Threads In Time by Pallas: Picker Sisters I -10 Home Store - Gone

After much searching I found the answer. There was a reference to what happened on another blog. A message was written on the Picker Sisters Facebook page
"NOTE FROM ADMIN!!!: Lots of you have asked about the return of Picker Sisters, and we appreciate your loyalty. 
We have also received questions about the store location.
To answer the first question, both Tanya and Tracy are pursuing their goals and working on independent projects. As of now, we know of no plans to resurrect the show.
To answer the second question, the store was a pop-up store andall of the items have been sold so it is no longer in existence.
Since we will only be contributing from time to time, we would like to turn this fan page into a place where our loyal fans can showcase their projects. Please feel free to post pictures and descriptions of items you have obtained and/or re-purposed. Also feel free to post questions about picking so that others may respond. We will be monitoring the page and will remove any inappropriate material.
Thanks again for your loyalty to the show and good luck with all of your picking projects!"

Etsy Apps and Widgets part 1

All of us Etsians that have poked around the app gallery know there are a ton to choose from and knowing what to use without going over board and choosing them all might be intimidating at first. Note all links are found below for any of the mention apps and widgets.
What I want to share are some of the fun and easy to use ones I have found and or use myself.

To be honest I've only started using them seriously. I was already using a couple but never really paid much attention to them. Which could be bad for your Etsy shop depending on which ones you are using.

For starters if you look to the left on this blog you can see that I have been using a widget by the lovely people over at Craft Cult. It instantly shows the listed items in your Etsy shop. Viewers can choose a slide show or scroll manually. Looks lovely now doesn't it?
It is fairly simple to upload just insert you shops name, the one shown in the url and not the one you may call it. ;) Then all you have to do is decide were you would like it to be on your blog.

Next....

Is one called PicClick. Not really an app if you ask me but whatever it still fun to use as a personal tool rather than a shop specific tool.
PicClick is sort of like Pinterest were you have a ton of fun images thrown at you all at once. But in PicClick's case it is meant for shopping. In general it makes finding Etsy items much easier.

Lastly...

This is an app called Etsy-fu. This app is great for those who have twitter account. Just sign up, add your shop name, and then your twitter account. All following the simple instructions. Then after all that it will prompt you to choose the amount of time your would like it to auto post your listing onto twitter! Super great!

Hope the info given was of use and as stated the needed links are just below. P.S. would have loved to have added pics or quick links. But I am having issues with blogger. Please take the time to look through all of the apps and see is they are truely right for you and your Etsy shop. Regards and Happy Saturday!



http://www.craftcult.com/shop

http://picclick.com/

http://etsy-fu.herokuapp.com/

Making updates to the blog

Hi, if you've been by at all today, you will see I've been working on some updaes here. I hope you will like them when I am complete..whenever that may be. But bare with me. I am also planning on posting more often. So come by often!

Been poking around Pinterest alot lately and I came accross this great site! Craftgawkers, it's similar to Pinterest but only focuses on crafts. So you're not getting stuff that seems like spam floating through the image feed. http://craftgawker.com/

Hope all is well with everyone. If you are in my part of the country you may be putting up with some aweful Fall rain. But never fear it just puts me in the Halloween mood. Though finding a good movie onf the satalite to watch has been a bit of a problem. Seriously how many times do they have to show Hocus Pocus and Gremlins? The latter of which still gives me the creeps when I saw it when I was little.

Anyhoo. Decorte have fun and eat lots of candy :)

Oh on a side note my home internet isn't working and also since the blogger updates blogger hasn't loaded on the dial-up connection anyway. So when I am at the library I will try and post something worthwhile.

Regards- The Vintage Daisy

Jewelry in the works!

Something I've wanted to do for a long time now is make jewelry. Well recently I've been doing just that at these are a few of my pieces.

The brown neclace with matchiang earings was made with pieces from various sources. For instance he wooden beads and gold chain are from a couple necklaces I bought at a consignments store and then took apart.

I had a bit of fun of making these. As some of the beads came from decorative trim that I took apart.

These are just a bit of a preview of what I will be selling in the Fall when I open my etsy shop again. As of now I will be selling the pieces that I have at the local Farmers Market.

Happy Creating everyone!

What does Earth Day mean to you?

Whether it's doing little things like composting or recycling it still makes a difference in the long run and you will feel all the better for it. Being Earth conscious for many has become a way of life in recent years. More people are recycling, composting and buying greener products. The little bit we each do makes literally a world of difference. What are some or your favorite Earth conscious things to do? For me I really like rescuing things from the trash whether it be old furniture or saving tin cans and taco liners for when I paint. As for the outdoors I have a few projects in mind using old tree branches. Also I’ve tried my hand at composting. Though getting a good batch of soil out of a mixture is the hard part. However I do live on a farm and there is a pile of manure that has turned into fantastic compote material over the years. So my garden will be very happy this year

Also here is a great site to help you locate local farmers markets. You can even do a bit of shopping for Earth friendly products........ http://www.localharvest.org

Near and dear to my heart

Help raise money for an organization that is near and dear to my heart. The Childen's Cancer Connection is an Iowa base program serving family with kids affected by cancer. They run two annual camps amoung their many year round activities. One camp is for kids wiht cancer and the other is for their siblings. I've been attemding the camp both as a camper and as voluteer staff for the passed 26 years. Please donate if you can or help out by spreading the word! thank you! http://www.philanthropig.com/ChildrensCancerConnection/CampershipChallenge/Jeanette

A fun idea found on Pinterest!

