June's Featured Etsy Blogger: BeadedTail

Congrats to this months feature, Sharla, AKA Beadedtail!!!

The Beaded Tail, has beautiful jewelry in her shop, a lot of which are pet related to the cat and dog. The best thing about her Etsy shop is that a portion of the sales go to animal awareness causes! You can also stop by her blog to see what she's up to creatively and to get to know her pets.

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At A Glance treasury

Thank you Liz of LizsWares for featuring my Twilight Bracelet in your treasury! A peak at the creations of a few members of the EtsyBloggers Team! (Blue and green color theme).

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January's Featured EtsyBlogger: Nico Designs

January's Etsy Blogger of the month is Nico Designs! Her blog is full of tutorials that range in topic from running an art or craft business to step-by-step creative projects.

At the Nico Designs shop you'll find handmade, eco-friendly items like tote bags, handbags, baby shoes, pincushions, and home decor items!

Nico Designs Shop: http://nicodesigns.etsy.com/
Nico Designs Blog

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October's Featured Etsy Blogger: MadebyMelissa

Congratulations, Melissa, for being chosen as the Etsyblogger of the Month! Her shop is stocked with adorable toys, blankets, scarves, washcloths, dishcloths, potholders, earrings, necklaces, and bracelets.

She is having a Halloween BOGO Sale! Buy any Halloween item and get a second Halloween item for 50%!! Refunds given via PayPal.

Cute Candy Corn Charm Earrings
Halloween Star Baby Blanket



Please take a look at her Etsy shop and her blog.
http://madebymelissa.etsy.com
http://madebymelissa.blogspot.com

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August Featured EtsyBlogger: Memories for Life Scrapbooks

custom word album

Edi works as a machine operator at a semi transmission factory for a living while getting her MBA, but paper craft is her passion. She "enjoys scrapbooking, making greeting cards, and pretty much anything to do with paper crafting." She will will make any word or name you would like up to 6 letters into a scrapbook (additional letters are extra).

She cuts out the letter with a scroll saw!

Here's where you can find her:
Blog: http://memoriesforlifescrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Etsy Shop: http://memoriesforlifesb.etsy.com

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July Featured EtsyBlogger - MiesMama

This month's Featured EtsyBlogger is Miesmama. Her shop is full of wonderful felt creations: bags, pins, goodies for your hair, and many more cute things...

A pretty patchwork pincushion made with some very cute fabrics, featuring 'kaffe fassett' and 'amy butler'.

Beautiful, small felted bag, just big enough for a trip to the coffee shop - fits money purse, keys and cell phone easily, and looks so cute.

Here's where you can find her:
MiesMama Etsy Shop
http://miesmama.blogspot.com

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Featured EtsyBlogger for June: LazyTcrochet

Congrats to Tricia shop owner of LazyTCrochet who is the feature team member of June of the Etsy Blogger Team.

She is a talented artist who works with hand-spun wool, cotton, and recycled fabrics and fibers. She likes to create modern and original designs as well as traditional, old-world styles in knit and crochet. Her shop is stocked with beautiful shawls, shrugs, sweaters, hats, headbands, and scarves.

For more lovely knit and crochet fashions and accessories check out the rest of Tricia’s shop by visiting: www.lazytcrochet.etsy.com Don’t forget to check out her blog too: www.lazytcrochet.blogspot.com some great information about "Yarn, Etsy, Food, and Friends."

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May's featured Etsy Blogger- Create a Thought

photo © CreateAThought

This month's featured Etsyblogger is CREATEaTHOUGHT. She is a creative artist who makes altered journals as well as rings, pinbacks, magnets, and cards.

"Everyday you are creating thoughts. Thoughts that are interesting and beautiful profound and deep silly and funny. Whatever your thought style is they should be recorded. CREATEaTHOUGHT's mission is to help you do just that."

So if you are looking for something fun, funky, and unique for a gift or for yourself check out her shop. For a peek into her world check out her blog. I will leave you with a quote from her shop: There are thousands of thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen and writes. ~William Makepeace Thackeray

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EtsyBloggers Team Featured Artist ot the Month... Two Zany Zebras!

Congrats to Two Zany Zebras for being selected as our Featured EtsyBlogger for April :) Each month our team chooses a member to feature and the entire team does reviews on their blogs about the member...how cool is that!

