O Happy Day

A big thank you to Etsy for choosing my one-egg wonder basket to include in this beautiful collection! This treasury graced the front page of Etsy at about 2 am. A big thanks also goes out to Amanda at SygnetCreations for sending me the message and screenshot!

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I'd also like to thank everyone who voted for their favorite fabric choice. It was a tight race between #1 and #4, but in the end, #4 pulled ahead by 4 votes. I'm looking forward to seeing your choice become a basket, and I can't wait to share the results with you on Monday :)

Good Morning To Me!

A big heaping spoonful of thanks to Etsy for choosing my sosovintage mod deco lidded container to grace the front page this morning! Another large bundle of appreciation goes to Felicia at FluffyFlowers for sending me a congrats message :)

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It's rainy and gray outside for the second day in a row, but I'm having a sunshiny day on the inside! Happy Thursday!

A Sosovintage First!

Wahoooooo! This gorgeous treasury, curated by VintageScraps, graced the front page of Etsy at 2am. That's my little periwinkle cup up there! Thank you, VintageScraps and Etsy, for the honor :)

Whatta Wake Up Call

This gorgeous collection was created by the very talented (and uber nice) Amy at ThePeachTree.etsy.com. It graced the front page of Etsy at 8:00 this morning. Unfortunately, I was still stretching and waiting for the coffee to perk, so I missed seeing it there. I send thanks out to Toni at RCTees, Gayle at MonkeyThreads, and Klaire at MysticSilks for sending me congrats messages, though. And special grateful hugs go out to Amy for choosing to include my bowl, and to Etsy admin for choosing this one for the primo spotlight!

Oh, Thank You, Admin!

My good Etsy friend and her family had to say goodbye to their beloved kitty, Smokey, about a week ago. To show her how much I feel for her loss, and to honor her special purr-boy, I made a "smokey...homage" treasury. It was chosen for the front page of Etsy today! Thank you, Etsy admin for noticing my collection.

Yabba Dabba Doo

What a treat to come home from a birthday party today to find several nice messages waiting for me in my Etsy shop! This beautiful collection made it to the front page of etsy today, and my bowls are right there in the middle!

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Thank you salalknits for including my work in your treasury. Thank you Etsy admin for choosing this one to grace your front page. And last, but not least, thank you Karen (misseskwittys), Rebecca (bananasaurusrex), and Angela (aandboriginals) for your sweet congrats messages. I will go to sleep feeling very hearted tonight. Hope your Saturdays were great too!

Milestone Watch

I am soooooo close to a couple of big milestones in my Etsy shop! Actually, I just passed 400 sales this week, and that was such a thrill. I am 2 feedbacks away from having 500 glorious postive remarks about my work (or my buying habits!), and as of this morning, I am 11 *hearts* away from 2000. That simply blows me away- almost 2000 people in this world like my shop enough to have added it to their favorite shops on Etsy. With so many talented artists and beautiful shops to love, I am truly honored and awestruck by this.

I joked with some of my friends the other day that I'm one great treasury away from hitting my milestones. Then I got a message from Jackie at MonarchDancer this morning that she had chosen my tutti frutti bowlee to appear in her latest collection! Could this be the treasury that goes to the FP and pushes me over the edge with my numbers? I don't know, but it sure is a beauty isn't it? If you have a moment, please click on the photo...it will take you directly to the treasury page where you can click on the items and/or leave a nice comment for the curator. The more attention the treasury receives, the more likely it will be to get noticed by admin!



Have you been included in any great looking treasuries lately? And how about milestones- got any big ones coming up? Do leave a comment and share!!

Exciting Earth Day

I had a very special surprise today! My super friend Angela from aandboriginals sent me the screenshot above... That's my orange tray down on the bottom, and this was an Etsy front page this morning.

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I am particularly flattered by this as it was a collection chosen by Etsy admin, found using the word "upcycled"...I am so humbled and excited to have my "eco-friendliness" honored this way on Earth Day.

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And this gorgeous purple and mustard collection was on the front page yesterday! What a rush! Thank you to 3dots for including my bowl set, and thank you Amy from ThePeachTree for sending me a message to let me know!

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PSSSSSSSST......

There is still time to vote in the Etsyfriends Earth Day Challenge! There are prizes for 10 people who take the time to vote, and all you have to do is leave a comment with your choice! This is my "Love Your Mother" rag rug entry...click on the photo to get to the voting spot. Entries will be taken through midnight tonight!

