Featured Etsy Seller # 10 - Personal Treasures

PERSONAL TREASURES IMPECABLE TASTE!

Phyllis Mufson is a jewelry artisan and a creative career and small business coach. She started making jewelry while directing the Locks Career Center at Moore College of Art & Design, an inspiring environment where she worked with wonderfully creative people.

Her design is absolutely refined, she manages to assemble different materials with filigran lightness, but at the same time very sophisticated.I just would feel like one million dollars wearing this necklace

I also admire how she adds beads with diferent shades of the same color, but not in a common degradé effect, but creating a new pallete that offers a fresh new combination!


If you want to add cool sophistication to your look, go and get it at Personal Treasures!!

http://PersonalTreasures.etsy.com

Featured Etsy Seller # 9 - Personality Plus Boutique

This feature is dedicated to Personality Plus Boutique!

The perfect choice for all of us who love to customize!!

AdrienneN is dedicated to bringing you unique, quality embroidered gifts at an unbeatable price! She loves to customize orders so if you want something specific let her know and she will let you know what she can do.

This is an absolutely fabulous tote for church or anywhere else around town, letting everybody know that you are a valued daughter of God. What an original idea!

You get to choose your color of tote as well as the color of the thread writing.

Take a look at this Birthday party-favors!

What a great party idea! Get each of your party goers a customized t-shirt! You can have it made up to fit in with the theme of your party and your party goers will be able to remember long after the party what fun they had.

This is such a great gift idea! Take a quality, big white fluffy towel and add your recipients name and baptism date in the color of your choice. Then they will include a great poem on being baptized, printed on a glossy, photo quality paper. Making it perfect memorabilia to use on your special persons baptism scrapbook page.

Gift Hint: This makes a really cute gift if you include a small bag of candy in the same color as the thread (probably the persons fav. color).

This can be a lasting keepsake and very unique gift!


Adrienne also has a blog called Personality: another mom and daughter team! They have wanted to start our own business for years, and they have finally done it! Charlotte is the Mom. She is the mother of 4 and Grandma to 18! She has worked as a seamstress for years and has done commercial embroidery for over 15 years! Adrienne is the daughter and she is the mom to 4 and step mom to 3. (or 5...She has 2 step daughters that she still lovingly claims from her first marriage, and 3 step children from her current marriage.) Adrienne teaches Preschool out of her home and loves children!

Now, what are you waiting for?

Put your desires together and order the bag, blanket or t-shirt of your dreams!!!

AdrienneN on Etsy: http://adriennen.etsy.com/

Their blog: http://www.personalityplusboutique.blogspot.com/

Their website: http://www.personalityplusboutique.com/

Featured Etsy Seller # 8 - Creative Sundries

My featured seller today is Creative Sundries!

This is a mother-daughter/friend-friend team in Minnesota.

They specialize in vintage treasures and unusual ephemera, as well as handmade ATCs, notecards, crocheted cuffs, and jewelry.

I must talk about this one item that speaks to my soul:

the Total Disregard for the Rules Necklace!!

It is dedicated to the spirit of children, who inspire me with their vision, and sometimes mischief. Whether you're a rule-enforcer or rule-breaker--or both--this necklace could spark a lively discussion on the merits and dangers of running up and or down a slide.

As the artistic director of T4G, my theater company which presents avant-garde plays for children, I totally identify myself with this!

I just love all this pendants they create! I'm about to make a jumbo order to Germany, right in time for Xmas presents!

Do visit their shop at etsy! http://CreativeSundries's shop
Their blog: http://creativesundries.blogspot.com/
Like me, they are also member of teh fabulous INDIEPUBLIC: http://indiepublic.com/profile/creativesundries

Promobags are almost ready for the oven!

We are now 12 Sellers on the Dawanda Promobags in Köln!

At ContasKoelnhttp://en.dawanda.com/list/ContasKoeln/9413-PROMOBAGS-in-KoelnHier-... At ContasKoeln Beadshttp://en.dawanda.com/list/bebedesoares/7556-Promobags-Hier-sind-di...

