“Your success is our success and growing your sales is what we are focused on. Period. Only by placing ourselves in your shoes can Etsy be successful.” The above is the closing of a post by Etsy itself on the Etsy forums recently. Makes sense, doesn’t it? We hear so many reports of people in… [read more]
Improve Etsy Sales Using Color Names — Or Just For Fun
If this isn’t the idea of the century, it’s close. Well, maybe I’m biased because I’m a complete color fanatic and this post just gets me all tingly. Here’s the source of my good vibes: I found a cool site where you can see the name for any color. Kimberly, The Color I had no… [read more]
Facebook Fun — Community, Inspiration, and Friends
We’re having so much fun with the new Facebook Page! Have you seen it yet? We’ve found such a great community of Etsy lovin’, creative thinkin’, makers of cool stuff, and just generally awesome folks. We hardly feel qualified to be there! (For anyone wondering, sometimes I say “we” because I need Tim’s help with… [read more]
Trash to Treasure — Recycled Crafts
Have you ever seen a purse made with an old hardcover book? I love this idea! With the variety of handle kits available at craft stores everywhere, you can make it just your style. What a great conversation starter it would be…perfect for that next dinner party! Taking old books and turning them into something… [read more]
It’s A Craft Show Weekend!
It’s a craft show weekend around here! Are there more shows starting to pop up all over the country as the weather warms up? I think there are actually two different shows going on downtown this weekend, and I can walk to both of them! You gotta love a town like that! I found a… [read more]
Art Village Love
I’m dreaming of warm weather over here. Some of you might know that we live in Florida, but it just hasn’t been warm enough lately! And it’s even a little grey out this morning. This cute little artist village above is on the way to Key West. We always find time to stop and browse.… [read more]
Oops! Button Problems – Get Your Fix!
Well, this is embarassing! It looks like we made a big goof on the buttons page! All the buttons looked pretty enough… But, some of them had code that won’t work! That handy “copy-paste” feature got us and we duplicated the mistake on three or four of the buttons. If you grabbed your button from… [read more]
Think Garnish – New Sponsor Spotlight
I wanted to welcome Think Garnish as one of our newest sponsors, and introduce you to their wonderful products that I know you’ll love! Why do I think that? Well, because I LOVE EVERYTHING at Think Garnish! If you are looking for a great way to wrap up your Etsy products, or you just want… [read more]
We’re Celebrating A New Look!
We’re so excited about the new look of Everything Etsy!!! It was designed by Tim Layton Designs…also known as my sweet husband! He worked for hours and hours making me cute little buttons and stuff. He knew exactly what I wanted! You’ll find a couple new buttons in the sidebar and a link to our… [read more]
Art Cars –Take Your Art Wherever You Go!
Sometimes I’m just so amazed with all the fun and creative ideas that people have…like ART CARS!!! Now I realize that everyone out there might not want to drive this up to their next appointment, but you have to admit that this little car is just plain cute! Art Car Central has so many art… [read more]
Just One Question — Organization
I have a new series where I’ll be asking Etsy seller “Just One Question” and posting it. Then we can all learn a little something from their experiences, or at least realize that we all have challenges. Since we’re talking about organizing our crafty stuff all month, I thought the question should follow that theme.… [read more]
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to all my crafty friends! I can’t wait to see all the creative ideas that y’all will come up with this year. I’m always finding something “I just have to try” by visiting your blogs. I don’t have a particular New Year’s Resolution made, but I’m always looking for better ways to… [read more]