Featured Seller of the Week: Felt Like Stitchin

I'm a fan of felt dolls and I'm seeing more and more sellers of felt products. But none of them are like our current featured seller Felt Like Stitchin. This seller has very unique felt products - like Elvis and Charlie Chaplin. And I absolutely LOVE Mr. Potato Head. Check out the store at FeltLikeStitchin.etsy.com

Featured Seller of the Week: Red Thread Plushies

You just can't say no to plushies. Red Thread Plushies' little animals and monsters are so adorable, you won't able to resist. Don't take my word for it, look at what they have below. Visit their store at redthreadplushies.etsy.com.

Featured Seller of the Week: Meero Designs

Meero Design's stricking colors on her jewelry designs caught my eyes. I especially love her Fish Tail black bead earrings, very unique. Visit her shop at meero.etsy.com.

Featured Seller of the Week: Donandtinash

Check out Donandtinash, they sell beautiful silver pendants and jewelry. Go visit their store at donandtinash.etsy.com

Featured Seller of the Week: DAMdesigns

DAMdesigns have very artistic and original artwork. I especially like Number 3 in Tree Series painting, reminds me of Thom Yorke's (Radiohead's frontman) cover art of his solo album, "Eraser."

Go visit her shop at DAMdesigns.etsy.com

Enjoy!

Featured Seller changes and Weekly Featured Seller: Mikiye Creations

I've been trying really hard to maintain a weekly schedule to feature other sellers on my blog. Usually I'll send sellers with shops I like 4 questions for them to answer, a short Q&A session. But this format hasn't been working out. Sometimes people gets too busy to answer them in time, or they forgot to do it and I have to constantly follow up. I totally understand these situations, and right now I do not have time to follow up anymore as I once did. Although I would still love to do my Q&A sessions (anyone who wants to do this, just let me know), from now on I'm just going to pick shops I like and feature them on my own.

So without further ado:

Our Weekly featured Seller is Mikiye Creations. You can visit her store at Mikiye.etsy.com Besides maintaining a great blog which I enjoy, Mikiye has beautiful jewelry and accessory pieces. Currently I'm digging her floral hair accessory.

Featured Seller: Mizdragonfly

Mizdragonfly has the coolest jewelry - I especially like the Swarovski Skull Earrings. You need to check out her store. The seller is a very awesome person to chat with as well :-)

What is the name of your store and what do you sell?
Store name/Company name: Mizdragonfly. I sell handcrafted jewellery made with love from new and recycled pieces.

How did you get into your craft?
I’ve been into Crafts since Kindergarden! My favourite was painting, drawing and collages. In High School my favourite classes were arts. Then went to University and studied 4 years to get a specialization in Communications. Worked for 7 years in advertising agencies… In January 2006, I was looking for a change and took an initiation to sewing class. Loved it! Wanted to start my own clothing line… In the meantime, I was crafting jewellery as a hobby… and upon presenting my collection to Kafi D., owner of le Marche Mtl, her enthusiasm encouraged me to continue… Here I am two years later! :)

What is your latest project?
My Spring/Summer 2008 collection! It consists of a series of 17 limited edition pieces! Gorgeous creations featuring luxurious Swarovski crystals, recycled pearls and funky charms!

Where can we find your products?
My line is offered exclusively:

In Canada:
Victoire Boutique, 246 Dalhousie Street, Ottawa, Ontario
Blanche sur St-Joseph, 182, boulevard Saint-Joseph , Gatineau , QC J8Y 3W9
Nokomis Clothing, 10838 82 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 2B3

Worldwide: www.mizdragonfly.etsy.com

I also have a website should you need more info: www.mizdragonfly.com or simply contact me :)

Weekly Featured Seller: A Breath of French Air

A store that has everything that makes you feel nice, A Breath of French Air offers body lotion, body butter to flower seed!

1. What is the name of your store and what do you sell?
A Breath Of French Air - I sell Bath and Body products for the whole family.

2. How did you get into your craft?
I have always loved Bath and Body products and was always curious how they were made. I researched on the internet, and read all the information I could get my hands on. I have never worked in retail, so the entire experience of making AND selling was brand new to me. I try all my products on myself and my family before it's introduced into my shop.

3. What is your latest project?
My latest project was the introduction of my lip balms. I have to wear lip balm on my lips almost all year, and it was hard finding a product that didn't just "sit" on my lips! I want to add tinted lip balm next, since I have had lots of requests for it.

4. Where can we find your products?
I have my products featured on my :
Blog: http://allthingsetsy2222.blogspot.com/
Indiepublic: http://www.indiepublic.com/profile/ABreathofFrenchAir
Ecrater: http://abreathoffrenchair.ecrater.com/
I'm still working on PayPals widget, and still need to work on the kinks!

