"Pedricks" - The new store at Etsy.com

For those of you who don't know it, the long term goal is to be able to afford the time to paint. I was reserving opening at store at Etsy.com for that day. But then I decided to try and start selling the lavender and lemon verbena wands there as well.

Since it is the purpose of Etsy.com to showcase all kinds of art and handmade items. In fact, you are not allowed to sell items made by someone else!

And now that it is truly winter and I have a few spare moments, I have begun to make little hand painted gift boxes. Finished the first one yesterday, but I need to tweak the process of making a sturdy lining to the box. The paintings are cut out and then layered onto the surface which makes the folding box.

I hope everyone will take a peek at my new store!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Pedricks?ref=pr_profile

Here is the link above.

Gypsy Queen

It's been a while, 'eh!? Computer crashed...... Plus, since it is fall, there has been a great deal of work to do to get ready for winter and get the spring inventory put to bed.

So here is a peak at 'Gypsy Queen' who just bloomed for the first time last week! I have 'Gypsy Prince' and 'Gypsy Baron', now 'Gypsy Queen', and all I need is 'Gypsy Princess'!!

'Gypsy Queen' was hybridized by Bull all the way back in 1865! A few weeks ago, there was a post in the Fuchsia Forum of DavesGarden.com, of an upright fuchsia bush down in southern California which has been documented all of it's life and was planted 111 years ago.

Now that is what I've been talking about! Fuchsias can live for many, many years. Most uprights are not the tender shade plants most people think of when you say "fuchsias." And they are certainly not annuals to be thrown out in the fall like they do in many places :-(

Lavender Wands and Pedrick's Garden

The name of the new Ebay store to help sell the wands is "Lavender Wands and Pedrick's Garden." Since I am not allowed to link it to the wedsite for Pedricks Corner.

Been busy making the wands in every size and color. Just cut what will probably be the last batch of fresh lavender available this year. It is so dry already, that the blossoms were falling off of their stems as I cut them. So most of it will probably just get dried for the sachets.

I hope everyone will take a moment to visit the new Ebay store just to create traffic for me. Now I've got to figure out how to get it show up in the Google list of Ebay stores. So much to learn and so little time!

Today I finally get started on getting the spring inventory cuttings made and planted. The weather is absolutely perfect. Sunny but not hot. They get rooted and start to grow before it gets too cold. But won't grow so much that they are leggy come spring time. Wish me luck! Sometimes they all make it, sometimes they don't. One bad day or a few, can be a disaster.

I tried to put a link here to the Ebay store, but it won't let me. Gotta look into that.

Lavender Wands - A bit of bling!

I just received some new ribbon from Malayasia and I love the gilt edges! A bit of bling for the upcoming holidays. There won't be many of these though. I am running out of fresh lavender and it takes two weeks for this ribbon to get here. There are light blue and burgandy with the gilt edges coming up next.

Lavender Wands

The Navy Blue ribbon arrived and I just love the color! I also really like the red, and I don't usually don't like red in general. So more red ribbon is on it's way. Actually, a "burgandy" ribbon. I am still looking for a true "lavender" ribbon that matches the blossoms on the bush!

All five sizes of lavender wands are now listed on the website. With a range of sizes from 6" to 22".

Mystery of the Vanishing Hummer Food Part 2

I knew I had taken a better video of the swarm of hummingbirds in January of 2009, not exactly clear, as I could use a better camera, but still amazing to me to see them all like that.
Funny thing is, this didn't happen this winter. The migration must have passed me by, because that feeder is kept filled year round and has been for the last 12 years.

Some of the new colors!

Been busy making wands in a rainbow of colors. The really dark one is actually dark blue. More colors are on the way. A Burgundy and a navy blue. And hopefully that mossy green if I can find ribbon in that color. I hope no one minds that the posts have been all about the "Lavender Wands For Sale" for a while now. In order for them to be found, we need to stay focused on them for a while. Thanks to everyone who has been searching the phrase for me and then selecting "Pedricks Corner" from the list of results. Hopefully you also then click on the link to the website on your right here, and go to the page for Lavender Wands in order to reinforce the connection. Much appreciated!