Showing posts with label note card. Show all posts
Showing posts with label note card. Show all posts

CAST Shop of the Week: TheOldPostRoad
I'd like to introduce you to the CAST Team Shop TheOldPostRoad.  The Old Post Road has lovely little floral oil paintings, Christian art, prints and note cards.  I have to admit to being a big fan of "white on white" type of paintings so I find her white hydrangeas, tulips and milk glass vase paintings charming. I'm sure you'll enjoy browsing the shop.

White Vases in a Row original painting




Please note that the only way to be featured as the CAST Shop of the Week is to tag your shop items "castteam" on Etsy and to not hide your teams in your Etsy profile. You will also have to have at least 12 items to feature. Those are the ways that I find great CAST shops to feature each week. 

CAST Members: If you have a minute or two, please feel free to favorite ♥ this shop or promote it on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, or other social media.  Thanks!

by Sue of SueRunyonDesigns
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Featured Artist Geannie of A Crafting Heart
Today's featured artist is Geannie Bush owner and creator behind A Crafting Heart. 

Mr. Snowman Pillow

 Tell us a little bit about yourself.
My name is Geannie Bush and my shop name is A Crafting Heart.
I live in northeast Kansas--home of the Jayhawks.
I have 2 sons and a daughter, 7 grandchildren and 1 grandchild.

Vintage Square Ball Mason Jar


How did you get your start on Etsy?
A co-worker told me about Etsy.  I have sewn and done needlework all my life and strive to glorify God with the gift He has given me.


Stitching With Thoughts

What does a typical day look like for you?A typical day for me is very busy--I live with my son and 2 grandchildren caring for them and work on my sewing etc and keeping up with my shop.

Notecard - Scarecrow for Autumn and Thanksgiving

If you could be anywhere in the world for one day, where would it be?
For one day I would choose a quiet and peaceful place wherever that might be.
Raggedy Ann Doll


What is your favorite Bible verse?
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13

Counted Cross Stitch Decorative Pillow



What is your favorite item in your shop?
My favorite items to feature are my notecards.

 
Christmas Moose Notecard


You can also find Geannie on Facebook



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Featured Artist Karen Stewart of Chocolatedogstudio

Karen is hosting a giveaway: If YOU are the lucky winner of Karen’s giveaway, you will receive your choice of one of her pincushions. The winner can pick either a wrist pin cushion or a regular pin cushion. To enter, visit Chocolatedogstudio and then come back HERE and leave a comment on this posting with your favorite item in Karen's shop.  Be sure to include your email so we can contact you in case you win. The winner will be announced on next Wednesday's Featured Artist post.

Introduction: I have been married to my best friend and husband since 1988. We have four kids ranging in age from 21 to 12. I have been creating in one way or another since childhood. My father worked for an oil company and I spent my childhood living in international cities. We moved home to Colorado and then Oklahoma in time for me to start and finish high school. I was in an incredibly bad car wreck in 1984 two weeks before high school graduation. It was God's blessing and miracle that I survived. They used the jaws of life to extract me from the car. I suffered two broken legs and internal bleeding. I went off to college in a wheel chair and then crutches for 9 months. I met my husband the next year. We dated and then married after we graduated from college. Our kids have been in school, and home school. Right now, we are homeschooling again, after a 4 year stint at a local private school where I taught art.

How did you get your start on Etsy? I got started with Etsy when I was knitting all the time and running out of people to give things to. This was in 2008 and I didn't do too much with Etsy until last year in June. We were needing a second income and I had just been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. Etsy crafting became therapy of a sorts and a way to stay connected with the world. I found a world of kind people that were helpful, interesting and encouraging.  

How did you choose your shop name? My shop is named after my 90 lb chocolate Labrador that we got from Labrescue. He was my Mother's Day gift when he was not quite 2 years old. He is now 9. He often sits right behind my chair as I create and I have to be careful not to roll my chair over on his tail.   

What does a typical day look like for you? A typical day includes checking e-mail and Etsy first thing every morning. Posting a few new listings first thing in the morning while I drink my coffee and chat with hubs. I then wake the kids and get them started on their day. I trade off work between three rooms; the sun-room, the studio, and the living room. Our youngest follows me with her work in case she needs help. We have lunch and then if the kids have classes, work, or dance we head out to their activities or we spend time cleaning and doing whatever needs to be done. I try to get another hour or more of work done in the evening. Everyday has its own rhythm and I really don't have a typical day.

If you could be anywhere in the world for one day, where would it be? If I could be anywhere in the world for one day it would with family, where ever they are. IF I had more than one day it would be London, England or Scotland. There is no way to visit there and only take one day. I love the history and the people in England.   

What is your favorite Bible verse? My favorite Bible verse is: Jeremiah 29:11 
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."  I have had to lean on this verse many times in the past as I have had to deal with different things that have happened in life. I know where my hope is and with whom my future lies. It is Christ alone that gives us the strength to do what he for us to do.

What is your favorite etsy item to feature? My favorite item to list on Etsy is quite simply one I have listed before because then I can just copy and paste the listing, or something brand new. I like to see the response to new and different items that I list. Which is why I always post my new items on my teams! I need the encouragement to keep going.  

Where can we find you on the internet?
You can find my blog at www.chocolatedogstudio.com 
On Facebook at www.facebook.com/chocolatedogstudio  
On Twitter at www.twitter.com/chocodogstudio 

Don’t forget to visit Chocolatedogstudio and come back here to comment to enter to win the give away.

We have a winner from last week's featured artist. Chin-Lu won a 2 oz jar of WONDERFUL Healing Creme w/Grapeseed and Camelina and a 2 oz jar of DECADENCE Jasmine-Neroli Whipped Crème  from BathAndBodyBoutique. You will both receive a convo from me. Congratulations!
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