Etsy Blogger of the Month: DesignByNora

Congratulations to DesignByNora, Etsy Blogger of the Month!
Hello, My name is Nora and I live in Los Angeles, CA. I just graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Art, concentrating on Graphic Design. Besides my love for graphic design, I love making cards, jewelry, playing around with polymer clay, reading and geeking around on the computer.
Check out her etsy shop today!

Blog Carnival...Feb 09...How to cover a button! Old school!

When I was growing up, my grandmother had these buttons all over her house...in drawers and in her sewing basket!

All you need is a simple kit...you can get them at craft stores including Joanne's and even at Walmart!

The diagram below is exactly how it works!

Step One: Cut a piece of fabric down to about double the size of the button you are covering!
Step Two: Lay the fabric down on top of the white tool piece that came in your kit!
Step Three: Push the rounded top of the button into the fabric, into the tool!
Step Four: Tuck the fabric inside the rounded button part and then push the back piece into place!
Step Five: use the blue tool to secure the back of the button into place...be firm!
You have covered a button! Woot Woot! Happy Creating:)

Etsy Featured Blogger of February 2009...Donna Pool!

Be sure to check out Donna's shop on Etsy!

Think of my shop as a place where you can find something traditional...with a twist! All my soft toys and Christmas ornaments are very child-safe and every stitch is made by hand (I don't use a sewing machine).

I used to love looking through old Life and Look magazines my parents and grandparents had saved and I've collected old photography magazines for years. I make my vintage buttons out of recycled images from those because they're like preserving tiny bits of history...a fascinating little peek into the past.

Do check out Donna's Blog as well....Donna Says...

How to create a sticky blog post in blogger!

Step1: Connect to your Blogger account and click "Layout" in the "Dashboard."

Step2: Select "Add a Page Element" and choose the function you want to use as your "sticky post." For example, if you would like to announce an ongoing contest, you can choose "Text" and enter the details. "Text" allows you to add and edit HTML. By selecting "HTML/JavaScript," you also can choose to link to a previously written, archived post that gives the written details of the contest.

Step3: Complete the "Add a Page Element" template, click and drag the item to the "Blog Posts" section.

Step4: Click "Preview" to make sure the sticky post appears at the top of the page. Then click "Save."

• You can create more than one "sticky post."
• Using a "sticky post" is an effective way to drive traffic to additional sites you may have, such as another blog or online retail shop.
• “Sticky posts" have no expiration date. To remove a "sticky post," simply click "Remove Page Element."

Source info: http://www.ehow.com/how_2070439_create-sticky-post-blogger.html

Blog Giveaway: Shopdavinia.etsy.com!

Home for the Holidays Soap
Snuggle up and banish those winter blues! This festive soap is a cozy blend of warm, spicy cinnamon sticks, cloves and sweet, rich and creamy French Vanilla. It is sure to warm your soul and ease your mind.
The soap is gently exfoliating with festive sugar crystals embedded in a layer of moisturizing, luxury shea butter soap.
This soap is made from a high quality, all vegetable oil the soap base and contains NO sulfates or harmful chemicals and absolutely NO harsh detergents or foaming agents.
Ingredients: Aqua, Glycerin, Sodium Stearate and Sodium Oleate, Sorbitol, Stearic Acid, Lauric Acid, Sodium Laurate, Sodium Myristate, Pentasodium Pentetate, Tetrasodium Etidronate, fragrance, sugar, shea butter, Mica, Titanium dioxide, Tin Dioxide, Iron oxide
This listing is for 1 bar of soap.
Each soap is approximately 4.2 oz.

Do you want to win this LUXURIOUS home for the holidays soap?

Please go visit Marlene's shop, ShopDavinia
then come back here and leave a comment
about your favorite item in her etsy shop!

ShopDavinia is my featured etsy seller this week as well! Please be sure to read her interview as well!

*You must enter by 11:59 pm, est on November 11th, 2008*
We will pick a winner on Wednesday morning,
November 12th! Thanks for looking
at her bright and beautiful shop!

PLEASE be sure we have a way of contacting you! Good Luck!

Move over bacon, I found something meatier: Ping.fm!

These days it seems as if these social networking and self promotion sites have been springing up faster and faster...every day there are new ones to join! Which means more time spending online posting messages to 3, 4....up to 10 different sites. It is endless. And then I came across Ping.fm tonight!

Ping.fm is a newer program (I believe) that I would call your "social networking executive assistant"! It is quite literally like "one stop messaging"! You spend 10 minutes plugging in all of your info for all of of your sites and then it manages them all for you...it literally does all of the leg work:) You want to make a post about something...open your ping.fm account and it posts to all of your sites!

I have my ping account now connected to...

Twitter

Facebook

MySpace

LinkedIn

Tumblr

Identi.ca

FriendFeed

Blogger

Mashable

Rejaw

Delicious

Yahoo 360

Flickr

Just think of all the time you will save! Now, get pinging...will you?

Etsy November Blogger of the Month: Storybeader !

A big shout out to storybeader (woo hoo) -this month's featured blogger!

I'm a frustrated writer who likes to put words and colors together to make wearable art. How do you wear words, you ask? I suppose my haiki poems can float around in your brain as you sashay down the lane, wearing one of my necklaces.
Each of my necklaces comes with a haiku, written specifically for the piece, by yours truly!
I love looking in dictionaries and thesauruses, playing with my dog, watching turtles, digging in the garden, and having salt spray in my face (that last one's a memory.)
Hope you have fun visiting my shop. I like to write more than talk, so drop me a line, and say hello.
Proud member of the EtsyBloggers. Visit my blog at http://storybeader.blogspot.com/

{:-Deb, the storybeader

Stop by her shop this month and give Deb a little love!

