---Shop News---PURPLE

I may have a new disorder called, EOCD, Etsy Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.  I have been a bit crazed these last couple of weeks.  You'd think I would slow down a bit after the holiday hubbub...no, not me.  I am obsessed with the idea of getting 100+ items in each of my 4 shops.  I had "slated" January as a month that I would focus on all my UFO FIBER ART pieces.  But I got excited when I read, according to Etsy, the color of the year is PURPLE...well "orchid" if you want to get fancy.  So I got into a color purple mania.  I love purple!  I go back and forth between Purple & Green being my #1 & #2 colors.  It has been #2 for awhile but I think this year I will give it #1 status again! (Really LOVE Purple & Green together too!)

This morning I did make 100 items in the InJoyGathering shop with this item!

With this  Purple Tendril!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/175978502/valentine-orchid-purple-violet-glass?ref=shop_home_active_2

Yesterday, I went into a sewing frenzy of Garlands for InJoyEcoCutie.  Then I DECIDED it was time to shift...last night at 9:00 PM.  My sewing room looked like a Eco-Felt tornado had hit...time to shift my energy by cleaning up my workspace!

Really too embarrassing to show the disarray up close...but here is a peek through the veil of Garlands. 

A fun night shot of yesterdays sewing!

Awoke this morning with a sense of order.  Starting Monday I do ART! (except for a little bit of photography to get these Garland listed)  But I am proclaiming to the World I need to do ART to reset my Soul!

Clean Floor...I even swept!

The before picture was too scary!

Made some tiny Garlands with Scraps of Scraps ~ Note: the new Clean ironing board cover!

Stuff slated for the attic...don't even ask me about the attic...YIKES!

and

Finally! in celebration of PURPLE and the Wonderful MaineTeam a Treasury!

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/MzQ0Mzg3MTh8MjcyMzAwNjE2Mw/color-of-the-year-maine-style-purple

Finally~Finally A bouquet of flowers "sent" to me by one of my readers ~~ THANKS!

Perfect!!

---Shop News---Plaid Friday & Small Business Saturday

Today is Plaid Friday!

 "The name Plaid Friday was conceived from the idea of weaving the individual threads of small businesses together to create a strong fabric that celebrates the diversity and creativity of independent businesses. Plaid Friday is the relaxing and enjoyable alternative to the big box store “Black Friday,” and is designed promote both local and independently owned businesses during the holidays" 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Plaid-Friday-Shop-Local-and-Independent/147245538642349

You won't find me at the mall of the big box store today!  I pledge to make all my holiday purchases from small businesses ONLY!  It is so easy too!  You can shop online and support small as well as local businesses.  If you want to get out of the house, head to your local small town or the local Main Street and have an enjoyable experience with plenty of savings and holiday atmosphere.  

Here is a "breaking" the rules Etsy Treasury (one is not supposed to do a treasury with anything from your own shop or more than one shop...it is all about spreading the love on Etsy!)  But I say break the rules TODAY and skip Black Friday and shop small...and plaid!  So plaid stuff from all my shops!(mostly...plaid)

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/MjYwNzk4NjF8MjcyMjc4MDkzMw/in-joy-plaid


Here is a "legal" Treasury I made earlier this week to celebrate the small online MaineTeam businesses!  Make Holiday Shopping Happy and Relaxing for all!  Happy Happiness!

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/MjYwNzk4NjF8MjcyNTMyNjU1Mg/maineteam-mad-about-plaid?ref=pr_treasury

---Shop News--- & Etsy MaineTeam Cash Mob

Seems like if I can wrap wire around it I will!  I have 2 new creation categories at InJoyGatherings Shop ~~ Garlands & Globs.  I'll start with the globs.  I found a big bag of green, sky blue, cobalt blue, & clear glass globby things at the thrift shop....they are very pretty and here is what I did with them....

 https://www.etsy.com/listing/167518046/blue-christmas-glass-copper-ornament-buy?ref=shop_home_active

 https://www.etsy.com/listing/167651108/green-christmas-glass-copper-ornament?ref=shop_home_active

 https://www.etsy.com/listing/167655940/cobalt-blue-christmas-glass-copper?ref=shop_home_active

https://www.etsy.com/listing/167656394/clear-glass-christmas-glass-copper?ref=shop_home_active

This just a sampling...there are more in the shop and more to be listed...these are listed with the same Tendril offer of buy 3 get one vintage Marble Tendril FREE...this offer lasts until I lose all my marbles! ;)

Ok Garlands....I was rummaging at old hardware sort of salvage place and found a bunch of interesting copper colored steel sash chain.  Well, when I see a copper color I want to get wrapping.  The Tendril Garland has been Invented!

