Category Archives: art

Dec8

Garden Art Creations

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Garden art is an expression of one’s soul… Seeds packets, weathered hand trowels, a stalled tractor, the resting plow, pea shoots, sunflowers face the sun or lie their full heads to rest, rainbow reflections from the water-flowing sprinkler, dirt-cladded rocks, green garlic sprouts, worn ruts in the field road, sharp rows of green, bee’s visit to the flowering lavendar … all spiritual gifts to receive at the farm and share … an artist’s palette. 

So I have in mind to use my abundance of dried lavendar into soothing, aromatic soap for Christmas gifts and sell at the farmer’s markets this winter.  Bought some simple molds.  I thought to use creative ideas, and welcome yours. What do you use for your soap molds?  An antique or something contemporary?

Dec4

Networking vs Sales

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Our 1st market finally came and went. We set up a colorful palette with holiday county plaid fabrics contrasting with our luscious green plants. I think we had the prettiest table. Dean primped while and I went around introducing myself at our 1st market day on Saturday. The weather was mild for early December. Perfect for our plants for traveling and making their way into the indoor market.  Networking was great.  It is a viable part of marketing and makes for an enjoyable time for all.  Jessie Pearl, CEO of Sugar & Butter and Estie, Queen Bean are my new friends.  Jessie’s and Estie’s food products are scrumptious.  A little bartering kept me happy.  Sales were slow, but our name and product are being introduced.  Those business cards and product labels did not come in time, but hope to see them tomorrow in the mail.   Need to pass those out as people asked for one.  Off to another indoor market in Tower Grove next Saturday.  See who I make friends with there …

Nov30

Off To The Market We Go

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Hubby and I are primping and preparing pretty plants for our first farmer’s market this coming Saturday.  This is an indoor market due to the cold air settling in the St. Louis area now.  I am so excited!  We bought antique holiday props and simple table coverings for our market table while visiting Hermann, Missouri this past weekend. Hope to have our business cards in by tomorrow. And we will have paid our first quarter’s retail taxes before this first shot at sales.  This tax stuff can be complicated, but I think we navigated through the online info correctly.  Starting this new business absorbs most of our evenings, and our Saturdays are filled with the market.  The American dream …