Monday, February 2, 2009

Give em Some Love Part 8

I decided at least twice a week i will spotlight shops who have had no sales (or only 1 or 2 sales) to give them a little time in the sun! They are all beautiful shops who deserve a little love! So i hope you come back and check out who i feature! You never know what favorite you might just discover!

Say Hello to Stephanie at Mulryjewels! She is an opera singer (how cool is that!) who creates stunning pieces of jewelry!


♥♥♥ How did you hear about Etsy and what made you decide to sell here?

Funny enough I heard about etsy from a friend of a friend whow saw my jewelry and told me about HER friend who sells on etsy and does very well (dont remember the name though).

I saw how creative all of the sellers were and it seemed like an amazing community to be a part of. These people were really creating art and not just trying to make money. I fell in love and signed on that day.


♥♥♥ What is your one Dream or Goal?

My true goal is to be a full time opera singer with a sucessful jewelry business. This allows me to keep creating musicall and artistically. I'm a true pisces, I guess.



♥♥♥ What one Celebrity would you just love see wearing one of your pieces?

My number one celebrity to wear my jewelry is by Far "the big O." I actually considered (today) sending some pieces to her just as a thank you for teaching people how to live their best life. That is probably totally corny but it is SO how I feel. I would also love someone like Kate Wynslet to wear some of my more classic and elegant pieces. I want Queen Latifa to wear my more bold pieces. Then, of course, Michelle Obama can wear whatever she wants!


Thanks Stephanie for sharing your shop with us!! Wishing you lots of luck and lots of sales! :)


Yep, Stay Tuned, there's more lovely shops to come! :)

Friday, January 30, 2009

Give em Some Love Part 7

I decided at least twice a week i will spotlight shops who have had no sales (or only 1 or 2 sales) to give them a little time in the sun! They are all beautiful shops who deserve a little love! So i hope you come back and check out who i feature! You never know what favorite you might just discover!

Todays Feature is brand new! She just joined Etsy this month and i just love her shop name! Welcome FatFaceCreations! She creates lovely cards, bookmarks and gift tags from her own original photographs.



♥♥♥ How did you hear about Etsy and what made you decide to start selling here?

I found Etsy last year while looking for custom jewelry. Photography has always been a passion of mine and I recently decided to see if I could sell a few pieces and instantly thought Etsy would be the perfect place.



♥♥♥ What gives you inspiration to make your pieces?

My 16 month old daughter IS my inspiration. I currently have the privilege to stay at home with her full-time and watch her grow. Watching her grow from a tiny little infant into a little girl is something I cherish and would not trade for anything in this world.


♥♥♥ What is your one true Goal/Dream?

My goal is to be a good mom to my daughter and help her grow up to become a strong, amazing woman. My dream is to pursue my photography further and hopefully one day make it my career.


♥♥♥ If there was one celebrity you could see buying one of your pieces, who would it be?

One word - Oprah. Her "Favorite Things" show is one of my FAVORITE things to watch and I would love to be one of her favorites. (side note - wouldn't we all!! lol )

Also, She is offering a wonderful deal to her first buyer! To celebrate the opening of her new shop, the first person who buys anything in her shop and she will double your entire order. Purchase a set of note cards and get two for the price of one. Purchase two sets of note cards and get four for the price of two. And so on. - Now isn't that a great deal!!

Thanks FatFaceCreations for Letting Us Peer Into your lovely Shop!


Come back soon for Part 8!!

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Give em Some Love Part 6

I decided at least twice a week i will spotlight shops who have had no sales (or only 1 or 2 sales) to give them a little time in the sun! They are all beautiful shops who deserve a little love! So i hope you come back and check out who i feature! You never know what favorite you might just discover!

Please meet Elizabeth at Shortysgourmettreats! She makes wonderful all natural gourmet pet treats for our little furry friends! How cool is that???!



♥♥♥ How Did you Find out about Etsy and Decide to start selling here?

I found out about etsy through my eldest daughter, Samantha. She runs her own shop, www.veryvintage.etsy.com on here and encouraged me to start my own business and shop and sell the treats that I have been making for my dogs for ages!


