It is September already-can you believe it-I am glad summer is over-I really dislike the heat-I keep my air conditioner on from April until October-at 68 degrees-not a lot to write about-I have been busy preparing for the craft show in October at the Amory in Morristown New Jersey-I hope you will come and see the show and spend some money-here is a brief sample of what I am going
to show.

These are all hand made by me. #Handmade #Wovenscarf #Handmadeshawls #OOAHwearableart

almost finished

Well it is August 6th and as I said before on August 11 my listings on Etsy are finished. I don't intend to put any more items for sale on Etsy. It has never in 10 years been any good for me so I am cutting them loose. There has got to be a better way to sell on line. I am tested to find it. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. I am now working on my weaving of cloth to make dresses and some tunics. As soon as I have a few photos I will post them on my facebook page and here on my blog. I also will update the Instagram. So I guess that's all for now-goodnight!

Due away with Etsy

Well today is a venting day-I am so not happy with Etsy-I have been on Etsy since 2009 and have sold nothing-that's right NOTHING-My stuff is good and priced right just like others that have the same type of things-they have sales and I have O-and etsy was supposed to be for items made by the artist and you can see for yourself there are all sorts of Buy/Sell things not made by the artist and brought in from places like China-my listings are up on August 15 and I will be closing down my etsy store for good-it's not worth it even through it's not that expensive but why should I contribute money to their pockets. A lot of the people on the forums say the same thing-Etsy seems to be trying to be an Amazon but they cannot-they even sent a letter to all etsy sellers that if they made their shipping free(they suggest we raise our prices to incorporate the shipping)we would be moved up in the search ranks-I did that but did not raise my prices and still I am nowhere in the search and there are people that still charge for shipping listed way in front of me-I am not happy and therefore will say goodbye to Etsy-maybe more of use should do the same thing and then maybe they would get the message-probably NOT!!!!

new etsy listings

Hi everyone-things are moving along well-I just set up a business on Pinterest , added new items to my etsy store
www.etsy.com/shop/cynthiaandcompanyltd
made all the food for easter--cheese pies, tarrales, knot cookies, biscotti----and now I am TIRED-I still have to update Instagram and face book-Maybe tomorrow -I am going to go take a nap but before I do I guess I'll make myself some pasta and tomato sauce-I deserve it. Here is a sample of the new wrist cuffs. Take a look at the etsy store-I really would like some comments-it helps me get better at what I do-Thanks Cynthia

wrist cuff of velvet, silk and glass beads-Lavender Ice $55

Wrist cuff of silk velvet and merino wool felt with bronze beads -so soft next to the skin available on etsy $60.00

This is a fun wrist cuff-haboti silk fabric hand painted by me and glass beads with an Ice Cream Cone Charm. $60 available in my etsy store    www.etsy.com/shop/Cynthiaandcompanyltd

It's me again-how are you all- the sheep and wool show in Maryland is coming up in about 1 month-I can't wait-I will be going but only for Saturday-I really like the show and hope I can find some great fiber-I just got the DVD The Bridges of Madison County-I'm going to make a pot of tea and settle down to watch the great love story-Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep are great actors- I'm going to shut off the phone so there are no interruptions - so I guess this is short and sweet but it is 10 pm and the movie is about 2 hr. long. I want to work on some new nuno felting tomorrow-I dyed some cotton cheesecloth a beautiful robins egg blue-about 5 yards-and I am going to use lime green, fuchsia, lavender, lilac and periwinkle blue in both merino wool and silk velvet that I dyed-when the fabric is felted I will then think about what I want to make it into-something nice and light for the spring-I will keep you informed with some pictures-Ok that's all for now.

Hello!!! What's new with you--I have been working on some new fabric wrist cuffs-they are not only very pretty but they do keep your wrist warm and comfortable. They were a lot of fun to make-I used bits of my fabric stash and my needle felting machine. It works so great-easy to make really nice designs. I did some free motion embroidery with silk thread and then backed the whole thing with merino felt and my label. I am going to upload them to my etsy store this weekend for sale so have a look and let me know what you think-I really do like to hear from you all-the feed back you give me helps me to create more beautiful things-so please do tell me what you think. My etsy store is
www.etsy.com/shop/Cynthiaandcompanyltd     so check it out if you have the time. Here are a few of the new fabric wrist cuffs--

This one if made with hand dyed silk velvet , beads and free motion embroidery

This cuff is created with hand marbled silk, merino wool, free motion embroidery and beads- there is an ice cream cone charm added for fun.

 

 

Hi everyone-I know it's been a long time since I last wrote and I don't have a good reason-well maybe-I am setting up a new website-more modern. It's not easy to remember how to do it even though I have Yahoo sitebuilder and I have so many new things to offer in my merchant store and on etsy. I have been weaving and creating clothing and wall hangings also working on some very special nuno felted shawlettes-very exciting stuff that I will be photographing over the next 3 weeks and then uploading to my website and Blog. I hope you will comment and let me know if you like what you see. Getting started with online selling is not as easy as one (me) would think. But I will make it. Not much more to say but here are a few examples of new work. Thanks for looking and let me know what you think. Later...... Cynthia

This is a hand beaded wrist cuff using seed beads

 & ribbon

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This is a hand beaded wrist cuff. I have included a mother of purl shell center.