Today's feature is with Heidi from Etsy shop pickmeup, a jewelry shop filled with beautiful, creative and colorful pieces. I love all the gorgeous wire work that goes into giving her pieces a unique look. Heidi is offering shoppers free shipping through July so go take a peek.
Introduce yourself.
My name is Heidi. I recently returned from a stint in Sydney, Australia and am currently living in Nashville, Tennessee.
Tell us about your art. What do you make? How did you come to your craft?
I make handmade jewelry. It started when I was putting on a necklace I had bought at the store. For some reason, I took a closer look and said to myself, "hey, I can make this!"
What inspires your work? Describe your creative process and tell us about your favorite materials to work with.
I tend to sketch a lot to get ideas (I got my spiral earring ideas from doodling one day). I work mainly with sterling silver and gold-filled wire with all sorts of gemstones and Swarovski crystals thrown in.
What are your goals for your shop?
My goal is to earn enough in a month to pay my car payment. After that, we'll see:)
What do you do when you are not creating?
I have a degree in Architecture. Unfortunately, I had to return to the States at this difficult time. So I'm also job hunting...
What is your favorite hobby other than crafting?
I've recently started cooking and trying new recipes. I love good food! I'm also an avid reader and tennis player.
What brought you to Etsy? Do you sell anywhere else?
I was telling a good friend about my jewelry I was making and she suggested Etsy.
Where can we find you online?
I'm on Twitter: http://twitter.com/heidispickmeup
and I recently started a blog: http://pickmeupboutique.blogspot.com/
What is your favorite item in your shop?
One of my first and favorite creations is my Yellow Jade Spiral Earrings
I think they are a TRUE pick-me-up- how could you be in a bad mood while wearing those earrings?!
What is the most valuable thing you have learned from your art and being an Etsy seller?
Be patient with your shop- you never know who is looking!
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Monday, July 27, 2009
Behind The Art Monday
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Giveaway winner
The winner of the Papermepretty giveaway is Comment #3, Olga, who says "I love the love birdies, they are absolutely adorable!!"
Congratulations on winning these fabulous customized business cards!
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Friday, July 24, 2009
Giveaway!
Today's interview and giveaway features Michelle from Reviyve. She runs her own business, offering a great variety of skin and health care products on several websites and recently opened a shop on Etsy . Today she is offering readers the chance to try some of her products through a giveaway.
Enjoy meeting Michelle and enter below for your chance to win.
Tell us about yourself.
I am Michelle Howard from Westchester County, New York. I am married with 3 children of my own, a step daughter, and a cat that thinks she's human. I am President and co-owner of Reviyve LLC a personal care e-commerce business presenting my clients with alternatives to healthy living. I currently manage two e-commerce stores that offer stress relief & pain management products and handcrafted skin care products as well as other private labeled natural skin care products. In the near future I'll be offering Kathy Ireland Essentials, a new Dead Sea Cosmetics line that is totally paraben and sodium laurel sulfate free. In addition to my sales efforts, I write a monthly ezine for both of my sites.
My husband is a motivational speaker and conducts regular blog talk radio interviews with small business owners that need assistance with promoting their businesses. You can find him on blogtalkradio.com and his show is The Coach K of Life Show. In addition to his speaking career, Karriem manages an e-gourmet coffee store, http://premiumcoffeebyrv.com.
How did you get your start?
Oh boy I think I covered what I have to offer and now a little about why my husband and I started our business.
We started our business with the initial goal of being able to work from home full time so we could spend more time with our children and work our own schedule. My youngest son Christopher is diagnosed with cerebral palsy and epilepsy so he was my biggest determining factor. I want to some day leave a legacy for my children and ensure their financial well being. If I depend on my day to job to do it, then it's just a dream. Instead, I've turned my dream into goals that will eventually become a reality.
As time goes on I discover that I really do like helping people so I guess you can say that's one of my goals as well.
What inspires your work? Describe your creative process and tell us about your favorite materials to work with.
