I Hate Mondays

By on 4-28-2008 in Ramblings

Good Evening Suzanee’s or Gorjuss Gals, or however you describe youselves, yes you…sitting there reading this…. you with the eyes and ears!

Anyway its lovely to see you here, and frankly this place is becoming quite busy. So I promised you some exclusives and all kinds of wonderful sneaky leaks of information, heres a run down on todays exciting activities.

SUZANNES ACTIVITIES

Today : Monday 28th April 2008, Suzanne was ill, the pain in her back was bad today. She had a Chiropractor session booked in for tea time and so hopes were high for some sustained pain releif. Sadly she came out looking like she lost a fight with a steam roller, home to bed for her. That said she acheived the following tasks.

1. Posted Competition Prizes out.

2. Shipped all of the weekends sales from Etsy.

3. Made a daughters keychain.

4. Re digi-painted Ruby and Dropped to be suitable for Canvas Wrap Prints… 16×20 inches for “Dropped”, it sold in our little friendly shop in glasgow called Cupidus.. The Owner has some Gorjuss canvas prints on display and has sold 5 canvas prints already.

5. Had bones re-assembled.

6. Searched through sketchbooks to see if she will let me photograph anything.

7. Sitting down to have some dinner with the kids. (that said, I should be cooking it just now rather than blogging, well some would say i have my priorities right, but i do currently have a 6 year old boy gnawing on my foot).

Tonight

So although that may seem a fair little bit of work, we have some more Gorjuss experiments to get through this evening. We plan to make more bottle openers and fridge magnets. And now that Suzanne has her delivery of silver chains, she is going to make some interesting little pendants. Experimental in the fullest sense of the word.. but If it goes well, we may well have another giveaway this weekend. If it doesnt go well, the prize may not be very good….

RANT

Now down to something thats been bugging me for a while now, every day I log into etsy and see wonderful art all over the front page, but as yet NONE of Suzannes work… whats going on with Etsy.. have they no sense of duty.. with this, I am going to keep a count of how many days starting today, Suzanne has not been featured on the front page of ETSY.

Work with me on this one, its a bit of fun and not to be taken as a call to arms, I beleive that at some point they have to put her on it, so Im just keen on seeing how long it takes them to get there… So I will do a weekly article titled.. Front Page Countdown where i will have a little rant about her still not being there. Obviously should she be front page before i get to my first week….ill be stuck for material for the next week or so…

FREE RANGE LANGUAGE SKILLS

Now through some special discussions recently it has come to my attention that not many people are familiar with free range language skills. I plan to change that and quickly too, for you will need to master this if you are to understand my blog postings. He is an example of free range nusery rhymes.

Humpety dumbpty satt on a wlal, Humpety Dimpty hud a Greet fel, al tha kingS harses and he wee pal bob, coodent put egghead togevva agin.

If you can decypher that, my inane ramblings should go down fine with you.

 

Well I shall be back with some interesting information and some sneaky peaks of work in progress.. keep checking the blog to make sure you dont miss a thing..

22 Comments

  1. Het Capn πŸ™‚

    Ouch poor Suzanne πŸ™ I hope she starts to feel better soon.

    The pendants sound really nice! Can’t wait to get a sneak peek πŸ˜‰

    Is Cupidus in the city itself? I will have to visit there when we come across to Glasgow.I’ll be sure to bring an extra suitcase with me!

    Shall we all boycott Etsy (well apart from Suzanne’s store!) until they feature the girl wonder herself on the front page? We could get a group together.The Gorjuss Groupies we could call ourselves.Or if we really wanted to frighten them how about The Gorjuss Mafia?

    Oh by the way i hope your foot doesn’t hurt too much πŸ˜‰

    Happy blogging and cooking!

  2. Hi Capn so sorry to hear about suzannes health i hope she is on the mend soonAnd cant wait to see these pendants i will be fisr in line for one lol.I would love for you to teach me this new language too… And my lil girl says suzanne is gorjuss,,awww bless her.Hope to see you guys again real soon

    much love

    Lorna & Family

  3. omg sorry about the typos i think im learning your language already lol

  4. Scary stuff when you can read that. lol. I am glad that things are going well for you guys and am sorry the chiropractor didn’t help. Too bad you don’t live closer, my sister is a professional massager (lol, couldn’t spell the other) and is amazing… maybe that can help if there is someone local? At least it’s a thought right? lol. I look forward to seeing the new work!