Beach Stones

 https://www.etsy.com/listing/167667054/beach-stone-copper-garland-6-ft-vintage?ref=shop_home_active

Tiny Green Marbles

https://www.etsy.com/listing/167670649/green-glass-copper-garland-6-feet-long?ref=listing-shop-header-3

Sea Glass 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/167676703/green-white-beach-sea-glass-copper?ref=listing-shop-header-1

and Clear Marbles

https://www.etsy.com/listing/167665080/clear-glass-copper-garland-6-feet-long?ref=listing-shop-header-2

If I only had more time.......but it is back to puppet making now...oh...still FUN!

And todays Treasury.....MAINETEAM! CASH MOB next Friday November 8th 

SAVE 30% off in any of my shops that day only ~~~ coupon code cashmob13

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/MzQ0Mzg3MTh8MjcyMjY0MTMwNQ/eco-gifts-from-maine?ref=pr_treasury

34

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/MzQ0Mzg3MTh8MjcyNTEzMTM5Mg/its-my-anniversary?ref=pr_treasury

Can you guess what year?  I have never been much for games or beating around the bush.  I am more likely to get in trouble for telling it like it is...at least the IS that is my IS.  So today I have been with my partner in life creation for 34 years.  Our "marriage" was not the conventional sort.  No one on Etsy would have made any money from my getting hitched.  34 years ago today we said vows to each other on beach in Douglas Alaska with our only witness a scrappy little sled dog pup, named Kavik, that joined us during a hitchhiking trip arounds Alaska.   Later, before we bought land together we became legal...I don't remember the day or the year...July I think...it only cost $10 for the marriage license...that much a do remember.  And my husbands buddy from his high school days was our witness then.

It hasn't always been smooth sailing for 34 years, it has been a growth process...Earth School, Baby!  Like I said I don't care for games (as a kid I thought board games were bored games) So during challenges I could go right for the juggler of truth...not always pleasant. Neither of us quit anything easily and we are both deeply loyal people...sometimes to a fault but that is how we roll.   Our marriage has been based on choice.  That was our vow to each other~~~ we both said that, I know I could choose a life partner from a multitude  of different people and have a great life but, I choose you!  So during the rough times reflection on our choice brought us out of whatever trouble we may have had.

We were together 15 years before our son was born.  Now with the boyo happily starting his life we look forward to what comes next!  We are much more discerning now.  We waste very little time being "mad" at each other...now we choose to be "mad" about each other.  The truth is the other aspect of our life together that has kept us together is, well, I like to say sometimes that we fell in lust with each other...we were pretty young!

So here is my favorite lust poem....

Wild nights - Wild nights! (269)

BY EMILY DICKINSON

Wild nights - Wild nights!

Were I with thee

Wild nights should be

Our luxury!

Futile - the winds -

To a Heart in port -

Done with the Compass -

Done with the Chart!

Rowing in Eden -

Ah - the Sea!

Might I but moor - tonight -

In thee!

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173343

---Shop News---

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/NjA0NzQ5MnwyNzIyMjI1NDUx/stones-bones?index=7&ref=pr_favetreasuries&atr_uid=

Well is was a bit of an exciting week on Etsy for me...one of my items made the front page.  It was random luck that I even saw it at all.  Wednesday night I was taking one last look at my email/facebook/etsy before signing off for the night.  Between signing in and out of my 4 shops I noticed my trees on the front page!  I was some excited!

Well what does that mean...156 hearts, 397 page views, & one custom order.

How does it happen (for non Etsians)?  Well, someone just like me on Etsy (in this case https://www.etsy.com/shop/ManyAMoonVintage THANKS!!!) makes a treasury and then some mysterious people back at Etsy HQ decide if a treasury is front page worthy...based on beauty and what is trending...and I imagine some random luck.

Random Luck got me to thinking about....GRAB BAGS!  I love Grab Bags.  When I was a kid, out west, my family road tripped a lot.  We stopped at many roadside attractions...you know the ones with the Jack-a-lopes and Snakepits!  They were filled with all manner of souvenirs including the grab bag bin.  I was and still am a very frugal person that does not tend to gamble.  But I have to admit the lure of the grab bag was irresistible to me.  Some were great, some were a bit skunky...but it never stopped me from buying one.  Guess I like a bit of mystery in life!

It just so happens https://www.etsy.com/shop/ManyAMoonVintage has a Mystery Vintage listing.  Which reminded me that I had been meaning to add a Grab Bag to my shop, injoytreasures.  So I did!  (I promise~~~NO Skunky Grab Bags from Shop!)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/158386808/vintage-grab-bag-7-dollars-free-usa?ref=shop_home_active

Then I got the idea to make an Etsy Grab Bag Treasury...will it make the front page? 

