ETSY SHOP - HOW I PACK ORDERS, prints and original art plus a stock check & a bit of my life history

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  • Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
  • Hello, thanks for being here and checking out my RUclips! This video is all about running my Etsy shop which I have to admit, I'm not very brilliant at but I'm doing my best to stock-check and keep everything up-to-date. Packing the orders of prints and original paintings is something that I love and I also love walking to the post office the scenic route even if it takes me an hour longer... that way, I get nature medicine, fresh air and exercise as well!
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    Lots of love & virtual hugs Xx Wendy.
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Комментарии • 33

  • @brendasorrelles3253
    @brendasorrelles3253 3 года назад +3

    It's interesting to me that my favorite artists, all women, are living in the UK...well, one in Paris. You all are such beautiful inspiration and encouragement. I've not been truly artistically creative for far too many years. So happy I found you, Wendy, here on YT. I'll be checking out your etsy shop. Blessings❣

  • @nancyknoll2963
    @nancyknoll2963 4 года назад +8

    I just purchased my first art card from you. I think it is so beautiful and I can't wait to receive it. Thank you being so charming, and inspirational. 🍁💜🌜

    • @theunexpectedgypsy
      @theunexpectedgypsy  4 года назад +2

      NaNcy KnOll 🌷awww, thank you so much xx. She’ll be on her way to you soon. Thank you for such a lovely comment. 😚

  • @jeanjacobs9965
    @jeanjacobs9965 3 года назад +2

    Greetings! I just love your feather earrings! Love and blessings 🙏❤️

  • @christinaheesakacowden-wut3809
    @christinaheesakacowden-wut3809 3 года назад +4

    Ah, you are left handed. They say, the left handed people are the artists and creative ones on this earth. :-D I was a left handed child, but in the late sixties and early seventies, they forced children to become right handed. To this day I have trouble knowing my lefts from my rights, getting mixed up. Nowadays the pedagogical and medical field knows better not to retrain children who are naturally left handed. They have seen the results and what havoc it can create, One good thing that came from all this meddling is, that I can draw and do things both handed. The only thing I can`t do (or only really squiggly) is, to write left handed. But I will have to embrace all of this now and make my peace with it.
    Love this video. It is very useful to see how others pack their orders. I sell a lot on Ebay and I come up with the most curious ways to pack stuff. lol. My attic is filled with boxes I have collected. I reuse them and that way recycle them at the same time. To upolster breakable orders, I have not only used old paper/newspaper, but also leftover fabric from my textile studio, or old blankets, or even new ones, that were gifted to me by companies who send gifts with their purchases. (Yves Rocher does that a lot, a french beauty company which sells all natural plant products) .....
    Huggs from Rose Cottage, Schurwald Forest, Germany.
    P.S. I used to be a teacher like you, teaching Elementary- and Highschool children. My studied subjects at Universitiy were English and Home Economics/Textile. I became very exhausted like you did and suffered from extreme fatigue as well as burnout. I left and became a full time mother. Once devorced and then (a shocking incident in 2014) widowed. My 3rd son was only 5. Then I decided to focus my life on raising him, teaching him the right things in life, also focusing on my writing, my textile art and my newly found sporty activity: Aikido. Since 2015 I suffer from reumatoid arthritis and have begun to find a natural way to fight this desease. I am using diet and lifestyle to accomplish this. I have lost 88 pounds on the way and feeling better every day. I low fat vegan diet with no gluten is best for me. But mindset and the right way of thinking plays also a very important role.
    This is why podcasts like yours are so very valuable. To me they are like medicine, a soothing lotion on the wounds that life has given. Healing, uplifting, even when you showed a video in which you yourself struggled. It makes one feel: I am not alone, but that there are kindred spirits out there, going through tough times as well.
    Merry Christmas to you and your wonderful partner.