♥♥♥ What Inspires you?

My two dogs are my biggest inspiration. I have a long haired German Shepherd, Pokey, who is my baby! and a lab/golden mix named Sunny. I love my pets dearly, they are a huge part of our family and I wanted to make sure they had healthy, nourishing, yet tasty treats for them to eat!




♥♥♥ What is your one main Dream/Goal?

My main goal is to open my own little dog bakery boutique. I would love to have it all dogged out and would love to have repeat customers coming to my bakery to enjoy my treats. I would also love to have it be a quaint little boutique on the side, so owners could enjoy cute dog trinkets.


♥♥♥ What one celebrity would you just love to see buy your treats for their furry friend?

It would be the dog whisperer, Cesar Millan. It would be a great honor to me for him to actually feed his precious pets my gourmet treats. If he were to buy my treats, I would consider my shop and treats to have really made it and broken through! :)

For a little extra added fun, i found this on her shop page! A true inside look!



Come back for Part 7! Could it be YOU???!

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Give em Some Love Part 5

I decided at least twice a week i will spotlight shops who have had no sales (or only 1 or 2 sales) to give them a little time in the sun! They are all beautiful shops who deserve a little love! So i hope you come back and check out who i feature! You never know what favorite you might just discover!


Give a Warm Welcome to Lissa at HodJewelry! She has such a fun shop that features not just beautiful jewelry but so cute and sweet kawaii supplies!


♥♥♥ How did you hear about Etsy?

I heard about etsy from ebay forum and start to sell here because i found the items is different and gorgeous, i found so many talented artist and i have to admit the community is very very nice and helpful :)






♥♥♥ What Inspires you?

- My inspiration is from everywhere, could be from television,megazine,or etsy sometimes my family too


♥♥♥ What is your one main Goal/Dream?

My goal is to make more lovely design and also maintain my shops so i could got sales everyday. I love doing online business it has no boundary and fun.


♥♥♥ What one celebrity would you just love to see sporting one of your pieces?

Nicole Kidman...she is amazing!

Thanks Lissa for letting us sneak into your shop for a bit!!

Come back in a few days for Part 5! See who's next!

Friday, January 23, 2009

Valentine's Day Contest Entries! Come See and Vote!

Welcome to our First Handmade Valentine's Day Contest! Yay!!

Thanks to everyone who has helped out ( round of applause to my cohort Sarah especially!) And a big Woot Woot to all those who entered!! Its been such fun seeing all the entries get posted! Below you will see all the entries posted (as of right now - though there might be some late comers) They are pictured exactly in the order that they are listed in the voting thread to make it as easy as possible!


To vote, simply heart the item! Thats it! Just Heart it! You may vote/heart more than one entry! (i know i will be!) and be sure to check out our voting thread all week ! We will be giving out lots of random prizes to just anyone who chats and posts in the thread. So yes, anyone could win a prize! Below are just a couple of prizes that are going to be given out. But there will be lots more! ( you will have to come to the THREAD to find out though :D )


Here are the actual entry links in order as pictured above:

♥♥♥Entries:

1. missknits - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20065611
1b. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20066080
2. bitsfrommissknits - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20115864
3. sarahinflorida - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19747513
3b. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20075054
4. theknitbrit - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19901959
5. fuzzylumpkincrochet - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20002229
6. creativeborders - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19408609
7. chickscratch - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19997636
8. kimsbeads - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20128329
9. giggle47 - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20120194
10. boutiquepillows - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20075954
11. thecozyloft - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20117077
12. sunraven0 - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19877972
13. leogistic - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19472978
14. cahabaconfections - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19536001
15. jessejanes - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20121247
16. elizabear - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20104276
17. Krishenka - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19682481
18. zappyturtle - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20088172
19. spiritedwoodland - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19793774
20. liquidsabre - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19815105
21. lizardqueenjewelry - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20137721
22. CreationsbyChristina - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20140987
23. gopita - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20147654

Thanks all For Voting!! And Don't Forget to Come Hang out with us Here for more Fun!!

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