Aura Treasury by MyLittleAura

My earrings -I'm So Blue - from my Pink Pear Designs shop has found their way into a treasury by MyLittleAura.

Such an sweet, calming treasury. Thanks so much MyLittle Aura for including my earrings. Your treasury is beautiful.

On a side note, today is the last voting day for the Etsy Texas Crafters Design Challenge for October. The challenge was to make a handmade item representing the Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos.

There were 15 awesome entries. Please help us pick a winner!

Go here:

http://etsytx.ning.com/page/october-design-challenge-day

You can click the link and see all the awesome entries and then click the voting link at the bottom to go vote for one. It only takes 5 seconds to vote and anyone can do it - you do not have to be a team member.

Voting ends at midnight tonight!

Happy Birthday Ben!

My sweet baby turned 11 this week. Why do they have to grow up so fast?

Happy Birthday Ben!

ETC's 1st Monday Sale for October!

We have 113 shops participating in this month's 1st Monday sale!

The sale starts at midnight Texas time (1 am Etsy time)!

Here are my sales for 1st Monday (all day on Monday, Oct. 5th)
Handmade Whimzy is having Buy 1, Get 1 50% off - including clearance items!

Pink Pear Designs is having Buy 1, Get 1 50% off!

Whimzy Supplies is having a 15% off sale on all Handmade Pillow Boxes including custom orders!

For the complete list of participating shops, click here:
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6306388

ETC Design Challenge "Enchanted"

I have entered two of my beaded bookmarks from Handmade Whimzy into September's Etsy Texas Crafters Design Challenge. The theme this month was "Enchanted".

I entered my Fire Breathing Dragon Bookmark and my Woodland Fairy Bookmark.

I think they're both "enchanting"! How about you?

To see all of the challenge items and to vote, go here:

http://etsytx.ning.com/page/sept-design-challenge

It literally, only takes 5 or 10 seconds to vote. You DO NOT have to be an ETC member to vote. We welcome all votes. The challenge items are listed on the page link above and at the bottom of the page is a link to go vote.

Of course, I hope that you will all vote for one of my bookmarks (oh please, oh please, oh please!) but I would never try to influence you in any way. LOL

psssstttt:

(Vote for my dragon or my fairy)

(Vote for my dragon or my fairy)

Raven Raven Red and Gray

ShannaMichele, a One of a Kind jewelry designer on etsy, has included my Vintage Black Rose necklace from Pink Pear Designs in her treasury entitled, "Raven Raven Red and Gray".
Her treasury is eerily striking and timely too - just in time for Halloween. To view ShannaMichelle's awesome treasury, go HERE.

Halloween always makes me think of Edgar Allen Poe.

ShannaMichele, your shop is lovely - I LOVE this piece:

I love the citrine and it's perfect for autumn.

Thanks ShannaMichele!

I WON!

Yay! I won Wise Impressions blog giveaway for this past week. It's a really cute pumpkin bookmark.

Thanks so much Cindy!

I can't wait to get it.

Remember all, Cindy is doing a blog giveaway every week. Go to her blog HERE to sign up. Signing up is very easy and she tells you how to sign up multiple times so that you have more chances to win.

To visit Cindy's etsy store, click HERE.

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)