Custom Orders and some general rambling

Our "standard" postings on our Etsy shop continue to sell at a brisk pace.  My husband and I were reflecting on our last year (or so) of progress the shop has made with public acceptance with pride.  To create an item with one's creativity, and not copy someone else ideas is challenging.  When a person buys the product, it validates your creative ability.  We are so thrilled with our success.

The past few days, we have been asked to develop custom orders for our wonderful customers that are a modification of our ideas, which fits their specific and special needs.

Thank you to those folks for appreciating our quality construction techniques and giving us the opportunity to tailor our products to suit their needs.

We are blessed. 

Well -- Valentine's Day is over, so today we will be taking down the Valentine and Bunny Burlap Banners and decide if we make an Easter Bunny Banner, or a St Patty's Day Banner for the fireplace. 

We decided to make both a Easter Bunny Banner as well as a Saint Patrick's Day Banner.

Valentine's Day Banners

Valentine's Day is drawing near, so we decided to create a couple Valentine Burlap Banners for some holiday cheer.  Love is in the air???? Of course, it is in our home.  We added these banners to our Etsy shop, just in case you like these two products.

Moving from Christmas decorations to deep into Winter Themes

The Christmas celebrations are over, the children and grand children are heading to their home, and it's snowing and cold outside.  The "Shine Banner" over the fireplace is out of date, and the "Fall Banner" that we had over the fireplace is also out of date.  I found some white burlap in the cutting room, and decided that "Winter" would be far more appropriate.

We developed some lithography in the "Rough Typewriter" font, and developed a couple snowflakes on Photoshop, pushed the Elna sewing machine into duty, and built a new banner for the fireplace.

The banner is available on our Etsy shop, if you want one for your fireplace also.

More Christmas decorations are coming down, and new decor items will be posted soon.

The "Shine Banner" which we utilized for Christmas is below:

 The new "Winter Banner" has replaced the Christmas theme.

Geese flying around our backyard

We had to stop decorating our home for a few moments to watch the geese fly around our backyard.