A great project to make for kids or with them! Just gather up those old plastic easter eggs that aren't suitable for candy anymore. Or buy some inexpensive ones at a dollar of craft store. But you can always wait till the clearance sales to, too snatch up a large collection of eggs. Decorate the eggs with simple craft paint and pipe cleaner. To add a bit more fun use a glitter glue and foam stickers too. Then just add a led light to the inide! and wha-la! you have a fun decoration or nightlight for your little one! :)

Pinterest

Something farely new in the land of social media. Pinterest if you haven't heard is an online place to share favorites of all sorts. Make a virtual bulleton board for whatever you like from food to trave, you can make it. Post pics and repin existing pinterest content or upload your own. It's all in good fun. Plus I'm finding it may be a good and free place to advertize. Been slowly uploading picture contect from my etsy shop into a pinterest board. Hopefully it'll bring more traffic in! If you would like a pinterest account it's currently by invite only. But honestly an approved request from pinterest only took a few days. So happy pinning ;)

Happy December Everyone!

Hope everyone has their Christmas shopping underway. How do you manage the huge task every year?

Something that may help a little when pricing...

I subscribe to a number of etsy newsletters and the latest in the sucess series has some helpful info on pricing items to gain a profit. It was originally a Twitter interview and was formatted to writting via storify.com
http://storify.com/etsy/etsysuccess-pricing-tweetchat

Etsy, not so easy

With the addition of the new ad sense and earlier relevancy setting. It seems it's been much harder on shop owners to sell their products. I've been looking through the site forums and the general oppion is to advertise off site. Which I agree, this makes all the more sense. Why advertise where you're already selling anyway. Who's going to see it, well other etsy shop owners more likely. Which is fine but it would be nice to be able to sell to a wider range of customers. As in those who don't sell on etsy and are just looking to shop local and handmade.
I've had some ideas for solutions but haven't put most of them into practice yet. So I haven't much of an idea if they'll be effective not. So here goes...

• Advertise on google - yes google. Seems expensive yes, but if you already have a blog account with them it's likely they'll send you an offer in the mail every so often. You can get $100 of free advertiseing. Which will go down twenty dollars I after a deadline I believe is a month latter if I recall correctly.
• Facebook seems like a good enough place to grab the attention of like minded people. I've found several shops and fan pages by clicking on their ads. Though mind you they have the same ad system that etsy hosts now.
• Word of mouth. Ever the old school way of getting people in the know. Friends may tell friends who love what you're selling.
• Place a local ad, might be surprised and lucky if your sales happen to increase. Plus who can resist supporting a locally own shop. Whether it be online or brick and morter. People know you need to buisniness.
• Local farmers markerts, Flea Markets and local art fairs. -All three requires prep work. But being that they are local you will have a higher chance of getting return customers. And making a few friends in the process. 
• Craft Shows - Probably requires the most work of them all. One of the reasons why I haven't tried but if you can find one that has an affordable fee and you have the inventory. Heck why not!

Hope I've given some new ideas or at least left the light on for ideas to grow. ;) Best of luck  :)

Please excuse the mess..

Updateing my blog to try to make it more user friendly  and appealing to the eye> Trying out a few different layouts and arrangments. So if you come back and it's suddenly differnet, no your not seeing things. Just me trying to get it to look right without being too buisy. Thank you for your patience.

Easing into Fall

 It's that chilly time of year again and many of us and scrambled together to put up our festive Fall decor. Personally I like to keep my decor less country looking as you often see in my part of the midwest. I really don't care for those scarecrows. Though I do love the handmade items. It's a fine line between the two sometimes.


What kind of decorations do you like to put up for the Fall season?

Herbal Tonics

Fiund this wonderful blog while searching for how to on how to make herbal tonics. Enjoy!


http://newurbanhabitat.com/2009/06/03/simple-herbal-tonics-brews-for-beginners/

Donations needed for a non for profit camp... please read the following...

Hello

I’m taking part in the 2011 Campership Challenge to raise money for The Heart Connection Children's Cancer Programs dba Children's Cancer Connection - please make a donation by visiting my FirstGiving page: http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/jeanettegriebel/2011campershipchallenge?fge=ask

You can donate online with a credit card. All donations are secure and sent directly to The Heart Connection Children's Cancer Programs dba Children's Cancer Connection by FirstGiving, who will email you a printable record of your donation.

Please send my page on to anyone who might like to donate!

Jeanette

ETSY BNRs Please stop by

Hi again, seem to be posting more than ususual. Which is good since I'm tryingto help to support some etsy shops.
There are a couple of BNRs that I was invited to and would like to support. Please stop by if you can and help to support these shops.
Also my previous post of my BNR, it's still going on. So please give all of the support and encouragement you can!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4de56fdcd4c38eef707c897f/open-tasias-bns-round-1-sales-8-need-6


http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4de5a4b1e3078eef530a1a20/open-little-champs-bns-happy-june-round

Etsy OPEN BNR - SHOPPING ROUND OPEN! **Special**

Please visit my BNR.. that's etsian for buy and replace. you buy and item it gets replaced with another.
These shops really need some sales so just follow the rules and you'll have some fun!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4de402f83c496d91031aa900/open-bnr-shopping-round-open-special?index=0

Keeping Busy...

Painting some canvases for my niece to put up in her room. Hopefully I will get them done by the end of the week. At least before my indesiciveness takes over and I change my mind. Oh boy thay only means trouble. lol

Starting on making my Easter cards too and will get back to my sewing one of these days... So lots to do to keep me more than busy.