I do not create my own products. There are so many great artisans available so why reinvent the wheel. Besides, marketing and researching, which is my field of expertise, is very time consuming. I have someone else to hand craft my skin care/bath & body line, Blended Naturals but I am fully aware of the ingredients that formulate them. My role consists of designing my packaging, labels, websites, brochures; assembling sampler sets, gift baskets and promoting my products at events, shows, parties and in the near future I'll be contacting spas and alternative health providers in my local area. I am also heavily into the design and marketing of my skin care line and I consume my own products daily because I have sensitive skin and other products on the market have not been so kind to me. Besides, one can be more passionate about what they have to offer when they consume them.
For my stress and pain relief line, I look for items that will assist my customers with addressing their pain and stress safely...hence, alternative products. I have personally used a number of the items on my site to ensure their quality and effectiveness. I spend time researching these items and then I offer them to my customers along with tons of information about a variety of stress and pain related issues.
What are your goals for your business? Is this a full or part time job?
It is my goal to run my business full time out of my home. Once all of my debt has been eliminated, I will purchase my own home and create a home office to work from. While this is currently a part time gig (says my finances), I expound a lot of energy into it and I work many many hours coming up with useful content to share with my website visitors, blog readers and ezine subscribers.
What are your favorite hobbies?
Writing, Reading, Shopping, Watching Movies
What brought you to Etsy? Do you sell anywhere else?
While I do sell on my own websites, I decided to try Etsy out in order to get more exposure for skin care line, Blended Naturals.
Where can we find you online?
Where can't you find me?! LOL Ok, here's where you can locate me and my goodies:
http://www.deadseastorebyrv.com - Dead Sea and Natural Skin Care, Bath & Body Products
http://www.stressreliefbyrv.com - Stress & Alternative Pain Relief Products
http://www.deadseastorebyrv.blogspotcom - Fresh Radiant Skin Blog
http://www.stressreliefbyrv.blogspot.com - Stress and Alternative Pain Relief Blog
http://www.10steps2success.blogspot.com - Work from Home Success Blog
http://onlineshoppingmall.ning.com/profile/Reviyve
http://twitter.com/reviyve
http://www.linkedin.com/in/reviyve
http://www.facebook.com/Reviyve
http://onlineshoppingmall.ning.com/profile/Reviyve
http://sistapreneurs.ning.com/profile/MichelleHowardSmith
http://beautiesonthego.ning.com/profile/Michelle
http://wozone.ning.com/profile/Michelle624
What is your favorite item in your shop?
In my natural skin care shop, my favorite items are the Organic Shower Gel (favorite essential oils to scent with are relaxation and honey almond) and my customer's favorite: The Brown Sugar Scrub & Combination Facial Mask.
In my stress and pain relief shop, I don't have a favorite item but more so of a favorite line which is the Magnetic Therapy line. I LOVE these products. I had a double foot surgery in Nov, 2008 and the magnets are phenomenal at alleviating pain and swelling.
What is the most valuable thing you have learned from your business and creating your products?
The most valuable thing that I have learned thus far is that being successful is not just about making sales but it also includes building relationships and meeting interesting people along the way. Will everyone like and want to buy my products? Nope but there are many who do and those are the individuals I am seeking to connect with.
Lastly, I'd like to add that running your own business is HARD work and there are many times when I feel discouraged. When you experience discouragement, my suggestion is to go back to ground zero which is remembering why you started your business in the first place.
Anything else you would like us to know about you?
