What's Happening, Y'all!

 I know it's been a while since we've set down to blog. A lot has been happening this spring and we really haven't set down for very long. 

We just finished up with the Cherokee Rose Festival this past weekend and y'all have kept us busy creating tees and flower arrangements. I am so thankful for all of you who support our small business.

We've been adding lots of new tees to our website and our space at P20 Land and Cattle in Gilmer. 

For the Cherokee Rose Festival, we were outside on the Upshur County Courthouse Lawn and we split the tent with my sister in law, Lisa of Lisa's Sweets and Such, so there was lots of shirts and sweets. This is the second event we've done together and I created us a fun, rustic sign that says "The East Girls" with both our business names. We are married to brothers and have a great time working together! 

This is our space inside P20 on the square in Gilmer. We love, love, love this little shop and it has been great to be a part of this. I think back how I nearly said no, when they ask me to join the P20 family and I am so glad I said yes. It is awesome having this shop in our hometown and we love seeing all the new growth and activities that are happening locally. 

Here's a close up of some of the new tees for summer. 

Red, white, and moo! How fun are these rustic, patriotic tees? 

The Summer Vibes tee completely sold out last weekend, so we are planning to make more (blank shirts are ordered, so a major shirt restock is coming.) 

Plum Crazy and Relax and Enjoy the Crazy! 

The "Crazy" tees have been a big hit! I think we can all relate and feel a little crazy right now. 

Just a couple more updates / news / things to remind you about: 

P20 in Gilmer is our only "in store" location now. (The Quitman shopped closed this spring.) Follow them on Instagram or Facebook to get the daily hours, as they do fluctuate some. Located on the corner of the square with the new Live Gilmer mural on the side of the building. You can't miss it, if you are driving down HWY 154 / Tyler St. 

We are participating in the Gilmer Area Farmers Markets again this summer, but they have NEW times this year. 1st and 3rd Saturday (except July, when holidays will affect schedule) EVENING from 5-8 pm (but I am usually set up by around 4-ish, so come early if you wish.) Our next market is June 5 and I believe there are some exciting things planned with live entertainment, etc. If you haven't been downtown lately, there are so many great businesses, restaurants, and things to explore. It is so, so good to see all the new things happening downtown Gilmer.  

New shirts are added to our WEBSITE: www.gypsyfarmgirl.shop 

While we still have our etsy shop, we are adding all the new tees to our personal website, since it allows other features such as being able to tag our products in pictures on Facebook or Instagram, which makes it convenient for you to click on the pictures and purchase easily. Our etsy shop is once again  focused more on weddings, while our website is more about the clothing. 

Make sure you follow along on Facebook or Instagram, so you can get the most up to date info on new releases, events, and all the behind the scenes fun. We've even joined TikTok and trying to share some tutorials and glimpses of things we are working on. 

The Plum Crazy tee released last week and today I decided to do a few no-sew alterations on one. I've received several request for more v neck tees... well, with the current shirt shortages, there aren't too many colors and sizes to choose from, so we decided to show you how to easily convert any crew neck, into a v neck, then we decided to create fringe sleeves as well. So fun for summer! You can find my quick video tutorial reels and TIkToks on all my social accounts above (and I'll work on getting them here on the blog as well). I promise you, it is so, so easy to transform your tees!  

As I mentioned earlier, there is a shirt shortage happening and some colors and sizes are not available to me. But here's the deal, if you want a tee and it is not in stock in your size - message me about a custom order. We can put the graphic on another color or style tee for you. Also, I am starting to stock some styles in 3X - same thing applies here. If you want a graphic on a larger shirt, please reach out. Not all shirts come in 3X or larger, but we do have some options that we can explore, so we can create something just for you. 

News from Kickin' K Cattle Co Boutique

Over the past year, we’ve met so many wonderful people and customers through our space inside the Kickin’ K Cattle Co Boutique. We are sad to announce the owners have decided to close Kickin’ K in Quitman, Texas by the end of March.

We want to remind everyone that our shop is always online (www.GypsyFarmGirl.shop + etsy shop www.gypsyfarmgirl.etsy.com) and we’d be happy to continue creating fun tees for all of you. We also have a space in Gilmer at P20 Land and Cattle Interiors and More, if you would like to make a little road trip to shop in person and we’ll be doing some pop up shows and events (we’ve got things in the works.) Just to be clear, just this booth location at Kickin’ K is closing and not our business as a whole.

