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Wonderful Wednesday: CNY Style!

Hello! I have another wonderful CNY Etsy Team Member shop to feature today! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the feature and leave a comment - we would love to hear from you!

Today's featured shop is:

Original's by Lauren


Cute as a Button Handmade Baby Quilt or Wall-hanging

Shop Owner's Name: Lauren Darby

Some of Lauren's Favorites:

*Food - Pasta with marinara sauce
*Color - Green
*Holiday - Christmas
*Item in his shop - Roller-coaster baby quilt
*CNY Etsy Team-member Shop - Luckalilliy Ceramics Studio


Hot Cowboy Potholders

A quick note from Lauren:

Hello!
I am a wife and mother of 2 grown children. I love to sewing and have been doing it since 6th grade. I have a dressmaking and alterations business, and etsy gives me a chance to make what I want. I worked for Hershey foods for 18 years in the field sales force until 6 years ago when they had a reorganization and I was given an early retirement (really early LOL). That freed me up to spend more time sewing and devote more time to my business. My main shop has quilts, potholders , aprons, and some sterling silver jewelry. My newer shop currently has children's clothing, but I am hoping to add women's clothing as well, if I can ever find the time to get it made.


Joel Dewberry Over-sized Lunch Bag in Green Floral

Visit Lauren Here:

Blog: http://www.originalsbylauren.blogspot.com/
Etsy Shop #1: http://www.originalsbylauren.etsy.com/
Etsy Shop #2: http://www.originalsbylaurentoo.etsy.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenoriginals

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!

Stunning Saturday!!

Hello! I hope you had a great week! Today I would like to STUN you with an amazing handbag from one of the CNY Etsy Team shops! I am debating if I need another green purse! (my favorite color) Enjoy!

Valerie Hobo Bag in Green Dot with Keylime Leather from Lilipad Creations

Tempting Thursday!

Hello! Today I would like to showcase a few items from some CNY Etsy Team members! Enjoy and don't worry if you are tempted... you only live once!



1.) Carved Bowl in Aqua by Luckalilly
2.) Diamond Daze Quilt by Corr Creations
3.) Vintage Lime Green Lucite Bangles by EB Finds
4.) Oriental Collage 1 ACEO by Cris Creates

Have a great weekend! Come and visit our shops - we would love to "see" you!

Wonderful Wednesday: CNY Style!

Hello! I am so sorry this blog has been neglected. I am going to try and post twice a week. Wednesday will always be WONDERFUL, with features of CNY Etsy Team Members! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the feature and leave a comment - we would love to hear from you!

Today's featured shop is:

Dan's Wuud Werx and Collectibles


Vintage American Kitchen Scale

Shop Owner's Name: Dan Brown

Some of Dan's Favorites:

*Food - Beer Can Chicken and Clams on the Grill
*Color - Aquamarine
*Holiday - 4th of July!
*Item in his shop - My Squirrel Feeder
*CNY Etsy Team-member Shop - OriginalsbyLauren


Handmade Squirrel Feeder

A quick note from Dan:

Hello all!
I am a retired painter from a college institution that loves to dabble with woodworking. A husband and wife team that enjoys vintage treasures and handcrafted items. We love participating in our local craft-shows and flea markets. We are very family oriented with our 2 grandchildren keeping us going!


Vintage Bavaria Bone China

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!!

Wonderful Wednesday: CNY Style!

Hello! Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday: CNY Style! Every Wednesday we will be featuring wonderful items, handmade by artisans in CNY!

Feel free to look around, comment and leave feedback! It is appreciated!

Handmade Roller Coaster Baby or Toddler Quilt by: OriginalsbyLauren





Sterling and Copper Stack Rings by: MintyFreshFusions




Natural Baby Boy Gift Set by: Ecoleeko





Vintage L E Smith Cobalt Blue Glass MT PLEASANT Handled Bowl by: ddb7





Kiwi, Lime and Coral Silk Kimono Scarf by: janetexcat




Have a wonderful day!

Valentines Day the Cruelty Free Way! Vegan Craft Sample Bags

Valentines Day doesnt have to mean tons of processed sugars and dairy, it can mean compassion and love!  This Valentine's Day you can order a Vegan Craft Sample bag for your love, and know that it is all vegan and all compassion!
Vegan Craft Samples receive samples of handmade items from Etsy shops around the world, puts them into reusable hand stenciled tote bags and sells them.  Everything in these bags is vegan and cruelty free and 100% profits from each bag goes to a different sanctuary each time.  Valentine's Day 2010 sample bag profits go to Pigs Peace Sanctuary
The bags come in 3 different sizes now, they used to only offer the regular sized bags, but now they offer small and large bags as well!

