Week of 8/29/2011 Featured Shop

This week I am featuring MarigoldInBloom from Etsy.com

Meet Nery Diaz, owner of MarigoldInBloom:

My main inspiration comes in the form of semi-precious gemstones. Don't be shy, click on the contact button to send me suggestions, questions or requests. Tambien se habla español ;)

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So I was just curious about my Etsy listing showing up in the Etsy search so I decided to give it a go.  I clicked on the "Home" button and typed in Giraffe Print Handbag.  Guess what???  There was my Wild Fun bag on the first page and not only that, it was in the 3rd feature spot!  OMG!

WOOHOO!!!

This Week's Featured Shop

This week I am featuring gogogorobot from Etsy.com

Meet Halley Proctor, owner of gogogorobot.

Hi, I am Halley Proctor. I live in West Palm Beach, Florida. Although born a writer, I like to surround myself with the tangible worlds I imagine. I am are inspired by strings folded in curious whimsy or knotted in symmetry searching for order, how easy knees can be skinned and how complicated they are to mend, how an accessory can be subtle or the main attraction, the smell of dusty books and reading non-timestamped notes along the edge, transformative vintage clothing and dancing around to the records the wearer might have.

All of my items are in one way or another environmentally friendly, whether it is the handing down of a vintage item from one hand to another or the yarn that I twirl. They are all thrifted, antiqued, or destash leading to the reduction of the demand of a product and therefor reducing its reason to supply. By reducing the supply of a product, there are less gas emissions used to create and ship as well as the resources used to mass produce. All handmade items are one of a kind (OOAK), although limited variables and geometric standards cause some of my items to be similar to others. Basically, I don't use any patterns. My materials are all second hand. I either pre-design or make as I go.

Week of 8/15/11 Featured Shop

This week I am featuring Charmeleongifts from Etsy.com

Meet Sabrina Arana, Owner of Charmeleongifts:

I am a 30 year old married Preschool teacher, artist and writer. I am also a comic book geek and I love pop culture (especially from my childhood in the 80s'/early 90s).  I love to experiment with new forms of arts and crafts including a variety of mediums!

Formerly Charmeleonbooks, Charmeleongifts was started to encompass a variety of arty crafty items. Whether purchasing something for yourself or for someone you know, Charmeleongifts has something for everyone (including jewelry, note cards, greeting cards, gift tags, bookmarks, fine art, ACEOS, collage, vintage collectibles, upcycled items, supplies and more!)

To keep up with what's happening at our shop, check out Charmeleon's blog: http://charmeleonstudios.blogspot.com/2011/08/darkness-will-never-last-too-long-when.html

You can also visit our sister shop SynchronicitySupply for destash items and new supplies at: http://www.etsy.com/people/SynchronicitySupply?ref=pr_profile

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This Week's Featured Shop

This week, I am featuring Soap For Your Soul, an all natural soap vendor from Etsy.

Meet Emily, owner and operator of Soap For Your Soul:

I love to make soap. That's about it.  I love the smells, the colors, the designs, the herbs, spices, and the chemistry involved. It's become quite a challenge to make them look like they smell! Mike, my husband, has recently joined me in my passion for saponification. Now he dreams about soap. :) (It's catching, so don't get too close to a soapmaker!) Thanks to our loyal customers, we get to spend every day together in our home with our family making a superior bar of natural soap!

My Aunt learned from the Amish to make soap using tallow, lard and so on....I was intrigued, and being it was 2000, there was very little information available. So I started experimenting...

Soapmaking becomes a passion… If you ever think you might want to just try it, be careful! It's super addicting. "Well, I'll try these scents together", or "Wonder what color this will make my soap?"...That's how it starts. The next thing you know your kitchen turns into one big experimental lab for cooking up new receipes for soap, and your dining room has a soap drying rack built into the wall.

I do love to make the soap. I've been doing it for over 10 years now, and have narrowed my recipes to my family's and customer's favorites. Each bar is truly vegan, handmade by cold process with herbs, essential oils, botanical identicals, and vegetable oils.

As of late, I am making a selection of my peep's <---that's YOU< favorite scents, and have started to play with the color and design aspect of cold process soap...It's my canvas, now, so to speak. I fully intend to continue pushing the boundries of design in cold process soap, while keeping it as organic as possible.

AT HOME:
I love kids, my man and my garden. Mike and I share almost every aspect of running our lives, of which our trade: http://www.etsy.com/SoapForYourSoul is a huge part of. He is my God-send when it comes to "running to town". ~haha

Together we are teaching and passing on our talents and love for the crafts and arts of old. We are also passing the next generation an example of a life more focused on LIVING. :)

Thank you so much for supporting work at home Moms, Independent Artists, and lndie/Cottage businesses! We love Etsy!

By ordering from me, you are allowing me to do what I love to do everyday, while being here with my little one and for that I can never THANK YOU enough!

Love your now~
Peace and Joy to you and yours,

Emily Anne

By email: champachic@yahoo.com

I have two other shops on ETSY.COM
http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCrochetQueen
http://www.etsy.com/shop/GoodDaySunshineStore
be sure to check them out while you're here!
Soooooooo visit my shop here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/SoapForYourSoul :)

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O Daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you; He is [uncompromisingly] just and having salvation [triumphant and victorious], patient, meek, lowly, and riding on a donkey, upon a colt, the foal of a donkey.