Showing posts with label handmade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label handmade. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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

Sunday, March 27, 2011

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

Sunday, March 20, 2011

New Glass Product... Green Glass and the Lady bug

This Bird feeder is created out of a beautiful hand cut, green glass and hand cut red and black glass for the lady bug.It has yellow glass accents running through the piece. It sits on a 16" fabricated wrought iron stand. The glass it self is 6" in diameter and 4.5" deep.

Crystal Phan's Jewelry from Etsy featured in the News

Congratulations to yet another Etsy seller in the News! Great article inWilkes Barre Times....Paper Heroes Crystals  ETSY SHOP: Crystal Phan's jewelry

Saturday, March 19, 2011

The Baltimore Sun features Kristen Christy from Little Acorn Products

Congratulations to Kristen Christy from Little Acorn Products on Etsy. She was featured in The Baltimore sun!Check her shop out her Birdhouses are beautiful. Great decor for children s rooms.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

NEW! Glass Gifts

Both Projects from last week are finished! This is the Bird Feeder!Bird feeder With wrought Iron StandBlue Fish Hanging from fishing pole.Suncatcher!Fused Glass Fish close-up

ABC news/GMA features another Etsy Shop...harvest Moon By Hand

 CHRISTINA CARON March 17, 2011The Leprechaun TrapLeprechauns, those mischievous elves of Irish folklore, are notoriously hard to catch. But as legend goes there's a handsome monetary reward if you manage to capture one. Ann Rinkenberger, mother to Olivia, 8, and Sophia, 10, said her daughters have been making "leprechaun traps" for the past five years. But there's just one problem. "

Blue Bird Feeder

Here are pictures from the bird feeder I started last week. Its Nearly complete. I just have to add the stand! Love the Blue Glass! It turned out perfect.

Saturday, March 12, 2011