Chat Thread for 2014

A new thread for a new year!

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda i chi gyd!
A very Happy New Year to you all!

Here's hoping we all have a prosperous and productive 2014 here on etsy!

Rosemary X
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Happy New Year to everyone...hope the holiday season went well for you all. I feel a bit done in now with all our visitors and visiting. But it is still one of my favourite times of the year :)

Kim x
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Happy New Year!
Hope that it will be a prosperous and really great year for everyone...it's looking like it's going to be a very wet few days ahead - perfect for saying in and working through my tax return!

Being an artist is just so glamorous! Sketching in all weather gear on a freezing mountain in the pouring rain/sleet/hail followed by days knee deep in receipts that the print has already faded on-then find out my local art shop closing down and the local gem of a museum and gallery now under threat of closure- I'm truly blessed!

Cheers Gayle
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Hi folks-
Hope you are all managing to battle on through the terrible storms and rain!

For any artists out there we are running a ACEO art exhibition event & get together here in South Wales- Aberdare- free entry.

If you want more details - to visit or join us please convo me!
Thanks- keep dry & warm
Gayle
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Evening everyone. That's rotten news about the museum/art gallery possibly closing :(

You mentioned the dreaded tax return above......grrrrrr. Really am going to start on ours tomorrow...really!!!!

We've started using child labour in the shop now..lol. Only a few photos, but she's a lovely little model to have :)

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/174871893/baby-lace-headband-flower-headband?ref=shop_home_active

Keep warm and dry everyone
Kim x
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She is a lovely little model!

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Hey guys! Happy New Year! Hope it's going well for everyone.

Mines been kinda mental got back from Ireland with a bunch of orders to fill so had to catch up with that and a few days in the museum and at meetings etc, but all caught up now, Sales are slow but I do have a gold wedding ring to work on this week so I don't mind having breathing space.

Also spent yesterday house hunting squeee! Looking around Caerphilly and did spot one lovely one :) It even has a workshop!

Good luck with the tax returns guys, I am very very thankful I did mine in the summer when I had nothing else to do!
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Oh and Kim I got my order, it's lovely! I'm sure my friend and her baby will be chuffed :)
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Happy New Year to you all....I hope that you have all been safe from any flooding. I am lucky to be living up high and so we don't get flooded......stay safe everyone.
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Well happy new year all! What a whirlwind holiday I had, sorry I didn't have time to post before Christmas but I was rushing around like a mad woman trying to fill those last minute orders & pack 2 suitcases which was more of a task than normal as when I put something in either mine or Faeryn's case she would come behind me & take it all out LOL it was a fun game! We had a very busy trip with tonnes of sightseeing & visits to friends & family & a lovely Christmas dinner & anniversary dinner on Christmas eve. Hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas & New years & here's to a very prosperous year ahead!

Kim that is one adorable baby :) & don't mention the taxes haha I've been putting off the receipt drawer for a whole week lol

Gayle I received some of your lovely coasters for Christmas from my mum & they look lovely on my counter :)

Stay dry everyone!
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Hello!

Thanks karen! Your mom has been so supportive- I'm very grateful!

Well it is raining AGAIN here!

Anyone doing anything toward the welsh valentines day? Dydd Santes Dwynwen?

Cheers Gayle

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https://www.etsy.com/treasury/NTI5ODE0M3wyNzI1NTQ2Mzkw/brighters-better-dat-team-treasury

Hi, don't seem to have anywhere to show off treasuries - thought you might like to see this?
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Gayle we always celebrate St Dwynwens day here as I married my ex husband on Valentines day, that day is mud lol
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Marlene, great treasury....as an ex knitter and crocheter, I am amazed at the amount of work you turn out....well done....I used to crochet a lady's jacket in a day and I know I was quick and you seem to work just as fast. Now my arthritic hands mean I can no longer work with yarn (can't grip the yarn).....so I paint instead...
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!4.43 here, Thank you for your kind words Brenda. I have times when I get fanatical, and times when I languish. Trying to finish off a crocheted scarf, and struggling. I'll get there.
Dying to get back to the unfinished objects I had to set aside to complete custom orders for Christmas, but have to complete this scarf first. Things like Alan Dart's designs - Knitting Kittens; a set of Morris Dancing Mice YES!!!!!, complete with the May Queen and attendants, children dancing around the Maypole, and Green George, or Jack in the Green as he is variously called;. Lots of teddies that I collected to do Teddy Bear's Picnic(Part 2) complete with a grandpa ted;. Lots of dollies ready to be transformed into Fairies with varying duties, including a Sales Fairy as suggested by friends in the FUN TEAM, mostly American. Lots of varying dollies to transform into Nursery Rhyme Characters.
Have a look at the FUN Team, as I think that you'd fit into their ethos nicely, and I can propose you, or you can apply for yourself. They work hard .as you do, but enjoy a laugh at life as well, and what it throws at you. They think I'm mad, but that's fine, mainly 'cos it's partially true. Talk to you again soon - Marlene.
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Marlene I will look for the fun team....sounds just my style....lol....
Keep knitting.....and well done
Brenda x
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Glad to see you took my advice, they manage to take life with a pinch of salt, and a great deal of humour. I would advise everyone to have a look, I have got many views from unusual places like Columbia, Shanghai, Northern Russia, Ukraine, Malaysia, New Zealand, through their contacts.It all helps to spread the word.
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Marlene I have a weird sense of humour so hopefully will fit well into this team...
Couldn't find a thread to introduce myself, so I just jumped in....lol
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Good morning everyone. Sorry for not having posted in a while. Those rotten accounts are calling me and I must get them finished before the end of next week! That's the deadline I've given myself.

Sounds like you had a great Christmas and holiday Karen :)

Crumbs Marlene...you are a busy person :)

Laura and I had a 'business' meeting yesterday and decided that we have too many different fabrics on offer. This means that we never manage to build up enough stock and everything ends up being made to order. Poor Baby Naomi is teething at the moment and is difficult to settle during the day, so Laura doesn't have much opportunity to work steadily for the orders. So, I am going to carry on making the orders and she will start building up stock, sewing when she can during the day. Sounds like a better plan, we will see......

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Good luck with the house hunting Sarah. That house with a workshop sounds ideal. Glad your order arrived safely :) I'm going to try and do the next lot of accounts in the summer too....mind you I said that last year..lol.
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Lovely treasury Marlene :)

I'm happy to announce that I have finished the accounts and submitted the dreaded Tax Return to our nice friends at the Revenue.....yay!!!! I can go to bed and sleep now :)
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Hey guys, no rest for the wicked! 1am on a Sat night and I'm up doing listings! Notcied over the Christmas a few gaps in what listings I had listed or not so trying to get a full set of all the constellation pendants, earrings and cufflinks up, it;s a lot of work! I have a catch all listing too but keep getting enquiries do you do blah constellation so hopefully this will avoid that in the future!

Also worked on my first 18k gold wedding ring this week so just added some listings for that too today, wow the price of the stuff is crazy! Lovely material to work in though :) Got a few more wedding ring designs to launch this week, so fingers crossed I get them finished and photo'd in the next few days! Conan is away so I'm being super productive!

@Kim Gave my friend the prezzie, she was delighted he's only born so his first teething ring so they're organised when it comes to it, and she said they're going through bibs like crazy so it was perfect :) ...The baby was sooooo cute! He slept in my arms for about 2 hours! Soooo cute!
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Ooh you're so lucky to work with such lovely metals Sarah. So glad your friend liked her pressie too :)
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