    • @theunexpectedgypsy
      @theunexpectedgypsy  3 года назад

      So much love in this message, thanks so much for sharing. I’m glad you can relate too, we are definitely not alone... 🌷🌷🌷much loves xxx see you soon

  • @samanthaboulanger2765
    @samanthaboulanger2765 4 года назад +2

    Aw Wendy, so lovely to see you in your place, most inspiring thanks for sharing. Blimmin love your earrings, must find your shop! Love from us2 xxx

    • @theunexpectedgypsy
      @theunexpectedgypsy  4 года назад +1

      Aww Sam, lovely to catch up, internet is good for many things! I’m no good really at running my shop! Love to you two too! Any doga recently, 😃😃😚😚🌷

    • @samanthaboulanger2765
      @samanthaboulanger2765 4 года назад

      @@theunexpectedgypsy Your shop looks great! Just treated myself to some of those earrings

    • @theunexpectedgypsy
      @theunexpectedgypsy  4 года назад

      😚😚aww lovely, you picked my fav pair! Xx doga is the best!! Yup, still on the green smoothie train! In the flesh,,, would be so lovely, James doing a new van... slowly, so once it’s done we shall be taking some trips... see you there...🤔🤔🤔x

    • @samanthaboulanger2765
      @samanthaboulanger2765 4 года назад

      @@theunexpectedgypsy I can't wait to wear them! Oooooh new van, lovely! Yes let's camp up sometime, you're always welcome to Wales

    • @theunexpectedgypsy
      @theunexpectedgypsy  4 года назад

      samantha boulanger 😚😚😚 yes def one day.... xxxxx

  • @lynns8057
    @lynns8057 3 года назад

    I love the hair wrap. I don't know how to wear it but I would give it a try. My hair isn't very long, but I so love hair jewelry. I'm a lefty too, and I can't create anything.😢

  • @jennyc5132
    @jennyc5132 3 года назад

    The pleasure was all mine🤗

  • @KimLomQld
    @KimLomQld 3 года назад

    What a lovely video! X

  • @nancyevandeneinden-wilson4854
    @nancyevandeneinden-wilson4854 3 года назад +1

    Hi Wendy. I adore you and your art. I have just discovered you as I need to take a break from my own business. It's become too much for me. I want to start journaling and making a gratitude journal and I was searching and found you. Pretty please can you make more feather earrings? I'm guessing you have sold out. They are just beautiful.

  • @janehumphreys402
    @janehumphreys402 3 года назад

    What fun!!😃

  • @donnamariecommissionartwor5267
    @donnamariecommissionartwor5267 3 года назад +2

    such care and love! Where do you get your cards and prints printed? Yourself? A printer or online somewhere? I used a printer here in the states and it is quite expensive. looking for better alternatives :) thank you Wendy..adore you and all you are creating..so inspired!

    • @theunexpectedgypsy
      @theunexpectedgypsy  3 года назад +2

      I use a local printer, go in person ect and support small business.

  • @jeanjacobs9965
    @jeanjacobs9965 3 года назад +3

    By the way, would you share your smoothie recipe? Hugs!!

  • @divinefeminine8389
    @divinefeminine8389 3 года назад

    I so want those pics

  • @Sageandgold
    @Sageandgold 3 года назад

    I could never wrap packages or gifts this good. Lol. They always turn out horrible.

  • @magnoliabird
    @magnoliabird 3 года назад

    Is your green smoothie awful to taste or do you like it? How do you do it?

  • @tmason2898
    @tmason2898 3 года назад

    Where can one purchase from you? Where is your shop? Online or?

  • @valj1042
    @valj1042 3 года назад +1

    Please send link to Etsy shop!

    • @theunexpectedgypsy
      @theunexpectedgypsy  3 года назад +1

      Oh gosh! Sorry,, silly me.. if you put the unexpected gypsy into Etsy I will come up! There is a link in my about tab on here too x

    • @valeriejohnson2367
      @valeriejohnson2367 3 года назад

      Yea, I found the link and ordered earrings! 😁. Thank you love your work and your utube videos......planning on revisiting art journaling again 🙏

  • @martasowicka5718
    @martasowicka5718 3 года назад

    Mama Earth is hurten by the amount of plastic you use for packaging..;(

    • @theunexpectedgypsy
      @theunexpectedgypsy  3 года назад +8

      I hear you... I'm using up what I have and recycling too but am moving into eco friendly packaging, plastic free tape and eco bags too.