Day 32

Off today to England to visit our son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter
Back Thursday,

Day 31

Hurray
I've sold my second item in my Jewellery shop SilverBeadsnPearls
Planning a trip to see our Family living in Newcastle On Tyne tomorrow
So plenty to do today
And Summer is actually here so I must get my Vitamin D musn't I

Day 29 & 30 Sitting out Sunny!

Nearly half way through my challenge of using social media to promote my shops
Is it working
No
But hey! today is like a best summer day here in Wexford and I do not intend doing any indoor work!
Talk Monday
have a nice weekend whereever you are!
Ann

Day 28

Here are some pics from my Vintage collections.

Day 27 Photography

Today I plan to photograph some more items from my Vintage Shop and upload them to
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ainemcguinness?ref=si_shop

It's a lovely bright day here in Co Wexford and Lunch is cooked ironing is done so back to business for me

Ann

Day 26

Bad hair day today
Just don't feel good so taking the whole day off.

Day 25 Chilean Guava

Anyone out ever heard of Chilean Guava
Well I bought one yesterday at the Garden Centre and am looking forward to delicious fruit in the Autumn. Well some anyway - the plant is quite young.
This blog seems to have become more about gardening and less about jewellery
But this is my day to day life right now
Annh

Day 24 Garden Centre Visit

Happy Bank Holiday Monday to you all out there!  Out Where?
Off to a garden centre to get some veg plants and seeds
Talk later
Bye
Ann

Day 22 & 23 Happy St Patrick's Day

So today is a lovely holiday with Monday added for all you working people out there.
Pity about the rain though I see a little blue sky sneaking through south of here.
Just going to chill and plan for next week
Talk then
Ann

Day 21

Friday of my gardening week. Got lots done, lots more to do!
My gambling afternoon was a nice break and I came home with the same money as I'd gone with (well nearly)
Today I welcome the first guests of the tourist season to Gardenrath Holiday Lodge.
So a bit of preparation to be done there like lighting a fire for instance, it promises to be a cold weekend.
Happy Paddy's Day to all
Ann

Day 20

After lunch I'm off to the Bookies with my neighbours - I'ts Cheltenham week!

Day 19

So
Spent most of the day baking (Mother-in-law must have here fresh brown bread but she has gotten used to frozen also, I couldn't possibly bake twice a week)
and now must must get a little bit of gardening done before dark.

More news tomorrow

Day 18

I've just created a  new Treasury of Lovely Lovely Patchwork Designs from around the World

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTc5Mzc0MTN8MjQzMzA3NTc1NA/the-patchwork-tradition

Slugs got to one of my new lettuce plants last night - must be more vigilant

Must now made up Gardenrath Holiday Lodge for our first guests of the season - arriving Friday

Love
Ann

Day 17 My Vintage Patchwork

Got all my patchwork destach uploaded on Etsy over the weekend.
You wouldn't believe how many hours it takes to photograph, edit and upload, then write up details!
Go see the results at

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ainemcguinness?ref=si_shop

Now I've got to set up a little raised bed in my glasshouse - gardening week!

This quilt should have been titled "Blue Heaven"

Days 15 & 16

Hi all
So how am I doing so far?
Not great would be my honest answer
On my Etsy page http://www.etsy.com/shop/SilverBeadsnPearls?ref=si_shop
I've lots of Circles and Favourites happening but It's not converting to sales
I must opt of Jewellery Design for all of next week to concentrate on my Garden - I've slipped up there a little already. I've got a lovely prolific peach tree in my glasshouse and there is a short window of opportunity for hand pollinating the blossom. I think I'm too late on some so it'll be a light crop this year me thinks!
I'm also going to check out my Vintage shop and add some of my Patchwork Quilts to it!
And a new Treasury in my Vintage shop too http://www.etsy.com/treasury/new
Talk Monday
have a real nice Spring weekend
Ann

Day 14 New Moon Last Night

What a positive Blog - Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway is a quote I often use but never put into practice.
Too late in my life for adventures of any kind - maybe not - I don't need to pick up a stranger but many times I could do with just a friend
http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/how-to-pick-up-a-stranger-or-produce-brilliant-work/

Housework must be done today and no one else will do it!
Spring is in the air - Potatoes are in the earth - Full moon last night so I didn't sleep too good
Must do what must be done
Be well
Ann