She makes cute little accessories for babies and toddlers. So if you have a baby shower coming up or a sweet new member of your own family, this is the shop to check out for that one of a kind gift. There is an array of items to choose from like onesies, t-shirts, bibs and burp cloths, bags and totes, even gift sets and so many different Zarkles as well. She offers custom orders as well.

PINK BUNNY Onesie or Toddler t-shirt

And Zany wouldn't be an EtsyBlogger without a blog...so stop by and see her :) She blogs about her kids, life, and of course her Etsy Shop.

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Blog Carnival - Going Green!

Thanks to Lilbees for hosting the EtsyBloggers April 10th Blog Carnival!

Since April 22 is Earth Day... Let's Go Green!
1) What is green in your shop? (this can be something literally green in color, or something eco-friendly)
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2) What do you do (or what can you do!) to make your etsy business or home a little bit greener?

For my business, I re-use bubble mailers (so don't be alarmed if your outer packaging looks a tad bit bedraggled). I also use organza bags (can be reused for gifting) and metal tins for my lotion bars (reuse them to organize your jewelry or as a pill container).

At home we recycle, I also use reusable shopping bags. I have replaced most all of my light bulbs with CFL bulbs. The light is the same as regular bulbs, but these last 10 years and cut your electricity costs significantly.

I've also been trying to unplug things that I am not using. That way no phantom power is being used. Even when they are not “on”, your electronics are sucking down power, sometimes at almost 50% of what they use when fully on!

I've also started using eco-friendly cleaning products. They are much more readily available these days. Nature's Source natural cleaners are available at all major retailers, alongside their respective cleaners in the cleaning aisle.

I've been opting in for online statements to reduce paper (including my paystubs). I still feel like I get so much paper in the mail! Click here or here for the link of ways to stop all different types of junk mail. To add your name to the do-not-mail list, register online at https://www.dmachoice.org/dma/member/regist.action or download a mail-in form.

Now for some of my green items:

Tally Ho Equestrian Bracelet

Inner Circle Necklace

Cool Breeze Prasiolite Earrings

Sterling and Serpentine Equestrian Charm Bracelet

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Featured EtsyBlogger For March : DesignByNora

Congratulations to Nora for being selected as this months featured blogger for the Etsy Blogger Street Team. Her shop features cute polymer clay earrings, belts, and a line of purses, made by her uncle Naz. For a peek into DesignsbyNora's life check out her fun blog.

Baby Blue Flower Studs by DesignByNora

Alice's Purse

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Update: CPSIA Law SUSPENDED for 1 year!

The Commission has voted for a "Stay of Enforcement of Certain Testing and Certification Requirements of CPSIA" — which means that they are proposing a 1 year suspension of the burden of lead testing and certification while they take more time to review the rules and plan enforcement!

read more about it on ETSY

CPSC Grants One Year Stay of Testing and Certification Requirements for Certain Products

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Etsy Bloggers Featured Member for January : Roseworks Jewelry

The fabulous etsyblogger for January is Ruthie of http://roseworksjewelry.etsy.com/ One of her beautiful pieces is shown above. She has a variety of jewelry in her shop, ranging from hemp to fine crystals. Please take a moment to visit her shop on Etsy or her great blog at http://roseworksjewelry.blogspot.com/ to see more of her lovely work.

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The Copper Cauldron

I am the winner of a Six Month Soap Subscription Giveaway from The Copper Cauldron...yeah!!! The best part is I know how amazing her soaps are because I recently ordered and received her Brown Sugar and Fig and Sweet Pumpkin Spice soaps and they are fantastic! Each bar of soap comes packaged separately in a lovely reusable organza bag which makes it perfect for a gift or a stocking stuffer (or a nice present for yourself)! She has delicious scents like Oatmeal Milk and Honey, Mango Papaya, Chocolover's Milk, Autumn Walk, Absolute Lavender, Sun Ripened Raspberry, Pomegranate...yum! Right now she is having a sale 10% OFF Your Purchase (excludes cost of shipping and gift certificates). Free shipping for purchases over $25. Head on over and get yourself some soapy goodness!

Handmade Soap to Wash the "Wicked" Away!

Email: thecoppercauldron@gmail.com
Blog: thecoppercauldron.blogspot.com
Shop: agoodwitchtoo.etsy.com

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