BUTTERFLIES AND BAUBLES
Wild flowers at the Desert Botanical Gardens are beautiful this year. The butterfly exhibit is open now, too. We visited there on Wednesday.
Zebra Longwing
Julia
Pipevine Swallowtail
Everyone enjoyed the beautiful day.
We lunched on the patio at Gertrude's, which was great. It was the first time we've been to their new restaurant. As soon as we arrived at the Gardens, we stopped to make reservations. I'm glad we did, because by noon it was very busy.
We were seated near the water feature on the patio, the best seat there I think. Very pleasant and the food was delicious. I had the mint pea salad and soup of the day, which was pumpkin. A perfect choice for a garden restaurant.
Yesterday was the last Stitcher's Boutique for the season. There were 12 of us selling everything from art work to purses. At least four of us make jewelry. There was only one newcomer in the group. Some have been doing this since last November. At least now I'm not the newbie any more.
The shopping crowd wasn't as large as last month. The weather was great, but already the winter crowd is thinning. Still, everyone seemed to have a good time, regardless of how well their items sold.
The next Boutique will be sometime in November. I think all of us are looking forward to a break. I know I am. But soon I'll be ready to create some new masterpieces.
It took me a couple of hours last night to finish up the paperwork and put everything back in its place. I had to remove one of my listings from Etsy because it sold at the Boutique. So that's a good reason to de-list an item.
Now my goal is to go through my items and try to build up the Etsy shop for the summer shopping season. The hardest part about Etsy is taking good pictures. Next is the challenge of coming up with descriptive words that will lead people to the site. I have trouble finding my items, and I know what words I used! I hope to learn the secret to their system soon.
We'll see how successful my plan works out.
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