Sometimes I really do wonder about myself! I have things to do on the internet and I say, "Next time on go online will do this, or that. And then, usually just after I sign off, I remember what I forgot to do! And I have no time to go back and do it! So I try to remember to write notes, and I forget! That's why I'm so happy with the Etsy forums. In the Promotion and ETC. and even in the Business Topic threads folks often ask, " Have you blogged today?" So I come hear, and write a little something and then I can go and say, "Why, yes! I Have blogged today!" And sometimes other will come and check out what I'm doing. It just feels good to promote my knitting and other arts.
Another thing that I often forget to do is mention in my blog, the name of my Etsy shop, my Personalized Custom Growth Chart website, and my music website.
So, today I remember;
www.JudyAGoddard.Etsy.com
www.Measureformeasuregrowthcharts.com
www.JudyGoddard.Homestead.com
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
I have had several responses to whether I should sell my baskets as limited editions. Thanx to everyone who commented. I think, for now, I will just keep doing what I'm doing, let my imagination run free and keep myself engaged in my craft. That's what keeps me happiest and a happy crafter draws happy buyers! (Right??)
My niece is having a baby shower on October 11. She's carrying twin girls. My sister, her mother, has requested that I make a growth chart for them.
I started out to make one but decided after finishing the first one that they really do need one for each. The only stipulation was it had to have ladybugs. So here's what I came up with;
I really like the idea of designing Growth Charts that are pretty and/or whimsical, but that will be appropriate for an older child's room as well. And, if down the road, the lucky owner of these charts chooses to display them in their own homes, it isn't particularly babyish.
Of course, the desires and wishes of my customers are utmost and it is the greatest pleasure to work with an individual to produce a Growth Chart that is Just What They Wanted!
My niece is having a baby shower on October 11. She's carrying twin girls. My sister, her mother, has requested that I make a growth chart for them.
I started out to make one but decided after finishing the first one that they really do need one for each. The only stipulation was it had to have ladybugs. So here's what I came up with;
I really like the idea of designing Growth Charts that are pretty and/or whimsical, but that will be appropriate for an older child's room as well. And, if down the road, the lucky owner of these charts chooses to display them in their own homes, it isn't particularly babyish.
Of course, the desires and wishes of my customers are utmost and it is the greatest pleasure to work with an individual to produce a Growth Chart that is Just What They Wanted!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
A Question of Limited Editions
Yesterday I read a request for a photo and description of one of my newest shop items, from a woman who wants to highlight like minded artists in her blog. It sounded like a good idea to me. It still does and I'm glad for a chance to get that extra little bit of promotion.
But it got me thinking, again, about offering my baskets as "Limited Editions". I've been making, and refining these baskets for about three years now, so I've got a little stock saved up. But I'm also still developing new designs almost every day and I want to make them and list them right away!
I have only sold one basket since opening up my shop in April. But I truly do believe that sooner, rather than later, I will start to see orders for these works of art pick up.
But it got me thinking, again, about offering my baskets as "Limited Editions". I've been making, and refining these baskets for about three years now, so I've got a little stock saved up. But I'm also still developing new designs almost every day and I want to make them and list them right away!
I have only sold one basket since opening up my shop in April. But I truly do believe that sooner, rather than later, I will start to see orders for these works of art pick up.
So the question is, do I hold back on listing new designs so that I will have new designs for future seasons?
Should I announce that some of the seasonal designs, ala my Autumn Baskets, are indeed limited editions and after this season they will no longer be available?
Should I announce that they may be available in the future but when they are gone they are gone?
Does selling a limited edition mean that I should figure out some way to number them?
I probably should include a little label in each basket, Stating my name and the year
Maybe I should should wait to see if the baskets begin to sell before I start numbering and/or labeling them.
So many questions! So many paths!
Does selling a limited edition mean that I should figure out some way to number them?I probably should include a little label in each basket, Stating my name and the year
Maybe I should should wait to see if the baskets begin to sell before I start numbering and/or labeling them.
So many questions! So many paths!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Fall at Last!
Finally! the weather is acting its age! The temps last night dipped into the 50s. Today should climb only up to the mid 70s. Yay! Summer has always been my least favorite season.
My friends know I like to say, " Come the end of May, I'm lookin' for October!
Don't forget that Winter and the Holiday Season are right around the corner!
My friends know I like to say, " Come the end of May, I'm lookin' for October!
At my Etsy site I've listed Handknit Felted Baskets that celabrate the georgeous season.
Each of my designs is an original and, because of the nature of the artform, is its own unique piece of art.
Yellow Autumn Leaves Basket
Don't forget that Winter and the Holiday Season are right around the corner!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Custom Canvas Growth Charts!
Last year I started making growth charts. You know, you hang it on the wall and measure your child's growth, inch by inch, and then, one day if you move away, you can take the chart with you and leave the door frame behind!
I had made them years ago out of wood and was selling them on a website where stay at home moms could make some money. But, you know, wooden planks, 6 inches wide by 5 feet long, are not an easy thing to mail! So I didn't last long with that venture.
Now I paint the charts onto heavy cotton canvas, as if they were floor cloths. They are sturdy, well constructed and flexible. That way I can roll them up and mail them in a small box.
