The Buzz of the Bee!

A good day to you, I hope it is treating you right. Over the past week or so, the site has added a new affiliate. The Humble Bee was gracious and agreed to add her beautiful works-of-art to a new page.

Currently housing a few of her wears, we are looking to enjoy her ideas grow, adding more to the site in time, with more colour to shine with happiness.

The Humble Bee is an experienced crocheter, but unlike others, her items are delicately designed and made in miniature. Holding one shows the true art that is in them. Made in many colours, they are made to order. Your own personal toadstool, or a cuddly tree for the Christmas period await you. You will be amazed when you open the box, and see the care and attention that the Bee has bestowed upon you. Take a look.

The Happy-Link-Shelves are currently on hold as the prototyping companies are not responding to my requests. For now, I am concentrating on the second phase and introducing our new 'Känna Bowls' (pronounced: Sha-Ma). I will do a segment on these in due course and hope that they will inspire better mental-health and strong relationships with all you are with.

Take care, and be strong.

Gavyn.

Who is Button-Baby?

This time, we will give a brief overview of who Button-Baby, is. With a household that is highly crafty, we are now all involved in the HappyShelfCo. story. As a digital-artist, I live with Mumble Makes, and now, Button Baby. My daughter is learning the rules of commerce, paying for raw materials and creating small crafts that are funding more ideas.

She has been known to sell these for charity, having made £6 for the Poppy Appeal in 2018. Not a huge sum, but the thought that a 7-year-old would want to help in any way, is a worthy credit.

Supported by Mumble Makes, Button Baby creates the ideas, makes them, then offers them to the site. What you will find is very sweet, always with buttons involved, they are colourful, and are ready for seasonal displays, or just to spark up that old shelf. Your happy space will never look the same, again.

HappyShelfCo. is evolving, with more than 200 products now on the site, it is growing! More about the shelving options will be available soon. The prototyping has stalled, I can only guess when this will be rectified.

I hope all is happy with you, my weeks are a little tumultuous, but not without some successes.

Be safe, be happy, and be crafty!

Robina's 'Delicious' Ceramics

I ask you, is the word 'delicious' right for this artwork? I think so! The original art pieces that are on our site are from the hands of an incredible maker. I want to formerly introduce you to the delights of our latest Affiliate.

Robina Tabberer Ceramics are from the historic world of Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. This area is one of outstanding significance to the past progression of the nation. Robina's art, is no exception.
The pieces that we have on offer are originals, kept in archive, waiting for the day they could adorn a scarf or be displayed on your shelf. They are the only ones of their kind and when they are gone, they are gone.

Selling to the big stores of the UK, and offering a little piece of old-world Shropshire to the American market, was her key interest in past years and we are truly lucky to have her on board. Take a look, you will not be disappointed.

Thank you so much for being a part of this journey. If you can offer something new to the site, please let us know. Trying to spread happiness is too much for just one of us, so get in touch, anytime.

With Crafty-Hoarder involved, we will be building their catalog in due course. The site now has in excess of two-hundred items for-sale, and it is ever-growing. For the record, you can find The Crafty-Hoarder at the Buzzard's Hill event in Tamworth, on Sunday 11th, go and say hello...

It has been hectic, but there are still smiles, and we want you to have them too. On the 12th, the site will be offering another 10% offer for over the Christmas period.

The Art of The Crafty Hoarder

www.thecraftyhoarder.co.uk

Another week has rolled by and another Blog post is on your digital-doorstep. This week, I want to give a brief overview of the available crafts from The Crafty Hoarder.

Often found on a stall at events around the Midlands, The Crafty Hoarder creates, unique, wooden, pieces that are used for display and gifting. From burning custom ideas into reused wood, to making original badges, you can now find her trading through HappyShelfCo's website.

The adorable 'Happy-Cloud Wooden-Shapes'

Up to now, we have badge-sets and Happy-Clouds in the Affiliate Store. It is only when you hold the Happy-Clouds that they shine-out and make beautiful gestures on your display. One sits on the display behind my head, a reminder of the hand-made craft and the freedom of nature.

The Crafty Hoarder will offer more on the site, in time. Looking at her Facebook page will give you an idea of where to find her, should you wish to look further at their items. They often have plaques, figurines and trinkets for your perusal.

