Monday, April 20, 2009

Beppies.etsy.com

Hi thanks for stopping by to take a look. I hope you enjoy my selection. In case you don't find anything this time keep coming back for new posts every week. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Thank you.****Follow my blog at ----> http://beppies.blogspot.com/***********Posting new every week so check back for new listings!.....Many items can be duplicated so if you are in need of more than one please convo me and we can work it out.


I am a 26 year old stay at home mom with 4 very young kids. I started my shop 10 months ago and am having so much fun!!! I love creating quality jewelry that is low maintenance but still makes you feel pretty. I try to design with the casual yet classy woman in mind. Etsy has opened so many doors for so many people like me and I feel like it is a wonderful place to express your creativity.
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Friday, April 10, 2009

GladRaggz.etsy.com

Peach Sorbet - Biwa and freshwater and glass earrings. Nickel free.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22674071






I've always been creative and really enjoy what I do. I try to make items that strike a familiar chord in people, but with a new twist - something that looks classical, but with a modern twist - new materials, and with bling - something that's never been done before. I've never really seen any of my handbags anywhere else, and I truly take pride in my one-of-a-kind items. I do the same with my jewelry - trying not to copy anything in particular, but getting my inspiration from what's already been done and going off in a different direction with new approaches to make everything special and unique. Regardless of what I make, I strive to use the very best quality materials, and use my best workmanship skills in achieving the finished product.

Because I love each and every one of my creations, it's really hard to select just one that I like the best. If I had to choose, it would be these earrings - basic, elegant, stately, classical, and beautiful all at the same time - much like a Japanese Geisha...

Please feel free to visit my shop, Gladraggz, at:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6352491

also

Please check out my new blog at:

www.carpetbaggercreations.blogspot.com

Monday, April 6, 2009

www.anastasia91.etsy.com

"When I first learned how to crochet, I fell in love with it. I knew I had to find a way to sell my goods (I mean, one gal can only use so many fashion accessories!), and a friend introduced me to Etsy. I've hooked ever since (pun completely intended).I'm just a plain simple Southern gal, who loves animals, Celtic music, God, and my family. I try to let those things inspire my creations. You will definitely find green in my shop, which is inspired by my love of all things Irish. And you will find my Soggy Sardine cat toys, which comes from my love for animals:http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22301360Those toys are my best sellers, and one of my favorite items to make. They have so much personality! So I will just keep plugging along, trying to sell my wares, and enjoying life. Here is the link to my Etsy store:http://www.anastasia91.etsy.com/.
And my blog:http://anastasiascrochetedcreations.blogspot.com/Thank you so much for looking!"

Saturday, April 4, 2009

ChellesCraftCorner.etsy.com

The link to ChellesCraftCorner store on etsy - http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6841983


I have been "crafting" for over 15 years now. I tend to be a perfectionist and that definitely falls into my work, which sometimes makes an easy project take a little longer. I am VERY picky about what I sell, although no 2 things you purchase from my shop will be exactly alike. My favorite craft has become crocheting. I also make jewelry (all kinds) but especially enjoy creating my own hemp sets, I like to cross stitch as well, how ever as I get older my eyes don't seem to want to cooperate as much as they used to, I am learning to sew, and pretty much I am open to learning any new craft.I am a stay at home mom, I have 2 wonderful children, my little girl is almost 3 and my son is almost 10, and I have the world’s GREATEST husband. I decided to open this store as a way to earn a little extra income while the economy is not so great and I have always wanted to market my stuff but never was sure just quite how to do so until I found Etsy.I absolutely love making my own creations, I also use patterns. I am more than willing to make anything a custom order just for you. Anything in my store can be customized to fit your needs, whether you want a different color, or a different style of bead, or just need a different size, or anything you want really.I hope you enjoy looking at my items, please know that everything here is created with great amounts of love and pride. Not 1 of my items will be sold if there wasn't 110% of perfection, and love involved with its creation.Please check back often as I will be adding new things daily.As ALWAYS thanx for stopping by.

