October Featured Etsy Blogger: Made By Melissa

Madebymelissa, with the Etsy Bloggers Team since the beginning, makes hand crocheted items and jewelry. Check out all of her items at http://madebymelissa.etsy.com.

Here are some "beautimous" items from her shop :)

Halloween Charm Earrings


Camo Baby/Toddler Blanket

Face Cloths

Brown Scarf
Midnight Purple Mohair Scarf

Featured September Etsy Blogger: Designs by Vanessa

This month's Etsy Blogger, Designs by Vanessa, has an adorable shop filled with lovely jewelry and handmade cards with a "birdie" theme. You can find these great items in her shop at http://designsbyvanessa.etsy.com.


Be sure to check out other Etsy Bloggers by searching "etsybloggers team" on Etsy.com!

-Suzanne

Featured June Etsy Blogger: LazyTCrochet!

This month's Featured Etsy Blogger is LazyTCrochet. Check out their knit and crochet fashions and accessories (wearable shawls, shrugs, sweaters) at http://www.lazytcrochet.etsy.com.

They feature one-of-a-kind designs like these cuties .... not to mention more hats, scarves, and custom goodies :)


Have fun shopping! -Suzanne

Featured Etsy Blogger Artist: TwoZanyZebras

Check out this months Etsy Blogger - TwoZanyZebras! These wonderful children's items ranging from baby bibs to blankets to onesies to t-shirts adorned with fun monsters and critters can be found at http://twozanyzebras.etsy.com. Don't forget to check out the blog too - http://www.twozanyzebras.blogspot.com.

Featured Etsy Blogger Artist: DesignbyNora

This active Etsy Bloggers Team member, DesignbyNora, features adorable stud earrings, handbags, and an array of miscellaneous items. Stop into her shop at http://designbynora.etsy.com and get a jump start on Spring with these wonderful pics! Featuring free shipping on an assortment of items :)

Check out these bright little star earrings .... just perfect for Summer and Fourth of July!

What a pretty little purse to go with those dainty spring dresses.....

These pretty little earrings would go beautifully with bridesmaid dresses in Springtime!

Featured Etsy Blogger Artist: Spotted Cow Soaps

Featured Etsy Blogger Artist: Spotted Cow Soaps

So, I went into this thinking.."okay, I'll do my artist feature on the Etsy Blogger this month real quick and be done." I checked out with three items about ten minutes later and never did my article!

Spotted Cow Soaps offers a wonderful array of goodies for yourself or your gift recipient this holiday season. They offer yummy and relaxing soaps such as this:

And sugar scrubs such as this that look good enough to eat!:

Lovely packaging such as this that will make your gift look outstanding (my candle packaging matches, you know:):

And body lotions that sound absolutely wonderful!:

And for those of us with allergies, they have delightful handmade scrubbies and wash cloths for the shower (of course I bought one!):

The customer service was outstanding and I highly recommend you take a peek at this great shop! Check them out at: http://spottedcowsoaps.etsy.com/.

-Suzanne

http://blisscandles.etsy.com/

Fabulous Find: Happy Hippo 3 Piece Gift Set

I came across this adorable set when searching for fellow EtsyBloggers Team members. How cute would your little one be in this outfit, handmade by Candy Stick Lane, for Christmas?

The set inludes your choice of a long or short sleeve custom onesie, Happy Hippo Easy Wearing Elastic Waist Pants, and our fabulous burpie.~Burpies are a stylish and affordable addition to your little sweeties wardrobe accessories.This Burpie is made from Cotton fabric wrapped around high quality, super absorbent cloth diaper.

Check it out here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_14&listing_id=16158467&show_panel=true

-Suzanne

Fabulous Find: Soft Knit Neckwarmer

With the winter storm that is coming today, wouldn't this neckwarmer by LazyTcrochet be a great find?! This neckwarmer, in steel grey, would be a perfect gift for mom, sister, aunt, or yourself this Christmas. Check it out here:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_5&listing_id=17969982

-Suzanne

Fragrance Review: Cozy Home

My first fragrance review is on a fragrance that to many is second to no other - Cozy Home.

