Showing posts with label Etsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Etsy. Show all posts

Friday, October 19, 2012

Top Shops Treasury Challenge #3

Top Shops Treasury Challenge #3


Welcome to the Top Shops of Etsy treasury challenge.  This weeks featured shop is:  Mission Jewels.  Mission jewels has a wide variety of great items to choose from and I can't wait to see the treasuries everyone creates.  As always, the winner of this week's challenge will be selected on Monday and their Etsy shop will become the featured shop for next week's treasury challenge.

Mission Jewels Etsy Shop


The Guidelines:

- You must select one item from the featured shop of the week to include in your treasury.
- Treasuries must be tagged with "TopShopsChallenge 3"
- Try to share your treasury and promote our challenge.


Thursday, October 18, 2012

Featured Shop: WierClock



Featured Shop: WeirClock

  
Shop Name:  WeirClock

Description: 

What I do is find vintage/antique timepieces and restore the delicate clockwork mechanism's inside, along with a light restoration to the cases they are in.  Except for a particular vintage watch here and there, every piece here is mechanical and spring driven.
Each piece is disassembled, cleaned, repairs made where needed, reassembled and lubricated using the finest horological products available.  When a piece is purchased, it is inspected and tested yet again before shipping to insure the customer receives a correct vintage/antique timepiece.  

*I also have a listing titled "What I do at WierClock".  I posted this to help inform the consumer, and it is right there at the beginning of the watch listings.

 Featured Items:















Where to find WierClock:




Monday, October 15, 2012

Featured Shop: Shawl Pin Heaven



Featured Shop: Shawl Pin Heaven


Shop Name:  Shawl Pin Heaven

Description: 

I first opened my Etsy shop in March 2009 and featured handmade jewelry.  I have a variety of styles that I like to wear and make so my shop had an eclectic mix of items.  That year for Christmas I purchased neck warmers for my step daughters and when they arrived they were strips of crochet without a means to secure the ends together.  At first I was going to purchase pins, but then decided it would be more fun to make them each one.  This is how Shawl Pin Heaven began.  After several months of watching the jewelry sales decline and the shawl pin sales increase I decided to offer only the pins.  Since then sales have continued to grow.  The lesson here is, stick with one thing, do it well, and success will follow.

I hand make all the items in my shop and use a variety of materials.  I love using semi precious gemstones, but also offer pins made with carved bone, wood beads, buttons, metal beads and plastic.  I use non tarnish craft wire in different gauges depending on the hole size in the bead I'm using.  I hammer the coil at the end of all the pins which adds more strength and style.  I file the end smooth, but not to a point.  The main reason I don't file the end to a point is the gauge of the wire.  16 or even 18 gauge wire is thick enough that even if the end is filed to a point it will leave a sizable hole in cotton or silk.  My pins work best with knitted, crocheted and woven items with a somewhat looser weave.  They can be used with shawls, scarves, ponchos, capelets, neckwarmers, purses and hats.  I also make scarf slides for customers who wear cotton or silk scarves and are looking for a way to keep them secure around their neck.

Specials:  For the month of October, receive 15% off your purchase with the coupon code:  OCTOBER15

Featured Items:




Shawl Pin or Scarf Pin - Hand Painted Czech Glass Button

 

 

 


 


Scarf Slide or Napkin Ring - Aluminum Wire

 

 

 

 

Shawl Pin or Scarf Pin - Dainty Czech Glass Heart


 





Where to find Shawl Pin Heaven:



Thursday, October 4, 2012

Featured Shop: Yellow Blue Bag



Featured Shop:  Yellow Blue Bag


Shop Name:  Yellow Blue Bag

Description: 

My shop started when I made a diaper bag for myself after a birth of my daughter. A friend of mine was admiring it so much, that I made one for her too when she had a new baby. This started a chain reaction: more friends who had a baby wanted a bag, and someone suggested starting selling my bags on Etsy.

Since I like to knit and crochet just as much as I like to sew, I make not just diaper bags, but a lot of knitted items for babies and children. I have 3 young children at home, and their needs and interests are a constant source of inspiration for me ( as well as the color and pattern trends of modern fabrics and yarns :)

I love combination of vintage / chick / modern styles, and that comes out a lot in my choice of fabrics and colors for my bags and everything else in my shop.
 