Direct hotline to Santa!

This great idea was posted by Fearless Fibers in her blog. Just what one needs for Xmas! It's a direct hotline to Santa!! Take a look!

The World’s Greatest Holiday Shopping ListMost of you are all familiar with my Etsy shop, but I wonder how many of you know about a great Etsy feature that you might just use yourself this holiday season?I’m talking about the “Favorites” feature on Etsy. Although it’s not meant to be specifically a wish list for holiday shopping, you can easily use it to your advantage that way. It’s simple. Just login to your Etsy account (if you don’t have one, registering is simple and requires no detailed personal information beyond your e-mail address and name), and then browse around to find things you love. When you come upon an item of interest, within the listing description you’ll see a link on the lower right side that says “Add Item to Favorites.” Just click that link and the item will be marked as a “favorite.” Now here’s the fun part. When your husband or sister or best friend or mother asks what you might like as a gift this holiday season, you can point them to your list. All they have to do is type your Etsy ID name in their browser, followed by ".etsy.com." (For example, my username is fearlessfibers, so my URL is: http://fearlessfibers.etsy.com) Even if you don’t have a shop on Etsy, a page still comes up and on that page there is a link that says, “Favorites.” There, your gift-giving loved ones can find your wish list. How cool is that?! If you have no shame (I know I don’t!), you can even go to your favorites list when it’s complete, copy the URL and e-mail it to that husband or sister or best friend or mother.One important thing to note: If you decide to create a holiday wish list this way, be sure to check back every few days. If items on your list are sold or removed from the site by the seller, you may want to remove them from your favorites so that your shopping friends and family won't become frustrated if they find that the items you've marked are unavailable.
And, of course, if you are more of the giving sort and not so interested in your own wish list, you can ask your friends and family to make their own wish lists to help you out with your shopping this holiday season.Just thought you all might like to know about this feature. It’s much easier to drop a URL than a subtle hint ;)

Featured Etsy Seller # 7 - KALA

My 7th. featured seller is Karen from KALA!

I was mesmerized by this print the first time I saw it!

I must say it still has the same effect!

She has an amazing sense for colours, there is one word to describe her work: delicacy!

Some lines about her:

Karen Jinks (otherwise know as Kala) has an illustration degree from Norwich School of Art & Design, and now lives in Cambridge with her partner and 2 little ones. Karen specializes in stationery, gifts and accessories for weddings and christenings. She also loves collage, illustration and textiles. Additionally, she also makes knitted and crocheted bags, fluffy animals and jewelery and occasionally gets the sewing machine out if she is feeling adventurous!

Karen loves to create and has trouble deciding what to so you’ll find a bit of just about everything in her shop!

She is a true artist, and these are my favorites!

Do visit her shop at Etsy to find out which are yours!

Kala: http://Kala.etsy.com

Don't miss her beautiful Blog: http://akhotdoggies.blogspot.com/2007/11/karen-jinks-aka-kala.html

Abd her website: http://chalkhillstudio.co.uk/shop/

Promobags in Köln! It's still time to join!

This is a photo from my promobags in Köln! It is full of goodies already, but I need at least 5 more participants! C'mon gals, it's free promotion directly to potential customers!

The list of participants:

1. Sara Textures Crafts

2. ContasBrasil

3. Le Bar du vent

4. Sunwind's Pallette

5. Hoert

6.Chicoumi

Another 3 sellers showed their interest but haven't yet sent their goodies.

ContasBrasil shop opens Nov. 15!!

Just in time for all that crazy Xmas Shopping!!

Featured Etsy Seller # 6 - Sweetirie Originals

SWEETIRIE ORIGINALS or... The Name of the Cat!

Sweet Irie name came about from the newest addition to this art student's family; her kitten, Irie. Her name means supreme joy!

I am fascinated about the figure of this cat, so I will feature here, not only the jewelry but also...Irie!!

