20% off All items!

Monday, December 7th is Etsy Texas Crafters 1st Monday SALE! We have 107 shops participating this month.

I am having 20% off all items in Handmade Whimzy and Pink Pear Designs.

It's not too late to get a great deal on some cool handmade Christmas items like this Candy Cane bracelet from Handmade Whimzy:

Or these Candy Cane earrings from Pink Pear Designs:

Or, check out these adorable things from some of my team members:

Like this adorable Snowman door hanger from Sassysoapsnsuch.

Or this Candy Cane Christmas stocking from Bailiesbagsbaubles.

Or this infants Elf hat from 2muchstuff2day.
For the complete list of 107 sales, please click {HERE}.

Happy Holidays from Handmade Whimzy and Pink Pear Designs!

Free Stuff!! Blog Giveaway!!

One of our ETC team members, Cindy of Wiseimpressions is having a blog giveaway of a lovely fall bookmark.

Cindy makes sweet little pottery dishes, bookmarks, magnets, etc.
This is one of my favorite pieces from her shop:

Her prices are extremely reasonable for handmade and handpainted. Her pieces are very cute and would make lovely gifts.

I'm planning to give all my son's teachers a "handmade basket" of goodies for Christmas this year. So I'm already looking and thinking and trying to decide what to put in them. Of course, I will make something for the baskets, but I also want to put in some of the items I love from some of my team mates shops. I think they are going to turn out great. I have my eye on some magnets from Cindy's shop for my baskets.

Cindy is doing a blog giveaway every week in her shop, right now. This week, she is giving away a fall bookmark.
Go HERE to the WiseImpressions blog to sign up. Maybe you'll be the winner - or maybe I will :)

Deadline to sign up for a chance to win the sweet fall bookmark is Monday - that's tomorrow!! So do it now!!
And remember, she's having a giveaway every week, so keep checking back.

**(for some reason, blogger is not letting me post a pic of the giveaway prize but you can go to Cindy's blog to see it)

And the stockings were hung...

...by the chimney with care, In hopes that Saint Nicholas soon will be there.Yes, I know it's not a real fireplace. It's just an antique mantle - but we pretend that it's a fireplace. And Santa can still come in through it because he's magic.

I'm still having Free Shipping and Free Gift Wrapping at two of my online shops - Handmade Whimzy and Pink Pear Designs. Need a last minute holiday present? Order today!

Free Shipping and Free Gift Wrapping!

I'm offering Free (domestic) Shipping and Free Christmas Gift wrapping on all products in my Pink Pear Designs shop and on all items (except handpainted wooden items) in my Handmade Whimzy shop until December 15th!!!


The Gift Wrapping will be with one of my handmade pillow boxes, tied with a ribbon and with a handpunched tag attached.


Check my stores out for great holiday gifts for all the ladies in your life. My ribbon bookmarks make great gifts for coworkers, teachers, Sunday school classes, friends and anyone else who likes to read.

It's Christmas Time in Texas

GrandmaMarilyn currently has a treasury featuring Christmas items from our Etsy Texas Crafters team.
It's a beautiful treasury full of great Christmas items.


You can check it out here:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=33532

Thanks Marilyn!! for featuring Handmade Whimzy's nativity set in your great treasury!

Introducing my new ribbon bookmarks!

My mini ribbon bookmarks were so popular with the people in my etsy street team when we did our promo swap that I decided to make more, in coordinating colors and put them for sell in my etsy shop.


They are cute and fun to make. They are perfect for paperbacks and small books. I'm selling them as sets of three, so you can keep one and give the other two away - or just keep all three! LOL They would also make great stocking stuffers or "extras" attached to the top of gifts.

You get three in coordinating colors for only $9.00

Etsy Texas Crafters Texas Treasure Hunt!

Texas Treasure Hunt

On the 2ND Monday of each month, ETC (Etsy Texas Crafters) will host a Texas size Treasure Hunt!

Treasure Hunt details:
This month we want to Stuff Your Stockings Texas Style! Find Persival, Santa's #1 elf, as he guides you through his choices for perfect items to stuff your stocking with!
Our December Treasure Hunt will begin at 12:01am on Dec 10Th & end at 12:00 midnight on that same day (Central time -- that would be 1:01am Monday to 1:00am Tuesday, Etsy time).
To play, search participating ETC member shops to find a minimum of 10 items with the designated image in the items' photos.
When you've found 10 or more items, convo your list of the URL addresses (links) for those items to http://ArtSpot.etsy.com
If there is more than 1 correct entry, by the midnight deadline, all correct entries will be placed in a stocking & one winner will be drawn. If there are no complete correct entries, the person with the most correct entries will be designated that month's winner. Winner will be notified/announced no later than midnight on Tuesday Dec 11Th.
To view this month's participating shops, and to get a glimps of Percival, please see the blog our team website at http://www.etsytx.org/wordpress/
ETC members are not eligible to win.
This is Percival:

Tip: The more items you find and submit, the better your prize selection will be. The winner will get too *choose* 1 item from their submitted list as their prize!

Disclaimer: In the event that the winner’s 1st choice of prizes sells during the contest, winner would have to choose another prize from their submitted list.

The sunshine is out today! Yeah!

For the first time in 5 days, the sun is out. Yeah! We have had rainy, cold weather and I just hate it. It makes me want to curl up and sleep and I can't because there is too much to do! Today I'm going to start the Christmas decorating. I'm sure it will take me the rest of the week!
I hope everyone is enjoying their Holiday Season, whether it be Christmas or Hanukkah. And if your looking for a gift for someone special in your life, please check out my shop on etsy where I have affordable, beautiful pieces of jewelry, hand painted items, and now New handmade beaded bookmarks. My new bookmarks are perfect for the male or female in your life who likes to read!

Here is my Tiger's Eye bookmark:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8088765

I heart Mom bookmark:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8049579

Let is Snow bookmark:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8049826

Hope you like them!

Black Friday is here!

Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone (and been eaten) and it's now time to start frantically shopping for Christmas. The newspaper was full of stories this morning about people sitting outside retail stores since 11:30 am Thanksgiving day, waiting for the big sale. I personally, never go out on Black Friday. The idea of being crowded in a building with lots of other people and then standing in line forever trying to pay for something, gives me the heebee geebees.

It's also time to start the old Christmas decorating. If your looking for a beautiful, fresh cut tree - look no further than Plantation Pines Christmas Tree Farm in Tyler, Texas. They have beautiful trees in a gorgeous country setting with FREE hot chocolate and a wonderful gift shop where you can do all your shopping. I am selling my jewelry pieces in their gift shop for the second year in a row and I hope everyone really enjoys them. I've taken some really pretty pieces out there so if your in the area, stop in and browse. Even if your not in the market for a fresh tree, the gift shop is worth the drive. Check out their website at http://plantationpinesfarms.com. You will not be disappointed.

Happy Holidays!