Last week I asked the question Do you ETSY? and Cindy and Karrita left me comments to say that they had ETSY shops – so this post is some links that might help with your Christmas Shopping – if you have not already done it!

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Last week I asked the question Do you ETSY? and Cindy and Karrita left me comments to say that they had ETSY shops – so this post is some links that might help with your Christmas Shopping – if you have not already done it!

I have already mentioned that The Inadvertent Farmer has an ETSY shop – called Sweet Grace, and if ever I have a Grand-daughter – I might well visit it, to buy one of her darling Gracie Apron Dresses

Cindy at Rosehaven Cottage contacted me to let me know her shop is called “Dusting in Pearls” and currently in her shop she has some beautiful gift cards – particularly lovely are the Shabby Pink Vintage Rose cards. These are created from photographs of the Roses in her garden.

Another Garden blogger who’s Garden and art are intermingled is Karrita, at My Mothers Garden – her ETSY

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shop is here.  Her ceramics are just the thing if you are looking for some garden ornament.  If the postage cost was not so high to the UK -  On my wish list would be a hanging birdhouse. However she does have a range of trinket dishes which might be just the thing for Christmas.

Hedgewitch has a wonderfully informative blog and she makes Beautiful gifts Inspired by Mother Earth – her ETSY shop.  It is stocked with Knitwear and ceramic jewellery.  I would like to find a packet of her ceramic buttons in my stocking – I think they are charming.

Mark – the Green Fingered Photographer sell his prints via his website, I was lucky enough to get one of Mark’s prints in a “give-away” on his blog – and his photography is lovely.

Magic Cochin at Purple Podded Peas is also a Garden Blogger with an ETSY shop, and sells her beautiful linocut prints

Jane at Snapdragon’s Garden sells directly from her website, although having just done the Country Living in Scotland Fair, I notice that a few things are now in short supply – but she has some fun stocking fillers such as her pretty “corsage” broaches.

While not on ETSY – there are a couple of Garden bloggers who write books. One is James AS who recently got an award for his blog, Blogging from Blackpitts Garden – his book 101 Bold and Beautiful Flowers is just the thing to keep a gardener  warm and happy through the winter. If you “bung him a fiver” he says he will send you a copy – although I don’t know how much postage would cost outside the UK – I did indeed bung him a fiver – and was delighted with the book.

Another Garden Blogger  who blogs at A Garden Man’s Musings is Patrick. Patrick’s book is “In Pursuit of Perennial Profit” .  This is a down to earth book, and I have it for the handy tips about selling on plants – so that I can make my Garden self-financing.  This book is available from the publisher, and there is a lot more information here – a bargain at £7.95

Another ETSY sellers who’s work I enjoy is Annette Emms, she has a wonderful pattern for Fairy Shoes – I think they are a delight -  they should definitely be on Frances / Fairey gardens Christmas List. So that next year she can make all her garden fairies new shoes for their summer ball!

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In case I forget – my ETSY shop, which is called Moonsong has textile jewellery, and Giclee prints in it – but give me a couple of days, because I have got some earrings that I need to put up there.

I could trawl the internet for Christmas shopping ideas for hours – but I am off now back to the Studio – where rather surprisingly I am working on Spring and summer images – the Christmas Spirit will probably strike me around the 23rd December – when it will be far too late to do anything about it!