JUNE FIRST 2009 Most Like Other Mondays

These are two pictures of an ACEO I made using silk fabric recently. This ACEO is for sale at Glenna's Garden in Manchester, NH http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ .Oh boy where do the days go I am catching up on here again. I really don't post enough I feel like I really want to do it more often but my time is devoted to http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ my online shop called Glenna's Garden. I was asked this question by a fellow blogger. How is that my shop is becoming successful and as I was blogging a nice long comment back to her my computer crashed and rebooted itself. All was lost. So here goes because I promised I was a Friend Who Shares. I promote my shop by typing in a link to it everywhere I blog, when I send a comment to another blogger, convo with http://www.etsy.com/ Etsy sellers (my fellow Etsians and shop owners like me) and especially with my Etsy buyers. I have this blogspot which I use as a journal to keep focused on my shop at http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ , beleive me it all keeps me very busy in addition to the fact that I am always designing and creating projects. I like to post pictures of my art studio and even sometimes some of my work that is done but not up for sale yet at Glenna's Garden on this blogspot, plus it helps to set up a free account at Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/glennasgarden/ as far as Facebook, myspace and goodness knows whatever else is out there that I don't know about I honestly am not there yet. I have a Twitter account and I wish I could figure out how it works. I also am going to make an Etsy treasury based on my favorite color purple and the flower iris at http://www.etsy.com/ which is the host site for my shop Glenna's Garden http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ . I have been saving and favoriting many shops and several items in each of my favorite shops too because if you favorite one item in an Etsy shop you will lose your connection if the item sells so you have to favorite a few items and go back and check on them and buy from Etsians. This is how you connect with people on Etsy ~ other sellers. I have purchased most of my supplies from Etsy sellers and this helps you build up a good feedback score. I promote and devote a lot of my time to this as I do believe that Glenna's Garden at http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ is going to be a success. I have PIF's which are items you list to attract buyers to your shop, the laws of probability tell me that the more people you can attract to your shop will equal more sales. My next step is to get a rubber stamp, develop a logo (costs money that I don't have), business cards are very important which reminds me I have almost gone through 250 in just a couple of months exclusively to my buyers here on the internet. I don't sell to my friends or give out my business card to my friends nor am I able to get to craft shows. I do go to the Etsy forums and listen and take notes. Some of this information I just told you about such as a stamp and logo is what I learned from an Etsy forum held in VA and I watched it in my studio here at Glenna's Garden in Manchester, NH live. They said the rubber stamp and logo are very important to your success so I thought I would share that bit of information with everybody. Next I would say is that my prices are really just about bare bottom right now and that is somewhat due to the economy. I am actually just starting a shop at Etsy during this bad economy and it is tough. I promote http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ Glenna's Garden Studio by tagging it. Tags are important. Just like we have tags here at http://www.blogspot.com/ and at Etsy http://www.etsy.com/ you also have them at Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/glennasgarden/ and I am assuming Facebook, Twitter etc......... I promote my shop in Etsy's chats. I meet people through Alchemy. I donated my first purchase to an Avon Breast Cancer Awareness benefit concert and it is going to be raffled off to raise money for breast cancer awareness. That event is being held June 26, 2009 in Laguna Beach, CA. I will be getting pictures back shortly after to share. Also they are going to be giving out my business card to people at the event. Etsy is by far the best though. I will go check out your Etsy shop for you and give you some feedback if you would like me to....just let me know? I welcome feedback any time. If I can think of anything more well then I will keep posting it here at Glenna's Garden blogspot so check back often and stop on by my shop Glenna's Garden at http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ . ETSY 101 by Glenna from Glenna's Garden

Thankful for Tuesday

Today is my younger son's birthday. I have two children well adult sons now. My fiancee, my other son, his wife and my precious grandson will be over for dinner and cake plus icecream of course. My son is 28 today. I chose an Etsy seller to purchase my son's gift from. Seeing as how my son is a huge Baltimore Oriole Fan I couldn't help but find this great shop called http://www.finalscore.etsy.com/ . The artwork is amazing at Final Score. This is what I bought for my son 8 1/2 x 11 collage to make this one big picture the artist used many and I mean many little pictures by putting them all together. Treat yourself to some of his work! I have some of my original art posted at http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/. I also have a web site Glenna's Garden http://www.glennasgarden.webs.com/ and my gallery is at www.putiton.com/glennanormyle . Stop by any time and leave me a post. I am convo friendly and will always write back.

Super Sunday

This is the long holiday weekend. I had a big purchase at my shop Glenna's Garden http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ and sales have been steady. That means that today I have been busy making tags, cards, boxes, bookmarks and more. I am going to be having a Big Summer Tag Sale in the next week or so if you are interested let me know by email at gnormyle@yahoo.com and I will notify you when it it starts. Today our indoor pomegranate plant put forth her first beautiful very bright orange blossom. I just had to take a couple of pictures to celebrate the event. The cute child's handprint in dark green glaze is my Father's hand print from back in 1938. For Father's Day I usually bring this nicely preserved antique child's handprint in and display it on one of the sidetables here in the studio at Glenna's Garden. It is getting muggy again today at Glenna's Garden and the plants are loving it. Finally it is a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon on Memorial Day Weekend! City life in Manchester, NH at its' best!

