Teacher Appreciation

Great Teachers Make Great SchoolsOn National Teacher Day, take time to honor local educators and acknowledge the crucial role teachers play in making sure every student receives a quality education.The next National Teacher Day will be celebrated on May 3, 2011.Give Your Child's Teacher A gift to remember!Have your Jars Customized!!!!

Recycle/Reuse/Upcycle

Three R's of CDs in the digital age: resell, reuse, recycleby Ashley CullinsApril 07, 2011Ashley Cullins/MedillCDs can be used as easy, light-reflecting candleholders.A cathode lamp is one of millions of ideas for projects made with used CDs.Cullins -Etsy"Kusudama is traditionally a Japanese art of paperfolding that results in a beautiful ball of flowers. This particular piece is a modern update

CNBC Media Money

EmpirePublished: Thursday, 31 Mar 2011 | 4:53 PM ETText SizeBy: Julia BoorstinCNBC CorrespondentEtsy is like eBay, but for a niche market — handmade goods. If you've not one of the site's eight million shoppers, imagine a hipster's DIY dream of handicrafts and art. Instead of buying something mass-produced from a giant corporation, you get to browse for a unique gem.EtsySource: Etsy.comOver

Etsy Photo Shoot Video

For a behind-the-scenes look at our big Etsy photo shoot and to learn more about Etsy power sellers, watch this video:

Recycle/Reuse/Upcycle

The Blue cobalt dish was just completed. I turned a blue cobalt water bottle into a beautiful amazing dish. The dish is cleaned,sanitized,fused,slumped,etched and wire wrapped with beads. I LOVE it! Let me know what you think.

Recycle Glass

How do you reuse/upcycle different items in your everyday life?I guess its time to stop buying new glass for my glass projects and start using what is already available. Glass does last forever. I might as well use it. My current project is cobalt glass water bottles and actually they can be used as vases with out even redesigning them.Ive decided to slump and etch mine. My first one is slumped

Earth Grrrl Crafts

http://www.etsy.com/shop/EarthGrrrlCrafts25% off on all items to help pay for my cat's Emergency vet bill. It's up over $2,000 at this point, and may be higher before all is said and done. Checkout code Earth25 for 25% off. Everything on sale 25% off! Great deals!http://www.etsy.com/shop/EarthGrrrlCrafts

Stone Carving

http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=69016&sitesection=ndnsubss&VID=23385963Stone Carving VideoAn extinct art form?

Urban Zen, Hand-knitted Spacemen and STEM Education

Urban Zen, Hand-knitted Spacemen and STEM EducationNASA has lately reached out to girls and young women in its efforts to attract and retain students in science, technology, engineering and math. It has partnered with the Foundation for Advancing Women Now (FFAWN), created by singer Mary J. Blige, and even worked with the online art and crafts marketplace Etsy. Earlier this week, the agency

Cake Wrecks, the Ultimate in DUH Goodness!

If you're not familiar with the Cake Wreck blog, please start following it today.

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

Not only will you get to see the best of the worst made cakes, but the commentary is a hoot, too! :D

A Wonderful Blog of Duhs!

Run, do not walk, over to http://failblog.org and sign up to get their daily dose of DUH. You won't regret it. Even on a day that refuses to kick-start, no matter how much caffeine you pour into it, you'll always find a smile with their emails. :D

Mina Carter Does HEARTFAST

Wow! I mean, oh, wow! I so rarely get emails from fans. Rarer still from other authors. But yesterday I received an email from Mina Carter who bought HeartFast. And read it in one night - quite a feat considering the tome is 103K words.

She even blogged about it at http://mina-carter.com/?p=798.

You need to read it! The blog, I mean. Then, if you haven't read HeartFast, go get it and read it to see what she's talking about.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to visit Cloud 9. ;)