Yes, are you surprised? :-) I invite anyone who is interested in skin care, beauty in general or ways to live stress and pain free without the side effects caused by traditional medicine, to subscribe to one of my monthly ezines. You won't be disappointed. I do not spam but I do feature many guest writers as well as write my own unique articles with information from research conducted as well as my personal experience. I also tend to write with a comical twist at times. You can subscribe at:
http://www.stressreliefbyrv.com/newsletters/subscribe - Stress Less Ezine
OR
http://www.deadseastorebyrv.com/subscribe - Skin Naturale Ezine
Michelle is giving away a full size jar of Organic Sweet Orange Sugar Scrub along with A Sampler Gift Set :
For additional entries you can do any or all of the following, leaving ONE comment for EACH:
~Visit my shop, Oceanside Creations, and share your favorite item- 1 additional entry (leave 1 comment)
~Become a follower of this blog or let me know if you already do- 1 additional entry leave one comment
~Follow Oceanside Creations on Twitter AND tweet about this giveaway including @OceansideJewlry in your tweet - 1 additional entry (leave a comment letting me know)
~Blog about this giveaway with a link to your post- 2 additional entries (leave 2 comments) Include a picture of the prize for a 3rd entry and leave a 3rd comment
~Become a fan of Oceanside Creations on Facebook- 1 additional entry (leave one comment)
~Add Oceanside Creations to your blog roll- 1 additional entry (leave 1 comment with a link to your blog)
~Make a purchase from Reviyve or Oceanside Creations between now and midnight July 31 -5 additional entries ~ Leave 5 comments telling me what you bought
Giveaway runs through Friday, July 31 at midnight EST. Our winner will be chosen on Saturday morning, August 1st via the random.org widget in the right sidebar and will be announced right here on this blog. Winner will be e-mailed and have 48 hours to claim their prize by responding to the email. If winner does not claim their prize within 48 hours a new winner will be chosen. When leaving comments please be sure your e-mail address is available for me to contact you. All photos are courtesy of Michelle.
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Behind The Art Monday
Today's Behind The Art Monday interview is with Lisa from Thoughtful Expressions. she makes jewelry, greeting cards and cute beaded flip flops. Enjoy!
Introduce yourself.
My name is Lisa Anderson and I'm from Atlanta, GA
Tell us about your art. What do you make? How did you come to your craft?
I make jewelry and have started making beaded flip flops for the spring and summer seasons. I got started making jewelry because my husband and I walked in the Breast Cancer 3-Day last year in memory of my mother and someone suggested that I should make jewelry and sell it as a fundraiser so that is what I did. I received a lot of compliments and raised a lot of money so I decided to try it out as a business and here I am.
What inspires your work? Describe your creative process and tell us about your favorite materials to work with.
I am inspired when I see something that is beautiful or relaxing and a name will pop into my head and then I will create something to go along with that name. Sometimes I just see some pretty beads and a design comes to me. I enjoy working with all kinds of beads. I love the sparkle of swarovski crystals and the beauty of lampwork beads. I like functional pieces that you can wear with a variety of outfits.
What are your goals for your shop?
My goal is to create quality jewelry that people fall in love with. There is nothing like seeing a piece of jewelry and wanting to match everything you wear to it! I also want to provide quality jewelry that everyone can afford and unique pieces that you won't see on anyone else.
What do you do when you are not creating?
When I'm not creating jewelry I am taking care of kids. I have 3 of my own and also provide childcare full time. 
What is your favorite hobby other than crafting?
I would have to say spending time with my family. They are the most important thing to me and we do a lot of things together. Sometimes we even design together!
What brought you to Etsy? Do you sell anywhere else?
A friend of mine told me about Etsy and suggested that I try it out so I did. I have also sold at a few festivals and to people I know. My daughter is my little sales person at her school. She has sold a lot of things to the teachers!
Where can we find you online?
Etsy is the only place for now. I haven't branched out anywhere else yet but I'm looking into it.
What is your favorite item in your shop?
My favorite jewelry piece in my shop right now is the Sparrows Flight necklace and earring set 
My favorite non-jewelry piece is this pair of flip flops that would be great as comfortable reception shoes for a bridal party and they will go great with a little sun dress.
What is the most valuable thing you have learned from your art and being an Etsy seller?
Patience for one. Both in creating the jewelry or flip flops and in waiting for sales. Also the importance of networking and being involved with others to get the word out about my shop.
