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edinburgher wrote: »

Re. making your own cards, it sounds like a good idea, but you need to have a good range of channels for selling them. Mrs E has a friend who sells cards, paper goods, pretty covered notebooks etc. and I think it's below pin money. That said, she pretty much just flogs them to pals through Facebook. If you decide to use eB@y, Am@zon, Et.sy etc. remember to allow for fees

Thanks for the advice Edinburgher. I'm going to have to build that up I think. I do have a shop on Folksy called Bee Garden Art and that is great for managing payments, etc. Mr F has lots of contacts in the 4x4/Land Rover world so I'm going to look into how we can utilise those for the car paintings.


Having said that, I'm not really looking to build a business - just earn a little pin money so I can fund my hobby.


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beanielou

Cards are a really fabby idea.
Not long til July

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Beckyy, Gally, Laura and Watty 1. Thank you for your support. It feels a little wrong giving up the opportunity to earn money but it really isn't worth the hassle I'm getting at the moment. I took it on when I first retired and we were getting used to a lower income but I think it's served it's purpose now. It's definitely costing me more than it's earning me!


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beanielou wrote: »

Cards are a really fabby idea.
Not long til July

Nice to see you Beanie. No, not long and I don't have too much to get done before then. I can't wait to do some cards - I just can't paint fast enough!


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Greying_Pilgrim

Fortune - I was very much minded of This Creative Gal when I mentioned greetings cards from art/craftwork. In the comments section, someone has asked her who the card co were that printed up her designs - she was amenable to sharing But you also have the recommendation from the framers too, so that's a brilliant start (may even turn out to be the same co :rotfl:)

I don't however, think that you are going to be short of ideas of which 'series' to put together Time yes, ideas..... nope

And yes, I do love the dormouse, and the hare, and the gnome, and....... and........ Amazing what you can make with felt

Greying

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Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

Fortune - I was very much minded of This Creative Gal when I mentioned greetings cards from art/craftwork. In the comments section, someone has asked her who the card co were that printed up her designs - she was amenable to sharing But you also have the recommendation from the framers too, so that's a brilliant start (may even turn out to be the same co :rotfl:)

I don't however, think that you are going to be short of ideas of which 'series' to put together Time yes, ideas..... nope

And yes, I do love the dormouse, and the hare, and the gnome, and....... and........ Amazing what you can make with felt

Greying

Wow - what a talented lady Greying! Thanks for the link.


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An early start yesterday as Mr F is working away for the next couple of days. We didn't have a particularly early night beforehand so I was yawning all day.

• more work completed on the Land Rover. It's coming on really well and I can't wait to show you the finished painting. I'm trying to do a little a day so I can finish by the weekend when the MG photos are due to arrive. I can't work for too long at a time as my eyes get tired and if I lose focus I make mistakes
• Across-the-Lane-Neighbour's little girl had a birthday so I helped ferry children from the school to the house and supervised party activities. I was rewarded with plenty of party food. In fact, I was seduced by chocolate cake and wine and didn't make it to Dynamic Yoga

Must get to do some housework today - my ironing pile has become a mountain again!


Happy hump day


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Well the sun doesn't shine very often so you have to make your hay when it does :rotfl:

I've had a lovely girlie day out with some friends browsing garden centres and antique shops. Just window shopping though, I didn't buy anything :A Spent a little money on coffee and lunch. Pretty MS though as we bought the makings and went back to a friend's house to eat in their garden. So nice to be out in the sunshine.

Came home to a wonderful surprise. I did a small favour for someone a little while ago and they sent me a gift to say thank you. It's a pretty notebook filled with handwritten recipes. What a fabulous gift. I'm so touched and I can't wait to try some out - particularly the Rhubarb & Ginger Vodka It's one of the nicest presents I've ever received.

Mr F is home now, we've had supper (Rigatoni Sausage Bake) and are relaxing in front of the telly. What a lovely day.

Hope you've all had sunshine too

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muddywhitechicken

You went to garden centres plural and didn't buy anything... you'll need to teach me how to do that :rotfl:

David19821982

I work in one, if you saw it as the staff do , youd never buy anything from one!