HoofPrints Newsletter
January 10, 2012 Issue
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We are cleaning (ware) house
| All the stuff that I was too busy to notice this fall is getting on my nerves...
|  ...and it's gotta go. Our big warehouse that we've lovingly furnished with used grocery store shelves seems to become a repository for oddball items. Samples, returns, slightly damaged items, experimental items, vendor mistakes... they collect here and there until we are nearly out of room (again) Our second purchase of used shelves (Craigs List) enabled us to line one wall and stack stuff, quite literally, to the ceiling.
My ingenious hubby fashioned a storage sling for those huge bags of packing peanuts - out of a VOLLEYBALL NET (how clever was that?) and it's suspended from the ceiling so they don't take up any floor space. Click here to see a picture of that nifty arrangement on our facebook page.
The point being, sometimes the space becomes more valuable than the items that are occupying it.
So this is where most places say... "our loss is your gain!" Well, check out this super-cheap stuff and BUY IT. And your gain will be our gain, too. Because we need that space on the shelf.
The Half Price Page is here - check this often as they're one-of-a-kind things that will sell quickly and be replaced with whatever else starts to get on my nerves.
Our Closeouts Page features items that are being phased out - still lots of good deals to be had there, too. Click here.
*Note: We will keep the sales pages updated the best that we can. Orders will be processed in order of receipt, so if you see something you're interested in, don't wait to order. Many items we have just one of. |
I swear, this is NOT my office...
| I finally broke down and watched an episode of "Hoarders" the other night
|  The guys were gone and there was no one to stop me. It was morbid, sad, and bizarre, and some of it was just a little to close to reality here in the Keesling house. It prompted the renewed effort to do the cleaning and decluttering effort that you read about above. You can help me out with that by going here, and here, and buying stuff - which I trust will then become your cherished possessions, NOT clutter.
Hoarders was a little too close to giving me bad dreams. I probably won't watch it ever again. But that didn't stop me from looking at other people's clutter online. Check out the picture at left. Looks like someone's awful messy desk, in a wretchedly cluttered office. It's from the series of photographs by artist Carrie M. Becker; Barbie Trashes Her Dream House. Yup! They're miniatures - 1/6 scale cluttered rooms - musing of a post-youthful/skinny Barbie, whose dream life has left her a little flawed and eccentric. There's a news story about them on Carries blog here, and another story about how she created her miniature wreckage here. |
Horses and Hope Calendar update
| We ran out, and had to do a THIRD printing!
|  My conservative estimate of "maybe we could sell 200 calendars" has been far, far surpassed with the sale of well over 2000! We presented over $33,000. to One Horse At A Time in 2011 (you can read about that here), and are well on our way to having another significant check for them by the end of January. If you've ordered a calendar and not received it yet, rest assured your copy will be hot off the presses from our friends at Hudson Printing - they are due in this week and will ship out immediately upon arrival. If you place a subsequent order for any of the irresistible deals mentioned in this newsletter, we can combine the two for just one shipping charge. (Your credit card is NOT charged when you submit orders - we review all manually first, and will take care of combining and recalculating the total for you.)
The calendar, and the effort behind it continues to be a topic of many news stories. Here's a nice article interviewing Penny Austin (of OHAAT) and Lisa Post (Helping Hearts) about the Camelot Horse Weekly rescue effort; mentions Sarah K. Andrew's photos and the Horses & Hope Calendar. It's nice that they pointed out that this group has placed enough horses to account for 1% of the total that go to slaughter each year. That's just a group of volunteers in NJ doing legwork, and an army of others sharing online. Just think if there were a group like this in every state?!
If you've not ordered your Horses and Hope calendar for 2012, you can do so here.
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| Valentine's Day is just around the corner! | |
Check out our fun selection of jewelry for gift giving - or for yourself!
|  Shown here is our Pony Girl Carnelian Nugget Necklace. That, and the Pony Girl Rose Quartz Necklace are crafted right here at HoofPrints using USA made charms. (Gemstones and findings are from various sources all over the world) You can see those here.
All our Barbed Wire Jewelry is ON SALE, both leather and sterling silver. You can see that here.
We have 7 categories total of jewelry; Horse Lovers, Christian, Farrier, Dog Lovers, and more here. |
Glass Heart Keepsake Locket...
| This lovely glass heart locket is clear on both sides...
|  so you can insert two photos, a lock of hair, or any other memorabilia that you desire.
The glass is thick, and domed so it magnifies whatever is inside the locket, and it's got a slight blue-green cast that gives a wonderful antique feel. I've been wanting to get a small hoof shaving and stick in there - just to see if it would magnify the horn tubules for an interesting effect - but I haven't done it yet. Maybe that's just a little too weird anyway... As it is, I couldn't resist using a picture of my Billy (full story here)
Include your personalization info and we will include a customized paper heart that fits inside. For the horse locket (hoofprints) click here and for the dog locket (pawprints) click here.
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Recap - From the last newsletter...
| Here's what we talked about last time: HoofPrints Year In Review
|  Was one of our most popular newsletters yet. We didn't try to sell a single product - just recapped the joys, sorrows, mysteries and chuckles that 2011 brought us - one section for each month.
If you missed it, you can read it online here.
ALL THE PAST NEWSLETTERS - see what you missed - for years! Click HERE to catch up (or reminisce). |
More about HoofPrints - and miscellaneous ramblings from Gina
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Check out our NEW "GOOD STUFF" links at the bottom of this section!
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 ABOUT THE COMPANY AND THIS NEWSLETTER
Farriers Greeting Cards was started by Gina
Keesling in 1986 (in a very small way) to
provide helpful promotional materials for farrier husband Rob. This newsletter is emailed to subscribers a few times a month, depending on how often I have something to share. Watch for special sales, interesting stories, uplifting quotes and more.
This week's quote comes from ~Heraclitus (Greek philosopher)
"The soul is dyed the color its of thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the full light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny -- it is the light that guides your way."
Thanks everyone, for reading!
Gina Keesling, owner
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GOOD STUFF!
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Links to things we like, things that make us smile, things we want to share...
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 Something to get you thinking about spring...
Here in Indiana we've got a bunch of snow, it's windier than heck, and it all blows back faster than we can shovel it. Flies seem like a distant memory...
Here is a blog with pictures of a myriad of creative uses for dead flies... that is bound to give you a chuckle.
And there's a funny Toyota Truck commercial to watch here.
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