Anything else you would like us to know about you?
I love creating things that others love to wear. I am constantly thinking about what other things I can try. Oh, the best part about what I do is that a portion of all sales goes to help fight cancer!
See more from Thoughtful Expressions in her Etsy shop.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Papermepretty Giveaway
Today's feature and giveaway is with Shalon from Papermepretty. Her fantastic shop is filled with customizable paper goods from business cards to gift tags. I love her colorful designs that would add a professional touch to any Etsy shop. Hope you enjoy discovering this wonderful shop and enter the giveaway for a customizable set of business cards.
Tell us about yourself.
My name is Shalon. I live in the same town where I was born in Elkhart, Indiana. I love it here although outsiders would wonder why. Not too much going on here. I love design and have been a freelance designer for the past 7 years. Although graphic design isn't my primary job, it's my secret love.
Tell us about your art. What do you make? How did you come to your craft?
I am a designer of all things web & print. I mostly design stationery goods and couture graphics. I started out several years ago with the deep curiosity of how things on the web are all put together. I was obsessed with web design for some time before I realized everything all relates back to visual appeal. That is how my love for graphics were spawned.
What inspires your work? Describe your creative process and tell us about your favorite materials to work with.
Since I mostly work with my computer, I rely on my graphics programs to get my jobs started. I work with adobe illustrator, photoshop, fireworks, and dreamweaver depending on the project. Illustrator is my most favorite. I also couldn't design with our inspiration from fabrics, paper, and vintage materials.
What are your favorite hobbies?
My favorite hobbies are reading, sipping tea, and visiting my local bookstore. I love thrift shops. I love love photography.
What are your goals for your business? Is Etsy a full or part time job?
As for now I am still a corporate american. It would be my dream to be a full time designer and I do see that in the future. It wasn't until about a year ago I believed it could be possible. Now I'm in the process of getting all my thing together. I know it can be done, I just have to do it!
What brought you to Etsy? Do you sell anywhere else?
I found Etsy by accident. I was looking for a venue to sell my works and I fell in love with this site! Most of my work is listed on my etsy site and my blog. I'm mostly a freelancer so I take a lot of private sales & custom works.
Where can we find you online?
Find me on Etsy at www.papermepretty.etsy.com
Blog: www.designartsoul.com
twitter: twitter.com/shalonestrada
What is your favorite item in your shop?
This is a tough one! I would have to say that one of my favorites is couture deluxe business cards. There's nothing like the first impression you put on people when you had them your card. People take you serious when you take your business serious.
What is the most valuable thing you have learned from your art and being an Etsy seller?
Artists appreciate other artists. I want to be involved in a environment of the appreciation of handmade goods.
Anything else you would like us to know about you?
I'm a mom to Rocio and Fiance to Israel. I'm work in the corporate world by day and I design by night. I'm a lover of all things true and live by faith. I'm a average girl living the life that was set out for me and living my dreams.
Papermepretty is giving away a set of 250 matte 1-sided business cards. The design can be customized by the winner and printing will also be included, however logo and illustration design will not be included.
For additional entries you can do any or all of the following, leaving ONE comment for EACH:
~Visit my shop, Oceanside Creations, and share your favorite item- 1 additional entry (leave 1 comment)
~Become a follower of this blog or let me know if you already do- 1 additional entry leave one comment
~Follow Oceanside Creations on Twitter AND tweet about this giveaway including @OceansideJewlry in your tweet - 1 additional entry (leave a comment letting me know)
~Blog about this giveaway with a link to your post- 2 additional entries (leave 2 comments) Include a picture of the prize for a 3rd entry
~Become a fan of Oceanside Creations on Facebook- 1 additional entry (leave one comment)
~Add Oceanside Creations to your blog roll- 1 additional entry (leave 1 comment with a link to your blog)
~Make a purchase from Papermepretty or Oceanside Creations between now and midnight July 24 -5 additional entries ~ Leave 5 comments with your transaction number
Giveaway runs through Friday, July 24 at midnight EST. Our winner will be chosen on Saturday morning, July25 via the random.org widget in the right sidebar and will be announced right here on this blog. Winner will be e-mailed and have 48 hours to claim their prize. If winner does not claim their prize a new winner will be chosen. When leaving comments please be sure your e-mail address is available for me to contact you. All photos are courtesy of Papermepretty.