  5. Oh all I can say is “ouch”, poor Suzanne. I hope she feels better soon, will keep her in thought and prayer.

  6. so? what DID you make for supper?
    shame it was monday there but the good news is it’s tues there and still mon here πŸ™
    hope suzanne finds some relief…can’t imagine trying to function at all with that and here’s her with chronic pain for weeks!

    ps..humpidty dumpity can get arrested if he has a “great feel” especially if ..good egg or not…the other party is not interested!! so..ewe stil nede two bee kawchus evin wen ewe free ranj hunt ind pek!!

  7. I’m sorry – but a campaign against her being on the front page of Etsy. Are you kidding me? That sounds so snobby. Those who get on the front page have every right to be there. If she isn’t there, so be it. Is regular sales from customers not good enough for you? Surely you can find something better to rant about then that.

  8. i made a lovely dominos pizza, i made it an everything from the phoning to the opening of the front door… thats the kinda of chef i am..

  9. Ali J, all comments are welcome, are you saying though that Suzanne doesn’t deserve to be on the front page?

    I have seen many artisits up there with more sales than Suzanne and no hoo ha about that. Also remember I am not running a campaign to get her there… lol. I also fail to see anything snobby about it. I did not at any point nor has anyone even hinted that people up there dont deserve it.

    Im recording how long it takes, she definately deserves a front page slot, Im sure you will agree…

    I think you will also note that the suggestion of boycotting Etsy by vicki was clearly in jest, thats the thing about the written word, it is so easily taken out of context…

    I encourage everyone to take note in light of Ali J’s comments, that the blog i suggest is for fun only, and more a documentation of something that has bothered me, personally. Not a critique of ETSY and their front page selection process.

    Suzanne as per usual is more concerned with making art and recovering from her back.

    And keep checking the blog Ali J i have LOADS I can and probably will rant about… but as I say it is not snobbish…. and I hope you will continue to keep me in check…

    I do need it, with Suzanne ill i can get away with anything…

  10. Ooops πŸ™

    My post about the boycott was indeed only a bit of fun.

    Capn please feel free to delete my previous post!

  11. Why was it snobby? Well being on the front page of Etsy is something that should be earnt not expected. The same as being a featured seller, being in a magazine, getting a licensing deal etc. etc. etc. I don’t go bragging everytime I get on the front page, and I don’t complain when I’m not.

    To expect to be given it just because she creates art is a bit over the top. That is what to me comes across as snobby. There are thousands of artists on etsy, and each time one gets their few seconds of fame, congratulations to them. Suzanne creates great work, but that doesn’t mean she is better then anyone else.

    I think you just need to be careful of your wording. Did I take offense? Yes. Were you in jest? Maybe. I just think that you should be appreciative with what you get.

  12. Well you are entitled to your opinion.

    Good luck to you in your endeavours.

  13. insert raised eyebrow emote here

  14. Do we not have emotes here??? WOW.. Right Ill need to see if I can sort that out..

    Im planning a new blog tonight… with some “sneaky” photos..

  15. Oh and please excuse the name change, Im new to this, I figure using my actual name will probably make better sense…
    lol even If I don’t.

  16. that was more a statement than the need for an emote πŸ˜‰
    i was free range emoting πŸ˜›

  17. Oi!! thats not fair, I had that under development… and you go spilling the beans…

    well your not getting my free range sarcasm!!

  18. sorry to break it to you..but i had the market cornered on that a decade or so ago πŸ˜‰

  19. how is suzanne feeling today?
    i’d love to see how the pendants turn out if you can sneak in a pic of those please !!

  20. Maddy I do infact have our first test completed today on manufacturing that very item. I also have followed the production of buttons and prints to show what I do everyday, and some pictures of the Canvas prints I discussed yesterday. one 16″x20″ which was stunning… Anyway I plan to get the blog going at 1700hrs UK time.

  21. Oh and Suzanne is in far less pain today, so much so she is catching up on her emails and correspondance…

  22. Good to see she is feeling better

    lorna xxx