TRULY AWESOME TUESDAY

I finished my 8 X 10 inch canvas of real pressed flowers, leaves and greenery depicting the EDGE OF THE WOODLANDS near the water. Months of work design and layout to fixture to completion with a multicolor blue acrylic paint to finish the project is what it took to have this beautiful picture for show and to sell. It is available for purchase at www.gnormyle.etsy.com Much love went into this one as is always the case.

It all began in a garden!

WARM WEDNESDAYS

Today is a sultry day already at 8AM humid and thick air up here in NH. I was going to work on my recent project in the works with pressed flowers but it is already too warm. It will dry too fast for me to work on it. So I will get some more things done here at Glenna's Garden http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ or maybe add some more of my pieces to my gallery at www.putiton.com/glennanormyle

Mostly on Mondays

Mondays are about getting things in order at Glenna's Garden after being away for awhile, I have a lot to do. I wasn't feeling well and I am doing better now. I have a couple of new things to post but lately I haven't been too creative. We are having Christmas in July at Etsy and I am participating check out http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ for deals and markdowns on everything. A few items haven't sold and I don't think I am going to relist them. My latest project turned out nice and it was done in colaboration with another Etsy artist http://www.marywisbis.etsy.com/ she did a watercolor painting of ivy on this card and I added my pressed flowers and greenery to it. It isn't up for sale yet. I am working on a woodland opening picture on canvas all made out of pressed flowers, leaves and greenery. It is going to take me a long time to complete, maybe another month or so. So far I haven't sold any art so I have slowed down and am now concentrating on some bigger projects. I have far exceeded my sales on Etsy with expenses for various projects plus overhead. It keeps me occupied and I am driven to succeed. I will overcome my disability of having RSD. My goal is to become self sufficient.

Thrilling Thursday

I just read the nicest letter from one of my customers that purchased a handmade card I had made using vintage papers from 1940's. It fills my heart with such pride to know I made someone happy today. I was outside Glenna's Garden this afternoon and decided to do an early pick off the lilac bush. I brought them in and they are now filling my studio with the best lilac smell ever. I took a picture of them to share with everybody sorry I can't share the smell too. I was working on clear glass project with pressed flowers today. Azaleas from SC are the first to go on. When I am finished it will look so beautiful with the light from a votive candle shining through. I took a picture of this project and will do so in stages so you can see how it is done. It looks like the glass has glue on it but that comes off with a bit of water now that the flowers are set. I will be adding some more flowers to the sides of the bowl to complete it. It has been raining a lot for the last couple of days and cloudy up here in New Hampshire. I also want to show you a picture I took of not one but two sets of vintage earrings that were given to me recently by a seller on Etsy. They are both extremely delicate. I have worn the screw in pair and got a lot of compliments. Where did you get those earrings? They are very both a very nice shade of blue topaz which is my birthstone.

Wishing for Etsy Shop Sales and Custom Orders

Today I got a surprise gift from a seller I had purchased from a couple of times. Now that is a true PIF. Just like my PIF's which are FREE at my shop http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/

I joined http://www.vintagepulse.com/ yesterday. Today ironically I was given a vintage meat grinder so now I have two vintage meat grinders. I also was given a creamer today that I want to know more about so I contacted http://www.replacements.com/ they said they needed more info on that item and my Capistrand R8338 Japan soup bowl. I am sure it is vintage as well. It takes about a week to get an answer back from http://www.replacements.com/ so I am waiting. Meanwhile I have been busy at Glenna's Garden I started making ACEO/ATC pressed flower pictures. I made a young lady dressed in pressed flowers. My first one I really hope she goes to a good home. She can be seen at http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ . This is the smallest work I have done with my pressed flowers and greenery. I truly enjoyed making her. It took me several hours to do. I now have her protected in a plastic sleeve. My custom projects involve much more detail like this lampshade I did recently. I am learning all about vintage. I have always been drawn to vintage. A lot of my handmade decorated boxes, cards, stationery and bookmarks are adorned with vintage papers. There is much thought and design that goes into using vintage papers so that you can preserve as much of the original vintage paper as possible. I have purchased many high quality vintage cards and papers from seller's on Etsy. So that now I actually have a backlog of designs and projects to do. I have seriously been thinking about opening a second Etsy shop for supplies only. I have collected so many unique and some vintage items over many years. One of the really neat, newest additions to Glenna's Garden is a 2" vintage owl pendant which can be seen in the picture at the top of this blog. Very unique....please let me know if you have seen an owl pendant like this one. Well it is time for me to go back to the garden and plant some more seeds. Blessings~*~Glenna from Glenna's Garden~*~