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Behind The Art Monday
Today's Behind The Art Monday Interview is with DES from Etsy shop Whiteserenade.
Tell us about your art. What do you make?
I enjoy photography, graphic design, stained glass, mixed media paintings, paper mache and jewelry.
What inspires your work? Describe your creative process and tell us about your favorite materials to work with.
I really can't sit still. I'd rather be junking or in my workshop. I've always been driven to create, and I have a passion for graphic design and reclaiming and repurposing materials. I love transforming something that might otherwise end up in a landfill into something beautiful, functional, and one-of-a-kind. I also love the art of the 20's and 30's and I've recently started painting vintage girl faces. My favorite material is recycling vintage French paper.
What are your goals for your shop?
Just do what I love to do. Create share and give. I donate some of my profits to www.bloodwatermission.com
What do you do when you are not creating?
I'm a wife, mommy and house keeper. I am very blessed to work at home and be available for my kids.
What is your favorite hobby other than crafting?
Working out exercising. If I don't workout I can't sleep.
What brought you to Etsy? Do you sell anywhere else?
I sell in two shops in my area.
Where can we find you online?
Currently, only on etsy. I'm afraid of those places. Honestly I don't like being on the computer too long. It grabs you and I get nothing done.
What is your favorite item in your shop?
My recycled milk glass candle holders.
What is the most valuable thing you have learned from your art and being an Etsy seller?
Don't give up on your art. It's easy to get discouraged as you see other sellers. I do what I do because I enjoy it.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Buddhakittyglass giveaway winner
Congratulations to SmuTopia Jewelry, winner of the Buddhakittyglass giveaway! Our winning comment was #21 today.
SmuTopia says "I love this purple tray from buddhakitty! It was very hard to choose--in the end it came down to my fav color."
Monday, July 6, 2009
Behind The Art Monday
Today's featured shop is Bijoux Designs For You. April and her mother Glenda live near Toronto, and together, create beautiful jewelry, wine charms, bookmarks and more.
Tell us about your art. What do you make? How did you come to your craft?
Our journey has taken us down many paths over the years. At Bijoux Designs For You you will find a variety of fun and affordable beaded jewelry, bookmarks, wine charms and home decor items. Several years ago I took my mom to a jewelry making class for her birthday, and we were both addicted!
What inspires your work? Describe your creative process and tell us about your favorite materials to work with.
We are inspired in many ways. Sometimes its trying something new, sometimes a particular bead or charm will inspire something, sometimes I just feel like I need a new piece for myself to wear and want to share it with the world!
What are your goals for your shop?
We have just begun to focus on our party favors, such as our bookmarks and are looking to sell them wholesale. We would love to someday open our own boutique selling wonderful handmade items.
What do you do when you are not creating?
I am mommy to a beautiful nine month old and I waitress a couple days a week. Other than that I try and catch some sleep sometimes! My mom is talented in so many things. She is also a fantastic cook and baker and I wish I lived closer so I could enjoy her homemade cookies more!
What is your favorite hobby other than crafting?
Back in the day when I had more time I was an avid reader. Nothing like loosing yourself in a great book. Also pre-baby I think I made shopping a hobby! My mom is also a reader, baker, cook, sewer, painter. She wears many hats.
What brought you to Etsy? Do you sell anywhere else?
We have been travelling the craft show circuit and doing home parties for years but finally thought we needed to take the online plunge. Mom discovered Etsy and we both instantly fell in love with the community. We also have a shop on Artfire under the same name. After discovering that we have more beads (and can't stop buying them) we also opened a supply shop www.rougeriverbeads.etsy.com.
