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5 Reasons to use Pinterest

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If you haven’t had a chance to try out Pinterest yet, you should! What is Pinterest? A virtual corkboard that you pin your favorite photos to creating  beautiful collections of things you love. 5 Reasons to Try Pinterest 1.  Helllloooo…It’s fun! It’s kind of a stress reliever {like flipping through your favorite magazine} and who… [read more]

Need A Hand?? Giveaway from Retro Chalet

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Retro Chalet is an Etsy shop full of vintage goodies! You’ll love the print blocks, melamine dinnerware and these HANDS! Could you use a hand? Who couldn’t, right?! Retro Chalet is the place to visit for vintage glove molds in all different styles.  They make fabulous props for photos…and of course I painted these red… [read more]

20 Tips for Selling on Etsy

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I know how it is because I’ve been there!  You want to increase your sales or start selling on Etsy and you could use a little help.  When I started selling on Etsy in 2008 I had no idea what I was getting into…ha!  I read everything I could find and stumbled through opening my… [read more]

Featured Directory Listings

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Have you seen the Everything Etsy Directory lately? There are now over 550 listings! Enhanced listings now include a spot on the home page slider at the directory. You might enjoy checking out some of these great shops! (you can click on the image or title to visit that listing) </p> <p>Your browser does not… [read more]

Getting Things Done {Etsy Business}

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How do you stay organized? How do you keep from forgetting to pick up something you’ll need tomorrow while your out running errands?  I know some of you are naturally organized…what an awesome trait. Let me just say that organization does not come easily for me! A few years ago my husband bought this book…… [read more]

Felt Bougainvillea Garland Tutorial {Guest Post – Art Threads}

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Check out this fabulous tutorial that combines two great things… felt and flowers! Deborah from Art Threads created beautiful felt Bougainvillea to brighten up your home. Materials: *felt – bougainvillea comes in lots of colors – fuchsia, light purple, white, gold, light orange, light pink, … you’ll also need brown for a garland base, greens… [read more]

Spring Dreams {Friday Five}

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The colors of Spring are blooming on Etsy… 1.  Custom Basket – Bragging Bags 2.  Crochet Beads –Two Seaside Babes 3.  Matryoshka Pin –munieca 4.  Button Bag – Kitschy Vintage 5. A sweet chick – sabahnur 5b.  Spring Candlesticks – Coveylee Decor 5c.  Spring pillowcase dress – Butterflybabyplace I couldn’t help but throw in a… [read more]

Bari J. Ackerman & Pattern Giveaway

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Let me introduce you to Bari J. Ackerman! She’s a fantastic fabric designer, quilting queen, sewing fanatic, embroidery whiz and all around creative gal! Bari is one of my favorite fabric designers because she uses lots and lots of happy colors and flowers.  You can’t go wrong with that!  Her fabric makes me want to… [read more]

Customizable Etsy Widget for WordPress {Tutorial}

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This post is a little on the techy side – if it helps you, great! If it bores you to tears, blame Tim (he wrote it)! ~ Kim If you’re an Etsy Seller with a self-hosted WordPress blog, then you might be interested in a neat new plugin for displaying your Etsy shop items in… [read more]