I have always enjoyed art and crafts, and my shop allows me to pursue my passion for creativity without laying a financial burden on my family, but on the contrary - helping out with some expenses! That is truly amazing to me - getting paid for something I love to do anyway :)


Specials:  Receive a 15% off discount when using the coupon code:  TOPSE15

Featured Items:

   


 

 


 Granny Love Baby Blanket and Newsboy Hat, Sea Blue, Made to Order

 

 

 


Dr. Watson Vest and Bow Tie set, sizes 2t,3t,4t,5t,6t, made to order, Flat Rate shipping

 



Where to find Yellow Blue Bag:

Monday, October 1, 2012

Featured Shop: Pink Blackbird



Featured Shop: Pink Blackbird


Shop Name:  Pink Blackbird

Description:  I am a collector, curator and seller of Vintage and Out-of-Print Sewing Patterns, or  "Patternista". My shop developed from an interest in retro fashion and home sewing. I started collecting my first vintage patterns in my teen years- a few pieces from the 1970s, which is still my favourite fashion decade. In recent years I have expanded from simply seeking out additions to my personal collection to finding wonderful patterns to share with other pattern enthusiasts worldwide.

Specials:  A coupon code for 25% off Purchase available to new shoppers.
Coupon Code: HELLO20

Featured Items:






Where to find Pink Blackbird:    

Pink Blackbird Etsy Shop

Pink Blackbird on Twitter

Friday, September 21, 2012

Featured Shop: The Enchanted Lily



Featured Shop:  The Enchanted Lily


Shop Name:  The Enchanted Lily

Description: 

Items I have in my shop vary greatly.  There is handmade jewelry.  Sometimes I purchase beads/finding/etc. and create a piece, sometimes I see a piece of jewelry in a store, purchase it, take it home and take it apart, and create an entirely different piece.  A lot of the jewelry is made of semi-precious stones, and/or Swarvoski crystals.
 
I also sell vintage jewelry that I find at Estate Sales and Antique Stores.
 
I take new Fashion Scarves and add embellishments, such as beading, removable scarf rings (that I make), to make them unique.
 
For the Equine Lover, I take new saddle pads and hand bead designs on them for a fun look when you are riding your horse.
 
I love photography and have just started listing photography prints on my site.  My prints will be able in a number of ways from a 5x7 print to prints on canvas or wood or as posters.
 
I also make home decor items, I take everyday items such as votive holders, baskets, picture frames, etc. and add creative touches such as ribbon, sparkle, or whatever it takes to make them unique.
 
I love finding vintage items at Estate Sales, Antique Shops, etc. to offer to customers.  I try to only get pieces that are in excellent condition and very different.  I love the vintage evening bags that I have for sale.  I do find some items that need to be refinished that I post "as is"  they get  a lot of attention.  I do some of the items in the "shabby chic" style.
 
I love to do a variety of crafts, always starting something new.  I am in the process of creating American Flags from pieces of metal that I paint and they will be able to be hung outdoors on your house/barn.  Some are quite large.  I hope to have the first one finished within the next month.
 
I am also going to be getting a sewing machine and will soon be able to custom make quilt tops for people, made of special items such as a loved one's shirts, etc.  I will also be sewing baby quilts.
 
On my FB page I will be starting to sell upscale resale, mainly formal dresses, shoes, evening bags, and some cocktail dresses.  Since these items are not handmade or vintage, I will not be able to put them on Etsy.


Specials: Every item I sell, helps a charity.  I send a donation, which is a percentage of each sale to the charity listed in the item's description.  Right now I am concentrating on five different charities.  They are: 

The Cherokee Nation's "Little Red Schoolhouse" which helps Native American Indians -
Save The Whales Foundation -
Breast Cancer Research -
American Horse Defense Fund, which helps save America's Wild Horses -
Asante Mariamu, which helps children in East Africa that have Albinism.
 
For my patriotic items, I will be listing a charity that will help senior citizen veterans.  (I am still trying to locate the charity.)


Featured Items:










Turquoise look Cross w/turquoise teardrops, pierced earrings

 

 

 Western Star, Metal, Book Ends




Where to find The Enchanted Lily:


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