Sweetirie makes me think about Egypt, luxurious jewelry, Cleopatra!

Didn't they have a god with a cat's head? Irie is for sure a relative...

What dignity in this cat's poise! (and of course, I love these earrings!)

This is Sweetirie Originals Etsy shop: http://sweetirie.etsy.com/

This is her blog: http://www.sweetirieoriginals.blogspot.com/

The HOME of the IRIE cat!!

Featured Etsy Seller # 5 - Earmark

My feature today is EARMARK Invitations! -

Create Happiness - Paperie goodness for YOU!

CREATE HAPPINESS! That's a very ambitious goal! Bridgete and Mike are dedicated to providing their clients with the finest quality materials and unique, fresh designs. They take their customers wishes really seriously: the end product is absolutely stunning!


"We are here to create happiness. We strive to bring out the creativity and imagination in you. Our first and foremost goal is to make you, the client completely pleased, not only with our product but with our service. We will do everything we can to make this process a smooth and pleasurable experience for you. No matter what your request is we will work to accommodate everything your heart desires."

My architect side has also an obsession with paper products! It was at the same time a joy but also a torture to choose which items from their shop I should feature here!

I choose something from their website, http://www.earmarkinvitations.com/, because it conveys the "State of Art" element that perpetrates throughout their creations:

What a love for detail! Check the creativity, the adequate choice of material and form, the sophisticated final results! I'm your #1 fan!

A little bit about Earmark's creators:

Bridgette Salvon-Berndt (Founder Co-Owner) assisted a fellow knottie in 2003 on creating her invitations and thus Earmark Invitations was born. Her love for paper, style, typography and design made the stationery industry a perfect fit and a wonderful outlet for her creativity. She has been creating unique and sophisticated invitations, stationery and accessories for the past two years and is still in love with each design she creates. She works with each client as if they were her friends. Often times she maintains conversation long after the invitations are sent out. Her personality and passion make her a pleasure to work with. You can be sure that the final product will be nothing less then perfect.

Michael Berndt (Co-Owner Partner in Crime) is a new addition to the Earmark family. He has been working in the graphic design industry for the past seven years and has recently decided to make himself an official owner of Earmark Invitations. Michael brings a new and fresh design style to EI. His styles touch on the more masculine side of invitations, making not only the brides happy but the grooms as well. He is a typography master and creativity is just bursting out of him. His ideas are unique and his executions are perfect. Mike's personality is very refreshing--he is easy and fun to work with, and you will not be disappointed by him or his amazing ability to create exactly what you are looking for.

To those of you that live in San Diego, you can see them at the OB Farmer's Market, every Wednesday Night from 4-8 in the evenings in Ocean Beach! Tell them you are from etsy and get a free card with your purchase!

Earmark's Etsy shop: http://earmark.etsy.com/
Their lovely blog Create hapiness: http://eigreetings.blogspot.com/
Their stunning website: http://www.earmarkinvitations.com/index.html

If you are interested in carrying their lines of greetings, stationery or invitations please feel free to contact them via etsy or through their business email at: bsb@earmarkinvitations.com

Dawanda promotion at STYLEHIVE!

Sara, the english editor for the DaWanda Shop Directory has added a style hive for the shop directory at http://www.stylehive.com/person/DaWandaShopDirectoryEditor/grid

Everytime she finds one of you she will follow you and save your items so that they show on the directory. Make sure you add the 'DaWanda' tag!

I'm already in!

VOTE AND WIN! A DaWanda competition!

