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 Artist: Lauren Alexander

Featured Etsy Artist: Lauren Alexander

1. What is your shop name and what do you sell?
My shop is LaurenAlexander and I sell my original paintings, prints, and more!

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

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

4. When did you start selling on Etsy?
I joined Etsy in May 2006 and sold my first painting that October. I didn't become serious about selling until January 2008.

5. What is your favorite thing about Etsy?
I love the spirit of Etsy. I love that we are a community of handmade business people, creating with our own unique ideas, running our shops with integrity and personality.

6. What is your favorite thing about what you sell?
My favorite thing about what I sell is that painting comes very naturally to me; I seem to have an endless supply of ideas, colors, and designs. Painting small allows me the ease of selling at affordable prices too, which keeps me in business!

7. What is your favorite item in your own shop and why?
Oh, that's a tough one! I have so many favorites. Right now, I am in LOVE with my new calendars. Here is the link: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16808803

8. What teams do you belong to?
I am a member of Etsy's Watercolor Works

9. What is the most fun thing you do to promote your shop?
I love to put surprises in my packages. So if someone is kind enough to shop in my store, I like to reward them with more Lauren Alexander goodies, like stickers or something. I've had really positive feedback about that.

10. What are some of your favorite finds by other sellers on Etsy?
There are soooo many! I can't even look at all the great jewelry artists. And then there are the great candle, soap, and clothing makers! If I could I'd buy from every person in my favorites.

11. What do you do in your spare time?
What is "spare time"? Just kidding! I love music. I like to go see live music, make my one mixes on cds, and generally just dream about joining a band and travelling everywhere.

12. What blogs do you follow?
I like to read the blogs of the people that read my blog! I like developing friendships and trusting relationships with other sellers on Etsy.

13. Do you have anything else you would like to share? I would just want to share that I happy and humbled to have been fortunate enough to create things people want to own! I think I'm a generally happy and helpful person and when you are running your own business you have to enjoy making people happy, not just yourself.

Featured Etsy Artist: Debra Linker

Featured Etsy Artist: Debra Linker

1. What is your shop name and what do you sell?
Debra Linker - Living In Full Color

2. What is your shop URL?
debralinker.etsy.com

3. What is your blog URL?
debralinker.blogspot.com

4. When did you start selling on Etsy?
March 08

5. What is your favorite thing about Etsy?
The community! (Most) people are so helpful on the forums, I've participated in an amazing BNR (More Meaningful Gifts BNR), and the fun of treasuries! I also proudly participate in teams: EtsyRain (Seattle local team); Interior Design Team and a high end art team: Gallery United.

6. What is your favorite thing about what you sell?
Actually doing the original painting is my #1 favorite thing in the world to do. I have a great deal of fun making those paintings in to greeting cards, too!

7. What is your favorite item in your own shop and why?
The original painting from which my avatar is made is my favorite item (right now) in my shop. It seems to represent everything about art that I love - COLOR, sensual shape, simplistic yet somehow sophisticated composition, and - worth mentioning again - COLOR!
8. What teams do you belong to?

9. What is the most fun thing you do to promote your shop?
Right now, it is the More Meaningful Gifts BNR started by Dorana (http://dorana.etsy.com/)

10. What are some of your favorite finds by other sellers on Etsy?
Oh. This is a long list:
Any candles by http://madhatterspottery.etsy.com/ Any pottery by http://studioelan.etsy.com/ Any of the flower photography by http://flandersfield.etsy.com/ Any of the cashmere scarves by http://hautegoat.etsy.com/ Any of the bath and body products by http://shopredleaf.etsy.com/ Any of the jewelry by http://artisanimpact.etsy.com/ Any of the art by http://amberalexander.etsy.com/

Literally - I know these shop addresses by heart! I love their shops, and the shop owners are EXACTLY the reason I love Etsy.

11. What do you do in your spare time?
Spare time? I play Texas Hold'em tournaments, help other people with their Etsy shops, and mentor artistic women using Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way" as a guide.

12. What blogs do you follow?

13. Do you have anything else you would like to share?
I think the most important aspect of my art is the support I get from my husband, Bruce. He gives me much space and time to paint, but he also encourages my Etsy participation, is interested in hearing about the amazing people I meet, and is excited when an Etsy order comes in. He has even made purchases for himself from Etsy! Without his encouragement, I may not have started painting at all - and I certainly would not be trying to sell my paintings! He's the best cheerleader in the world!

Featured Etsy Shop: EcoBangle / Always Love

Featured Etsy Shop: EcoBangle / AlwaysLove

1. What is your shop name and what do you sell?
I have two shops ... EcoBangle ... is where I sell one of a kind bangles for men & women. Each Ecobangle is hand crafted in my studio and each is made of 98% recycled materials.
My 2nd shop on Etsy ... alwayslove ... is where I sell an eclectic mix of my creative work. At ... alwayslove ... you will find original paintings, altered prints of my original work, painted bowls, unique ... one of a kind jewelry, photographic prints, vintage paper ephemera (great for collage artists and collectors), etc.

2. What is your shop URL?
alwayslove http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5700027
EcoBangle http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5841969

3. When did you start selling on Etsy? I began selling on Etsy in March of this year and I have really enjoyed the process and the artists I meet here. It is so exciting to be able to sell to customers all over the world. My work is now in Hawaii, Colorado, Connecticut and the United Kingdom.