Woot!

Big thanks to Barbara at southernladysvintage for letting me know that my coconut blues napkin cuffs were on the front page today! At 6 something pm eastern time, this gorgeous treasury (curated by the talented monarchdancer) was chosen by Etsy admin to grace the front page of their website.

The feeling of seeing something you made looking back at you from this special spot is indescribable. For me it is like a combination of standing on the top of Mt. Everest and being handed a winning lottery ticket.

I stare and stare, thinking "Wow, that's me right there! Right there! I MADE that!" Then *poof* the front page changes, and your 30 minutes of fame is over. But thankfully that warm, fuzzy feeling stays and stays. And if it happened once, it can happen again! Woot!

A Wacky Week In Review

Last week was craaaaaaazy! My husband was out of town, my parents were here from Florida, I had tons of presents to get wrapped, and I sold 21 items between Dec. 7th and Dec. 14th! As if that wasn't enough to make an already nutso person flip over the edge, I was one of the artists featured in the Storque's *shop local VA* article by Mel at backwoodsophisticate. Click on the link to see a photo of me and several other VA artists. The same day that came out, my friend Amanda at sygnetscreations sent me a message that one of my bowls was on the front page of Etsy! Thank you adornbyamysingley for including me in your collection!What a rush!! I'm still all full of adrenaline- better use it to get crocheting, huh?

Never Lose Hope

My orange and purple nesting bowl set got to be in the spotlight last night: Etsy front page, baby! Even better than that, they now get to go live in a new home. I made these back in September with Halloween in mind. In October they got lots of exposure and lots of hearts, but no buyer. I changed their name from Halloween Glow to Harvest Moon Glow at the beginning of November, still no buyer. And lo! On December 2nd, the right customer came along. Thank you to lusitania for giving them a final push in this beautiful collection. The moral of the story: never lose hope that a creation and its perfect owner will be united :)

Two Days In a Row...Pinch Me!!

Yesterday was a big huge day for our family. Our baby girl turned 3! Three! I don't know where the time has gone. We hosted a fabulous party, went out for a lovely dinner, and when I came home, I learned that this collection was on the front page of Etsy while we were out. It doesn't get much better than that. Didn't Amy at ThePeachTree put together an awesome treasury? My heart is full of gratitude for so many things this Thanksgiving :)

Well, Happy Early Anniversary To Me!

Tomorrow marks my one year "discovered Etsy" anniversary! And today, I woke up to a lovely message from one of my Etsyfriends teammates, Amanda, at SygnetCreations. She sent me a screenshot of the front page of Etsy - with my organic baby girl snuggle set right in the middle!

This collection was up from about 6am-8am EST. Best of all, the treasury was curated by one of my best Etsy friends, Nikki at KaleidoscopeKorner, and featured 3 other teammates too! How cool to share the best spot on Etsy with MannieMandible, KrazyFashion, and SygnetCreations.

I knew when I saw this one that it was a special collection; it was bound for greatness :) Big thanks go out to Nikki, Amanda, and also to Amy at ThePeachTree for her congrats convo. Thank you admin for the early anniversary gift- mwuah!

It's A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood :)

You just know it's going to be a great day when...you log into Etsy to find a sweet convo from a friend. It gets even better when said message contains a screenshot of yourself on the front page of Etsy! Big thanks go out to Danelle at TagsandButtons for being up at 5 am, and being awake enough, and kind enough to get a screenshot for me. I LOVE this treasury of cottage items, and am so glad to see a shabby style treasury on the front page. Cottage Style Street Team represent! Big smootchies to yippeevintage for including my wreath tags in this beautiful collection.

Etsyfriends Challenge on the FP!

My Etsyfriends Team has a new challenge activity for November. All team members who want to participate are to offer up their interpretation of "Thankful for Friends". Entries will be listed in shops and will be shown all together on the team blog. Entries are due Nov. 3rd, and voting details will follow. Anyone interested can vote, and there will be prizes offered for doing so. I will share more info as it gets closer.

So, I was especially thrilled for myself and my team when I heard that my entry and our contest got some good exposure this morning. My upcycled BFF (best friends forever) bowls were chosen for this beautiful treasury by utilemud, and that treasury made it to the front page of Etsy! I believe it was on the fp from about 6am-8am EST. So, a big thank you to utilemud for creating such a gorgeous collection, and to Nikki at KaleidoscopeKorner and Karen at BusyBeading for your congrats messages!