Hello and greetings from one busy
bee...I hope you have been good and
enjoyed your fourth of July
celebrations...I am in the final
stage of the Etsy's Storque article
I am writing about Balancing
Motherhood and Etsy.

This whole proccess has been a HUGE inspiration to me,

not only in the area of getting to meet some truly amazing and wonderfully talented
etsy moms, but it has rekindled the spark I had in high school to write
professionally, I wrote for the school newspaper and seriously contemplated a life in journalism
for a little while...I soon discovered I am far to wildly creative for that world and my
writing took a turn toward poetry, but it has seemed to come full circle with this assignment,

I have found a way to write about something
I am so very passionate about.I know that this is only a beginning
of this type of work for me, I will happily, actively purse this type of work from here on out.
~

In other great etsy news,the original pen & ink drawing

Pretty Little Flower

has been so sweetly chosen to reside
in the most lovely of treasuries all
about flowers, it has been
wonderfully curated by lahua, who obviously loves flowers as much
as I do..Thank You lahua ..You can via the treasury here:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=55253

~
Well, after this wild ride of the article is settled, I will be turning my attention back to the
unveiling of two new Etsy shops,which will be debuting with the many many

carefully hand made sweetlings I have blogged about all last month..I really can't wait to
show them all to you, and because you are so sweet, I will choose some of my absolute favorites and offer them here on the blog before I go live with the shop opening...allowing you to acquire
these limited editions before they are even introduced to the etsy world.There are no reproductions in this line, every piece I have created is
a True One Of A Kind Gem-----

I will be offering a sneak peek throughout the weekend.

~

Here is a project that I told you about some time ago, I decided to take my time and show you each step of the way until its done...So for now you have the first parts of an original Hand Embroidered Drawing of a Sakura Tree

Well I'm off to format the article for submission tomorrow, if all goes well, Friday if it doesn't.:)Happy Wednesday Evening~

xoxo

georgia

Prairie Barn ~ Original Oil Painting Georgia Sakura circa 2001

Happy Saturday my friends~
I wanted to pop in and say a big 'ol
THANK YOU
to all the amazing responses I had for the call to interview for the Storque.
I was completely astounded at the quantity of people that have graciously shared their personal thoughts and comments with me.It is so very inspiring.
I am still going over all of the interviews & I continue to write the article, I am just starting to work on the layout, as I have had some really wonderful pictures submitted already!
I think this article will give the world a peek inside of a very special type of way of living.
I am so excited & I never imagined it would be this fun, only because I have had a chance to get to know so many wonderfully talented etsy moms along the way.



Mesmerized and utterly zoned out at the fabric shop last night...
I have acquired some very unique and beautiful fabrics and trimmings, as well as some tools and embroidery threads of the most subtle and sorbet like pallet, I simply can not wait to get started making things with them, I seriously have a problem, I have way too many ideas and not enough time in the day to get to creating them.SIGH.



One more obsession...
I recently realized whilst getting an order ready for a recent sale I had on etsy..
(Thank You k...I am much obliged) that I get way too into creating these special hand made gift packages for every order, It usually takes me the remainder of the night to make all the little extras I've been including with their purchases, I just love surprising people with pretty things...
I am way to sentimental sometimes.



Latest Mission...
I have been on the lookout for a really great cleanser, moisterizer and serum or ridiculously heavy cream. something wonky is happening with my skin lately, and it has given me an excuse to switch my products up ,so I would love to try something handmade, problem is I just don't know which one to choose!So do any of you have a favorite (preferably natural based) skin care products that you are using, that you love..that also came from someone indi or that sells on etsy? I would like to support small craftsmen/women with as many of my purchases as possible.
I would really appreciate any suggestions that help me wade through the oh soo may choices out there. ? . :)


Well its back to the article, and sewing and embroidering, and maybe some pen & ink later??
we'll see....
Take Care and take a moment to say hi,
it really makes my day to hear from you, really.
Have a great weekend
xoxo
georgia
>^_^<

Good evening dearies,

I hope your weekend was a super wonderful one, around here at studio Sakura...