We are all about that happy feeling, and what I do know is that a creation from the likes of Crafty, are a gem, and always worth showing-off.

A Badge-Set

Be sure to check back at the site, often. New items are being added, with new Affiliates joining us, too. Take a look at The Crafty Hoarder, you will not be disappointed.

The Vidi-Podcast will come in due course, the website has been the cause for my workload and I want it to be right, first.

Be happy and start getting those shrines up. HappyShelfCo's new shelving system is in the design phase, as I type this! Watch this space.

Big loves!

The Affiliates are growing!

They are not 'actually' growing, but in numbers, yes! With three officially on-board, and at least two more in the pipeline, HappyShelfCo. and its message, is growing, too.

I thought, for this week, I would share this 'pinned' info-graphic. It will be great to see this grow, making it a long list of individual crafters and artist that will help us spread the 'Happiness' message. It's all about being a part of the fight to keep mental-health on track, and, as-best-as possible, understood.

Let's fight it, together... Next week, we will look at Crafty Hoarder and what they have to bring into our lives. I might even share the sign that they made for my office-door.

Until next time, be happy, stay safe.

The Affiliates - Mumble Makes

HappyShelfCo. is keen to supply the artistic prowess of other individuals, alongside Mumble Makes, will come the spoils of others.

For now, I thought I would share a social-media post from earlier in the week. Mumble Makes is a talented crafter with customisation in mind. Ordering is simple, head to the Affiliates page at the website, and order a chosen model, then let her know what style you would like. Key offerings come in: colours, shape, size, topic etc.

Having an item personalised is a nice touch, handing a strictly unique element to your already beautiful space, is available, right now.

These models are made from polymer-clay, varnished and tenderly placed into their packaging. Aside from these are her magnificent paper-cuts; they will be added to the site in due-course. New to the market is that of her covered crochet hooks. Check out her Facebook page, and make sure you go back often with the website.

Happy times, happy shrines.

Get-a-Grip - The art of not caring...

It has been quiet this past week, nursing a poorly back and adding new items to the website have been most of its activities. The site is developing and in need of my new range of modular-shelving. There will be more about this when I get hold of my prototype, so, stay tuned for that.

This post is all about caring (in some ways, it's about NOT caring, too.) Being happy can be difficult, and the whole aim of HappyShelfCo. is to develop ways of achieving it, everywhere! We are harassed all day long, looking at Social Media and even listening to critique from people round us, but, we are blessed with our happy-spaces.

My idea is based around the fact that many people don't care about other people's problems, and short of professional help, we need to step back and hug ourselves. Those friends that stay close are a gem to behold, and are great for those 'comforting' needs. Others are quite simply baggage, sadly. There is nothing worse than the title message, 'Get over it!'. It can often be heard by some of the people that are closest to you, it's a sad fact that can take its toll on that already-dwindling mental-health.

I implore anybody that is suffering to seek advice and create a happy-place. My biggest tip is to look for the 'silver-lining'. Everything has one! Sometimes it can be the only thing that keeps us on track. I say this with the upmost respect for anyone who has suffered and is fighting it successfully. I will discuss my story in course and offer it as a signpost for you, should you need it.

Don't be afraid, and be proud when you fight those demons, you're stronger than you give yourself credit for and I badly want you to succeed. I use the word 'succeed' quite liberally here, it is meant as a statement, not a goal. Success is in your own eyes, what is a success to one, is likely to be the worst thing for another. Take your own success, and use it to grow, not end!

As for getting over it, it is never a point that should be made, if you are the person that says this, wake up, we are battling all of the time and don't need you to take a quick stab, too.

So, HAPPY is important! Relish the space; relish the 'feel'. Look out for this in new listings, 'feeling' is an important part of being happy, holding an item can mean the difference in how you are. An example is that moment on the beech when feeling the sand on your feet changes the day, altogether.

Just a quick one today, it was a rant, really. What do you think? Sometimes we need to air these issues, and being a part of HappyShelfCo. drives my need to help and offer a smile when there is nothing else left. Be happy, stay interesting.

The final word for today: DON'T 'GET OVER IT', GROW INSTEAD!

Don't forget the competition... (Ends: 31.October '2018)