Here are the charts I have in stock in my Etsy store:
You can purchase one of these charts at www.JudyAGoddard.Etsy.com
They are on my shop page as well as in the section called,
"Canvas Growth Charts"
I also make custom charts for folks.
If you think you might like me make a special chart for some special boy or girl, (orboth!) You can check out my other website;
http://www.measureformeasuregrowthcharts.com/ There you'll find several examples of custom charts that I've made. Either way, you can contact me and we'll figure out which personalized chart would be best for you!
email me at JudyAGoddard@aol.com
You can go to my personal website to see examples of the custom charts I've
Thursday, September 11, 2008
It Was a Day Just Like Today
It was a day, just like today.
I got up early to get my daughter on the school bus and then went back to sleep. I was up again around 8:45 and turned on the tv, just in time to hear Matt Lauer declare that a plane had just hit the first tower. They didn't know what was happeneing. I was glued to my set.
Minutes later Matt Lauer, in undisguised shock told us the other tower had been hit and it was now confirmed as a terrorist attack. Next came the news from Washington DC, and lastly from central PA.
The events unrolled before my eyes and I could not look away. Horror upon horror. Evil after evil. So horrid that I could not believe my eyes. I remember thinking, sometime during that morning, that it was too aweful to be real. It had to be a movie I was watching. And as my eyes took in each new layer, I sunk deeper into myself and crying out to God. I prayed, and pleaded and suffered.
I remember going outside to look at the sky. On the tv, the sky was filled with the thick all enveloping smoke that poured into the blue cloudless sky. And when I stepped off the porch and looked up, all I could see was clear, pristine blue. I thought I would be able to see the billowing smoke. After all, I was only 25 miles away from Manhatten, as the crow flies. And I thought to myself, " But the sky is so blue!"
I am deeply thankful that no one I know was murdered that day. My dear friend Bob escaped from the second tower just in time to be smothered by the smoke. But he did survuve, only losing his job, and maybe a little of his sanity.
He talked about it all the time for about 6 months, and hasn't mentioned since. I'll be seeing him at scouts tonight. He's my daughter's Venture leader.
I'll have an extra big hug for him.
And when I wake up tomorrow,c it won't be 9/11 anymore. I'll start to heal all over again. Until about week before the next 9/11.
I got up early to get my daughter on the school bus and then went back to sleep. I was up again around 8:45 and turned on the tv, just in time to hear Matt Lauer declare that a plane had just hit the first tower. They didn't know what was happeneing. I was glued to my set.
Minutes later Matt Lauer, in undisguised shock told us the other tower had been hit and it was now confirmed as a terrorist attack. Next came the news from Washington DC, and lastly from central PA.
The events unrolled before my eyes and I could not look away. Horror upon horror. Evil after evil. So horrid that I could not believe my eyes. I remember thinking, sometime during that morning, that it was too aweful to be real. It had to be a movie I was watching. And as my eyes took in each new layer, I sunk deeper into myself and crying out to God. I prayed, and pleaded and suffered.
I remember going outside to look at the sky. On the tv, the sky was filled with the thick all enveloping smoke that poured into the blue cloudless sky. And when I stepped off the porch and looked up, all I could see was clear, pristine blue. I thought I would be able to see the billowing smoke. After all, I was only 25 miles away from Manhatten, as the crow flies. And I thought to myself, " But the sky is so blue!"
I am deeply thankful that no one I know was murdered that day. My dear friend Bob escaped from the second tower just in time to be smothered by the smoke. But he did survuve, only losing his job, and maybe a little of his sanity.
He talked about it all the time for about 6 months, and hasn't mentioned since. I'll be seeing him at scouts tonight. He's my daughter's Venture leader.
I'll have an extra big hug for him.
And when I wake up tomorrow,c it won't be 9/11 anymore. I'll start to heal all over again. Until about week before the next 9/11.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
My adventures in Prescription Land
My husband is a union mamber. (Bricklayers and Allied Craftspersons) and we have prescription insurance. Several times, in the past, our insurance cap was met way before January 1. Now, with my daughter being unwell this year, the prescriptions have mounted up and our coverage is almost over. By next month we will no longer have prescription coverage.
So, what can we do? A lot of our meds are generics, so I checked out the pharmacies in our area who have that wonderful $4 a month plan and guess what?? None of the meds we take are covered! My daughter's doctor does not give out samples. ( For what purpose I can't imagine.) Now I am checking out Canadian Pharmacies and I've found some good bargains, but it will still cost a pretty penny. But God is good, all the time, and he has ALWAYS met my needs.
It's a tight squeeze when you fall between the cracks! (Hmmm... that sounds like a song!)
So, what can we do? A lot of our meds are generics, so I checked out the pharmacies in our area who have that wonderful $4 a month plan and guess what?? None of the meds we take are covered! My daughter's doctor does not give out samples. ( For what purpose I can't imagine.) Now I am checking out Canadian Pharmacies and I've found some good bargains, but it will still cost a pretty penny. But God is good, all the time, and he has ALWAYS met my needs.
It's a tight squeeze when you fall between the cracks! (Hmmm... that sounds like a song!)
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LIFE IS JUST SO FULL OF COOL STUFF!
- Judy Goddard
- 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.