And the storms continue....

This is beach at the end of our road

As you can see it is taking another battering from the winter storms this week

While the wild and wet weather is rather unpleasant, I can't help but wonder what treasures will be washed up, for me to find?

These four creations have new homes, the container ship en route to the UK

Another wreath is now on display and I am working on properly my most involved project to date

Who knew building a castle with 12 towers was sooooo time consuming?

Pictures to come

Fa la la la la la la la la!

Well, the festive season is almost upon us

I will be glad to see the back of it from a crafting perspective!

Enough to tress and jingle bells for one year!

My mini Black Friday shifted a few items, that had been  hanging around

I was asked why I was selling so cheaply (it was only for two hours!)?

Well a loss leader led to a few more orders and was way cheaper to do than advertising

My Etsy store is very quiet but the trickle of sales from Facebook is good

I, like many others, am plagued by invites to advertise

As a hobby seller, I am not tempted!

While extra sales would be nice

If I have to mass produce or feel pressured by deadlines to create then the fun has been dissolved 

I'm not in this to fill my pension fund

I make my driftwood creations because I love to do it

I'd like to leave pressure and stressors at my paid full time job, thank you!

So much in a few weeks

It's been a while since I've written

Sorry for that

 

 

Here are the two gifts I mentioned in my last post

The two recipients were really pleased with them!

This was a special order, second dragonfly request

 

These key rings were made for the Christmas Marketplace sale which took place on November 7th

I managed to sell most of the Christmas stuff I made plus some boats too

Hopefully I will get some other orders from it too?

The driftwood Christmas trees were a particular success 

We went away on Sunday for a couple of nights on Hornby Island (our mini break for the last five years)

Luckily Monday was warm and sunny allowing us time to gather driftwood on Tribune Bay

Sometimes you just need a break and get away

It is so quiet on Hornby at this time of year, well worth the effort

Promise to post soon

#christmas is coming!

Last day of my mini break

Took advantage of the sunshine and made these beauties

Getting a good stock ready for the Christmas market place at Campbell River Community Centre

Back to the regular job in the morning....😁

Thanksgiving

Luckily for me I have 6 days off over the long weekend

This gave me opportunity to start on some Christmas goodies

I enquired this week about the upcoming Toy & Craft sale

However this is over subscribed and I'm on the wait list

I may opt for the Christmas sale at the community centre instead

A smaller event but something I feel I could cope with

These turned out great and I've other orders to start on, laters!

Time to get things finished

Always nice to get an order through Etsy to start the weekend

But on with the serious job of getting a some projects that I'd started, completed

First I had a whole bunch of flowers to complete

I found some Sand Dollars that I had collected, these made a great centre

As did the mini bark chips and some buttons I had laying around

Feeling pleased with myself, I played for a few minutes and made this little piece 

I am always amazed at how some simple ideas really come together

Next were the Christmas (it physically pains me to say that word in September!) wreaths

They turned out pretty well and I've already had an enquiry about them.

Sadly my weeks holiday is over so back to the real world of work in the morning, adieu!

Woodworking Week

 

Another Etsy order (I know! I can hardly believe it myself)

 

The order started with a boat, got cancelled and changed to a different boat and an adapted version of one of the houses I made. This shape of boat is pretty popular!

Personally I like the taller ships

 

 

 So this order is winging it's way across North America to New Jersey

The addition to the white house was the chopping block

 

I hear the two boats ordered last week have arrived in New York

Waiting for feedback 

 

I managed to get a couple of wreaths made

Not really inspired to think about Christmas just yet

 

 

Walked two beaches on Saturday and it would be inappropriate and rude not to add to my collection of stash, someone else might steal them away!

 

This little gem finally got finished, I had the house, wharf and tree already. The base and addition of the tiny sailboat look kinda cute

 

Long story, but I was at home on Tuesday unexpectedly, so

 

 

wasted no time in putting some of that lovely dry wood to good use and today got these two pieces finished.

 

 

Sailboats mounted on Driftwood to wall hang

 

 

 

Oh my god!

 

Another really hot weekend, so I decide to start thinking

about making Christmas goodies.

 

I have a wreath, which I made about five years ago

It has held up well and others might think that would be something different.

 

I used a wire floristry ring

it is not turning out well!

A rethink might be in order

 

On the Etsy front, another order!

 

 

This little special order boat is going to New York

 

Paired with a green tug boat I had already made.

 

I am consistently surprised by just how much interest my little shop has generated

 

 

More sales via Facebook page too...

 

The Boat featured in the video I posted last week

 

(which I love because it is unpainted so you get the full effect of the wood grain)

 

and two sets of flowers which were specially ordered.

 

I will post those pics when the buyers have received them!