After looking in boxes, on shelves, behind curtains, and other out of the way places I finally found my pendant making kit! This batch all are available on Etsy and I'm out of pendant supplies, so this might be the only batch for a while. I love making jewelry and I used to make a lot more. I used to make jewelry pieces from paintings that I would cut up and collage together with photos and text. I stopped because I don't have that much studio time and I decided to prioritiz

I just added a listing for Gift Certificates to my Etsy shop. I think I broke the rules doing this - so I am hoping that they don't take it down. It seems like a great idea! It works like this- someone pays for the gift certificate using Etsy They immediately have a digital image of a generic Gift Certificate I create a coupon code just for them in the amount that they request. I customize a printable Gift Certificate with the amount, the recipient's name, and their own coup

I am part of the Thanksgiving sales splurge temptation now! Everything in my Etsy shop is 20% off until December 1. I have never done this before, but Etsy requested it and here we are. In the shop I offer gift wrapping on smaller items and free shipping. I'm organizing myself to send out a gift ideas newsletter - I think I'm going to create a discount that will be just for newsletter subscribers for the whole month of December. So, if you haven't yet, please sign up (link he

My studio time today was adding more layers of green to this painting of the sun rising through the trees in my parents' back yard in Pennsylvania. It looks so wild! It is more like a jungle than the swampy woods that I know it to be. #margaretshipmanart #vermontartist #sunrise #workinprogress #woods