Tell me a bit about yourself My name is Kristin, and I work out of our home in Troutdale, Oregon. I dream of one day having Meanbean as my full time job, but until then I juggle Meanbean, a full time day job and my family. It can get crazy, but it’s worth it! What is the name of your Shop? My Etsy Shop is Meanbean Please describe your creative process I Read more

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Tell me a bit about yourself Hi! My name is Mandy. I’m 19 and currently residing in Springfield, Mo. I’ve been crocheting for about 4 years now and its pretty much my addiction. I love the feeling I get when I can use something I made myself and not have to go out and buy it. I have a blog that you can check out that shows what projects I’m Read more

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Along with many other sellers this summer, I’m not selling a thing! I haven’t had a sale in almost 3 weeks now, the longest time ever since I first opened up my shop! So, what to do? Give up? Toss in the towel? No. The answer is, devote my time to other alternatives and opportunities during this slow summer. For me, this means a couple of craft fairs and Read more

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Tell me a bit about yourself My name is Chris and I live just outside Springfield, IL. I also operate “CCSynopticvisions” here on Etsy, where you can find my jewelry pieces for every day wear. “StudioSeven” offers special occasion creations with high end materials. In addition to the E-Stores I am in many physical store locations: Divernon, Read more

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So, that’s me … making a funny face and looking weird at my booth! Just a thought, but the face might have been from the intense freezing cold that was permeating my poor bones (and it was only 8am!) The Chili Cookoff was a total success for chili cooks, but not so much for us crafters …. which was only like 5 people! Lesson learned: only Read more

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Tricia Milstead of Trilei Jewelry does brilliant things with Swarovski crystals! Her ability to design with color is stunning. In addition, she does excellent work with resin, chiyogami glass magnets, semi-precious stones, and even chainmaille. Recently, I had a chance to interview Tricia. What types of items do you sell? I make jewelry, and I’m always experimenting with Read more

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Today I want to speak about youcraft.org, is a new site looking to publicize all manner of crafts. It’s a free site, and it’s cute and very easy to use, and you can post all kinds of crafts related items. The site is the initiative of 2 very creative sisters and they love the crafts world, which they want to publicize to other artists for free. Come to visit youcraft.org Read more

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If you are an Etsian, but you are too much busy in your daily work and cannot read the news and important announcements of Etsy in The Storque, this piece of news improves that, introduced by Etsy today it is going to be of big help. They are converting the Etsy News Email list to be an Etsy News Alert system, and these are the Topics: Downtime & site outages Cooperative Advertising announcements New site features launched Statistics Showcase announcements Policy & legal announcements Important Customer Support Read more

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Project Wonderful is an online site that allows business owners and website administrators to buy and sell advertising via an “infinite auction.” People bidding on advertising space basically state what they are willing to pay and what days you are interested in advertising for each ad space. If a bidder is the high bid, at that moment and until they are outbid or their big expires, their ad will appear on the site they’ve chosen. Maximum bids can be changed or canceled at any time. Ads are offered in a variety of sizes. Read more

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Thank you Sara for featuring me on your Blog! I am very glad to communicate that I have been featured in Etsy Profiles by Sara, who also writes another Blog: Crafts of Texture. Etsy Profiles is a Blog that specializes in publishing interesting profiles of Etsy Sellers with a photographic sample of work of the crafter. I am very proud to be featured on this nice Blog. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Featured on Etsy Profiles!", url: "http://www.femmedetails.com/2008/blog/featured-on-etsy-profiles/" }); Read more

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Today checking the Etsy Forum I found a thread that I could not leave of side. TheLuluBean is promoting donations for investigation of the cancer that his mother running. “I will be putting everyone’s name that donates, even if it’s just a dollar, into a hat and drawing. The winner will have their pick of ANYTHING in my shop, or have something custom made by me! or if you don’t like anything in my shop, I will choose something from your favorites list and surprise you” You can make a donation here until April Read more

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The Etsy Forums are spaces for discussing and share ideas, asking for help, building a social community within Etsy, and report any bugs you’ve found while using the site. But is really very important to use it appropriately because the Etsy Staff reserves the right to lock any thread for any reason, including preemptively locking a thread that has the potential for getting out of control. In rare and extreme circumstances, the staff may delete information from the forums. If a user continually breaks rules, that user’s ability Read more

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