Desirai@Desirai.com 
347-470-DESIMonday! Hurray! Everyone loves Mondays right? No? Well you will now. Beginning today is the first edition of Etsy Mondays. Each Monday I will feature a different Etsy seller. Featured shops will be chosen by me randomly. Features are highly dependent on the quality of work and customer service provided by the seller. I will contact via convo or email anyone I might be interested in featuring. The sooner you respond to the email the sooner you may be featured.
Now… on to our first Etsy Monday feature: Mulberry Muse
While hanging out in the forums last week I stumbled upon a new, yet no less amazing, card and gift wrap shop. Mulberry Muse opened early June of this year and is owned and run by Wendy Patterson. Wendy, who was born in England, now currently resides in Sydney Australia with her husband and two children.
In addition to running Mulberry Muse on Etsy, she currently works as a freelance Illustrator & Designer specializing in the Greeting Card Industry. Her work can be seen in Department stores, Gift shops and Newsagents.
“I try to appeal to young and old with a different variety of designs and styles.” Wendy mentions about her artwork. Although the majority of her work is feminine, gentleman looking for cards and gift wrap for their significant other will have no problem finding just the right thing.
Wendy has been working as a Designer and Illustrator for 25 years and has always wanted to produce and sell her own work. Now that her children are a little older, she is able to run Mulberry Muse from her studio at home.
Mulberry Muse has hit the ground running with the help from Wendy’s son (who is also an IT Manager) and daughter (she also sells on Etsy) who helped set up shop. “Etsy has given me a wonderful opportunity to start out and show my work to the rest of the world. It has been a huge learning experience starting out and I have needed lots of help and advice along the way…I have also been given a lot of support, advice and encouragement from fellow Etsians.” Wendy shares.
With such a lovely shop I asked Wendy if she had any advice for other Etsians or people trying to sell there own work. “My advice to others would be to go ahead, leap in and follow your dreams, and have fun while doing it! Get help from other more experienced sellers. Promotion is not easy but necessary. Something else I have learned is not to let my age and the fear of technology stand in the way!”
In order for Wendy’s work to truly be appreciated, it must first be seen, which is I wanted to feature her shop. There is no denying her talent or the beauty in her work.
To see more of Wendy’s designs visit her blog at: WendiDesign.blogspot.com
Cards and gift wrap can be purchased at: Mulberrymuse.etsy.com
Her website, Mulberry-muse.com is still under construction, but I’m sure you’ll agree this is one artist definitely worth bookmarking.
Hello! My name is Desirai. I'm a freelance Digital Media Designer excited to tell you a little about myself in 5 totally random but interesting facts.