12 DaWanda sellers organised a friendly competition - trying to come up with the most attractive pinboard on a given theme. This month: Red and Green. We are actually so friendly that anyone voting on this may win the prize of their choice, picked among creations by three of these oh-so-friendly and creative sellers.
In order to vote, look up our pinboards, entitled Farben von DaWanda / Colours of DaWanda / Morceaux Choisis, and leave a message here, under this post, stating which pinboard you give your vote to and which prize you would like to get. Voting stops on November 22nd. Favourite pinboard and winning voter to be proclaimed on November 25th.
This is being posted in three languages but each Dawandian may only vote once, on the forum of their choice.
The Pinboards to vote on:
Birdlandcreations - http://en.dawanda.com/list/Birdlandcreations/8463-Colours-of-Dawanda

Chicoumi - http://fr.dawanda.com/list/chicoumi/8635-mOrceauX-ChOiSis

ContasKoeln - http://de.dawanda.com/list/ContasKoeln/8476-Die-Farben-von-DaWanda-

Glamasaurus - http://en.dawanda.com/list/glamasaurus/8480-Colors-of-Dawanda

Glassprimitif - http://en.dawanda.com/list/Glassprimitif/8509-Colours-of-Dawanda

Le Bar du Vent - http://fr.dawanda.com/list/meherio68/8472-Morceaux-Choisis

Lunaitalia - http://fr.dawanda.com/list/lunaitaliana/8553-morceaux-choisis

Maginette - http://fr.dawanda.com/list/maginette/8503-morceaux-choisis

MarikaJewelry - http://en.dawanda.com/list/MarikaJewelry/8477-Colors-of-Dawanda-com Paranoire - http://de.dawanda.com/list/ParaNoire/8500-Colors-of-Dawanda

Saras Texture Crafts - http://en.dawanda.com/list/SarasTextureCrafts/8395-Colours-of-DaWan

Tarzanne - http://fr.dawanda.com/list/Tarzanne/8516-MORCEAUX-CHOISIS-COLOURS-O


And the prizes to chose from: http://fr.dawanda.com/list/meherio68/8458-Cadeaux-Prizes

ENGLISH thread:
http://en.dawanda.com/topic/18/10248

GERMAN thread:
http://en.dawanda.com/topic/4/10274

FRENCH thread:

Don't leave your vote here! Post it on the chosen Forum thread at DaWanda website!

Featured Seller # 4 - WanderlustNpixiedust

Today I have the pleasure of featuring WanderlustNpixiedust!

After entering her shop, I feel like I had just visited a

flea market in Gent or in Bordeaux! (My favorite ones!)

WANDERLUST loves antique and vintage everything. Just like me! Clothing, jewelry, linens, textiles, anything beveled, books, ephemera, you name it. The older the better. In her spare time she likes to dabble in all things crafty.

From her etsy shop I find quite interesting these soldered pendants she makes using antique cards, for instance, of religious iconography. Very much in the spirit of the little „Santinhas“ (Saints) we sometimes add to our jewelry at ContasBrasil.

Of course I’m fascinated by the vintage glass beads she offers!

Exquisite colors that inspire me right away.

She has recently begun a blog of her own where she shares bits and pieces of the buried treasure she’s collected over the years. And I must say whem I look at it, that Wanderlust has a collection one can’t help but simply envy!

Check it out if you have the time: http://wanderlustnpixiedust.typepad.com/

I love to read Wanderlust’s descriptions! It’s so very true! The moment you decide to part from something, you realize how unique exactly that one little piece is...and maybe „doch“ will decide to keep it. But that’s only because what she has to offer are truly hard-to-find items, collected with love over a period of time.
For instance, this lovely little antique metal frame. The image you see in the photo is just a piece of tissue paper that she inserted into the frame to get an idea of how it would look. Of course after she did this she was tempted to keep it!!Just lovely!

I also love the way she describes her beautiful postcards!

„...All original, unused, vintage postcards from the wild and crazy flapper era. These are wonderful to use in altered art projects. And since these are in such great condition,

I would highly recommend keeping them as is. Preferably you will just scan these into your computer to use over and over again.“

Very sweet!

Thank you Wanderlust for sharing with us your treasure!

Just click on the link and visit this inspiring shop!

http://wanderlustnpixiedust.etsy.com/

WanderlustNpixiedust

Vintage, altered art supplies. Handmade jewelry.