March 13, 2009
the etsy twitter team are holding a St. Patrick’s Day scavenger hunt. Click on the Link to find the participating shops and then hunt for this little guy:
There are 10 hidden within the items of the 27 participating shops – find them all and there are some great prizes to be won.
No purchase necessary - but I dare you not to buy something whilst you are browsing.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day …
March 10, 2009
Yes it’s that time of week again! This week’s shop of the week is Emmakat. Below are my favorites from the shop:
You can find out more – and links to lots of other shops – on the Twitter Team blog here.
March 3, 2009
I’ve had computer problems so haven’t been able to upload shops of the week recently but here is the latest one:
Angel Kisses Jewelry are a mother, daughter, daughter team and their creations are beautiful. Below are a couple of my favorites:
All sales made this week will help the Good Samaritan Organization in their work with HIV positive women in Ethiopia.
You can find out more on the Etsy Twitter Team blog - please check out the last few Twitter Team shops of the week too.
March 2, 2009
Today I received a box full of goodies from my secret swap partner. Can you guess the colour that I chose?
And the person who sent me all of these lovely things – well the card says it’s a secret but I think I’ve tracked her down here. Thank you Bee xx
February 27, 2009
I may have mentioned Ravelry - once or twice – before in this blog. Well one of the groups I belong to is the Knewbie Kit Swap. It’s the first time I’ve ever tried ’swapping’ stuff and I’ve just posted my third monthly package.
This month is a secret swap – we won’t know who is spoiling us until the end. We all filled in questionnaires, were given a person to send a package to and were free to stalk their profiles and blogs and forum posts. This afternoon I received this:
I read the lovely card:
And the back:
Before ripping off the paper to find:
A gorgeous gingerbread man finger puppet – with hidden treasure:
My spoiler must have been reading my forum posts as I mentioned in one group that I wanted to knit one after seeing Alan Dart’s pattern in Simply Knitting.
As you can see I’ve lost him already – so I will still have to dig that pattern out 
February 8, 2009
you may have noticed that I haven’t been showing you the ‘latest’ in my shop for ohh at least a fortnight (it’s still there!). I’ve been doing some ‘me’ knitting. I’ve made myself a cowl in the same designs as those in my shop from some lovely mohair and alpaca pink and grey yarn I received on a destash swap. Some fingerless mitts that I’m trying to pluck up the courage to felt (they are currently too big for that purpose) and I’m back to knitting some preemie cardigans for Loving Hands – from some yarn I received from a fellow charity knitter in a yarn swap and some beautiful merino and silk yarn I received from Yarn box. I hope to post pictures of them all later this week (you can see the Yarn box yarn in my flickr photos below).
On chatting with my mum I explained that I now find it hard to put the knitting needles down, it’s my way of relaxing, so no matter how busy I am with work I always have to have one project on the needles – today she gave me a pattern and her choice of yarn for a cardigan she’s fallen in love with – solves what to get her for Mother’s Day!
February 5, 2009
there’s still around 24 hours left of the textile directory clearance book sale with up to 90% off. If you’ve not visited the Textile Directory website before it is well worth a visit.
For those interested in textile crafts:
The Textile Directory aims to promote arts and crafts across the country – so whether you are an artist, supplier, exhibition organiser, gallery owner, student or professional we want to help you progress by getting the most out of the site.
And if you are in the mood for shopping or want to source some beautiful handcrafted items the textile directory could have just what you need.
February 2, 2009
This week’s etsy twitter team’s shop of the week is Beautiful Bridget.
Like the name her creations are truly beautiful and her photos are quirky and refreshing – I urge you to take a look.
January 28, 2009
Just before Christmas my little sister asked me to make her a couple of hot water bottle covers as she’d got some without covers and didn’t like not having that extra layer.
I looked in a few mags for patterns and sort of followed one but I wanted to do something different. So I put a pocket in the front – just right for giving your hot water bottle a hug when you need a bit of comfort or need to warm your hands. I didn’t follow the guide in the pattern to knit in 2 pieces and insert the bottle by rolling it up and dropping it into the neck so I made one with a flap at the back to insert it instead.
My first attempt was completed just before she left after Christmas. The trouble was that I had lots of bits to sew up – the second one is still sitting waiting for me to sew it up.
After making these two I started to think about the pattern, surely it could be done with minimal sewing. I’ve therefore been working on a pattern to sew the cover in 2 pieces – the cover and the pocket.
I’ve had a lot of positive feedback about it so I need to perfect the pattern and perhaps put that in my etsy shop too.
January 28, 2009
.. and I have so much to tell you but no time.
If you’re looking for unusual jewelery pay a visit to the etsy Twitter Team blog this week for the current shop of the week.
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