4. What is your favorite thing about Etsy? It is a wonderful gathering place for artists. I love that you can see work from artists and craftspeople from all over the world. I also love meeting others have a passion for using recycled materials in their creative work.

5. What is your favorite thing about what you sell? My favorite thing about selling EcoBangles is what they represent to me. Utilizing cast off materials to create expressive, original jewelry for men and women. I do everything I can to leave a small footprint on our planet and creating and selling my EcoBangles is my way of spreading the message.

My favorite thing about selling my work in my .. alwayslove shop ... is just that ... selling my original paintings and hand crafted, uniquely designed art pieces. It is such a thrill.

6. What is your favorite item in your own shop and why? My favorite item in EcoBangle is ... hmmmm ... the Map Lover's EcoBangle 1. Because it is the first map wrapped EcoBangle that I designed. I love the colors in the map and the way they interact with the colors on the base of the EcoBangle. The Map Lover's EcoBangles are great conversation starters ... where is that? have you been there?

My favorite item in .. alwayslove ... is ... wow, that is hard to decide ... it would have to be "Where I Meet Fish". It is an original painting on recycled materials set within a shadowbox frame. I love the texture, colors and content.

7. What teams do you belong to? Right now I belong to the Trashion Team. All of the members take recycled materials and create great art pieces from them. It's what I know and love.

8. What is the most fun thing you do to promote your shop? Honestly ... the most fun thing I do is participate in blog features like this :)

9. What are some of your favorite finds by other sellers on Etsy? Here is a list of the shops I have purchased from so far this month, they were such favorite finds that I picked them up for family Christmas presents. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5116508 very cool keychains http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5473050 wonderful soaps http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5503896 great bookmarks and of course .. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5098894 where I bought lovely soy candles from suzanne!

10. What do you do in your spare time? I create new things, paint, write, read, watch movies, camp, canoe, swim, play backgammon and hang out with my family. That list makes it seem like I must have a lot of spare time ... LOL

11. Do you have anything else you would like to share? The coolest thing about Etsy is that I have found so many other creative people to interact with. I love this community of creative souls :) ... join us and do your Holiday shopping with Etsy sellers!

Featured Etsy Shop: Auryndesing

Featured Etsy Shop: Auryndesign

1. What is your shop name and what do you sell?
auryndesign - Zen you can Wear. My jewelry designs are made with love using Japanese chiyogami and kawaii papers, as well as prints of my own original digital kawaii artwork, Sumi-e ink paintings, and Shodo calligraphy.

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

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

4. When did you start selling on Etsy?
August 1, 2007

5. What is your favorite thing about Etsy?
I love the variety of beautiful products available in a wide range of price points.

6. What is your favorite thing about what you sell?
My products are unique in style - I love knowing that my prints are my own artwork. When people compliment me, they get to know I made the jewelry and the art both in many cases.


7. What is your favorite item in your own shop and why?
Pewee my sumi-e bird pendant. He was one of my very first items and first print piece. I have a very sentimental attachment to that little painting and bird.

8. What teams do you belong to?
Etsymoms, EtsyIowa, and EtsyJA (Japanamaniacs)

9. What is the most fun thing you do to promote your shop?
Blogging - I'm new at it but I've found that writing can be fun.

10. What are some of your favorite finds by other sellers on Etsy?
I love Daisycakessoap's lip balms and perfume pots, Komodokat's little kawaii charms, Peachcult's belts, Maybeads lampwork animal beads...to name just a few.

11. What do you do in your spare time?
Spare time? A dream! No, honestly, my spare time is spent with my husband and two little girls - mostly being outside.

12. What blogs do you follow?
Cuteable, Sweet Figments, Tizzalicious, Craftrevolution, Tokidoki blog. I'm really just getting started in the blogging world!

13. Do you have anything else you would like to share?
I'd just like to say thank you for the interview! It was fun :)

Featured Etsy Shop: dbhoyleart

Featured Etsy Shop: dbhoyleart

1. What is your shop name and what do you sell? I'm Di of dbhoyleart. I create and sell matted prints and notecards of my original colored pencil art I am expanding my product line to include calendars, gift tags, bookmarks and postcards and in the works "dbhoylewearableart" and"dbhoyleartkidz" funky hip clothing lines for adults and kids!

2. What is your shop URL? My shop url is http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5744487

3. When did you start selling on Etsy? I started selling online in July 08. I chose etsy as my first online venue!

4. What is your favorite thing about Etsy? I love etsy! It is an upbeat and vibrant place to be! Talanted & creative artizans, awesome product lines, and postive, fun people to deal with!

5. What is your favorite item in your own shop and why? My fav item that i sell are my fun & inspiring artsy fish! They are unique,full of personality and have an uplifting message but, most importantly they put a smile on my friends faces! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13733979

6. What teams do you belong to? I belong to BBEST boomers & beyond etsy street team and the etsy honeybee helpers!

7. What is the most fun thing you do to promote your shop? I love to include a bookmark or notecard with my customer's order as a little surprize gift(shh! don't tell anyone!)I like to imagine that perhaps by giving something unexpectedly i may have added a little extra lift to someone's day!

8. What are some of your favorite finds by other sellers on Etsy? My newest (as there is sooo many!)fav find on etsy is TalkingDog's listing
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15025214

9. What do you do in your spare time? In my spare time i am a marathon runner, golfer, sewer, knitter, crafter, avid reader, wife, mom, and new grama!

10. Do you have anything else you would like to share? Thanks for your consideration Bliss, this is a wonderful opportunity !