Monday, January 25, 2010

"An Ode to the Farm"

YAY! I just wanted to take a moment and brag: one of my items, Feed Sack Fete (a cotton zipper pouch), is currently being featured in Etsy's blog, The Storque!!


Also--remember to enter in my current giveaway! A winner will be drawn Saturday. And for those who've entered already, thanks so much for the comments! Details here.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

It's . . . . . .

. . . . . . GIVEAWAY TIME!!!!

The lovely "Momoka Knit Cuff" is hand knit from a silky soft yarn (50% superfine acrylic/50% superfine polyester) in a cheerfully sweet peach color! It is a lace pattern, and features to funky retro-style buttons with a brown and yellow plaid print. It is adjustable depending on where you fasten the buttons, any size up to 9"!



Wanna enter?? First you must read my ramblings!!! :

Okay, here's why I'm changing the blog. It's not that I don't like it, and I'm not trying to make it better, necessarily, but it just doesn't feel right, you know?? I have received compliments on how lovely it is and I really do appreciate that, and I think it's lovely myself, but it's not my ideal blog ("ideal," of course, being very relative!)

What do I want? A little less stiffness maybe, a little more personality. Not, like, SUPER-personal, (I'm not going to start discussing Aunt Mabel's rash with you or anything), but I want to loosen up a bit, and for it to be a bit more "me." It's not that I haven't been myself on here. It's just that I've only been my "business" self, I think.

And this is a goal I may not achieve, but I'm going to try. So I'm going to try to blog at least 5 times a week, even if I don't think it's the least bit interesting! Yay for my readers, right?! Well, practice makes perfect... ;)

So, this is how to enter this week's giveaway!

I usually allow up to three entries, but in this contest I would like to limit it to TWO per person.

Ways to enter:
  1. in one comment, give me some advice! what is your favorite writing exercise, what motivates you, or inspires, etc.? (don't worry if someone has posted your idea before you, just put it down again!)
  2. to enter again, blog or tweet or even post this giveaway on your facebook status to spread the word and let me know in a separate comment.
GOOD LUCK!

{ I forgot to mention: the winner will be drawn on Saturday, January 30th. Sorry about that! }

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Changes Coming Soon...

Within the next week or so, I plan on mixing things up a little...and I mean very little....lolz.

Coming up: yet another new look for my blog and a GIVEAWAY!

Stay tuned.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

You + Me = L.U.V.

Just in time for Valentine's day...
{ {I just have to brag on this adorable heart featured in my mom's shop!} }

JustPuff.etsy.com creates lovely, original ceramic pieces,
and her latest design is this personalized heart, made from clay,
fired once, and then painting.

This would also be a great gift for weddings or anniversaries! Only $15 plus shipping.




Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Go Get 'Em!

Yeah...that's what I'm gonna try to do!

At the risk of sounding like a braggart, my local Etsy team, Wichita Handmade, is already pretty awesome. We've been in a parade, held craft sales, Craft-in-Public events, and over Thanksgiving break, you may remember me posting photos from our guerilla art/knit tagging event.

And now we're kicking it up a notch! (Pardon the unoriginal and somewhat corning phrasing.)

In addition to all the great events we've had, (which I suspect will be even GREATER this year), we are also holding workshops on various subjects. Our old agenda included a regular meeting every month. Now, we are still holding those meetings, but every other month, instead of discussing business, we will help each other with various things, whether it be working on a business image or converting old t-shirts into sassy dresses.

So, if you're in Wichita (or the area) and are an Etsy seller, please join us the second Tuesday* of each month at the Secret Gallery, 7 pm. [Click HERE for location.]

*March's meeting will be held the FIRST Tuesday this year.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

New Year, New Craft...

Jewelry!! Yay...jewelry. I've always loved beads and charms and the like, but haven't been able to put them together quite like I wanted, until now...NOW, for some reason, I've discovered I can! I only have three listings in the shop right now, but once I get some supplies that I need, I'll be makin' more.