My Etsy Shop



My Etsy Shop is up and running. Since I am moving I am currently selling only my Mom's work. I am happy to have it back up and running. If you click on the laurasgiftboutique link, over on the right, it will take you directly to my shop. If you click on Etsy it will take you to the general Etsy site.

If you are not familiar with Etsy it is an online site for people like me who want to sell handmade items. There are also people that sell vintage items and supplies such as beads, You should definitely check both out!!!!

P.S. I actually sold the one in the photo already. However there are more in the shop!

Introducing my famous....

Snowman Earrings....

Now in my Etsy Shop....
I wanted to get them in the shop before Christmas but that didn't happen. So here they are now for a VERY resonable price only 6.60 plus 2.oo shipping that is $8.60 for a gorgeous pair of earrings. Surely you know someone whom needs a winter gifty, or you want to get something for that someone who surprised you over the holidays and you didn't have anything for them. I'll tell ya I gave these to Ashley's preschool teacher and she immediately took off her hoops and put these on! They were so nice looking on her!!! Cute and elegant at the same time. They are made with quality materials. Or you might know someone with a winter birthday coming up. If so go check them out in my Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19109628

Going,Going.....

Gone...Sold on my Etsy Shop for 6.00 plus one dollar shipping.

My Etsy Shop is up and running....

again :-) I am very happy to announce this. And I hope to keep it up. I hope to offer very reasonable prices for gifts this holiday season.... stay tuned...in the meantime check out my Etsy shop to the right, just click on it, plus consider Etsy for any handmade thing you would like, just do a search.

Chit, Chat

Last night was my MOPS meeting and we did the placemat purses, how fun!!! People are so funny when you put them around a sewing machine and they haven't had any previous experience. It is really not that hard, I think all of the ladies were happy with their purses! I plan on making more I have left overs and I want to sell some in the Etsy shop. There are three new items in the Etsy shop too, my mom's Mary Jane Baby Booties and her thumbless mittens and one of my polymer clay necklaces too, so be sure to check it out and remember that Mother's Day is coming up too!

I am thinking about going to my Alumni weekend at my college. Now get this they have housing for cheap in the dorms - that will be interesting with DH and DD. They even provide the linens for you - hmmmm, maybe I'll bring my own. Now why don't I stay in a hotel you ask, well were are talking about Potsdam, New York here folks and that doesn't leave a lot of options and I am sure the Clarkson Inn is booked up by now, plus it would be WAY out of my price range anyway! I did get to stay there for work tho. that was pretty nice!!!

Little of Home Decorating...

Today I have interesting things going on. One I have been working on a new line of beads in the Judy Picarello style, same as my blog header pic but different colors. I worked hard on the color mixing and I am loving how the colors are coming out. I'll post a pic. soon.

Secondly, ya know the Hawaiian punch episode I mentioned on the white rug? Well that has led to my DH insisting that we buy new carpet. So we did today and I am proud of myself, while watching two children I picked out a new carpet color/type in less than a half an hour. Now this is leading to us wanting to finish the hallway paint job that is now two years in the making and our bedroom which has been on the plan, so what to do, well call my dear ole Dad that's what, so he is coming over to help us get all this painting done, Thurs. PM - Well that means - YIKES I only have a day or two to pick a paint color for the bedroom! Luckily I had been thinking about this for a while now and already have swatches, that I promptly put up when we got home. Plus I am eyeing what another blogger did with her room and loving it.

Lastly I made a second sale on Etsy! Yahoo, I shipped two packages out today.

I haven't forgotten the purse pic. post. Also on my tutorial I realize it wasn't perfect but I tried and it is difficult to upload to blogger all the pics etc. in the order I wanted them, so that is why I had to do it in different posts, hope you didn't mind too much, Also I found a toggle clasp with two holes which will be perfect for the watch since it has two strings on each end. Got a deal at JoAnn's yesterday, they accidentally left a FIMO 50 percent off sign in front of the FIMO and it turns out that that was an old sign. I really thought is was on sale but it wasn't but they gave it to me since is was a sign error.

PS Someone from Kuala Lumpur looked at my blog - how cool is that!

Happy Dance...

I made my first sale on Etsy - WAHOO!!! Happy Dance Time! The lucky lady will also receive a free set of one of my salt and pepper shakers covered with Polymer Clay. And, get this, she collects salt and pepper shakers too - neat huh? I guess it was just meant to be. Do you want to know what she bought? Actually what she bought two of? Well in that case you need to go to my Etsy shop at http://www.laurasgiftboutique.etsy.com and click on sold items to see the picture of what I sold. And someone else is interested in the same item, so I will be re posting it in the shop soon! Thanks Colleen, and she has a shop on Etsy too, you can visit her shop at http://www.missys.etsy.com

Etsy and Random

I am close to making my first Etsy sale and I am having a hard time communicating because it is done through Etsy, Colleen if you read this, I want you to know that I have responded to all of your emails through the conversations page, I don't know if you are also getting them in your home email but I hope so. This is the only problem with trying to learn everything on your own without help.

Random thoughts about today....

• I got hit in the face with a free weight today at the YMCA, yup it hurt bad, yup it was an accident, yup it wasn't my free weight it was held by another lady, yup it still hurts 4 hours later, yup I've had ice on it, yup I took ibuprofren, yup the lady felt horrible about it
• My car needs gas
• My husband had a special night out, went to a guitar concert, he doesn't know I got hurt yet because I didn't want to ruin his special night out
• Recently found out I need to have carpal tunnel surgery in BOTH hands and scheduled the first hand this summer - Calling ALL friends, will need help due to the fact that I can't use my dominant hand for two weeks
• Went to the Lake today, reminisced about my wedding pictures there
• Went to Applebees for lunch A. and I met Daddy there, Applebees is one of the hardest restaurants for me to eat at, I found more food at the Outback Steak House than Applebees. If you read their menu everything has meat even the salads and even the tomato soup had a beef broth - ew.
• Very excited to show my MOPS friends the next craft, I am SUPER DUPER excited about it, thanks to nikki at WhiMSy LOVE again!
• Saw my parents twice today, once to visit and once to have my mom check my face out - she is a nurse.
• A. was with me all day today.
• My favorite TV show is Extreme Home Makeover
• The Bachelor made some good choices tonight!
• I have to go to work tomorrow and PT
• I have a headache, hmmmm I wonder why.... :-)

Blog Header....

OK I know that picture above is too big and I will work on making it smaller, just need to figure out how to do so. I can't believe that I took that picture!!!!! My light box work and struggles are finally paying off!!! I also uploaded new pics on Etsy, I took some of the old pics and deleted them entirely and put some of the better ones up. I also added new work to the shop at http://laurasgiftboutique.etsy.com I put the same picture above on my Etsy shop as well (I love the pic and I love the work and I love the fact that I actually took that pic - wahoo)

A great day...

Today while at PT I happened to pick up the newspaper and I thought I died and gone to heaven when I read that we will be getting a Hobby Lobby!!!!!! Right in the same plaza where I do my grocery shopping - I first experienced a Hobby Lobby in Atlanta when we were visiting my in laws and then again in Kentucky visiting my in laws. We are getting the first one in the North East - wahooooooooo! (OK now I really need to beef up my Etsy sales so I can go shopping at the Hobby Lobby!!!)

In celebration of my 100th post I am offering a giveaway to the first person that purchases something from my Etsy shop, I will include a free salt and pepper set covered in Polymer Clay that you can then keep for yourself or give as a gift! This will be one of the sets from my stash (not the blue one with hearts because that one is up for sale). However, you could buy the blue set and you would be getting a buy one get one free deal. I will also offer free shipping for the salt and pepper that I am including. I will not charge you extra shipping to ship the freebe. I will also be adding more stuff to the Etsy shop soon. My Etsy shop address is http://www.laurasgiftboutique.etsy.com/ Have fun and I can't wait to see whom the lucky winner is, I will EVEN profile the winner on my blog if they would like.

All for sale on ETSY...

As you know I have been playing around with my digital camera and I have made two light boxes in the effort to take better pictures of my artwork and it is finally coming together, thanks to DH helping. It is ALL about the lighting folks and your camera settings. All of the above are for sale on ETSY... I haven't even uploaded these pictures to Etsy yet as I wanted to share with you first, Don't you feel special!? (You should!!! :-) I also noticed that this is my 99th or 98th post, SO I think it just MIGHT be time for another GIVEAWAY, don't you think maybe so????? I think I need to have a giveaway in conjunction with my Etsy shop too. So let me sleep on it and stay tuned for the 100th post, it will be in the info. on that post. I am sooooo excited! Also if you are a local reader of my blog and you are interested in buying something from my Etsy store, I wouldn't charge you shipping, especially if I see you frequently, ie book club, you live on my street etc. Hint, hint. Please consider me for all of your gift giving needs!!!! :-) Stay tuned because I have LOTS that needs to be uploaded to Etsy and lots of goodies coming your way!

My Etsy Shop is up and running....

I am excited to announce that I have started my Etsy Shop!!!!!!! I currently only have three items in it but it is up and running so I am happy with the start! It isn't quite a grand opening just yet, but I couldn't keep the secret any longer, I had to share my excitement. I am also still working on taking better pictures of my stuff, I now have a light box and am learning many different things. So check out my Etsy shop at: LaurasGiftBoutique

Whole week gone by....

Has it really been since last Sunday for my last blog post? Where has the week gone? Well let me share a little with you...
My Nights:
Mon - Taught Jewelry 2 at JoAnns
Tues. - One free night I had, spent with A. and put her to bed
Wed. - We had our MOPS meeting and we painted glass plates and they turned out AWESOME!
Thurs. - Tonight A. had her dance recital, what a trip and a half to watch three year olds dancing on a stage with real lights and curtains too.
Fri. - I am having a Tastefully Simple party. I have about 12 people coming to my house tomorrow night for a taste testing party.
Sat. Am - I am going to Make and Take and we are making meals for and with a pregnant friend. Should be fun.
So yah it has been a busy week albeit a fun one.

What have I been doing craft wise? Well the painting a plate was VERY fun. In fact it was so much fun that I think I might want to start a new craft endeavor! haha. However I have been working on a serious side of my business this week, in all of my spare time, literally. I have been trying to figure out how to take REALLY good pictures of my crafts so that I can start an ETSY.com shop. And so I can have better photos on my blog as well. I have a new found respect for people with blogs that have awesome photos. The whole photo taking is an art in and of itself. I found a great blog tutorial which has been helping me a lot. Plus I LOVE the sense of humor this person has. It's been slow, I want the results right away, but it is coming along.

What has Dear Hubby been doing? Well he in literally all of his spare time, finished building his second guitar!!! I have an affinity for this one. I love the all wood look and he now has a name plate that a guy at work made for him - very cool I might add! That is GOLD POLYMER CLAY inlay FOLKS, DH and I figured out how to do that!!!!