Where can we find you online?
You can tweet with us at http://twitter.com/bijouxdesigns and check out all the happenings on our blogs http://bijouxdesignsforyou.blogspot.com and http://rougeriverbeads.blogspot.com
What is your favorite item in your shop?
So many fav's but I really do love the shell and pearl necklaces. They are so cute for summer!
What is the most valuable thing you have learned from your art and being an Etsy seller?
That just opening a shop doesn't equal sales! It's a constant learning experience to take better pictures, write better descriptions, improve and innovate our products and of course promote, promote, promote!
Anything else you would like us to know about you?
Fun facts: I'm addicted to coffee, the color pink, have a black lab named Lily and still cry when I watch the movie Ghost!
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Enter to win a Blue and White Glass Tray from Buddhakittyglass
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Bags of Blessings Giveaway Winner
Our winner is comment #12, JC who says "I love the Hot, Hot, Polka Dot Purse!" Congratulations you won the Blue Sweater Bag. Thanks everyone for being a part of the giveaway!
Friday, July 3, 2009
July Giveaways
I love to enter giveaways (and win!) There are always some great giveaways going on so I thought I would make a list of all the ones I come across for the month so you can enter too.
~Head on over to A Giveaway Everyday and enter to win one of three items from beddingsets.com. They are giving away your choice of 3 bedding items: A Pink Zebra Sheet Set, A Simple Luxury Terry Robe, or a Shag Rug. Ends July 12
~Win 2 5x5 photographs from courtneyleigh at Mustardseed by Carollai's blog - Ends July 7
~Win this Sushi Themed Stationary Set from Notebooks, etc. over on Salad for Breakfast's blog
~I love these magnets from Pretty Much Art. You can enter to win them at J. leigh Designz blog during the 4th of July bash. Ends July 17th
~Win this Pink Sugar Glycerin Soap from Michelle's Unique Gifts at J. leigh Designz blog - ends July 19th
~Win a Romantic Evenings Set from Ultimate Nights at J. leigh designz blog- Ends July 10
~Win a $20 gift certificate to abel mable at J. leigh designz blog- Ends July 20th
~Red, White, and Blue Soap giveaway from Desert Soapstsone- 3 winners- ends July 31
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Buddhakittyglass giveaway
Today I have another exciting giveaway to share with you! Enjoy meeting Steena from Buddhakittyglass and enter to win one of her fabulous glass trays. Check out her work below and see more at her Etsy shop.
Tell us about yourself.
I am Steena, owner and artist behind Buddha Kitty Glass. I live in Seattle which is a mecca for glass artists and a great place to create fused glass. Over the years I’ve studied fused glass, cold working glass, lamp working, glass bead making and stained glass at Pratt Fine Art Center in Seattle.
Tell us about your art. What do you make? How did you come to your craft?
My love of glass goes back many years. During a college trip to Europe, I became fascinated with the stained glass in the cathedrals. Upon returning home, I took my first class in glasswork and learned how to make stained glass windows. This served as a wonderful introduction to the world of glass art. From there I began to learn glass bead making and became intrigued by the amazing transformation that takes place in glass once heat is applied. These glass beads became parts of handmade jewelry that I gave to friends and occasionally sold at small craft fairs. A cross-country move and new neighbors served as my introduction to fused glass. My new neighbors in Virginia commented on a glass bead necklace I had made which turned into a discussion about kiln formed glass. My neighbor’s mother taught fused glass. We talked about my fascination with glass she suggested I try one of her mother’s classes. I signed up for her class and was immediately captivated by kiln formed glass. Shortly after the class, I purchased my first small kiln and began perfecting the art of fused glass in my basement in Virginia. After several years, my husband and I decided to relocate back to the Pacific Northwest. The Seattle area is renowned for its glass art and is a wonderful location to continue to pursue fused glass. I continued my study of fused glass and kiln formed glass at Pratt Fine Art Center. In January 2009, I launched Buddha Kitty Glass. When I am not fusing glass for Buddha Kitty Glass I also serve as a docent at the Museum of Glass, leading tours of the beautiful glass art collections. Being a docent at the Museum of Glass is another way for me to share my enthusiasm for glass art with others.
