Hi everyone,
First of all, a few “catch ups!”
Linda, I sure hope your stomach virus stays away… it must have been awful!
Charlotte, Happy Bittersweet Anniversary! I’m so sorry Ron isn’t here to celebrate with you!
Marilyn… I DID get that tote bag made! YAY!
Anne… Oh my, what a day in the ER you had. Poor Sam, that must have been awfully painful… and I was wondering, how in the world did you ever get her finger from under the needle? Oh, wait, you said the needle broke in her finger! OUCHEEEEE! I’ve been sewing since I was 10 on a regular sewing machine and never have run over my finger… my mom did once at a shoe factory! Oh, that much have hurt. Give Sam a hug from all of us!
Laura, your description of those jeans that used to come to a V… like a yoke front… made me remember, I wore a pair of those on my honeymoon… Size 3! Oh my goodness! If I ever see a pair of those, I will instantly think of you, Laura!
Rosemary… you found some plain ole denim??? Well, bless your heart!
Joy, I had to laugh when you called Violette Daisy Mae… that made me smile!
Barbara… since you confessed to actually like Spandex in your pants… I decided to squeal on my brother in law… Cindy’s hubby. Cindy bought him some pants that have stretch in them and he calls them “Lady Pants!” It makes me laugh every time he says it! :o)
Sissy… you sound SO SO busy… I Hope you find time to breathe!!!
Elizabeth… I DID get your pictures… INCREDIBLE and will be showing them soon. Thank you!!
Now, let’s start out with something that made me smile…
Linda bought Susette’s Croquet Set from Suemae. It is the wonderful set for the American Girl dolls and Linda didn’t waste any time setting up the cutest scene for the girls! I can’t believe Linda didn’t have the croquet set already, but how very special to have gotten Susette’s doll set. Look at these fabulous pictures. :o) This is what Linda emailed me:
Hi Jeanne!
Not too long ago Suemae asked me if there was anything of Susette’s that I would want to buy, so I thought this croquet set would be fun to set up with the doll’s scenes. It is so cute and had all the pieces. I tried to make it look like they were playing on grass by using green placemats, but in the pictures, you could not see the wickets very well, so I put the white scarf back and they show up much better. It is quite a condensed course, but room is limited!
The big girls are all wearing AG outfits, and the two small dolls are wearing outfits by Tiny Clothesline on Etsy.
Boy, are we getting the rain today!
Love to you,
Linda💕☔️
Thanks Linda… I thought I might let you know that Suemae is doing a great job selling lots of Susette’s AG things as well as other various items… Her SELLER name is Suewill_98
When you get to her page, you can look at what she has listed on Ebay and even check the “completed sales” (on the left side menu). Add one of her items to your watchlist and you’ll be able to go to it and then check what else she has listed in the future.
Okay, now for the part of my day that did NOT make me smile…
~ it wasn’t the dentist visit where I got my crown put on (YAY) that actually made me smile! (I was numb for 3 hours this time!)
~ it wasn’t getting caught in the rain right after the dentist (now the humidity AFTER the rain was a different story!)
~ it wasn’t waiting in the long line at the Post Office to mail a doll swimsuit I sold yesterday. That made me happy!
~ it wasn’t the mistake the seller on Etsy made with the lace I needed for a lady’s gloves. She’s trying to find the right width lace.
This didn’t make me smile… but almost had me on the verge of tears.
I’ve had a photo hosting service for the last 22 years. I studied how it worked for 6 months before I ever pulled the trigger. When I did, it was wonderful. It gave me those big pictures on my Ebay listings, I could tile the sides with a picture of my fabric, I could choose the color of my wording, pick my font, add all sorts of special things around the pictures, I could put my pictures in the middle or on the left or right, there was a variety of backgrounds I could use for special occasions; like sparkly things for 4th of July, Easter borders, Christmasy things… and it has been wonderful and I knew how to use it SO well, I could probably have done it in my sleep!
WELL… the man who runs it sent out an email that his service/software had maliciously been attacked on May 1st and the hackers had wiped out everything, even the backups were invaded and removed; nothing was saved. He was just sick and has refunded anyone who paid for the month of May. It was so reasonable. $8/month. I have been with them since 2004, when I first started selling many of my doll things.
The nice thing about this photo hosting program was the “templates” you could make AND save… which is all the information about the way I wanted it set up. I could pick how many pictures I wanted, what color the wording to be, and then when I wanted to list something else that was the same style dress of even the same fabric, I could look up a previous listing and it was just a matter of making up a new story line and changing the pictures.
I had copied pages of my listings and have 22 pages that look like this… just the listings, but the dates and which doll was wearing it. But my pages only go to 2018… I didn’t think I would ever need them… and they don’t really help me, but sometimes I refer back to them when I’m trying to remember when I made something. Now I can’t get the rest of them from 2018 till now.. but I guess it doesn’t matter.
I don’t have the slightest idea who I will go with for a new photo hosting service. I LOVED the way this one was set up. Maybe Kristoffer can help me…
SO… this is why my smile turned to a frown… I was getting ready to list Violette’s set again… I made a little tote today for her and added Russell to the mix. He’s modeling a pair of board shorts that will come with this set… I was going to call it “Beach Buds” and had the cutest little story lined up for it.
Sure, there is a way to show pictures using an Ebay template, but you can’t write a little bit, then show a picture, and then write a little more and show another picture. You list your pictures at the side and have your description all in a paragraph! Waaaahhhh!
Anyway, maybe if I show you some new pictures and my tote, they can make me smile.
This is the little tote I made for Violette. I used a free pattern from Designs by Jude. It was very easy to make and is fully lined.
Here is the video on YouTube… Tote Bag tutorial video
On the right of that page, you can see the link to Fletcher Pattern company and the pattern can be found there. When you click that, it will bring up a page, and you’ll have to add Tote Bag to the search engine. Then follow through with it, put it in your basket and it will seem like you are paying for it, but it’s free.
Well, I better get to bed. I was trying to figure out how I could possibly get logged into my photo hosting site, but it truly has disappeared. Oh well, I’ll be okay… just a jolt to me.
See you tomorrow,
Blessings, Jeanne
