has cats and kittens on it in a garden.  Lots of colors.  It is just so cute!  I bought more material to make more boards, I am like an addict when it comes to fabric.  I am always looking for something that will make a great board.  It is a good thing that I am selling some boards so I can buy more material.    By the way, I finally sold my 100th board.  That is quite a feat for me. 

What do you think?  You know what I think.

What do you think about....

The health plan situation, I haven't liked any thing I have heard about it so far. My insurance just went up to $500 a month so I am almost game for anything but I think we need to start with the insurance companies and the cost of medical care. I have heard a lot of talk about it but no one seems to know much about it.

I am working on lots of projects here is a new board that was requested by a customer, what do you think?

Weekend here we come!

This is the only time I wish I wasn't in retail, because it is nice to have a long weekend sometimes. We are having a fair amount of traffic but they are expecting it to be big on the labor day. We shall see. People are still spending money and people are still losing their jobs. I hope this turns around. I made a sale finally! It has been a dry summer and I haven't made many sales.

This is a camo board requested by one of my customers, it is mossy oak camo. I put pink ribbon on it but I think any color would do.

Sorry!!

I am having a really hard time getting back to doing the things that I was doing before I broke my wrist. I am in therapy 3 times a week and I still have a long way to go before I can say I am healed. I am able to put together my boards which is sometimes a little difficult. I have a new board the is like Giraffe Skin, I put orange ribbon on it but it I can put any ribbon on it.

New Board!!

because of my broken wrist i have not been able to make new boards, i have a new one now after being told by my dr i couldn't do it, it was difficult but i got it done. this has been an experience that i hope to never repeat. i am suppose to get the pins out this week & i am ready for that, this board i made is a request by my son's girlfriend. i was going to put black buttons instead of the pink but was out voted.

Caught up in Family!

Again I have neglected my blog, I get caught up in family and work and I tend to delay writing in my blog even MySpace has been neglected. I put this new board in some of my shops and really love it.

It would be perfect for a childs room or for that person that wants a board with a little personality. I made this for the Etsy Kids Challenge for May. I love it!

Yippee!

My treasury has been pretty successful at least from what I can see. I want to do it again. It is crazy because it is just chance that you can get a treasury no skill. I want you to check out these pez earrings, just look at all the different colors you can get them in.

Got me a new computer!

I took my old computer to be updated and she sd how old is this computer, I told her it was 5 years old, she sd you don't have much "Ram" left, we can't even remove enough off of it to speed up your computer, you need to get more "Ram". Since I am so Computer Savey all I could say is how much will that cost and will I lose any thing I have on my computer. She laughed at me! Told me ram is not the hard drive. Anyway while I was there I found a computer I wanted and had the old one updated, so now I have 2. Just what I need. Maybe I can hook both of them up and do twice as much work. Maybe my Crafting business will flourish and I will be able use both computers. I haven't sold any boards and I haven't made any more boards, I have been busy sewing for my granddaughter.

Rain, Rain Go Away!!

It is raining again, hope it doesn't rain tomorrow. I didn't realize that I had not posted since last weekend. I have been busy getting ready for inventory at work and sewing clothes for my granddaughter that I have not thought to post. It is difficult to post something new because I am not really a blogger. It is hard for me to talk about my shop or my boards without saying the same thing over and over. I have some childrens boards that I have made, they were pretty popular when I first made them but I haven't sold any in a while. Here is my Cars Boards.

Who tweets on Twitter?

I think I am becoming addicted to Twitter. I joined to open the possibilities of more sales and now I am hooked. Today Silkfair featured one of my boards on Twitter, which they have done before but it really made my day. I haven't even been able to get on the front page of Etsy and Silkfair has featured me on the front page, plus has mentioned my store or a board several times. Don't get me wrong I love Etsy and I have had lots of sales on Etsy but I would like to be recognized once in a while. I worked on my Silkfair store and Artfire store today. I think I have a cute product but I am just not reaching my customers. Anyway Twitter is becoming a part of my life even if I don't have anything to talk abt it is interesting to see what some people have to say. Check out this board! This is my Cabin Fever Board.

Why have sales slowed?

I was selling boards several each month but I haven't had a nibble lately. I wonder why. The economy hasn't stopped my boards from selling like I thought it would. It just seems that I haven't had the stir I was having. I posted some new boards on Etsy Sunday and hoped this would stir the pot. See what you think. This is a Tina Givens Fabric. I love the colors! Couldn't help make a board out of her fabric.

Friday 13TH!!!

I have been trying to think of any reason not to go to work today but I have to go. My week has been so busy that if I took off today I would get further behind. I have been working on boards all week after work which I hope to get in my shops next week. I have ideas for boards and want to put some more boards in the shops. My dnl is opening her on web site so she has lagged behind in her Etsy shop but sd she will get it going again soon. I have been asked to put some of my boards on a internet magazine, which I have agreed to do. They will publish in May. I will add a link to my blog when it happens. Hope everyone has a good day.

Today's my birthday!!!!

Happy Birthday to me! I don't plan on a big party or even dinner out, just a nice evening at home! I sold 3 boards yesterday and that made my day even one of them goes to Malaysia. I had to build 2 of them but it is fun and I enjoy doing that. Now if I could only win a million today, I would be so happy, that would be the ultimate present. I gave myself broadband for my birthday and got rid of dialup. Ugh! hated it. When I called to have it turned of the guy asked my why and I sd I hate it! Everytime I wanted to get on the internet it would take 1 to 2 hours to get it working, then it would throw me off if I was idle too long. Anyway Happy Birthday to me!!!

Hooray! I am off tomorrow!!!!

I love my days off, I can find so many things to do that the day passes too fast. It is going to be warm so I can run around and do errands and really enjoy it. Come check out my stores and let me know what you think about my boards. I have had a few sales last month and really would like more. My grandkids called me tonight and they are so funny. They have so much to tell me then when I ask a question I can tell they are shaking their head yes or no thinking I can see what they are doing. They are so cute! Zoey will be 2 in may and Colt & Cannon will be 5 in June. They have grown so fast. Check out this board!