Another home project to fill space on my walls :)

Crayola Colors

We decided to try some crayon art this weekend for fun...my youngest now has her newest and most favorite wall decor.

Weekend Project

Awhile back I was at the museum and purchased some historical documents. Wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with them but I knew I wanted to do something. Months and months later...I got bored and decided to figure out what to do with them. I ended up putting them on canvas along with some embellishments and hung them in my bedroom...

Where To Find Aunt Mannys Products...

Ok...so after some real hard thinking...I have decided to ditch ebay all together. I have had enough of their shenanigans!

So...if you are looking to purchase any of our patterns, finished products, graphics, etc...you can check out our website at Aunt Mannys Creations or AMC Shopping

I am working on bring everything together in one place and will have it up as soon as time allows. I am fixin to move to Michigan here in a few weeks so will be a little busy.

With ebay now out of my way, I am ready to move on with promoting and marketing my site once again.

Until next time...

Mandy

NEW EBAY NAME....PLEASE TAKE NOTE!

Well seems ebay and I have had a love/hate relationship for many many years but they have outdone themselves on the hate aspect of it!

I was out of town for work when several of my customers contacted me to find out where all of my auctions went! Sure enough, I log in and all of my auctions are GONE! I call ebay and they tell me its because I am below standards for shipping on my items.

I told them that I clearly state in my auctions and customer see upon checkout that my items may take longer to ship...up to two weeks....but i find that some customers are emailing me asking where their item is after only a few days or so.

I am a one woman band with a full time job and do the best that I can but can only do so much. I have 100% feedback but ebay told me that maybe i should change my shipping time to lesson it....um...hello? If someone fully read my shipping terms they would see that shipping may be slow at times...if they choose to checkout then complain about it when it clearly states it may be slow...WHY AM I GETTING DINGED FOR IT! i have followed all of ebays rules and policies and have fulfilled MY end of the contract so why am I the one paying for it by losing all of my auctions...its just NOT FAIR!

Ebay bases everything on the buyers perspective now even though the sellers are the ones that make them the money and I just cant comprehend how they can easily just shut down a selling account that has brought them a ton of money in the last ten years!

Regardless...I had to set up an entirely new selling account and am forced to start over from scratch....losing thousands of feedback...frustrating beyond belief!

So...new name on ebay is amcproductions2011 I will get items listed as soon as possible and apologize to all of my loyal customers for any inconvenience.

And I will be sending a nasty gram to ebay headquarters this week. not that it will do any good but maybe it will give me a little relief over the whole situation. I have had many battles with them over the years but this is just on a whole nother level now!

I will post when I have gotten the auctions up for yall and everything ready to sell again...

Mandy

FOR SALE & Moving!

Hey everyone! I know its been awhile since I last posted. Some of you know that I am moving with my job so things have been a bit hectic lately with finding a new home and getting my current home ready to sell. BUT...with that means I need to give some things up. So...(and I know this has nothing to do with primitive) I am selling off some of my precious items that I have no use for. If you are interested, just shoot me an email at auntmannys@aol.com

First up...

6.75 ctw Sapphire & Diamond Pendant...all offers considered...i dont wear pendants and dont know what else to do with it. Comes with a barcoded USGL Official Gem ID Card...

To Make or Not to Make??? and a Family Reunited! (no not Oprah's)

So, this past weekend my mom gathered all of us kids together (my brothers and their families as well as mine). She had something to announce. No one knew what was going on as mom had never done this before. However, since im the favorite (lol) I was aware of what she was doing.

She announced that there was going to be not only a new addition to the family...but THREE additions. My oh so smart brothers immediately asked if she was pregnant...OMG...really??? LMFAO!

She found one of my foster brothers from 25 years ago (she was a foster parent for many years when I was growing up). So we reunited with him and met his wife and young son. It was a great time and a very unexpected surprise for everyone else...

Here is a pic of me and the family together. From left to right...my middle adopted brother, MOM, my oldest full blood brother, me, my long lost foster brother and my youngest half brother. It was a good time had by all!

Ok...now on to other business...

So I am having a dilemma of whether or not I should make a Valentine doll. I have one in mind but am thinking it may just be too close to the holiday to sell. I also vowed to myself (as i have for the past countless years) that I would devote the slow season to gearing up for the following Halloween and Christmas seasons. Although I do have a few fireworks that I should probably finish up for Independence day selling. I have also made up some new Valentine Hang Tags and St Patricks tags (below).

Outside of that, I can't decide if I should just delve back into Halloween and Christmas items.

I need your help as my loyal followers, customers, friends and business associates...would you rather see more product variety for the soon to be here Halloween/Christmas season? Or would you like to see items for all seasons/holidays?

You can email me your thoughts, comment here, on facebook or wherever you'd like to get the message to me. I would just like some feedback from ya'll since you are what keeps me in business and you are what keeps me going with new ideas, etc.

Until next time...