This edition of Etsy Love Stories involves ElenaMary and an anonymous shopper. Their story is one of shop owner and loyal patron, joined by their love of bookmaking. Enjoy!

I have a buyer from Georgia who returns every so often when I have a new batch of unique books listed and buys them all up. She has been returning for years now and has the largest collection of my work anywhere. She is so dear and I feel like I know her.

She is a grandma and tells me she likes to share my books with her (26!) grandkids so they can learn to make their own books. I had not sold anything in a while and last week she swooped in and bought 9 items from me, one being a book priced at $100 (which I thought I would never sell on Etsy). I have a special affinity with her, as I am a first time grandma with a gorgeous seven month old granddaughter who I hope to teach bookmaking to one day.

I have asked her to leave feedback in my shop after a sale but she never does. I think she does not know how or can't be bothered. She has no favorites listed and never reads the Forums,  I am sure. She is the best kind of buyer there could ever be: an admirer of my aesthetic, pure and simple. I feel blessed!

What's your Etsy Love Story? Share the love this Valentine's Day!