I'm Just SO Ecstatic!! New News Too!

Somehow, someway, my original Facebook account has been restored!! Woot! Woot! Sadly, we lost 25 or more followers while we were banished but hopefully we will regain them again in the not too distant future! 

My tale of woe is that in the end of November of last year, someone created two fake insta accounts, one in my name and the other one by the name of PatDM, and stole the identity of our FB BUSINESS page. They then posted something nasty and META took down those two accounts as well as MY business page, personal page, Insta account, and FB marketplace listings. Everything was gone with absolutely NO way to appeal them. I'm at a loss as to how a page, that is linked to my private page, can be affected without my private page being affected, but oh well.  To say that I was devastated is an understatement. I rely on the Facebook business page to showcase our new products and to lose it at the peak of our annual sales was just awful. Also, to lose contact with your friends and family over the holidays is just so upsetting too! 

Last week, I was lying down, playing a game on my tablet, and saw an email from FB saying that my page was republished. I was sceptical but got up and looked and sure enough, it was back. That has definitely made my year, so it's good to be back. The new (old) biz page now has daily Catholic prayers and showcases a product so feel free to follow it! https://www.facebook.com/GloryGloryGifts.

Our ebay store now accepts MANY forms of payment including Khlarna! So many easy ways to pay! Paypal also offers Paypal credit, which you can pay for in installments. You can find the link to the store to the right of this post.

Ebay now has some of its seller's products showing on the Facebook marketplace! The products will be shown on the marketplace, however, when you click to purchase an item, you will be redirected to the ebay store to complete the transaction. All payments, tax collection, shipping, returns, etc., will be handled by ebay and the ebay seller. If you aren't aware of this already, ebay has an excellent buyer protection program, so you can shop with all sellers through the Facebook marketplace with confidence. 

Our ebay store is actually larger than our website, as far as products available, but as always ~ if you are looking for something specific and don't see it ~ ASK US! Ebay has a messaging systems. Our website now has a chat function! We will get back to you.

So that's all the news for June 2025, so far. Have a fabulous month and keep smiling. Jesus loves you and so do I.

Peace, 

Mare

A Blessed and Joyful Easter to You!

 From all of us here at GloryGloryGifts.com!

A Beautiful Palm Sunday to You

May you have a joyful Palm Sunday and a reverent and faithful Holy Week. God bless you all.

 

Mare & Molly

 

 

Is It 17 Years Already?

I can't believe we are (I am) still here and working with Glory Glory Gifts. This year, marks our 17th year in business. If someone had told me, way back in 2008, that I would still be doing this I would never have believed them. In fact, I remember being at a barbecue back in the early Summer of 2008 and mentioning that I was going to be selling holy land products and people actually laughed in my face. They thought it was a joke. We (me with Tom's help) started very small. I wasn't quite sure how I was supposed to do this, but it slowly evolved from a flea market/fair business to where we are today. The website was started in 2010, while I was convalescing, and had about 300 olive wood crosses & statues, crystal, hematite and scented rosaries, nativities, ornaments, incense, icons, incense burners, ceramic pieces and jewelry available. After working hard to create the website, and upload all those products on there, as well as payment buttons from Paypal, a friend actually said to me that's it? That's all you got? 😃 (I seriously needed to find more supportive friends.) I'm sure that same friend would say the same if she saw today's version of the website, which has only a little over a thousand products. But, my business model today is the same one that I was given back in 2008 and that is to, "bring prayer to those that no longer come to My Father's house." The products are a nice way to subsidize it and are my means to an end. It is solely by the grace and goodness of God that I'm still able to do this, and have done it, through many health and family crises. 

In November of last year, I faced an incredible setback when someone created a fake instagram account, stole my identity of the facebook business page, and then posted erotic and disturbing posts. Meta took down every single thing I ever did on Facebook, including my personal page, biz page and marketplace listings. There was nothing of me, or Glory Glory Gifts left on there.  I ceased to exist on there, after 15 years of hard work and dedication to my thousand followers. It was a tough decision, but, in February I decided to just create a new page on there for myself. Last month, I created the Glory Glory Gifts Prayer Page. I actually prayed for direction and that is exactly what I got, direction. Alleluia! So the new page was born. 

Also last year, our house was completely gutted and the interior rebuilt because of issues. All products were removed from the website and the ebay store was open only a few days over a 7-month period. Literally half of our products were removed from it as well, so our sales were erratic and 1/8 of prior years. Sigh. The very good news is that both sites are once again up and operating and we are all settled into our newly refurbished home space. Products are being added almost daily to our ebay store, we are restocking out of stock items and bringing in new collections! 

The moral of the story? Keep going! If God has given you a mission to accomplish, well then do it through all of the obstacles that you come across. If God brought you to it, He will bring you through it. (Which reminds me, I got a new St. Benedict medal hanging from my neck.) (Look! Squirrel!) 

 This week, we will be replenishing many of our popular items, like our auto statuettes, mini-prayer books and our very popular Blessed Trinity Book of Catholic prayers. They should be in by Friday. 

Moving onward and upward with great enthusiasm, I'm introducing some new products that we are getting in May. How AMAZING are these?  Prices start at $43.99 USD.

 

We also have two new collections of framed art available right now at the ebay store, with gold and silver leaf frames that are 3.5" x 4.5", made in Italy. Currently $24.99 with free shipping.

Beautiful!! Aren't they? You can find all of these products at the Ebay store. We look forward to working with you. https://www.ebay.com/str/gloryglorygifts.

Have a blessed day in the Lord.

Mare