I first discovered a SpoonfulOfChocolate in one of the forum rooms of etsy. She had asked people for ideas of books to use for her handbags and I had to give her the suggestions of my all time favorites (Gone with the Wind, East of Eden, Harry Potter). I always give an opinion if I […]
TREASURY FEATURES
Here are few pictures of treasuries that I either created or was featured in this past week… This treasury is called A Rainbow of Color and was put together by kimbuktu. She chose to feature my rosy star wall hanging (third row, middle column). This treasury is called Bejeweled and it was put together by […]
Auntie Nise's Garden of Love
I have a very unique situation with my kids. For 10 months of the year I stay home with them…the other two months is apple season, so I don’t see them much. I have between 5-6 different sitters in a given week that either take my kids and watch them during the days or are […]
SAVE HANDMADE
My team EtsyBaby has teamed up with the EtsyKids team to have a sale to promote awareness of the new CPSIA law. KimsCraftyApple will be offering FREE SHIPPING with the purchase of 2 or more baby/kids items and/or purchase over $100! Save Handmade with EtsyBABY & EtsyKids who provide a safe handcrafted alternative for baby […]
An Interview with Erin Posey from ErgoDesign
ERGODESIGN (http://www.ergodesign.etsy.com/) Tell me a little bit about your background in arts and crafts. I’ll try to give you a condensed version. I always enjoyed art classes through out school. In college at SUNY Geneseo, I took a few art classes while I was working on my psychology degree. I also got involved in the […]
Welcome to 'The Jungle'
Article 2 of the mural series When we discovered that Cedi was going to be a big sister, and soon, we started to prepare her for the fact that she was going to be living in “the Jungle” instead of “Under theSea”. I had previously painted all of the animals on the wall,but I had […]
TREASURIES!
Yes! It has happened again. A few of my items have been featured in treasuries! This one was created by PamelaQuilts (http://www.pamelaquilts.etsy.com/) and is called Scrap it Up! My quilt is in the lower row, middle column. This next treasury is called Quilted Delights! and was put together by ThreadedExpressions (http://www.threadedexpressions.etsy.com/). If you notice, it’s […]
A Chat with UniquelyNancy
I found UniquelyNancy (http://www.uniquelynancy.etsy.com/) through my Quiltsy team. She makes amazing bags and quilts. I based my G R E E N V I O U S treasury around her bag (shown in the upper left corner). Nancy gracefully agreed to do an interview for me. Here’s what she had to say: I have been […]
Under the Sea
About 2 years ago, my husband and I made the decision to tear down our falling apart house and build a new one. We decided this in January and we needed to be done (or super close to done) by the middle of August when apple season started. In order to accomplish this we decided […]
and of course…more treasuries!
Yes, I’ve been busy making more treasuries! I was disappointed to learn you’re only supposed to have one at a time! Oh well. My latest treasury-west is a wish list for Capri’s 1st birthday gifts. I wanted to get this up sooner than later in case they don’t change that crazy law going into affect […]