Some of our furniture and a selection of things are on sale now inside Kickin’ K. We appreciate the opportunity we’ve had to become friends with all of you in Quitman.

Janice

GypsyFarmGirl

Slightly Obsessed with Flower Trucks!

Okay, I admit it, I'm obsessed with flower trucks! I even have a Pinterest Board dedicated to Flower Trucks. Check it out to see some fun inspiration and garden ideas. I really wish Jeff would let me plant flowers in one of his old trucks, but I seriously doubt that's ever going to happen.

I created this turquoise truck with pink flowers as a "Goodbye January" graphic and it kinda went crazy on Facebook and then I decided it needed to be on some shirts too.

I had already started on the Rust and Romance flower trucks when I created the one of above and then we already had the red flatbed truck with flowers. Oh and then there is the Vintage Soul shirt with a vintage truck and flower!

Read more about the Rust and Romance theme and how it resonated with me on this blog post. 

Have I mentioned my daffodils and jonquils have started blooming?!? They are a couple of weeks early, but we are excited to see them.

Which Flower Truck is your favorite? 

(All the shirts are in my etsy shop now or I'll have them at the Mineola Antique Fair this weekend. The flannels and plaid shirts are all one of a kind, but I can always make more of the t shirts, if you don't see your size.) 

Yeehaw!

Yeehaw! There's the sweetest lady in blog land, known as Ms. Sally from Whispering Hope. She has been a continuous source of encouragement, supporter, and cheerleader since the very beginning of GypsyFarmGirl. Go MIA on the blog, she comes checking on you and always has a positive comment for my post. She's been here since the beginning, when I told very few about my shop and yet we've never met in person. If I ever find my way to Florida, I'm going to have to pay her a visit! 

Well, now her 10 year old great granddaughter, Miss Hunter, has opened her own online shop, eMilee.biz and Ms. Sally is there helping her out and getting her cowgirl apparel shop going . Of course I had to order a t-shirt from her, because we are all about dreaming BIG and supporting small businesses! 

This is from her about page:

                              Welcome !

Hi: I'm eMilee

I'm ten years old and this is my first business!

Being the CEO of your own company is awesome!

I really wanted to be the Treasurer too, but my Memaw said:

"Hold on there little cowgirl, let's get this show on the road first!"

I hope y'all like the clothes and accessories we've started with.  If you do please tell your friends!  We appreciate YOU.

Many thanks also to those who have helped us, especially allowing us to use pictures of your own horses!  :)

I chose the Yeehaw! shirt in navy. 

Hunter is a cowgirl and reminds me of myself at that age. I grew up on horses and was going to play days, barrel racings and joined 4-H when I was ten. Some of my favorite times were spent on horseback! The  horse below reminds me of my first horse, Sam. I started barrel racing and pole bending when I was 7, so I can see my younger self in her pictures! (Maybe I can dig up some of my old horse pictures sometime soon.)

I'm so glad Hunter has such an encourager like Ms. Sally, who believes in her dreams of owning her business and selling horse tshirts and accessories. Every child (and adult) deserves someone like that in their life! 

I purchased the shirt from her shop and the order was fulfilled by spread shirt. I appreciated that there was a sizing chart and I could pick my shirt color! I usually don't order fitted t's online, because they all tend to fit different and be too tight in all the wrong places, (as was the case with a separate, but extremely cute shirt.) Since there was a sizing chart, I was able to measure one of my tshirts at home and compare to see what size I needed. I decided that the large would fit me best, compared to my unisex mediums I usually wear. I was not disappointed when it came in! It fits, without being too clingy, yet it's not baggy or too big! The order was fulfilled quickly and shipped within 2 days. 

I ordered on Sunday, had it in my hands by Saturday and wore it junkin on the next Thursday! That's the reason I have a newspaper in my hand, along with my ipad- got to have them to find the garage sales! And yes, I do say Yeehaw when I find a great deal or have that vision of how I can transform something I find.  

So please go check out eMilee.biz and help support this little cowgirl's BIG dreams! I know she will appreciate the support! 

*I was not paid for this review. I purchased the shirt myself and volunteered to share the love for it here, as Sally has been a great encouragement to me and I want to pay it forward to Hunter's dreams.