I have been very busy indeed.

I finished a new original painting for the next shop update,(which will be sometime by he end of next week) one very kawaii mushroom (in all my inspriednessfrom the front page mushroom activity)-this mushroom is a sweet whimsical fly argic, all bright red with a skirt and spots...after my very heart, i tell you, it took me the better part of a days work too, but its just the kind of work I adore; plenty of hand stitching, felt and designing.

Then there's that tree embroidery piece I mentioned earlier..it is moving along..these things take time, and i never rush them, for it is the feeling of which i have while creating them, that will show through in the final piece. I am after a certain aesthetic that will never come about in any hurry.

I have a bunch of little extra new things I've been creating for the update that are right up my alley..

delicate

feminine

very unique

These days I seem to carry around a bundle of new project ideas with me for inspiration.

right now on my table alongside a now cold cup of green tea, are:

~turquoise calico patches

~a light yellow eyelet gingham(yes both on the same piece of fabric)

~ random scraps of a pink flower fabric that my daughter made the most adorable little hand sewn sweetlings out of when she was 5-6, and I cherish the few pieces left of that fabric.

~a blank small oval embroidery hoop, stretched tight with embroidery fabric...ready for something??

~my notebook where a plethora of sketches, words that make me wander, & many to do lists, that always seem to be overlooked

What wonderful and simple days I live, my children constantly surround me - and their inquisitive questions and random bursts of giggles and roughhousing ensue, while I am constantly creating.

These are the Best of Days~

and in other swell news...

I have discovered to my jolly surprise that I have two more pieces in two separate new treasuries today thru tomorrow. the first made front page ..^_^

powder...blue

curated by:lilldybug

my four little flowers, embroidery piece was featured

thank you lilldybug :)

you can view her calm treasury here..

&

GREEN tea

curated by:shecological

my original Painting, the tea pickers of Shizuoka is featured

thank you shecological :)

you can view her green treasury here...

To celebrate Green Tea in all its wonderful glory, I would love to give all of you a special gift certificate coupon for 10% off any of our premium imported Japanese green teas,

at our specialty shop

Sushi & Japanese Market

Here is a direct link to the Japanese Green Tea Category

just enter code:etsytea, and your good to go!

Well I'm off to sew, sew and start the first of a few new sweetlings for the shop update next week~I hope your night and morrow is filled with flowers, love, smiles and serenity...xoxo georgia

Happy Happy Day! We are in a Beautiful Treasury !

I am so very happy...The Four Little Flowers
Is being featured in an Etsy Treasury Curated by sandisstuff, it is all about embroidery.. You can view it here:
Sakura in You Say Embroidery I Say...
Thank You Sandi ! >^_^<
Yippee !!! Hop... Skip... Jump...
I'm off to sew, sew, sew....
georgia sakura
^_^

I am so happy to be back in the saddle, I was completely taken down by a migraine for the past few days..it was not very fun :(
But I am happy to report that I survived. I have slowly started back into the swing of things, I have started a new embroidery piece, a tree not unlike the the one I sold in my etsy shop, this one is slightly bigger. I am also hand sewing a new little felt pouch, with another of my favorite fabrics that I have been saving.
After much deliberation on my part, I have decided to go ahead and open another couple of etsy shops. One will completely devoted to botanical and pampering goodies, which will be opening in early July, and the other a secret surprise, I will be posting clues before its launch. I decided on expanding because I simply have far too many concepts creeping into one shop, my focus is needing a fine tuning. I think it is the right thing, and I am already having fun coming up with expanded lines on a few pushed aside ideas I have had in the recent past.

I will continue to make varied sweetlings and post them in Sakura for now, mainly because I cannot stop creating small sweet little pretties for you to acquire and bring endless smiles and joy into your life with....

Well I'm off to sew and finish that delicate tree piece....

Adieu,XoXo~georgia sakura