The Far Grove

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Sentiment

I am the kind of person who would LIKE to be sentimental…but just can’t manage it.  It seems so unfeminine, to be almost utterly lacking in sentimentality.  I don’t look at old photos with any sense of warm-fuzziness, I don’t look upon gifts as talismans or signs of love (though I do remember who gave […]

And it’s cold and cloudy out, too…

I am currently suffering a severe lack of strength and energy, lately.  I have been managing…barely…to do the most basic parts of my routine.  Listing items on Etsy daily, for example.  Eating, showering…biking if it isn’t windy…and that is pretty much it.  I haven’t even been watching TV or going for groceries like usual…I’m really […]

Which should I really be more excited about, I wonder…

The Far Grove has been busy today, due to a friend who has something of a following at her blog mentioning the shop.  6 hearts in one day and 4 items sold…I definitely don’t put it down to coincidence.  So, thanks very much, Res.  I really appreciate it.
Also since I’ve checked Etsy a few times […]

Oh no, it’s March Moodiness

It’s very hard to update the shop blog when I’m not at all feeling like making hairsticks or other jewellery, as I can’t talk about shopping or Etsy stuff all the time and when I don’t feel like making things, I don’t feel like talking about making things, either.
I think it’s unfortunate that ‘making things’ […]

Square or rectangle?

I used to browse through pages and pages of the Treasury at Etsy.  Now I never touch it at all.  I don’t know why that is…I think the novelty of it just wears off.  I also find that I keep seeing the same items…and most of all the same *sellers*…featured over and over, and that […]

One-of-a-kind

I hate remaking the same items over and over.  Reeaaallly hate it.  When I have to do it, I start to wish I didn’t have to make jewellery at all.  So I try to avoid it.  That’s why almost all of my hairsticks are one-of-a-kind.  It’s not to preserve artistic integrity…if that can be an […]

Golden Meliadese

Krista Hubert maintains both The Far Grove shop and The Far Grove Blog. She's older than she looks, loves fantasy, and wants to make real life a little more like a fairytale. Making exotic fantasy jewellery is one of the ways she attempts to do so.

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