And the blogger of the month is...MAMASMAGICSTUDIO!

Congratulations to mamasmagicstudio, this months featured etsy blogger!
She also owns bfbeads on etsy!



Can you even believe how cute these earrings are! How clever!



Welcome to Mama's Magic Studio! I'm Jen, the "Mama" who makes handmade magic happen. I have eclectic crafting interests, so there's no telling what you might find here: beadwork, jewelry, mobiles, baskets, accessories.... I have been an Etsy seller since February 2006, making "Baby Friendly Beads: Jewelry for Breastfeeding & Beyond" which are available at my other etsy shop: http://bfbeads.etsy.com

Baby Friendly Beads are beautifully functional nursing necklaces and bracelets. Breastfeeding jewelry gives baby something else to focus on and play with, instead of pulling mom's hair or pinching her skin. Reminder bracelets track nursing sessions.

Congratulations and may the feature grant you a month of success!

Get on THE LIST...of top 100 preppy sites!

It is free advertising for your store and/or blog!
Just submit your avatar and/or banner today and I will add you!
Thanks,
Heather

Widget find of the day....The FriendFeed

I just came across a little "organizer" of sorts for all of your blog feeds, etc...FriendFeed allows you to organize all of your online accounts, up to 43 in all!

Check it out! Here is mine:)

I was featured in an Etsy Treasury today!

"It's all in MY name...a fruit, a month and a color"

A big heatherknitz "shout out" to lovealwaysxox, the curator of the treasury!

Etsy Featured Blogger of September 2008

Featured Seller: Joeyandalthea
What type of Etsy Shop? a super cutesie boutique for children
Member Since: 2006
The blog: http://joeyandaleethea.com/blog
Her shop: http://joeyandaleethea.etsy.com/


About Joeyandalthea...
s u p e r . c u t e s i e . c o o l n e s s . h a n d m a d e . b y . a . m o m
Giggle with us as you enjoy our unique handmade designs. I am a mama to an amazing 2yo boy and a beautiful newborn baby girl / a momtrepreneur / a professional programmer and website developer / wife to a super husband, super geek, and U.S. Air Force veteran, and I design and handmake each super cool and luxurious item...all by myself!

A Special Giveaway!!
http://joeyandaleethea.typepad.com/blog/....-giveaways.html

Etsy Featured Seller...SandraKay

Today there is a new featured seller on Etsy, SandraKay. She makes a variety of really nice handmade cotton items of the eclectic variety but her lunch bags are absolutely adorable!
They are simple yet stylish.

Here is one of the large lunch bags with some of SandraKay's handmade linen napkins as well! I love the gingham:)

I love how you can fold up the lunch bag when you are not using it!

I love the checkerboard fabric lining on the inside...so sweet!
Congratulations on the FRONT PAGE feature this week, SandraKay!

etsybloggers on the front page of etsy!

8/21/08
Etsybloggers on the front page of etsy!
Congratulations to those who made it on the front page!

Etsy Wiki...Who Knew?

I just learned about etsy wiki...your unofficial source for all things Etsy and handmade!
One of the most interesting things on the site is the Top Sellers page which features all of the top sellers (who have sold over 1000 items)...way to go top sellers!


Above is the list of etsy top sellers at the very top of the list!!!


Look who made the etsy top sellers list as well! Yeah!!!!

Etsybloggers Street Team in the Storque!

To celebrate the 1st anniversary of the etsybloggers street team, the Storque featured the team this week!






Congratulations to all etsybloggers that were featured specifically in the reporting!

The Trouble with Tribbles....Social Networking!

Lately, I have been joining more and more of the social networking sites...setting up shop, making "friends", joining "communities", exchanging links and on and on and on...
I hear "you've got mail" 600 times a day...each time I get a new friend, I get a new message, I get a new exhange--I get an email...
It is so overwhelming!
Here is a list of "communities" and "social networking sites" that you can join and you can see...one can quickly feel like the "tribbles" are taking over...lol!




AIM Amazon Wishlist BUMPzee del.icio.us
Digg Facebook Flickr Furl iLike Jaiku
Last.fm LinkedIn Ma.gnolia Multiply
MyBlogLog MySpace Pandora Pownce Reddit
SmugMug Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati
Twitter Upcoming Vimeo Yelp
YouTube Zooomr

Now, I am quite sure that there are a few people out there who have joined each and every one of these AND MORE! My hats off to you! But, for me, I'll stick with the 6 or 7 I have become part of....But, if you do need some help, be sure to check out minggl! Minggl "manages" all of your social network sites for you!
From their site...

Minggl enables you to...

• Consolidate friends from across social networking sites
• Auto-log into and easily navigate across your social networks
• Update status on multiple social networks from one place
• Send the same message across sites such as Facebook and MySpace
• Get updates and friend activity from your networks no matter where you are on the web

Happy Managing!
You may enjoy reading some of these as well...

• How to Manage Your Social Networking Sites
• A Parent's Guide to Social Networking

And don't forget about all of these...lol!

• Reddit
• Digg
• Facebook
• MySpace
• del.icio.us
• StumbleUpon
• Technorati
• Google Bookmarks
• Yahoo Bookmarks
• Yahoo! My Web
• Windows Live
• Propeller
• FriendFeed
• Newsvine
• Xanga
• Mixx
• Blinklist
• Furl
• ma.gnolia
• Mister Wong
• N4G
• Blogmarks
• Faves
• Current
• Simpy
• Slashdot
• Meneame
• Yigg
• Oknotizie.alice.it
• Fresqui
• Diigo
• Care2
• Funp
• Kirtsy
• Hugg