Cozy Home is a wonderful intermingling of sweet, crisp apple and sweet kitchen spices. The scent throw in my soy candles is simply amazing, fragrancing at least two rooms in my home. This is not one to buy in small quantities. I highly suggest at least a 16 oz jar if not the 26 oz because you will be very disappointed when the candle is gone. This candle is ivory in color to match any decor.

Keep an eye out for upcoming "you choose the color" listings. You will be able to order your favorite fragrance, regardless of what it is, in holiday colors!

Stop by my shop and sniff around a bit! You may have a hard time leaving :)

-Suzanne

Etsy Bloggers Holiday Sale

Another Great Feature and a Treasury!

I have been mentioned again in an awesome blog for one of my teams - DesignStyleGuide!

http://designstyleguide.blogspot.com/2008/11/spanish-influence.html

And...I am also in another treasury by one of my favorite teams - EtsyBloggers! Woo hoo!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=33066

-Suzanne

Etsy Bloggers Blog Carnival Post

What are you working on?

I am very excited about my new gift boxed items. I found these adorable boxes featuring an array of holiday colors. What could be easier for my customers than ordering the item already boxed and shipped right to the recipient?!

I am also anxiously awaiting my Candy Cane fragrance oil so I can do layered Premium 16 oz Jars (Red, White, Red). How fun will those be?

Oh, and I also have new fragrances! I had a customer request for a duplicate of the HB Firewood fragrance and I found it. It actually really smells like a fireplace! Plus I found another one that smells like a campfire - Crackling Campfire. Also added this week is the ever popular duplicate, Apple Jack and Peel!

-Suzanne

Featured Etsy Bloggers Artist: Storybeader

Featured Etsy Bloggers Artist: Storybeader

1. What is your shop name and what do you sell? My shop is called storybeader and I sell one-of-a-kind jewelry and other fun beaded items

2. What is your shop URL? http://storybeader.etsy.com/

3. What is your blog URL? http://storybeader.blogspot.com/

4. When did you start selling on Etsy? in Feb 2008

5. What is your favorite thing about Etsy? it's the community of Etsybloggers I've met. They're the best! Etsybloggers Rock!

6. What is your favorite thing about what you sell? are you talking about the jewelry as a whole? I enjoy working with beads and colors. I also like to be able to write stories to go with the necklaces.

7. What is your favorite item in your own shop and why? I don't have one favorite item - sure you hear that a lot! It's more like a favorite technique: my treasure necklaces. They can tell such a sweet story and the colors and textures - you can go wild!

8. What teams do you belong to? My most active team is the Etsybloggers. I also joined the OKESTYs when I first came to selling on Etsy (I live in Oklahoma.) Recently I joined the BBEST (Boomers team), but there aren't enough hours in a day to be active everywhere. And I love my bloggers!

9. What is the most fun thing you do to promote your shop? Write and direct people to my blog!

10. What are some of your favorite finds by other sellers on Etsy? I'm always on the lookout for turtles - can't list all of them. I found a great olive tray, by lurearts. I love ceramics. But my favorite favorites is the Storyteller, by wildeyedesign (I wrote about it on an early blog.) One day I'll buy it!

11. What do you do in your spare time? What spare time? LOL I love to read, and if I'm not working or taking care of my business (storybeader), I'm either spending time with DH, reading, or exercising. Not much cleaning going on in this girl's house!

12. What blogs do you follow? I follow all my fella etsybloggers, and try to comment on their blogs. And BlogTalkRadio is something new to me. I've been dropping cards through Entrecard, and follow some blogs through that.


13. Do you have anything else you would like to share? One thing I've found about starting your own business is to keep focused. Everyone knows that it is so easy to get sidetracked online. And don't forget your family - it's easy to do, especially if you don't have children.