What inspires your work? Describe your creative process and tell us about your favorite materials to work with.
My favorite material to work with is glass! Specifically though I love to make pattern bars of glass, which are thick layers of glass fused together. I then cut them into pieces on a tile saw which reveals the patterns created from stacking the glass. I fuse these pieces into the glass dots seen thought my work. I really enjoy mixing colors together in random patterns in the bars and seeing the amazing results, which come from it.
What are your goals for your business? Is Etsy a full or part time job?
I would like my shop on Etsy to get so popular that I have to buy a much bigger kiln to keep up with the orders! Seriously, I would really like to have this become my full-time work and eventually have a brick and mortar shop with my glass.
What are your favorite hobbies?
A few years back I started trapeze lessons and really love it. I also just bought a canoe and can’t wait to get it out on the water with my family. Besides that I love to travel. I went around the world in 2005 with my husband and would like to do that again in a few years.
What brought you to Etsy? Do you sell anywhere else?
A friend and I were discussing the art work we made and she told me about Etsy. She wanted to start a shop there but her internet connection was not working properly so I said I would do some research for her and let her know how it worked. After researching the site for her, I decided to start my own.
Where can we find you online?
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Buddha-Kitty-Glass/79270261377?ref=mf
We Love Etsy:
http://etsylove.ning.com/profile/BuddhaKittyGlass
I Heart Rummage:
http://iheartrummage.ning.com/profile/BuddhaKittyGlass
Fused Glass Artist:
http://www.fusedglassartists.org/Buddhakittyglass
And of course:
http://www.buddhakittyglass.com
What is your favorite item in your shop?
I can’t play favorites it makes the other pieces of glass jealous.
What is the most valuable thing you have learned from your art and being an Etsy seller?
Its really been wonderful seeing people react to and enjoy my art. It is great to get to share this with people outside of my friends and family.
For additional entries you can do any or all of the following, leaving ONE comment for EACH:
~Visit my shop, Oceanside Creations, and share your favorite item- 1 additional entry (leave 1 comment)
~Become a follower of this blog or let me know if you already do- 1 additional entry leave one comment
~Follow Oceanside Creations on Twitter AND tweet about this giveaway including @OceansideJewlry in your tweet - 1 additional entry (leave a comment letting me know)
~Blog about this giveaway with a link to your post- 2 additional entries (leave 2 comments)
~Enter any of the current giveaways on this blog -See left sidebar for a list- 1 additional entry per giveaway entered ( leave 1 comment per giveaway)
~Become a fan of Buddhakittyglass on Facebook- 1 additional entry (leave one comment)
~Become a fan of Oceanside Creations on Facebook- 1 additional entry (leave one comment)
~Add Oceanside Creations to your blog roll- 1 additional entry (leave 1 comment with a link to your blog)
~Make a purchase from Buddhakittyglass between now and midnight July 10 -5 additional entries ~ Leave 5 comments with your transaction #
Good Luck!
Giveaway runs through Friday, July 10 at midnight EST. Our winner will be chosen on Saturday morning, July11 via the random.org widget in the right sidebar and will be announced right here on this blog. Winner will be e-mailed and have 48 hours to claim their prize. If winner does not claim their prize a new winner will be chosen. When leaving comments please be sure your e-mail address is available for me to contact you. All photos are courtesy of Buddhakittyglass.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Oceanside Creations Giveaway Winner
Comment # 27 was our winner today, belonging to Quilting Diva. She says "You had me at "orange"! Burnt orange bracelet is one of my faves."
Congratulations! The $15 gift certificate is yours.
