New stuff

Does everyone else get excited when you put something new in your shop?    You list it and run to the stats and watch for someone to find it.   You go in several times a day and look at the views and are either excited about great views or sad that no one has found you.  
Well here are some of my new products.
Stop by our two shops
https://www.etsy.com/shop/straycatfarm
https://www.etsy.com/shop/blackberrybarn

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Spring

So ready for spring.   It seems like it just does not want to come and stay.
Spring is such a wonderful season as the trees start to leaf out and the early bulbs start to pop up out of the ground.
The lilac tree is so close to blooming and that is my favorite flower.
Ready to start working the soil and plant garden so we can finally have some tomatoes with real flavor and not the boring green house ones.
Spring brings the start of the craft show season too and those are both fun and hopefully profitable.   Really enjoy getting out and seeing the repeat customers who come each year to the show and being able to say hi.
Finally time to get the shorts out of storage and put away the heavier winter coats.
Going outside for a walk to enjoy this weather.

Etsy teams

Often wondered about Etsy teams and were they worth the time to participate.   Still don't have an answer but have enjoyed being part of the teams.
Not only do you get a little more visability for your shop but I like the way you can find new friends and find wonderful new items and shops as you participate in the teams.
I really like doing treasuries and I have found some wonderful new shops that way.  
Facebook, I am still having trouble learning but working on it.  Twitter I don't do at this time.
My blackberrybarn shop has an account with craftori which is a free place to promote and I have fun with Pinterest.
Just joined a new team this morning,
https://www.etsy.com/teams/16456/go-viral-promotions
and I think it will be a fun team to be part of.
So many things to learn about promoting your Etsy shops.

Good morning

Wondering where everyone gets their great ideas for writing on blogs.   There are so many talented blog writers out there and so many are willing to share their creative secrets with us.
We have been off wandering around looking for supplies.    I do like to buy them on Etsy and that way we all help each other but it is also fun to go to the local shops and see what treasures you can find.   It is always a good thing to help local small businesses so they can stay open and add some great variety of items that are often different then the chain stores offer.
Artists and creative people prefer to help others like them become successful also by supporting them.
Well, I guess this blog has become a support your local shop story. 

Wildhorsefarm

https://www.etsy.com/shop/WildHorseFarm











Welcome to Wildhorse farm on Etsy.
A very talented artist who fills her shop with a variety of handmade items.
You can find some jewelry she has made along with handmade breyer horse tack and saddles.  This horse tack is for horses similar to Breyer.
You can find handmade purses, each one a little different then the other one.
There are a few vintage patterns in the shop for variety.
Stop by her shop and take a peak.

Koda

This is the story of Koda.  
He is a special horse who we were lucky enough to have stay with us for a while and entertain us.
He is a beautiful light sorrel with flaxen mane and tail and with a big beautiful bald face.  He even had white eyelashes on one side of his head.  
Koda was a rescue horse who needed love and food and attention. 
We brought him to the farm and he put on weight and played and ate up all attention he could get.  He especially like us to go and pick the clover outside the fence and bring it to him.
Koda gave us many hours of enjoyment watching him but he missed having other horses in his life and at the time we only had the one.
Twice he managed to break through the fence.  One morning, early, our neighbor came over and said that Koda was standing on his front porch and he brought him back home.  He must have liked to visit the neighbors.
The second time he broke the fence down, he headed for our backdoor.
He really wanted friends so he is now a few miles away at a farm with other horses and he has a couple of girlfriends he likes to run and play with in the fields.
He is so happy to be with the other horses and is healthy.
We do miss him but he is where he should be after we brought him back to health.
Yes, we have a stronger fence now and are keeping our eyes and ears open for another rescue horse who needs food and love and attention.  Ok, we are keeping our eyes open for perhaps two rescue horses so they are not alone.
We enjoyed Koda so much we thought we would share his story with you.

Blogging

There are some really awesome blogs out there with such talented people writing them.
Perhaps there is still room for those of us who are beginners and whose talent is not writing.
The hardest part has been looking for topics to write about. 
There are some wonderful craft ideas,  receipes,  ideas and suggestions for all kinds of things around the house.
Some are just fun to read because of the story they tell.
So I am off reading blogs to inspire me to find fun topics to write about and not put the readers who happen to stop by to sleep.