Green Violet Herb Farm

The pic below is from my sister Sharon's etsy site.http://www.etsy.com/shop/greenvioletherbfarm

The New Year!

Happy New Year! It looks as if it will be a busy 2010! Emily is expecting a baby boy in May and Juliana is getting married in July. A baby and a wedding! Fun! The Christmas season was extremely busy and gave me hope that I would be able to quit my full time job within the year. Unfortunately, business has slowed and I am looking at reality now. I am hoping to open a second shop soon and plan on being busier from that. My children's line should expand this year too and include more boy clothing. There's a boy coming for heaven's sake! Etsy has been great and I am looking to expand my advertising a little even though I don't have a lot of time or money to do that. Etsy forums really help with suggestions for marketing.
Hey! My sister finally opened a shop on Etsy and it is awesome! It is Green Violet Herb Farm and she sells items she makes from her own home grown organic herbs and flowers. Check it out!

I am not good at this!

Check out Birdies Place for photos: birdiesplace.etsy.com. This is Julie's shop and she needs views and feedback.
Emaleigh's cupboard is working hard and trying to figure out how to be more profitable. Prices may have to go up because I don't want to skimp on material by going with the cheapo stuff. Maybe look into wholesale?

http://www.etsy.com/shop/BirdiesPlace?ga_search_query=birdiesplace&ga_search_type=seller_usernames

Cool etsy people!

I meet the neatest people on Etsy! One person I met this week is Blair from Mountainavenbaby.etsy.com I am making her daughter a dress and I didn't have enough fabric and AMAZINGLY she had the exact fabric I needed. She is sending it to me and I am making the dress for her!

Next I met Carleen from creationsbycarleen.etsy.com and we are trading a skirt (I made) for jewelry (she made). Cool. Here is something I bought from her:

It's Friday!!

I love Fridays. And the best thing is you know no matter how long the week seems that good old Friday is waiting for you at the end of that week! Yeah! I work my full time job at the library all week so on the weekend I get happy because I can sew! Saturday I will make a trip to the fabric store to get some fabric for my latest order, a skirt, and maybe do a little shopping with my daughters. Fun!!
I talked to my sister this week and she is thinking of opening a shop on Etsy. She is a Botanical Healer and she makes cool herbal products from her homegrown organic herbs. Cute Hamster!

Kendall is a model!

My neighbor Kendall modeled a couple of items from my shop and she did a great job! She was so well behaved and seemed to enjoy herself! I have posted the pics on my etsy website. Here is one!
Also, I sent a customer her order of the red kyoko dress and now she would like a tie for her 2 year old son to match the dress. I got a pattern for that from this link:http://www.purlbee.com/the-purl-bee/2009/3/3/mollys-sketchbook-little-boys-tie.html
We'll see how it turns out. Today is the first day of fall, I love it! The only problem is having to get up in the dark :(