Haiti Fundraiser

A couple of weeks ago the lovely Mel from Kookie Designs contacted me to see if I would be interested in donating an item for a Charity Auction that she is organising to raise funds for Haiti. I was really happy to donate this Memory Wire Bracelet -


Mel has had some amazing beads, jewellery and cuddlies donated and they have been divided into 16 lots.

Please do check it out as all funds raised will be going to the Oxfam Haiti relief effort.

Weekly RoundUp

I can't believe it is Friday again! I am so glad to have the third and final Relevancy Thursday out of the way as well. I don't know how everyone else has found it, but no matter how much tweaking of titles and tags, my items are nowhere near page 1 of the listings.

Anyway, I've been working on some new bits and pieces this week.

The first is this Honey and Amber Cluster bracelet which is hasn't a pearl in sight :)


Next is this Plum Cluster Bracelet which is a mix of faceted glass beads and pearls.


And finally, definitely one of my new favourites, this Copper and Burnt Sienna Memory Wire Bracelet

cr8tivity

I came across a thread on the Etsy forum last night about a website called cr8tivity so I decided to check it out.

Basically just add your shop name to the white box and you can check out your shop hearts and item hearts similar to the way you can on craftcult. However it does a few other things too.

In the shop statistics bit, you can see at a glance a pie chart of your shop sections - 43% of my shop is made up of my Bubbles bracelets, 42% of my Memory Wire bracelets etc
And then in the pie chart immediately below you get to see at a glance what brings in the most views. I was surprised to find that my memory wire bracelets get the most views with 44% followed by the Bubbles bracelets with 42% of views.

But my favourite thing on the site is the option to add a 'Scrolling Side Bar Widget' to your blog - an alternative to the Etsy mini. Simply go to the 'Widget' tab and cut and paste the HTML code like so -


So give it a go!

Wednesday Wish List

We have been doing a bit of decorating recently and I am hoping in the near future that the downstairs cloakroom will be finished. Hubbie only started it 3 years ago, so I'm not getting too excited just yet!

I've started thinking about all the finishing touches and have been looking at Etsy for inspiration.

I saw this Aqua wood hook shelf by OldNewAgain and love the colour as well as the style.


Next I spotted these Bohemian Poppies Fabric bins by SewingMomma. I have a yearning to be organised and neat, though as the UK chat thread peeps are aware, it doesn't come easily to me :)


And finally I absolutely love this Blooming Cherry Tree Vinyl Wall Decal from styleywalls I can just see myself sitting under, that imagining it's spring time.
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Mondays Featured Seller

Todays featured seller is Julie from Moaning Minnie

MoaningMinnie is where you will find the greatest selection of vintage inspired hats, all handmade.

First up is this Vintage Inspired Cloche Hat made from the finest wool fabric in pink and grey.


Another favourite of mine is this lovely Unisex Deerstalker Hat


And finally, how cool is this Cloche Rain Hat made from black and white gingham oil cloth?

Friday Roundup

I can't believe it's Friday again already! I've been busy making new items this week but struggling to get them photographed - the old story I'm afraid. It seems as if it's been drizzling every day so I'm out in the rain trying to get pics taken as quickly as possible!

I did a lovely custom order this week when came about after I started a thread on Etsy about sororities. Someone had suggested I think about sororities colours for my bracelets. Now being from Northern Ireland and knowing next to nothing about them, I went to the best for advice - the Etsy forums. As a result I made some items in black and gold, which I learned are the colours for Kappa Alpha Theta and I liked them so much, I've made up a couple to sell again.

I've made up these Black and Gold Memory Wire bracelet


and Black and Gold Bubbles bracelet


I've also made this Light and Dark Blue Bubbles bracelet which is the colours for the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority


If any of my American followers who know an awful lot more about sororities than me, have any comments or advice about these, I'd love to hear them!

Wish List!

I decided last week that I wanted to treat myself to a wrap top off Etsy. Although I've bought loads of different things from Etsy before, I've never bought clothes, so it was a bit of a learning experience for me.

First thing I learned was how frustrating search really is! If you search wrap top, you get everything from clothes to jewellery to gift tags. You need to search for 'wrap top' to actually only get clothes.

There was a good selection to chose from and here's some of my favourites.

First up is this Snuggle Up Top from SHIHAR


Next I love this Long sleeve sweatshirt from Lirola In fact I could buy everything in this sellers shop, it's so yummy!


And finally, this is the top I bought, only I got it in turquoise. Wrap dancer style top by Nakarastyle