A glimpse of what is to come...

This is our first step into the future of graceEmae...we painted the yardage and constructed our own bag! The cherry blossom design is one of our exclusive lines with vintajearth. It has a pocket inside and a magnetic closure. The antique brass rings complement the Vintaj jewelry perfectly. We are still talking to manufacturers about having a bag made that is similar to our old tote design. This completely handmade bag could be one of the directions we take...out of many!


Let us know what you think! Leave a comment here or email us at graceEmae@mchsi.com.

Technology is catching up!

Thanks to our friend Lisa Lam at Craftboom for introducing us to Artflock.com. When we started this business I found it extremely frustrating...I had to learn how to create a website, keep a blog updated and we had to spend a lot of time in Etsy, listing and reading forums to keep current. Now there is a place where we can do all of this and have it in one place and they've made it easy to use.

We would like to present our new website/blog/online marketplace...www.graceEmaestudio.com.

We love Etsy, and we love our blog on Blogger so we will probably keep those going for a while, but we will be eliminating www.graceEmae.com at the moment. We're going to try this out, please give us any feedback if you have a sec!

The Gathering of Elizabeths

Beth and I (Betsy) were also "counted" at the Gathering of Elizabeths in Elizabeth, IL. You might have read about it in the Wierd News section of MSN on Monday.
http://www.galenagazette.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=12141&SectionID=142&SubSectionID=344&S=1

What can we say?

We've been hit with some obstacles lately, but as our friend Wendy at Vintaj says "Sometimes it's a blessing." That is how we have to look at it. In the same month that our bags were discontinued, the paint I use was bought out or discontinued. That means I can't just buy Yellowish Green, I have to mix it...just a glitch!

We were energized and inspired by our trip to Chicago, so much so that we forgot to take pictures! I do have the one picture posted of Beth driving in the severe thunderstorm we were stuck in!