Just re-opened by old shop and wanted to say hello to you all :)

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Hi there, my name is Lorraine and my shop is @TheVelveteenCat. I’ve just reopened my shop after a number of years away from Folksy - in that incarnation I used to sell jewellery. Now I make gifts mainly out of resin as I am currently obsessed with it. The site looks great and I can’t wait to look around all the other shops. At the moment I am busy adding stock. Thanks for reading wishing everyone good fortune for 2025!

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Hi Lorraine @TheVelveteenCat and welcome back to Folksy. I hope your shop is really successful :grin:, you have some lovely items.

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Ah thanks Hilary and so do you! Gorgeous.

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Welcome back Lorraine, wishing you every success

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Welcome back Lorraine. Good luck with your shop.

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Welcome back Lorraine :heart_eyes: you have some lovely items in your shop

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Welcome back to Folksy, from one cat lady to another!

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Welcome back…love the coasters

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Hi Lorraine, @TheVelveteenCat
All the best with your re-opening of your shop.
What resins do you use, as we have tried one or two of the crafting ones, but I prefer to use a marine epoxy resin. As I use epoxy resin on my boat work and first used it in the early 1980’s when the WEST system came out. WEST is a USA brand, and suffers from the damper weather we have. So I used various ones over the years, but struggle with the craft ones? a me thing perhaps.

Anyway look forward to your new items when you load them up to Folksy.

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Thank you so much. Just love your work - my shop feels very ‘empty’ by comparison!

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Love your work - spotted the paw gift tags straight away.

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Thanks Suzi, your work is amazing.

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Hi Carrie, your work is stunning! Big hi to Bothy cats Willow and Pixie from Majora and Bean :paw_prints:

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Those chopstick holders are fabulous !!!
Will you be making other animals - like say a dragon or a dog? (she asks hopefully)

~Little1

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Oh my gosh - you are an artist! Love the positive attitude too x

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Thank you so much. I adore natural wood - it’s just so lovely to hold and you have some wonderful items.

I started off using Just Resin but have switched to Mouldd (UK based). They are both really good but the Mouldd is proving to have less bubbles. It’s a 1:1 epoxy mix with about 40 mins work time (depending on outside temperature). After mixing the resin you can stand it in warm water which helps to release bubbles but I asked Santa for a Bubble exterminator from Resiners. I am itching to try it out with new creations but my focus is getting the shop up again. :pray: Hope that helps but if I can help in any way please let me know although I am no expert :laughing:

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Thank you so much and so is your dragon barrette to name just one! I can see why you might like a dragon (or dog) holder now! If I do, you will be the first to know :wink:

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Welcome back Lorraine (and of course Majora and Bean).
Shop is looking good - :heart_eyes: - I love the ‘geode’ coasters :purple_heart:

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Aw thank you so much x

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Hi Nikki, thank you so much! Your pieces are gorgeous - the colour combos and designs. Yeah the geode coasters are some of my favs, hoping to make a few more shortly :crossed_fingers:

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