Central Park in the Spring

This summer I will celebrate 10 years in New York City and I still love it like I did when I first arrived.  In NYC, Central Park is one of my favorites!  Especially Central Park in the spring.  Each year I love to see what they will do and what they will plant.  About 2 years ago, I discovered the Conservatory Gardens at the North East part of the park.  They usually have some amazing tulip gardens but this year they had other types of flowers.  They weren't my favorite this year but I still had a great time checking them out. I also love Shakespeare's Garden.  Its in the central part of the park near the west side. This week, I took a walk through the park and explored what Spring had to offer the park.  If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook then you probably got inundated yesterday :)  I thought I'd share with you what I found.  These guys are also available for purchase at my shop, City Girl Creations.

 

 

 

These photos helped me make a dent in 2 of my 13 in 2013 goals.    I not only got to play tourist with my camera, but I am attempting to also build up my photography business.  I am taking it slow but I am at least taking a step.

I hope you enjoy them.  You can purchase a digital copy through my etsy shop. They would be great on many craft projects or framed on your wall.  

Slowing Down, New Ideas

Over the Christmas holiday, my little etsy shop took off. I was pretty overwhelmed by the amount of sales I had.  Keeping up was proving to be a challenge.  Once the New Year came, I thought things would slow down significantly but i still had a steady flow of orders.  My biggest sellers were my cowls and scarves. Now that spring is around the corner here, those orders have dropped off significantly.  This, I am hoping, will give me some time to try new things. I'd love to expand my inventory to other items.  I do have some items but they aren't huge sellers.  Items like my scrubbies, dish towels,  toys and my photography.  My biggest non scarf seller is my swiffer covers. I've loved experimenting with colors on those.

I've been exploring on Pinterest and other sites trying to find my next project or idea.  I love a challenge and I love to learn new things.  So I thought I'd show you some items I want to begin working on this spring. Some are ones I can figure out on my own and others I will have to find just the right pattern to explore with. 

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Springtime

Its been a while since i posted any pictures.  So I thought I'd start doing that more since i call myself a photographer... at whatever level that might be.

These are all taken at the Conservatory in Central Park last month. I got there just in time. One more week and these would have been very different.

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