Featured Weekly Seller: Savor

Savor makes very unique soap that looks good enough to eat! Mint Chocolate?? Who can resist?

1. What is the name of your store and what do you sell?

I run Savor, a store featuring handcrafted soaps with a culinary twist.

2. How did you get into your craft?

I love to cook -- and growing up Italian, I was always around lovely, rich, tasty food. I took up soaping as a hobby, and I naturally incorporated my cooking knowledge into my soap making -- and Savor is the delicious result!

3. What is your latest project?

I am focusing on soaps with a lot of texture and character. I am looking at them as if they are meringues, or whipped topping. I want a sense of architecture and design to compliment the smell and color.

4. Where can we find your products?

My shop is located here: http://savor.etsy.com

Offensive Line's New Item!

One of our favorite stores, Offensive Line, available at http://www.cafepress.com/offensiveline just came out with a new item!
It comes in various colors and sizes, for male and female. Buy it now!

Weekly Featured Seller: Erin Lillies

A word that comes to mine when seeing this week's featured seller's jewelry is elegance. Erin Lillies' craft is stylish and classy. Let's meet her:

1. What is the name of your store and what do you sell?
Erin Lilies - Handcrafted Artisan Designs. I sell primarily jewelry in my etsy store, but will soon be offering jewelry boxes and pens.

2. How did you get into your craft?
I began making my own jewelry a few years ago. It stems from my love of all things shiny. My husband would frequently lose track of me in a store as a result. So instead of searching through the pretty, shiny items, I decided to start making them.

3. What is your latest project?
My latest project (which I hope to list within the next couple of days) is a phoenix pendant. It's so cool and I can't wait to share with everyone.

4. Where can we find your products?
You can find me on etsy at http://erinlilies.etsy.com or my main site: http://www.erinlilies.com.

Weekly Featured Seller: HeyLady

You have to check out our newest featured seller, HeyLady. She sells awesome cards that are made from recycle materials - crafty and environmental friendly.

What is the name of your store and what do you sell?
HeyLady. I sell vintage and recycled paper products. Mostly cards, but a few tags.

How did you get into your craft?
I moved across country, with no internet access, and only 700 anytime minutes to keep in touch with my friends and family back home. I started making cards out of scrapbooking supplies. But in my opinion, nothing made from mass produced products can ever really be unique, which clashes with my everything. So I combined my love for vintage, my love for our planet, and my love for snail mail. Viola, Hey Lady! was born.

What is your latest project?
Lately I've been working on my pinup pastie collection. Cards that display retro woman wearing nothing but rhinestones or (for the holidays) snowflakes.

Where can we find your products?
You can find Hey Lady! cards and tags at www.heyladyrecycledcards.com , or at my etsy shop, www.heylady.etsy.com. Our cards are also being sold at Texas Art Spot, in Cosicana Texas.

Weekly Featured Seller: Creations by Cory

The thing that struck me when visiting Creations by Cory, was the vibrant colors used in the pendants. Let's meet our seller:

1. What is the name of your store and what do you sell?
My store is Creations By Cory. I make soldered glass collage art pendants. I take photo, vintage postcard images, and assorted images I have gathered, and collage them into one of a kind pendants. They are the encased in glass and then soldered with silver, lead free solder. I also make unique necklaces to accompany many of my necklaces.

2. How did you get into your craft?
I have always loved art, and took art classes for most of my life. My true love is painting in oils. I then discovered and feel in love with idea of taking different objects and mediums and making them into one unique piece. I am also a huge jewelry girl. So being able to take art and transform it into a wearable jewelry piece is just the perfect combination for me.

3. What is your latest project?
I always have tons of ideas brewing. It's just getting them all done. My absolute newest project are my soldered glass crosses. They have been a huge hit, and are definately a statement maker. I have also been doing a lot of custom photo pendants, which I love to do. Most of them are of little children, but they are the most fun to work with. I take these photos and collage them with butterfly wings, crown, and other objects I come up with along the way. The cutest one I did was a little girl with butterfly wings collaged as a jack in the box. I really enjoy doing the custom pendants. I have also done alot of school sport photo pendants, with school mascots and children's sport photos. That is probably the second best seller in my pendants.

4. Where can we find your products?
I would like to invite you to visit my online store at: http://www.creations.cory.etsy.com. And you can also reach me through my email for custom orders any time at: corym [!at] clearwire.net.

Our Weekly Featured Seller: Lani Robertson: Objects of Affection

When I logged onto Lani's etsy store, Objects of Affection for the first time, her banner caught my eyes, and I thought "very vintage and pretty!" - and that was before I even get to see her products. As I scrolled down, I was loving all her beautiful charms. Here is her interview:

1. What is the name of your store and what do you sell?

Hello ~ My name is Lani Robertson and I am the proud owner of Objects Of Affection. I love creating soldered charms from vintage and antique books, as well as soldered night lights, shadow boxes, sewn goodies, cards and photography! You just never know what you might find in my shop, as I am always adding more arts/crafts!