Day 13 Day for Gardening

What a nice Spring Day
Got our First Early Potatoes sown - wonderful sense of moving into spring!
I'm back up on Facebook too now and wondering how I can make that work for me.
This is one of my Pink Projects

More to follow

Day 12 It's going to be a good Day

So I shipped my first little order then and I've also signed up to a new Facebook page.
Let's see how that works with Blogging, if at all!
See my latest Treasury on Etsy
It's Gifts for Men
I haven't figured out how to upload it here but can provide a link for you!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTcyMzczNzF8MjM1NDkyODg5Nw/the-man-gift?index=0

Today - some gardening - a trip to Enniscorthy - Lots of fine Beading and some new Shop Items

Good working
Ann

Day 11 and my 1st Etsy sale

Yes I'm up and away
Granted my sale was one of my Vintage pieces but from my Jewellery shop
Got to carefully package and post to Switzerland.
So not bad eh?
Mailing to my sister also who becomes 70 years old on St Patrick's Day. She is lucky to spend every Winter in Lanzarote together with her husband.
Talk tomorrow
Ann

Days 9 & 10 Sunday & Lovely Monday

Well yesterday was a lovely day out meeting some old aquaintances in the Golf Club where I used to play and Himself still does. You see it was the Drive In which is the official first day for new Captains etc.
Now to Monday - lots of housework and gardening on the agenda and I have decided to continue with my SilverBeadsnPearls theme from last week which was pink jewels.
Some detailed beadweaving taking place here and I'm enjoying mixing the different shades etc.




One of last week's pieces all boxed up and ready to go!
So more anon

.

Day 8 Saturday should be a day off?

A Vintage Ring for St Patrick's Day!

Got to get my week's work photographed and up on my Etsy shop at #SilverBeadsnPearls http://www.etsy.com/shop/SilverBeadsnPearls?ref=si_shop
Don't feel as if I worked very hard this past week in my workshop but I like the results very much!
Himself goes to Golf and I partake in a long fast walk.
Must plan a project for next week too.
Now it's raining and I'm in charge of locking up the fowl for the night!
But did you see the lovely Quiche I produced from their eggs.  We just love having them.
Must go then before its quite dark
Slan
Ann

Day 7 Wish I could go back to bed!

Yes
This morning I'm chrochety and depressed and a bit overwhelmed with all the different stuff I've got to get ahead of.
The garden is calling, Gardenrath needs some painting done on its windows and I would love to do nothing at all except Jewellery and developing SilverBeadsnPearls.
Another meeting this am in town and then we'll see.
Oh and this is my most recent Treasury from Etsy.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTcyMzczNzF8MjMxMDI0OTgxNw/the-wearing-of-the-green?index=0

Day 6 and what a day?

Hi
It's 6.30 and I've just gotten down to write now.
No designing done either and no energy left to do.
Started the day off needing to bake (my mother-in-law of 96 years must have her home baking) so I do lots and freeze for ourselves also.
Then to town for an appointment which started 35 mins late (guaranteed to get my goat)
Then shopping for ourselves and mother-in-law.
So I'm tired but looking forward to crafting tomorrow

One of my favourite baking smells - Quiche Lorraine!

Talk again
Ann

Day 5 - Can a blog send me customers?

Day 5
So now the raspberry bed is half weeded or should that be wed!
And I've sown some seeds - herbs and salad and set them up on the kitchen window. Cosy!
And my gems of pink quartz are making up nicely.
The Argentium silver which I bought sets off the quartz beautifully but my does it get used up fast in wrapping - I would love to order some more but somethings got to sell firs, doesn't it.
Today I'll create some pieces using Gold Filled Wire.
So off to my workshop then
Bye all
Ann

Day 4 - Online Business Success

Day 4
Morning all!

So back to the reason for this Blog - using social media to promote my Jewellery shop - SilverBeadsnPearls

Today already

• I uploaded and Tweeted another Vintage piece
• Added some more members to my Circle
• Favorited some items
• Started another Treasury

So I'm working on my designs with pink quartz and pink/peach freshwater pearls and loving it.
But who out there wants to buy from SilverBeadsnPearls?
That is the BIG question!



