Labor Day Sale

I'm having a Labor Day sale in my Etsy shop! Now thru 9/8/09, Buy One, get additional purchases for 25% off. Etsy doesn't have a handy sale option, so you have to either purchase the items and I can refund the difference via Paypal, or I can do a special listing.

I've added some new items to prep for the sale.

Caribbe Island Bracelet - pretty shells mixed with bright beads

Swingin' Green & Black - Peridot and Black super long necklace

Groovy Vintage Book "I Want to be a Nurse" from 1957

Stop by my shop and check it out. Have a Happy Labor Day all!!!

Treasury Time

Woo whoo!  I made it into another treasury on Etsy - that's 2 for this month.  I'm not sure how long the list link lasts (try saying that 3 times) but it's fun while it's there.

I really like creating treasuries but I hardly ever catch it when a list opens up.  For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, a treasury is a photo collage of items arranged around a theme.  They're fun to put together and the challenge is to have your list get "hot" enough from people looking at it to get your treasury featured on the front page.  I've never made the front page, but there's always a 1st time.

Happy Spring to everyone!

Special special!

It seems I'm always running behind on the holidays.

So, in honor of Valentines Day, I'm offering free shipping on all my jewelry until 2/14.  On Etsy, the shipping is already set to 0.00.  For my Artfire shop, I can either send an updated invoice or refund the shipping price when I process the order.

Either way, jewelry is always a great gift for yourself or others!  And what's better than something that's one of a kind and handmade.

Tulip earrings with fluorite, "Hint of Mint" necklace, Tender Wisp sterling ring.

Starting the Long Process

Started the long process of moving the very best vintage from my eBay store over to Etsy.  The process requires photographing every item from a zillion angles and with different settings to get just the right 5 photos to display.  

I really like taking the photos, not so much trying to edit them down.  I am lucky to be in So. Calif. so I don't have to deal with ice and snow while photographing - I feel for my friends in the freeze zones.

My mom and sisters moved to New York several years ago (long story, I won't bore you) and daily I pretty much taunt them with weather updates.  I know, it's awful, but I really miss shopping with my sis and sharing the cute things my kids do with my mom.  Emails and phone calls are just not the same.

If you'd like a closer look, here's the brass cat and the adorable Holly Hobbie dish.

Oh Crap, It's Christmas!

I've been so busy trying to make some money for Xmas, I seem to have forgotten to actually prepare for it.  The tree is not up, the presents are not bought, the mantel isn't decorated...I better get going!

I haven't even managed to make my niece a gift.  She has the curse of having her birthday on Xmas eve.  I usually try to do something really special, but this year I may have to jump out to a retail store and pick up anything in purple.  I did buy a scarflette off Etsy - I just love that style.  This was by Mittens and if I knew how to put a link to her store, I would insert it here.

Happy holidays everyone and take a day off - yes, the whole day!

Dee

Setting Up Shops

I've been on Etsy for nearly a year.  Last week, I couldn't pass up the $7 a month for life on Art Fire.  But driving interest to my shops - well, that's a real challenge.  I'm setting up this blog with the idea that my random thoughts plus links to my various pages, will keep me organized and give me a real direction.

We'll see how it works.  Want to go through the adventure with me?