June's ETC First Monday Sale!

It's time already for June's Etsy Texas Crafters First Monday Sale!!

I am having a buy one, get one 50% off sale in both my Handmade Whimzy and Pink Pear Designs shops. This INCLUDES the clearance items in Handmade Whimzy. I am honoring my sales from now until 8am on Tuesday (June 2nd) morning.

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Looking for more great sales from ETCers? Check out our promo thread: http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6170555

Newest Listed item in Pink Pear:

Wednesday's Featured Etsy Artist

This weeks featured etsy artist is Valerie from AdditionsStyle (http://additionsstyle.etsy.com/)
Valerie creates jewelry and accessories from items found in the hardware stores, for women, men, and teens.

I think her jewelry is really cool. What a creative idea - using nuts and bolts to make fun jewelry!

I asked Valerie about her design process and this is what she had to say. "The hardware itself is very inspirational for me. I find myself thinking ahead about experimenting with new combinations, adding texture, and using color. I spend hours in hardware stores searching for my next new piece of metal. I may not know the intended uses for each new discovery, but I can envision its future."

Valerie has been making jewelry for about 10 years and has a line of sterling silver art jewelry that she sells to shops and galleries. The Additions line was started about a year ago. Valerie says her teenage daughter helps her to keep the line young and fresh.

Valerie says, "I love to create! Discovering new material and finding new ways to use it, really excites me. I feel very lucky to be able to do what I love!"

Thanks so much, Valerie, for allowing me to feature you in my blog!!

You can also find Valerie here:

http://additionsstyle.1000markets.com

http://additionsstyle.blogspot.com

New feature on my blog

I've been thinking about what I could do to make my blog more interesting. Since I started the blog to promote my etsy shops, I thought maybe I should start promoting other etsy shops as well.

I've been trying to do this for shops who feature me in one of their treasuries but now I'm thinking that I need to branch out more. So my goal is to feature one etsy seller a week. Hopefully, I'll be able to keep up with that. LOL

So watch for the first feature shop - coming soon! I'd like to do my features on Wednesdays. So I've decided on someone to feature and I'm going to contact them and see what they think about it.

Don't forget to check back next Wednesday to see how it's going!

And, check out my latest listing at Pink Pear Designs!

Blushing Bride Antiqued Brass Filigree ring: