Showing posts with label roses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roses. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Creating My Brand

This is also my entry for Inspiration Avenue's weekly challenge: WINGS








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What describes my brand?





Leaning on the Promises
I hand paint walking canes and sticks and hiking sticks.
When I look at my competition I see nice products that are mostly carved or that derive their artfulness from the combination of different woods.
Mine are distinctive because I paint them.  They are finer than most.  They are “eye popping”.

What makes my canes different?
My attention to detail.
My color choices;  
(I only use 7 bottles of paint; black, white, red, blue, green, yellow, silver and gold)  All of the variations you see are a result of my own blending.
My sense of imagination and playfulness. 
My desire to provide a useful product that inspires Spiritual thoughtfulness. 
But my brand is not just my product.  It’s also my desire and ability to delight my customers.
answer these three questions?
What do people value most about your organization?
I deliver what they expect, or beyond their expectations.  What they see in my shop, or what I deliver in sketches and communications is what they receive.  I also make sure that they receive their product on or before schedule.
What makes you distinctive from your competitors?
The quality of my artwork sets me apart from my competitors.  Most of the canes I see on Etsy are beautiful in different ways.  And for those who cherish the beauty of natural woods, there are plenty to choose from.  But my canes make a different statement.  I strive for “eye popping whimsey”.  Whether a customer considers my work folk art, decorative painting, fine craft, my goal is to paint something that delights the eye.
The second part, but not the second in importance is that I include words of inspiration, cunningly incorporated, as a puzzle.  Each puzzle cane has a snippet of scripture or of a popular prayer, written in such a way that, in order to read it easily, you must know the “key”.
What is it that you do well and consistently deliver to your customers?
My number one desire is to delight my customers.  Nothing is more important than that!  I will bend over backwards to bring the exact details to my custom orders that my customers expect.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Ramblin' Rose

Ah, spring! The crocuses have croaked, the peepers are croaking, and all the birds and bees are doing that thing which brings on the opposite of croaking!
The buds on the trees are getting nice and plump and little tiny leaves are pushing their way out of the stems on all the rose bushes.


In celebration of spring I present my Cascading Roses cane! Here are a dozen American Beauties.

For those who rely on the support of a cane, wouldn't it be a lovely statement to say, "my loved one gave this cane! Isn't it beautiful?"



You can purchase this cane at

www.leaningonthepromises.etsy.com. You'll also see other hand painted canes there. If you don’t see something to pique your interest I’ll make one just for you!









Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Passion for Beads Weekly Challenge "Flowers"


Color! Vivid, natural, vibrant, popping, joyful color! How can a person go through their day and not notice the roses along the way? (Hmmm.....that's sounds like a song!)


Roses and daisies! What could be prettier? Brighten your winter with this happy cane. You can take your roses with you if you own one of my hand painted puzzle canes!

If you need just a little help getting around, or if you are a collector of canes and walking sticks, this cane will add beauty to your life.






And boy! Will you get compliments! I know! I get them when I step out with one!






Hopeful, inspirational words, wreath the cane, as well.
You can purchase this cane at my Etsy shop.
www.JudyAGoddard.Etsy.com




Thursday, January 14, 2010

Very Nearly a Nightmare






My hand painted flower cane

I'm working on my computer,editing photos in preparation for listing new items in my Etsy shop. All of a sudden, one of the photos in the folder I'm using disappears! Poof!

"What the heck was that?" I say to myself. Instead of the photo there's an
empty box made up of dotted lines. I double click the dotted line box and nothing happens.

So I stare at the screen, trying to puzzle out what just happened, when all of a sudden three more photos disappear! Poof, poof, poof!

Now my heart is racing and I'm fantically trying to get the photos back and, poof! poof! two more are gone.

It is at this moment that I realize, " I am NOT
dreaming!" So I close the window, figuring that this will stop pics from going.... where?

Every time I open a folder, more and more pics are gone. And now I'm beginning to panic. I shut the program down.

Out comes the address book, open it up to A and dial the number for Apple Computer customer help.

Marvin, (I'm not kidding) helps me salvidge the remaining photos and strongly suggests that I purchase an "exterior hard drive". Obviously, he states, a flash drive will be totally inadiquate to the task
of backing up my photos.
BTW: He had no idea why my photos disappeared
and he doubts I'll ever get them back. 80(

So, here's the questions;

1. Do you back up your files and photos? Or do you always think that you'll get to it, just not right now?

2. If you do back up your files, what do you use, a flash drive? a CD, an exterior hard drive?

3. Why do you use the back up system you've chosen, rather than some other way?

My solution?
I found an empty flash drive, went into my iphoto library and copied every pic. And let me tell you, I have thousands of them! And they all fit. And if I need more space,

I'll get more flash drives!




My Morning, noon and night cane














































LIFE IS JUST SO FULL OF COOL STUFF!

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Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States
My nane is Judy and I've been a christian for more than 3/4 of my life. I believe in redemption through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, that God, the Spirit lives in me and gives me the power to do His will and to live a joyful life. I have a Godly husband, a grown son and daughter. I live on a farm with 3 goats, 2 chickens, 2 horses, a cat, a dog and a python. I am an artist and a singer. I was a full time stay at home mom, the hardest job you'll ever love! I have two handmade shops on Etsy. Leaning on the Promises www.leaningonthepromises.etsy.com (Hand Painted Walking Canes) and Beaver Creek Pottery www.beavercreekpottery.etsy.com and an Etsy shop for selling Vintage and Antiques. Jersey Pine Pickers www.jerseypinepickers.etsy.com I post about my relationship with God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, about the things He teaches me, delights me with and how He uses me.