Must also weed my cabbage bed today
After I've taken my compulsory walk
Talk later, love to all
Ann


 Day 4 Update
Got to get my organic garden started - little by little
Some weeding to be done and some seeds to be sown
Then back to my project of the week -
Pink BeadsnPearls and some Silver

The Before
My Organic Cabbage

The After
Spring has Sprung

Day 3
Good new week to y'all
So question is
'have I found a great new method of getting in control of the everyday'?

Because I blogged my intention to tidy in the morning - I JUST FELT I HAD TO DO IT!
Heck it was Sunday and the papers were sitting on the coffee table and the lounge was cosy - but I slaved myself to spend nearly 2 hours clearing the dining room of all my jewellery stuff getting back into my old leathercraft workshop (now a lovely bright gym/conservatory)
Feng Shui - not - I didn't discard anything - but I can find everything!

So if this method works my declaration for this week is
'Design with my pink beads and new supply of Argentium and do not be sidetracked!

Pic of the day is this lovely big chunk of Vintage 925 silver.

Day 2 Sunday lovely Sunday

Day 2
Hi all
Dull and dreary Sunday morning though it is I'm planning a light lunch with Himself and packing him off to the Golf Club. Then I get a long walk and back to my jewellery design.
I'm seriously in need of tidying up first and then planning for the week ahead.
Progress report
I've created my first Treasury on Etsy and now need to figure how to link it in to craftyirelandteam!
The Treasury theme is Wishbone charms.
I wanted to base it on Irish shops because it's nice to spread the 'luck of the Irish during March'
But I didn't succeed so its based worldwide.
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTcyMzczNzF8MjI2OTY0MzA3NQ/wear-a-wishbone-during-march-and-get?index=0

Picture for today is one of my own wishbone pieces with a nice little opal gemstone enclosed.

Let you know tomorrow how the tidying up goes!
Ann

Day 1 Sunshinny Birthday to Me

Day 1

Lovely bright sunshinny morning here in Wexford.

And Happy Birthday to me too.

This is officially day 1 of my 69 day blog.

My challenge is to use social media to promote my new Etsy Jewellery design business and become part of this interesting world.http://www.etsy.com/shop/SilverBeadsnPearls

My shop is just a few months old and is very eclectic right now.

So I need your help to get it going and find my niche.

I have quite a lot of Destach from 45 years of crafting and am learning new Jewellery skills all the time. New designs have never been a problem. Just finding something unique is difficult.

Some of my Destach of lovely Irish Pigsuede from my Leathercraft days in the '80's

Have a lovely weekend
Talk tomorrow
Ann

One Day to Plan my Blog

Good morning everybody/anybody out there!
So right now I should be having my morning brisk walk but it's raining a little - so I'm talking to you!
Some more about myself then.
Apart from the aforementioned jewellery I like to grow our own organic fruit and vegetables, with a little help from Himself.  The sort of stuff we grow easily outdoors here would be, onions, leeks, celery, carrots, parsnips,  sprouts and cabbage and of course potatoes (we're Irish) In the fruit department we would have strawberries, raspberries, all the currants and blueberries and I'm trying to cultivate goji berries. In our glasshouses we have a peach tree, some grapes, tomatoes, squashes and peppers and cucumber.
That made me tired just writing about them, but really it's quite enjoyable, satisfying and nourishing.

The other matter taking me from my current obsession is that we have a lovely little bungalow which we inherited from Himself's aunt which we have made into a Holiday Home. See pic.

From April onwards I need to keep this in 4* condition with linens etc. So really I'm tooooo busy to be starting out on a new road however much I am in control.
But handcrafts have always been my second love.
My family come first, Himself, my three children and their spouses and my four grandchildren.
Enough about us for now.
Nice talking to you.

Two days to Plan my Blog

Hi there and a big Irish welcome to my blog!
I just created my SilverBeadsnPearls-blog, mainly to tell you about my new creations, but I’ll also be blogging about my new jewellery making techniques, my past history of leatherworking, featuring other artist's crafts and keeping you who are interested up to date on living "The Good Life" here in an Irish village in Co Wexford!

Saturday 25 February is D-Day for me as that is when I embark on the challenge I've set myself.

It's a birthday - not a watershed one mind - but close, verrry close.

So having many times challenged myself with new projects and mostly succeeding, I am now setting myself the goal of creating an online jewellery making business which becomes somewhat worthwhile in 69 days!

All will be revealed in time.

Enjoy your reading.

Ann