2. How did you get into your craft?

I am a huge fan of Home Companion magazine and I always check out all of the sellers and artists in each edition. I noticed an ad for a website called SallyJean.com, and checked it out. I loved Sally's whimsical soldered charms and I was inspired to learn how to solder and make my own creations! I searched the internet for any and all information that I could find on the craft and slowly taught myself how to solder.

3. What is your latest project?

My latest projects have been creating shrinky plastic earrings for children and teens! My daughter just recently got her ears pierced and I wanted to make her some unique fun earrings!

4. Where can we find your products?

My products can be found on my etsy website at www.lanisvintage.etsy.com. I also have a shop in the very small town of Kit Carson, Colorado. I fixed up a little run down house and made it into my shop where I offer my handmade items as well as vintage finds. For more information about me or my shop please visit my blog at http://www.shopobjectsofaffection.blogspot.com - or e-mail me at - shopobjectsofaffection [!at] yahoo.com.

Our Weekly Featured Seller: Sweet Irie Originals

Meet our very first featured seller! Sweet Irie Originals has some fantastic jewelry. I can't tear myself away from her etsy store. Here's a little something about our seller:

1. What is the name of your store and what do you sell?

Sweet Irie Originals -I sell handmade jewelry and other accessories. You can find bracelets, anklets, rings, earrings, necklaces, cell phone charms, and bookmarks in my shop. I also sell gift certificates for those gift seekers who are not sure what to buy.

2. How did you get into your craft?

I started making hemp jewelry five years ago as a stress reliever and for fun. When my kitten was born, she made it pretty hard to create jewelry because she was constantly grabbing the hemp or my jewelry and stringing it all over the house. That was when I started doing just bead designs and working with more detailed and fine metals...and have never gone back. I have been creating beaded jewelry for almost four years now and love it!!

3. What is your latest project?

Yikes! There are so many....I honestly am trying to get lots of jewelry made to start going to flea markets so I can make some money. I have a lot of tuition coming due and gotta pay it. So, I have been working on making many different pieces with the new materials I have been getting in. Needless to say, all this crafting has my fingers tired and a little sore...but its worth it! ;)

4. Where can we find your products?

You can find my products online at www.sweetirie.com or by logging on directly to Etsy at www.sweetirie.etsy.com. I also sell my creations in two shops in Cincinnati and Bucyrus, Ohio and soon will be venturing to Fleamasters in Fort Myers, Florida where I will have a regular spot in the main market pavilion.

You can reach me via email at sweetirieoriginals [!at] hotmail.com or mbingham [!at] sweetirie.com.

Featured Seller Guidelines

One of the original purpose of us starting this blog is to feature other crafty sellers. But we've been trying to fine tune this blog first, making it pretty, easily accessible and presentable before we decided to settle down and start featuring other sellers. You might have noticed that our blog look has gone through some changes since we first started, but we are finally satisfied with this template, so it is time to start featuring!

There are sooo many talented crafty sellers out there, and we can't wait feature them! Here are the guidelines

-We will make announcements in the etsy forum to look for other sellers to feature. Sellers must have handmade items. If you don't have an etsy store, that's ok, just leave a comment on our blog stating that you want to be considered to be a featured seller. But we prefer to feature fellow etsy sellers
- Photos must be in high quality!
-Once we make our choice, we will contact you and ask you to fill out a few questions.

Here are the Questions:

1. What is the name of your store and what do you sell?
2. How did you get into your craft?
3. What is your latest project?
4. Where can we find your products?

-In addition to the questions, if you are an etsy seller, we ask that you send us an etsy mini of the items from your store (thumbnails, 4x4).

Here is a sample to give you an idea (and of course shameless self-promotion!)

Our Weekly Featured Seller: Daibe Beads



What is the name of your store and what do you sell?

Our store name is Daibe Beads and we sell swarovski jewelry and figurines, all carefully hand-beaded.


How did you get into your craft?
My mom is a very crafty person. One day she discovered a beading book that instructs how to bead 3D animals. She loved it so much that she started making them that filled all the shelves in her apartment. Then she started making her own designs and got into making jewelry as well. I always loved beading my own jewelry, so we enjoyed doing them together. And I just thought that it would be great to share these cute, unique products.

What is your latest project?
We are having our first craft show this Saturday in New Jersey. Very Excited.

Where can we find your products?
Our official website is www.DaibeBeads.com You can also find us at etsy at http://DaibeBeads.Etsy.com. We are also on Lov.li and Blu Jay.

I Love To Probe!

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