 Who knows?  

But you can find LOTS of Fun and Mysterious Deals on Etsy!

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/MzM1ODA4MTN8MjcyNDgxNDgxMg/grab-bag-fun

---Shop News---

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MzM1ODA4MTN8MjcyNDc4Mjg3OA/maine-gardens?ref=pr_treasury

 Well, my life has been mostly in my gardens these days.  So when I managed to get on my computer yesterday I made a treasury celebrating the garden!  All  items come from members of the Maine Team on Etsy ~ handmade in my wonderful home state of MAINE!

I do have my new stand-up computer station ready to rock-n-roll and it is doing my wrists wonders!  But I forgot to anticipate how tired I get after gardening all day...it is hard to list items while I am asleep on my feet.  So not working as late as I once was...which is a good thing...more needed sleep.  The stand up computer desk has not only been good for my body but my mind as well.  I am spending less time goofing around on the computer (I do have an iPad...so some goofing going on with it...but less overall)  I always want to get more done in a day than I do but, I am at peace with how thing end up flowing.

I am very happy in the gardens this year which maybe the results of last summers sabbatical.  I am enjoying the quiet and solitude I experience here.  I feel very in balance this year with the growing and goings.  Even the Japanese Beetles are not getting me down.  Enjoying the little pleasures of small garden wonders.  It is good to be alive with the growth of summer not to mention yummy too!

cute little cuke

"pond view garden" tomatoes trying to ripen

what I call the "big" garden

"south garden" full of garlic and potatoes! (duckingham palace & asparagus)

Before you know the winter winds will be blowing and there will be time for renewed focus on creating arts and crafts.  In the meantime I am going to relish this summer time to it's fullest.  

I do get some sit down time when beans need to be snapped!  

Life is Good ~~~ Wishing the same for you! <3

---Shop News---

Today's Treasury is All Team Upcyclers!

All items are made from materials that were once something else...totally ECO!

---SHOP NEWS---

Ok!  I have all 4 shops up and running...I got an idea for a 5th shop but I am NOT allowing that to happen!  The trouble with IDEAS is they seem to spawn more ideas.  I am working on JUST enjoying some ideas and never letting them happen.  I have ENOUGH ~ U.F.O.s {unfinished objects}.  So to celebrate the GRAND they are OPEN I am offering a coupon code that is good in all 4 of my shops

INJOY25 will save you 25% off you order (NOT shipping) Expires July 31, 2013

Here are a few things from each shop

InJoyEmporium


https://www.etsy.com/listing/114843696/white-wedding-ornament-rumi-wall-hanging?ref=shop_home_active

I seem to have an obsession with small weavings and attaching  quotes!
I have done several special orders for folks with quotes of their choosing...love doing custom orders!


InJoyTreasures

https://www.etsy.com/listing/155027294/green-hens-rooster-wade-figurines-red?ref=shop_home_active

Destashing the Wade Figurines I found cleaning out my attic!

I have a new shop section in the Treasure Shop ~ 5 DOLLARS or less!

With the coupon code some real bargains!


https://www.etsy.com/listing/154283966/vintage-doll-lot-with-pink-crochet?ref=shop_home_active

Ok~~ a bit creepy...but they are out of my attic and different strokes for different folks.
I do admit to having some fun with the photography!


InJoyEcoCutie


http://www.etsy.com/treasury/NzUzMzAyMXwyNzIyMDM3MTY5/whimsies-for-play

Goldie was featured in this great treasury full of super nice kids toys!

InJoyGatherings



Finally~~ DIY Sea Glass Pendant Kit!

Use Coupon Code INJOY25 and save 25%  Active Now!

---Shop News--- Mini!

Just a quickie today folks~  I have been so busy with organizing 4 shops, gardening, Reiki Clients, and TODAY I leave in one hour for COLLEGE freshman Orientation!  I fell asleep last night...so the blog didn't get done then....

Anyways, My latest (and last shop...I think!?) is...tada!

 http://www.etsy.com/shop/InJoyGatherings?ref=si_shop

This shop is really taking the sea glass out of the Treasures shop and the tendrils out of the Emporium and putting them here in order to create more shop relevancy.  Next week I will be announcing a coupon code for the Month of July...so stay tuned!

Gotta Run with Runa and then head north to take the boyo and me on our next adventure!

Have a great Day!!!

This shop will give more excuses to go beachcombing!  

“My life is like a stroll on the beach...as near to the edge as I can go.”

--Thoreau

 http://injoyemporium.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-zen-of-sea-glass-or-how-i-spent.html