Wooly Belle (Shops)

A couple of weeks ago I received an email from a very charming woman named Amanda. She has a yarn & craft shop not too far from me (relatively speaking) in Vinton, Virginia. I was very flattered to hear that she loved my patterns and would I be interested in selling them (and some finished items) through her shop?

*~ Um, yes. Yes, I would! ~*

Amanda is awesome and so encouraging- she left everything up to me and my tastes. It took a little procrastination and second guessing (most of my creative work does) but once I got a bit of momentum it all started to come together. Fortunately, my friend Greg was in the midst of working on my logo (as seen above; isn't it great? So purple-chairy. Perfect) so I could even send everything in with a logo-ed tag that made it look like I was a legitimate designer/crafter. Ahh, marketing myths. ;) 

So, without further blather from me, here's what I've created.... 

First: The Star Flower Garland (The Star Flower is a *free* pattern I've put here on the blog!)

Then: Owl Be Your Friend (the little version) I do have another one of these to make in a charcoal grey with yellow wings and an orangey beak. So the order isn't quite complete yet.

Also: The Bubbly Bauble Cowl

And Some: Coffee House Cowls (and Earwarmers!)

Of Course a Couple: Elegant Clutch (size Medium & Small) I made them smaller than the pattern calls for so they're more like pouches- perfect to stash crochet hooks in (oh yeah!).

And Perhaps Most Importantly: The Patterns!!!

Things That Are Rewarding No. 1: A box full of your finished items.

Things That Are Rewarding No. 2: Seeing your shop name on your logo on your tags on your finished item that you created from your brain.

Things That Are Rewarding No. 3: Printing a bunch of patterns that you haven't looked at since you wrote them in the first place. (It's interesting to see how my formatting has evolved since I first started. Newer stuff looks better. The newest even has a logo ON it. Whaaat.)

Things That Are Rewarding No. 4: Sending out a finished order and hoping that someone will love the stuff you've made as much as you do (maybe even more!).

I'm ridiculously excited!!

(In case you missed that part.)

=D

For more information about Wooly Belle you can check out: 

Wooly Belle on Facebook

and

Wooly Belle's Website

by, ya know, clicking the link. (Internet Navigation 101)

And since you're checking out links, 

here's another great one that features:

Greg Lang's Work.

Have a wonderful day!

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