Link to ChellesCraftCorner favorite item todate: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22567359

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Bohemian Boutique




My name is Jenny Collins. I have a shop on Etsy called Bohemian Boutique. The url is http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5506241.I joined Etsy in 2007, but I just watched everything for a long time, I didn't actually set up my store until the end of October 2008. For about a year and a half, I owned an art gallery with my brother, who is a photographer. We sold mostly digital art, but I sold my jewelry there, too. When I closed my gallery, I opened my Etsy shop.I am a jewelry nut. I have loved jewelry since I was a very little girl. I used to sit and draw pictures of matching sets of jewelry....thought I was brilliant! I couldn't draw a thing, so they didn't look so hot. But the jewelry design aspect of it has always been there.The thing that is sets me apart from other shops and jewelry designers is probably my materials. I see jewelry in some very odd things. I like to use junk of all sorts. I recreate pieces from old jewelry. I have so much old junk jewelry you could not believe it. I don't like to make or wear anything that looks like there could be two of them anywhere. I also make home items, I just don't have them in my shop yet. I am starting to upcycle and redesign old purses and clothing. I find that lots and lots of fun. I will have that in my shop soon.One of my favorite pieces of jewelry in my shop right now is a necklace I made from a part from our old dvd player. It is very cool. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16797532.My second favorite piece is a necklace made from a washer and ball chain from the hardware store. It is http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16795492.At first, I tried to look all uniform in pictures like some of the Etsy shops, but that is really not me, so I just did what I wanted to do.I think when you look at my Etsy shop, it doesn't look like anyone elses. A few of my things look like I went to the bead store for supplies, but not many.I have only had one sale, so I can't talk too much about customer service. But when I did make that sale, my computer had crashed and was down for about three days. When I discovered that I had made a sale and she had contacted me about three days prior, I about had a heart attack. I got the package ready that second and took it to the post office. I emailed her at least three times to explain the situation and that I had mailed the package. She was a great first customer! I learned a lot from that.Well, enough about me. Check out my shop! My blog is http://bohemianboutique.blogspot.com/

Thursday, March 5, 2009

rachellucie



Link to rachellucie.etsy.com http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6054113


I am Rachel Johns, a full time mum of two (Robert, 5 and Lily, 2.5) and full time jewellery designer. I only started designing and making my own jewellery last year, it being my first ever creative endeavour at the age of 36! I used to take great interest in art, design, crafts, interior design, anything visual, but was more of an armchair admirer.
I don’t know what happened to me last spring, it all started when I got a wad of birthday money and wanted to treat myself to some beautiful and unusual jewellery. I couldn’t find any! I hadn’t heard of etsy then. This started me on a long journey which started there and within about a month had me thinking, not only do I want to do my own jewellery, I want it as my job!

What do I make?
Well, I make sterling silver, semi-precious bead and freshwater pearl wire jewellery. That’s not very unusual! However, my inspiration is from early twentieth century design, whimsy, glitter, glamour, faded opulence, Art Deco, Art Nouveau.

My designs don’t look like Art Deco jewellery, though, they look like the mixed up concoction from that era that is in my head! My pieces are all about quality jewellery that lasts and my passion is semi-precious stones and silver, so no brass, gunmetal or other metals are used.

I create the pieces I want to wear, that can be worn with anything, dress up or dress down so people feel the investment they have made in something they will hopefully want to wear for years to come. My Grandma (‘Gilly’ we called her) had a silver and ivory inlaid sandalwood box with all the broken necklaces and beads she’d kept from the 1930’s, and her mothers and her grandmother’s jewellery - rock crystal, chrysaphrase, turquoise, pearls, jade, green onyx, originally from great long strings of beads. I spent hours as a child asking her the names and threading my own ‘necklaces’. Gilly also had a string of pearls she was given for her 21st and had worn every week for the last 60 years. I loved how those pearls looked. Vintage is very ‘now’ but I think I’ve always been there, I’m glad everyone else joined me!

I am pleased with my etsy shop, and I think I have managed to portray the image I wanted, although it’s very much a work in progress, and I enjoy tweeking it immensely! I use antique books, my dilapidated kitchen windowsill, local Yorkshire stone from my garden, things I have kept for years that I love and have had no use for to display my jewellery – suddenly it all makes sense! I suppose I am in between the minimalist shop display used by some jewellery designers on etsy, and the vintage whimsy ones who have a more complicated set up. I hope it works for me!