Weekend Sale

UPDATE: Our sale continues through Monday, Dec. 2, 2013

Weekend sale in our Etsy shop:

 

 

25% off all our pre-Colombian replicias.

(coupon code: colombianthanks)

 

20% off all our silver pieces.

(coupon code: silverthanks)

 

15% off all our gold pieces.

(coupons code: goldthanks)

 

 

 

www.galleonsgold.etsy.com

Thanksgiving

Happy

Thanksgiving

PS Great deals for the holiday weekend will be posted later for our Etsy store. Stay tuned.

Hanukkah

To my Jewish friends, I send out a very happy Hanukkah.

One of my favorite thoughts is from Charles Reznikoff in his, "Meditations on the Fall and Winter Holidays."

The miracle, of course, was not that the oil for the sacred light -
in a little cruse - lasted as long as they say;
but that the courage of the Maccabees lasted to this day:
let that nourish my flickering spirit.

Our household will be having latkes for dinner. Yum! Yum!

Shalom

Holiday Musings and Sales

It's the holiday season! Thanksgiving will here is a few days, Hanukkah in about a week, the Posada will welcome Christmas in a few weeks, and the New Year will be celebrated in just six weeks. It is hard to believe, yet very exciting, that the festivities are about to begin. I love this time of year. I love the traditions, movies, the music---even the weather!

We have a fireplace in the kitchen and though I am not a morning person, I do love to get up a little early (once in a while) during the winter to start a fire and sip something hot. I love to look over our yard covered in a white blanket and sit in the silence of the early morning to contemplate life and its magnificent mysteries.

We do hope you will think of us for your holiday gifts.  Rene's work is top quality with most pieces being one of a kind.  Stay tuned for Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts, coupon codes, discounts and more!!

musings.....

It is a quiet Sunday morning. Earlier, I was looking over our books for Galleon's Gold. We seem to be stagnant lately and wanted to see what the books showed. Then it got me to thinking----

I fantisized that when Rene and I started to sell his jewelry, that all we had to do was dabble here or there and then the people would just flock to our websites, farmers' market booths, Etsy store and to our home--- clamoring to purchase the jewelry and we would have a waiting list for people who want to take his jewelry class.

HA! HA! HA!!

Reality has way of not quite working out the same as fantasies. Isn't that how life goes???

I have found, looking over our books this morning, that overall, our sales are increasing. (Which comforts my heart...for don't we all want evidence of increase as a result of our efforts??) But the increase isn't as fast or as much as I would like. Patience, I am reminded, patience. Another friend reiterated to me the starving artist phrase. And more patience.

Sign...........

So with a renewal of our dreams, we press forward. September goals include:

• We still need to figure out how to download our pictures from our new camera. I think this will help a lot with the Etsy sales.
• We are in the process finding and signing up for fall/holiday boutique and fairs to rent booths at. We will let you know when/where they are.
• Begin compiling a mailing list of the multitudes of business card we have collected over this past year.

Best wishes to us in our endeavor and to you with your dreams.....