As we approach the holiday season, lots of beautiful Treasuries are being curated on Etsy. I am thankful to those who have included my handmade creations, both crochted and paper-crafted, in their collections. Below is a sampling of blue and brown noteworthy items from these curators’ shops. If you click on the large image, you’ll be taken to a page of interactive images and can shop to your heart’s content. Thank you again, everyone!
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Starting off the week with “cute” helps me put the right foot forward—I hope it does for you, too. Feel free to click on any of the images below as you browse through the handmade creations and vintage products of these Etsy shopowners. As you can tell from the previous post, I am still playing catch-up as I thank everyone who shared my handmade items in their Etsy Treasury collections. Let me know what your favorite item is, too, by commenting below the post.
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Since the middle of April, my husband and I have been “on the go,” volunteering for Destination Imagination activities both in Iowa and Tennessee, visiting family in Wisconsin, and going on a cabin retreat in northeastern Iowa. The result has been that I have not had a chance to thank the Etsy artisans and vintage sellers who included me in their Treasuries during this period. Please take the time to visit these curators by clicking on the images below, which represent items in their shops.
© 2012 Judy Nolan. All rights reserved.
Sometimes you run across a shop where every product in it makes you smile. Meet Becky Kazana, whose handmade pipe cleaner dolls all tell a story. “My art is inspired by travel and adventure, fairy tales, Roald Dahl books, every color on earth, Christian Dior, street fashion, humor, old timey music and Marilyn Monroe,” says Becky. “I have lots of fun making pipe cleaner ornaments, illustrations, greeting cards and banners every single day.” One fact is certain, and that is that everywhere you look, from Stella the Flapper Pipette to Monique Tree Topper, you are sure to find a character that will tickle your fancy.
Becky, who with her husband has traveled through Africa, Europe, China, and all over the United States, writes about her experiences in her blog, The Fab Miss B. She explains that her last name, Kazana, is actually a Swahili word which means “to make a home.” Becky and her husband adopted this philosophy during their travels in Africa, and subsequently changed their name to Kazana. “It reminds us that our home is not a physical place, but our life together,” she says. You’ll experience some of this philosophy when you visit Becky’s second Etsy shop, The Fab Miss B, which offers vintage aprons, corsages, chinoiserie (a style in art and decoration that reflects Chinese influence in design qualities or motifs), and pipe cleaner pet ornaments–among other items.
If you are like me, after wandering through the proverbial aisles of Becky’s two shops, you’ll definitely wish to visit her blog. “This blog is a sketchbook I fill with the inspiration I find around me every day,” she says. You, too, will feel inspired.
