Mondays Featured Seller

Today I'm featuring the work of fellow UK Etsian Ali from Alibalijewellery.

Ali makes gorgeous contemporary handcrafted silver and copper jewelry, including pendants, bracelets, rings, earrings and cufflinks.

One of my favourite items is this Tiny Tweet Silver Bird


Ali also does a fantastic range of Personalized Jewellery including these Imprint Me Silver Fingerprint Cufflinks


Another favourite of mine is this Ivory White Pearl Silver Crochet Flower Pendant which is the perfect bridal piece.


So check out Alibali's shop for great Christmas presents!

Round Up

Apologies for my lack for blogging again this past week. I have been mega busy with the day job and preparing for craft fairs. My last fair is tomorrow night and I'll be glad to get it over with. Part of the reason is that my other 2 fairs have been pretty successful and I've more or less sold out of all my girls jewellery. That means instead of making new things for my shops, I've been making for the fairs instead.

I was delighted this week to find out that I'm a featured seller on Folksy I've noticed a big increase in views and have had a couple of sales on there - so thank you! I've added a couple of new things to my shop including this Lavender and Pink Memory Wire bracelet


On Etsy I was amazed to find myself in another Gift Guide. This one is the Gifts under $50 and features my Silver Pearls Memory Wire bracelet


And finally, a new Bubbles bracelet. This one is like Holly Berries in a lovely vibrant red.

Mondays Featured Seller

Today I'm featuring fellow Etsy UK seller Jo from IslayBower. To quote her shop announcement "Welcome to Islay Bower's Vintage Thingummies, home of fabulous vintage and secondhand buttons, fabrics, lace, ephemera and everything else gorgeous and crafty."

And she is so right!

How gorgeous is this Victorian Gold trimmed Navy Blue Ribbon on original spool?


I also love this Vintage 1930s floral ivory lace


And if you are a button lover, you will be glad you found this shop! Jo has a great selection including these Vintage mother of pearl buttons


So check out this treasure trove of vintage crafting goodies!

Friday Roundup

Sorry I haven't blogged so much this week, I've had my usual pre craft fair panic and have been making things for it every free minute I have. It went well last night, but I think I took less than at this one last year. There was a good turn out but I wasn't the only stall holder that noticed a downturn.

I reached 300 sales in my Etsy shop this week, so I'm really delighted. I'm also working on 3 custom orders. After an especially quiet October, I'm so glad that things have picked up again.

I've added a couple of new Christmas decorations to my Etsy shop. This one is champagne with a cream ribbon.


Following the suggestion by someone on the UK chat thread, I've also added a Christmas Bauble Gift Box. You can pick the decorations and they will come in a gift box complete with tissue paper and ribbon.


And finally, I'm delighted that this Cinnamon Bubbles Bracelet has made it into the
Holiday fashion Gift Guide!

I've only ever made it into one other Gift Guide, so I'm really chuffed!

Etsy Front Page!

You know the saying, a watched pot never boils? Well, a watched shop rarely sells. So when I went away overnight on saturday night and was without internet access, I made the Front Page and 4 sales!

Many thanks to Lilybud Designs for including me in this lovely treasury.


and to Lorrie from Illusio for featuring my memory wire bracelet in this treasury-

Paisley Chainsaw

I really wanted to thank Esme from PaisleyChainsaw for including me in her lovely treasuries, so I thought I'd feature some of my favourite things from her shop in my blog.

PaislyChainsaw is 'The Home of all things Quirky and Fun....' and it is seriously one of the most unique shops on Etsy!

One of my favourite items is these 3 Handmade Chocolate Bite Pendants, which are quirky, fun and definitely good enough to eat.



Then there is this Play Me Necklace which is just so cute.



And who could fail to love these Have Some Tea Earrings?



And finally, how completely cool is this Measured Up Bracelet?


Hope you'll check out her shop for fun presents now that Christmas is just around the corner!

Friday Roundup

We on the UK Chat Thread on the Etsy forums have decided on a mega promotion of 2 sellers a week, in hope of extra exposure and thus more sales. I've been lucky in that it's my turn. This promotion includes blog features, promo threads, twittering, Facebook promo and adding my work to treasuries. I've noticed a definate increase in views and hearts and am being featured in an incredible 9 treasuries! Thanks to the team, I'm enjoying my 15 minutes of fame :)

This week I've been working on something slightly different - pearl Christmas decorations. Several people have mentioned that my Bubbles bracelets would make nice Christmas decorations, so I decided to make some!

This is a traditional Red Berries Christmas Bauble which can be hung from your tree or used as a table decoration.


This one is aimed at the slightly less conventional colours scheme of Purple and Silver


I have a few more in my shop and am always open to suggestions for different colours and combinations.

And finally I added a new Raspberry Bubble Bracelet to my range in my Etsy shop.