Today is Tuesday

Over this weekend I had many more sales again here at Glenna's Garden http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ . I have been making use of my stimulus money to purchase supplies for the garden shop. I have oodles of projects designed and when I get the materials I will be able to start making some really sweet things for Glenna's Garden. We might be moving to a much larger studio (very nearby) and Glenna's Garden will nearly triple in size. I am so excited. I won't have to share my studio with everybody. I will have my own room finally. I have been enjoying a beautiful day today. It is warming up again. I have some pictures to share. I love the one of my fiancees grandmother from the late 1800's. She is so sweet and angelic. All of the Victorian decoration and pomp on her is gorgeous. I feel very fortunate to have a copy of this and just got her yesterday after the funeral of her daughter, my fiancess Mother. This little girl's name is Collette. She is framed now and will be hanging up among my many family members, all in black and white, that are decorating the walls of Glenna's Garden studio.

When I was a little girl I took to art before I could even write my name. Here is a picture of an Easter egg I made close to 47 years ago. Every Easter I take it out and hang it up for a bit. I thought I would share it with the world before it goes back into storage. It still has many bits of colored eggshell on it and is in excellent shape. I was on the Art Linkletter Show as a young child as well. It was so long ago I can not remember what I did on the show.

Two Tuesdays

Today was a quiet day here at Glenna's Garden www.gnormyle.etsy.com . I did get a new banner and avatar so the look of my shop has changed. Plus I picked an additional set for the future. Some exciting treasures found their way to us. This bird pictured here I found on Etsy was just shipped to me and now has a new home at Glenna's Garden. Best of all it was FREE. It is vintage and handmade/painted from a gourd. Its' poor beak is damaged and in need of repair. Just the job for me. I will repair it and paint to match. Meanwhile it sits perched in front of me inspiring me to do something with gourds this Fall. I usually have some but they seem to disappear. I have none dried out right now. Perhaps they can be purchased somewhere at this time of the year will have to research that. I have been thinking a whole lot lately about learning how to crochet. Today I was given the addresses of two wonderful websites to get started crocheting with the first one is www.crochet.about.com/library/blbegginers.htm you can learn all about how to crochet and the second one is http://www.lionbrandyarn.com/ I joined for FREE and now I have access to many different patterns to crochet. I checked out the kitchen towels pattern and it said it was easy so I may start with that. I still need to learn so much more. I just hope my hands can do it! Also in my web surfing I do sometimes, today, I came accross the website for the Philadelphia Flower Show www.theflowershow.com/attractions/index.html I checked out the very hefty vendor prices of course and then just dreamed of the day. Today pictured is my second ACEO or artist trading card in "The Girl" Series. She is pictured here before she goes up for sale in my shop at www.gnormyle.etsy.com . This is the Hawaiin Girl with her hula skirt, top and headdress all made out of pressed flowers. I am having fun doing these little ACEO's and I hope someone else will enjoy them one day. So many of the bigger projects at Glenna's Garden with pressed flowers take days to do. These are quick fun and easy. Lately it seems that the pressed flowers are lending themselves to clothing so I started this neat little series of girls.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Mother passed away on November 1, 2006 so Mother's Day is still hard to get through for me. It has been a quiet day here at Glenna's Garden http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ . Over the weekend I added some new items to my shop, adjusted prices and did some shopping for supplies. I am looking forward to making some more things for my shop. This coming week I will start posting items for Father's Day. It has been very windy today so we mainly stayed indoors. I did check things in Glenna's Garden to make sure they were protected from the wind. This beautiful pewter heart was something I got that belonged to my Mother. It is a Metzke and from 1979. That makes it 30 years old. It is definately in very nice condition and there is a beautiful intricate design of a raised flower bouquet on the top. I thought I would share something Mom related for Mother's Day!

Fresh Friday

Sunny this morning up here in Manchester, NH.....this is a good morning blog. Today I will be adding bits and pieces of fresh new looks and ideas. My very nice friend Heather has a blog. So we will start with her today. She is a crafter. On her blog she shows us some great inexpensive ways to craft. Plus her blog shows all of the beautiful projects she has made. I love the latest a Victorian inspired pincushion she made, very nice. Here is Heather's Haven just click on this link below and don't forget to return back here and leave a comment for me

http://www.nightdreamer_371.bravejournal.com/ I made two graduation cards yesterday evening. They are made using vintage papers from old cards. They will be available for purchase in Glenna's Garden at http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ . Today is posting , PIF's and picture taking day at Glenna's Garden. Time to refill the shop with new items for Father's Day, there are going to be many cute quilters bookmarks, tags, stickers and books, cards for graduates, more repurposed containers and a few more boxes should be completed very soon. Later on today after picture taking there will be more pictures posted here too. This is the Christmas poinsetta blooming red in May, poor thing, she is very confused. Everybody at Glenna's Garden is getting a kick out of her late bloom. She completely skipped Christmas by the way and didn't bloom for Christmas 2008. Miss Poinsetta is about 4 maybe 5 years old at best. She loves her spot next to the big window facing southeasterly. Plenty of good morning sunshine!