If you’d like to see how I made these, click here for a photo tour, or you can click on each of the tiny-size pictures below.

      

In other news, I’ve got a few orders to send out (I’m waiting on a photograph to arrive, though, before I send anything out.) Selling things makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I guess if I sold something every day (or multiple things a day) the feeling might go away? Maybe not… Let’s find out! Ha!

Today is my mom’s 40th 32nd birthday. Happy Birthday Mom! Even though she doesn’t read my blog

That’s about all for me, today. ^{Thanks for reading!}
( and don’t forget about my buy one get one free sale! )

This, my friends, is the newest in a line of a cooperative venture between my photography and jewelry businesses. It’s a 7/8″ (2.2cm) glass square, beneath which, is a tiny print of one of my photographs (in this example “Dandelion River.”)

I’ll be making 9 more (to have for shows/Etsy stock), then leaving the rest for customers to choose their favorite photo to put on it. Good idea? Yes? I thought so… I’m thinking the ones I make will feature my butterfly picture, maybe one or two of a Savannah scene.. I’m not sure what else. I’ll make a poll or somethin’, sometime

In other news, my photograph “Eat” was featured on Etsy’s front page yesterday! That’s a pretty big deal, if you’re unaware of this fact. It sold pretty quickly, too. And, thanks to my fantastic Buy One Get One Free sale (see also: the “Current Promotion/Sale” link above) the customer got a spiffy notecard, too. (Thanks Ellen!)

In other, other news… Joe and I went to the beach yesterday. It was really nice! It was cloudy when we got there, so that made it less hot (and nicer), of course. Then it warmed up, clouds burned away, we spent half the time in the ocean, then it clouded up again. We got kinda cool after our last ocean adventure and decided to come back home. Giant fish sticks (ok, they’re “filets”) for dinner and an evening watching Good Eats and Criminal Minds. It was a good day!
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So, you might have noticed I have a new “logo” (sort of.) You didn’t? Well look up at the top! It’s not big bold and modern anymore. It’s classy. Anyway… I spent yesterday printing ingredient and “name” labels and then cutting up paper bags and labelling soap, then realizing I was out of Savannah Soap Kitchen stickers. They’re fancy slick ones that I got from eletrikpinkpirate on Etsy.

Also, I received my glass tile, photo pendant makin’ kit (pictured) in the mail and I made my first necklace with a Robin Lynne original photograph. It’s too cool. When Joe saw it, he said “You’re gonna be somebody someday.” I thought that was cute. So, I’ll post about those tomorrow, I think. Maybe I’ll even do one of those fancy posts, in which I type it today and it magically posts itself tomorrow, whenever I tell it to.

Not much else, really. Oh - right! I’ve added a new link to the navigation, up top. It’s a page dedicated to whatever mad sale I’m having for the time-being. Currently, I’m having a 2 week long BOGO sale in both my jewelry & photography shops. So- check that page out, or see my lovely handmade ads below this text ^{Thanks for reading!}

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^{Happy shopping!}

That (the title) is what my mom said to me when she called this morning at 8:51AM. Of course, it was fine. I’d been awake since 6:45, but normally I call her at 10:30. We sent her birthday box on Friday and she somehow, magically, received it on Monday. (Thanks postal workers!)

What’s in the birthday box? I’ll share. (the things I can remember, at least.) Now, I love my mom, I promise! I just like to pick on her. Joe had a Dr’s appointment some time ago and I saw a “preparing for your colonoscopy” brochure. I thought mom would appreciate it, so into the box it went. We managed to get about 5 different goody-bags from a Gnat’s game a while back, with all sorts of skin creams, wrinkle reducers, age spot removes, etc. Into the box those went.

On Joe’s birthday, his sister gave us a slightly used candle. She had burned it for about a minute I guess, it was cinnamon. Now, I can’t really tolerate the scent of cinnamon, but of course, I never throw anything away. Into the box it went.

Now, before you think I’m some cheap and terrible daughter… I did give my mom a pair of earrings, that I -made-, that she’d been oogling for a few months. Luckily (haha) no one ever bought them, so they were put into a pretty little organza bag.. and into the box they went. I also bought her a glittery smiley face (she collects them) card, because on Mother’s day she said “You gave Memaw a really pretty card with glitter all over it you know.” I’d given her a ‘funny’ one that said something along the lines of “You did a great job raising such a wonderful child..” and on the inside… “Too bad about that other one, though.” Anyway… (I love my sister too!) At the card shop, they also sold Yankee candles, so I got mom a peach one. Peach is her favorite scent. When I went to pay for the candle and card, there was a little display with all these pins on it. I found one that was for mothers and got her one of those too. That was the extent of purchased gifts.

The remainder of the box was filled with chocolate covered fortune cookies, pixie sticks (for mixing into water, or else she won’t drink the stuff,) earrings backs (because Andrea yanked on a pair of mom’s earrings a little too hard when she was a baby and stretched the piercings - ouch! Now mom can’t keep earrings in her ears without huge backs. I had a few in my stash.) and other things that I can’t quite remember.

So, when she called this morning, we talked about the box.
Were you expecting some other kind of post? You wanted to see what was new in my shop? Well! The picture accompanying this post was just added to my photography shop on Etsy, if you’d like to purchase it.

In other news, Joe and I are going to lunch at Chick-fil-A and Office Depot (ink cartridge city - heyo!)

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I told Erin (after seeing her wishes/hopes/goals related post) that I should make a set of goals for myself, too. So, that’s what I’m doing here today.

Hopes, wishes and goals for all of my business ventures…

• Sell at least 1 thing per day - no matter which shop it’s from, just 1 thing a day!
• Stop breaking even.
• Participate in more craft shows/fairs.
• Market myself & my work better, somehow.
• Relax!

In other news, we’re going to the post office (I got out of my slump - a little) to send another bar of the ever-popular, best-selling, #1 Savannah Soap Kitchen scent - Not Yo’ Mama’s Banana soap.

I’m also sending a copy of Savannah Magazine (you know, the July/August issue that I’m featured in? on page 89?), along with a dried up crab (I found it on the beach and we named it Charlie) to my mom.

I think that does it for now! ^{Thanks for reading!}