Featured Etsy Shop: Fairy Fae

Featured Etsy Shop: FairyFae

1. What is your shop name and what do you sell? My shop name is FairyFae and I sell images of my original fairy paintings. The images are prints which I make into greeting cards, ACEOs and larger prints for wall art.

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

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

4. When did you start selling on Etsy? September 7, 2008

5. What is your favorite thing about Etsy? The community!

6. What is your favorite thing about what you sell? The creativity and the other-worldliness.

7. What is your favorite item in your own shop and why? I think I love the Basil Fairy the most. I worked hard on her and she is beautiful. I took photos of my own home-grown Basil for some of the images in the painting.

8. What teams do you belong to? I belong to the POEST team! Pagans Of Etsy Street Team

9. What is the most fun thing you do to promote your shop? Blogging. It is terrific fun!

10. What are some of your favorite finds by other sellers on Etsy? Navajo handmade goat soap by Itafrank. She also has lots of other items in her shop. CardinalDesigns has terrific medicine bags that are so magical, as well as art gourds.

11. What do you do in your spare time? Spare time? What is that? Just kidding. I love to garden. But now most of the gardening season is over so I love to hike. I take my dogs with me. I also have 2 cats and 2 birds.

12. What blogs do you follow? I follow Blackfeatherfarm, Gypsymarestudios and Katherine a.k.a. Kathie's Corner, but my blog is very new and I want to follow some more!

13. Do you have anything else you would like to share? I would just like to say thank you very much and I would love to feature you, too! If you want to have me feature you, let's do it soon before the November is over.

Featured Etsy Shop: Sugarskull

Featured Etsy Shop: Sugarskull

*Bliss Note: This artist responded to a Forum post of mine and I was amazed at how someone could make their own stamps. If you have children, you must check out the little monsters...they are way too fun! For you scrapbookers and card makers out there, there is sure to be something that you will enjoy.

1. What is your shop name and what do you sell? Sugarskull's Little Shop of Stamps & Stuff. I mainly sell unique hand-carved rubber stamps. I also have a few paintings and other handcrafted items listed, but stamps are the real focal point.

2. What is your shop URL? http://sugarskull7.etsy.com/

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

4. When did you start selling on Etsy? I opened my shop in February of 2008 and sold paintings. I didn't begin listing rubber stamps until last June.

5. What is your favorite thing about Etsy? I love the sense of community and the mind-boggling array of beautiful handcrafted treasures. It's a pleasure to be a part of it all.

6. What is your favorite thing about what you sell? I love that the stamp itself, being hand-carved, is a piece of art..and you can create art with it as well.

7. What is your favorite item in your own shop and why? One of my favorite stamps is the "roots" stamp (http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17231332), a sort of free-form tree design. I like the sense of movement it conveys.

8. What teams do you belong to? The Etsy Dark Side Street Team

9. What is the most fun thing you do to promote your shop? I really enjoy posting photos of my work on my Flickr account, as well as maintaining a blog. Also, just trying to have a presence in the forums from time is a fun way to get some exposure and meet other Esty artists at the same time.

10. What are some of your favorite finds by other sellers on Etsy? I love Terramaya's wrist purses (http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17276842), Lizmiera's embroidered day of the dead patches (http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15603924), and Susarto's weirdo dolls (http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=11574437)

11. What do you do in your spare time? Carving stamps IS what I do in my spare time lately. I'm also an avid birdwatcher, hiker and an insatiable reader.

12. What blogs do you follow? MANY, but I've been checking Timothy Adams Designs a lot lately.

13. Do you have anything else you would like to share? Nope. :)

Featured Etsy Shop: Sleepy Hollow Prims

Featured Etsy Shop: sleepyhollowprims

1. What is your shop name and what do you sell?
My shop name is Sleepy Hollow Prims (sleepyhollowprims) and I sell mostly Halloween items such as signs, paintings, trinket boxes, and chests. Sometimes an occasional handmade doll if I have the time.