Featured Etsy Shop: Plumstars

Featured Etsy Shop: Plumstars

1. What is your shop name and what do you sell?
plumstars - notecards, gift tags and all paper fun!

2. What is your shop URL?
http://www.plumstars.etsy.com/

3. What is your blog URL?
http://plumstars.blogspot.com/

4. When did you start selling on Etsy?
I signed up for an etsy account at the beginning of August and listed items around the second week. I've only been on etsy selling for almost 2 months.

5. What is your favorite thing about Etsy?
I love all of the unique handmade items and the wonderful artists who make them. The teams are so supportive and the over-all community is the ideal setting for a handmade store.

6. What is your favorite thing about what you sell?
I love paper! I am quite obsessed with all things paper - notecards, gift tags, journals - and to create these items just adds to the crazy-ness!

7. What is your favorite item in your own shop and why?
My favorite item in my shop is the recycled Magic Fairy Chocolate Journal. Its adorable!! :) And with the brown paper inside it looks like a chocolate bar.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15710655

8. What teams do you belong to?
California Crafters Club of Etsy (CCCOE) - EtsyBloggers Team - Etsy Artist Lounge - Etsy Trade-a-holics

9. What is the most fun thing you do to promote your shop?
I've done lots of giveaways, usually sponsored by another artist on their blog. Its a great way for everyone to get exposure, as well as having lots of traffic come through plumstars.

10. What are some of your favorite finds by other sellers on Etsy?
I love saveourhome.etsy.com - I got an adorable clutch from them. I also love the scents of the soaps from jadewicks.etsy.com, to die for!

11. What do you do in your spare time?
Spare time...what's that?!? I'm also in school getting a teaching credential, as well as having a fabulous boyfriend, friends and family that take up all of my extra, socializing time too. I'm perpetually busy and love it!

12. What blogs do you follow?
I follow http://blissbyheather.blogspot.com/ - she has wonderful sewn products - http://blissbyheather.blogspot.com/ - adorable items and always posting! I also follow a non-etsy related blog, http://postsecret.blogspot.com/ - I'm totally addicted to Post Secret!!

Featured Etsy Shop: Dream Mist Crafts

Featured Etsy Shop: Dream Mist Crafts

1. What is your shop name and what do you sell? Dream Mist Crafts

2. What is your shop URL? http://dorothywyn.etsy.com/

3. What is your blog URL? http://dorothywyn.blogspot.com/

4. When did you start selling on Etsy? 15-Jun (btw, I was Ms Million at that time. I could hardly believe that when I received Vanessa conv & email)

5. What is your favorite thing about Etsy? I love the community. People are so helpful here. I've got difficult time at the beginning and got much support in the forums.

6. What is your favorite thing about what you sell? The cute fabrics, I love them so much and want to share them with the others. I try to turn them into something useful so that the others can see them daily.

7. What is your favorite item in your own shop and why? Well, frankly, I love all items in my shop :P If I have to choose one, it should be the 'Tangram Series - Handmade Colorful Swan on a Lake Drawstring Bag' which is also my avatar. I like the color of the swan. Tangram puzzles have some special meaning to me, it is the first gift I got from my husband (boyfriend at that time).

8. What teams do you belong to? I've just joined DIY Scene, HOST, Etsy Bloggers and SquidEtsians.

9. What is the most fun thing you do to promote your shop? Hanging around in different networks, knowing friends around the world.

10. What are some of your favorite finds by other sellers on Etsy? There are many :P You can see the long list of my favorite sellers. I especially like the following:
http://gorjuss.etsy.com/
http://patchworkpottery.etsy.com/
http://seaviewcards.etsy.com/
http://icinginmykitchen.etsy.com/

11. What do you do in your spare time? Watching Japanese anime or comics, reading

12. What blogs do you follow? Your blog :P http://blisscandles.blogspot.com/ , http://buriedtreasury.blogspot.com/ , and also some Hong Kong blog in Chinese. Actually I have just known about 'follower' function of blogger recently. I used to go to the other blogs through the bloglist of my blog

13. Do you have anything else you would like to share? Time may be tough due to the poor economy, but we may get ourselves prepared before the situation improves. Also, thank you for featuring my shop !