by Wendy Scheel | Aug 12, 2015 | Life, New Products
Did you notice how many companies advertised Christmas in July? Yea, me too. I have Christmas items in my shop, but it is hard to get in the mood to create more when the view out my window is of bright sunshine, lush green grass and an enticing blue body of water. Seriously, let me take a quick iPhone picture for you as I am typing this from by bedroom.
Christmas? Really in July? In Minnesota, we savor every warm and sunny day. We only get about 3 months of this great sunshine, so jumping ahead to the next season isn’t a good idea.
But I knew I needed to get my Holiday items ready, sunshine or snow.
I made my list of ideas, checked it twice…see what I did there? Totally into the Holiday mood now.
Here is a sneak peek at what Christmas in July August looks like at OldLakeGeorge.
Has anyone started making a Christmas gift idea list?
Have you said to yourself something like, “I love that gold star pillow but I wish OLG had a gold Christmas tree also.”
Or maybe you have a festive opinion about the items in the shop? I would love to hear from you!
by Wendy Scheel | Aug 5, 2015 | Business
In the world of Etsy, there are hundreds of thousands of shops. Within those shops are tens of thousands of shops that sell pillows. Within those shops there are thousands of shops that sell pillows with a Valentines Day theme. So imagine my surprise when I was contacted by this magazine
to be featured in their Valentines Day Issue! My first thought was, How did you ever find me? Then I couldn’t respond fast enough. Yes, that would be great, thank you!
They needed a certain pixal/jpg type of picture so thank goodness for Spencer that he knew exactly what they were talking about. Here is the picture we sent, all pixaled and jpged. 🙂
And here is what the Twinkle Twinkle Little Party presented in their magazine.
Talk about a great ego moment. I was famous! 🙂
But wait, there’s more. The blog OurBestFinds.com is developed by Spencer and his business partner Kayla. Yes, my product photographer/nephew Spencer. His talent is limitless. They are expanding their business from this…
…and asked if I would like to be their first blog question and answer feature segment. This time I knew how they found me, but again, Yes, that would be great and Thank You! They already have over 11,000 followers on Instagram. That amazes me.
Here is the feature from their blog. Thanks OurBestFinds!
It never gets old feeling like a rockstar. 🙂
by Wendy Scheel | Aug 5, 2015 | Business
In the world of Etsy, there are hundreds of thousands of shops. Within those shops are tens of thousands of shops that sell pillows. Within those shops there are thousands of shops that sell pillows with a Valentines Day theme. So imagine my surprise when I was contacted by this magazine
to be featured in their Valentines Day Issue! My first thought was, How did you ever find me? Then I couldn’t respond fast enough. Yes, that would be great, thank you!
They needed a certain pixal/jpg type of picture so thank goodness for Spencer that he knew exactly what they were talking about. Here is the picture we sent, all pixaled and jpged. 🙂
And here is what the Twinkle Twinkle Little Party presented in their magazine.
Talk about a great ego moment. I was famous! 🙂
But wait, there’s more. The blog OurBestFinds.com is developed by Spencer and his business partner Kayla. Yes, my product photographer/nephew Spencer. His talent is limitless. They are expanding their business from this…
…and asked if I would like to be their first blog question and answer feature segment. This time I knew how they found me, but again, Yes, that would be great and Thank You! They already have over 11,000 followers on Instagram. That amazes me.
Here is the feature from their blog. Thanks OurBestFinds!
It never gets old feeling like a rockstar. 🙂
by Wendy Scheel | Jun 3, 2015 | Business, New Products
I posted this title on my facebook page. And I should’ve used 10 exclamation marks because I was so excited! And to add to all of that joy, I bought it at an estate sale. I love me a good estate sale.
My family was the first to respond with comments like, What are you going to do with a drill press? You bought a what? and my favorite, Do you even know what a drill press is?
All very valid questions. Silly, and not that far of a stretch considering how well my family knows me .They know I didn’t take shop in high school, and they know I’ve never worked with any sort of shop tools that need to be plugged in. They are forgiven. 😉
Last year I listed tree branch slice snowmen for the Holiday Buying Season. I had my nephew slice the branches and drill the holes. I didn’t have him make enough as they sold out quickly. He did not live close to us and having an overloaded schedule himself, I didn’t want to ask him to slice and drill more branches for me.
So back to the title. I bought a drill press! What my family doesn’t know is that from a different estate sale I had purchased a miter saw. That would’ve been too much information for them to handle.
So I have been practicing slicing and drilling. I have mastered the slice and drill so well that I have expanded my wood items. I. now. have. two. items. Crazy, right?
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wood slice, wood button
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wood slice, wood button
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wood button pillow, wood slice, farmhouse fabric
Snowmen ornaments and wooden buttons. I am unstoppable!
Have any you seen other cool things that could be made using a drill press or a miter saw?
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