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

3. What is your blog URL?
I don't have a blog. Too busy!!

4. When did you start selling on Etsy?
March 14, 2008

5. What is your favorite thing about Etsy?
Quite frankly, I am a huge fan of their low fees and simple way. I have sold on Ebay for a long time and hopefully will make a complete move to Etsy.

6. What is your favorite thing about what you sell?
I love Halloween and plan for the Autumn and Winter holidays all year. At Easter you can always find me painting my witches!

7. What is your favorite item in your own shop and why?
I love my Sleepy Hollow Inn sign that is painted on a real tree log. It is soooo primitive and rustic. Completely unique and creepy.

8. What teams do you belong to?
HEAT and SSODS

9. What is the most fun thing you do to promote your shop?
I belong to my Etsy teams and gosipping with the girls is actually a great way to spread info on new items.

10. What are some of your favorite finds by other sellers on Etsy?
I love Wiggle Pit Primitives....cutest little Gingerbread Dolls!

11. What do you do in your spare time?
Umm, what's that? I am a stay at home Mom who homeschools my little ones and my luxury is planning what vacation comes next to take me away from the computer!

12. What blogs do you follow?
None at the moment, but definitely will start following yours!

13. Do you have anything else you would like to share?

I would love for everyone to know that I do custom work...lots to the good old USA and alot of it that has gone to Italy, Spain, many to the United Kingom, Germany, and Estonia. I actually prefer working without stencils because my handpaintings always get a huge response.

Etsy Shop Feature: Sidheforest

Featured Etsy Shop: Sidheforest

What is your shop name and what do you sell?
My shop name is Sidheforest. And I sell Surreal and Fantasy Paintings in Acrylic, Watercolor and Ink.

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

When did you start selling on Etsy?
I joined Etsy in March of this year as a buyer, and began selling this summer.

What is your favorite thing about Etsy?
Oh man! The Talent! Gobs and Gobs of Talent. I was astonished by the sheer spectrum of items I could get expertly made, by the individual who made them!

What is your favorite thing about what you sell?
I get to create my own Universe. I am an Artist. I live with paint in my hair and on my nails. And, I own one dress with no paint on it. ( For now...LOL) So the fact that I can paint all day, then sell what I love keeps me grinning from ear to ear.

What is your favorite item in your own shop and why?
My Favorite item is actually not in my store at the moment. "In the Beginning" . This one will be in the Etsy CO-OP Craft Ad in Nov. and will go on sale Oct 20 th. It can be seen on my EBSQ art page and the Sidheforest Fan site on Facebook. I love this painting because it was the first painting I did the way I wanted, in the colors I wanted, in the style I wanted, and turned out the way I wanted. As an artist I believe that "self" being a part of the art is what sets different artists apart. And "In the Beginning" was when I began to discover my own path.

What teams do you belong to?
I am not on any Etsy teams yet, I've been a bit shy. But, I think I should change that and find myself a team of two to join. Any suggestions? hehe

What is the most fun thing you do to promote your shop?
Bragging about how cool Etsy is. Too many people have not heard of Etsy and I love spreading the word. I am also absolutely head over heels for my Moo cards. But, my biggest fun promoting myself is learning to have confidence in me and my work, so that I can talk about it with others.

What are some of your favorite finds by other sellers on Etsy?
Ok, I can so tell you about my favorites. I will try to make it a short list.
idea2lifestyle.etsy.com , bravegrrl.etsy.com are two of my favorite clothing stops!
oh, and elfland.etsy.com

then of course there's..... figurka.etys.com, buildersstudio.etsy.com, jodieflowers.etsy.com,
And obsoleteworld.etsy.com is one of my most favorite artist on Etsy!

What do you do in your spare time?
This is so easy! Reading, Reading, Reading....LOL I am an avid reader and go through books like potato chips. Early onset Rheumatoid Arthritis has taken away most of my gardening, but not yard sales, building a library, painting, and reading! Oh...and I will bashfully admit to being a bit of a facebook addict. hehe

Do you have anything else you would like to share?
Thank you so much for helping create a wonderful day.