Small bags come with 8-10 samples and are $15

Regular bags come with 17-20 samples and are $25

 

Large bags come with 23-25 samples and are $35 

The next round of bags after our Valentine's Day bags are our Earth Day bags, we are always looking for new handmade shops to contribute samples.  When you contribute samples you promote a compassionate lifestyle, raise money for animals, and promote your craft!  Please sign up under "get in the bag" on our website!

Some of my favorite from CNY Etsy Team

Blue Cupcake Potholders Originals By Lauren

Husky Paper Cut Silhouette My Serenity Way

Turquoise Dichroic Fused Glass Pendant Minty Fresh Fusions

Touch Me Ladybug EcoLeeko

If you are looking for more items from the Cny Etsy team just search cnyetsyteam (written just like that as all one word) on Etsy.com

Mid September Update!

Hi everyone!

I've updated the blog with our more recent additions to the group (look to the right under "MEMBERS") as well as added a few blogs. If I missed anything or if there is link trouble, just send me an email at luckalilly@yahoo.com.

If you would like to see some CNY photos from the August Clinton Arts and Music Festival, visit this post on team member Heather's Blog:

http://holisticallyheather.blogspot.com/2009/08/clinton-arts-and-music-festival-in.html

Happy Fall!!

Caroline

A Treasury of CNY Etsy Products

Hello!

Today I would like to share some wonderful items lovingly handcrafted, by some of the talented artisans of the CNY Etsy Team.

Enjoy!






Sterling Silver Rectangular Pendant








Farewell summer sweets.








Medium Foundation mineral makeup set








Handcrafted Duratemp Wood Butterfly House


Feel free to peruse these shops and ask questions if needed. They will all be more than happy to help you out!

Feature Friday: Minty Fresh Fusions

The Feature Friday series is back after a short hiatus! This week's featured artist is Jen from Minty Fresh Fusions. She is quite the experienced Etsian, and has owned a total of 7 shops!! She is celebrating two years of selling on Etsy this month! Right now she is focusing on fused glass, and she makes stunning work. Check out her interview for more!


First and foremost, what is it that you make/sell?

I make fused glass jewelry and housewares.


What do you most enjoy about your craft?

I think the thing I enjoy most is opening the kiln. There's a pretty commonly repeated phrase about it being like opening presents at Xmas, and it's so true. That and getting to know some of my customers and hearing they're happy, especially when working with people's custom fused photograph pieces.



How has your experience on Etsy been?

My experience on Etsy has been wonderful, I joined 2 years ago in July and started selling 2 years ago this month.



What would you like to see from the CNY Etsy Group in the future?

I think I'd like to see the group get together more informally, a few people for coffee of whatever comes up, but then again my 2 year old always keeps me from participating in much, so I don't know if I'd make it to do much. I had fun at the 4th of July show and look forward to more team shows, definitely!

Check out Jen's shop here:

Minty Fresh Fusions

4th of July Sale at Porter Studios Gallery

I've finally gotten around to posting the pictures from the 4th of July sale at Porter Studios Gallery! The sale went really well; Jane was so generous to give us this opportunity!

Tangbaby's booth

My Serenity Way's Booth

Luckalilly Ceramics' Booth

Ecoleeko's Booth

Beaded Bird's Booth

Zosio's Booth

Sorry we don't have pictures of everyone's booths, but if anybody has any more you can send them to me and I'll post them here!!

Feature Friday: MGW Photography

For this installment of the Feature Friday series of posts, I interviewed Michael from MGW Photography.  He is located in Binghamton and takes awesome photos which he sells on Etsy as a hobby.  I believe he is the only photographer on our team (sorry if I am mistaken and overlooked someone!).  My mother was a photographer, so I've always had an interest in the medium and great respect for people who can conceive and execute a great photo.  One of Michael's photos was recently selected to be printed in the Sony World Photography Awards Book for 2009 out of a pool of over 70,000 photographs! Pretty impressive.  Read the interview to find out about more about Michael and his work:

First and foremost, what is it that you make/sell?
Fine Art Photography.

What do you most enjoy about your craft?
That no matter how much you know there is always more to learn. When I am not learning I get bored so photography has given me a opportunity to continue to learn.

How has your experience on Etsy been?
Etsy has been a great boost for my confidence. People had told me that they liked my photography when I first started taking picture but it wasnt until others started buying my stuff on etsy that I really started believing it. I now have an exhibit coming up in either Oct or Nov during Binghamtons First Friday Art Walk.

What would you like to see from the CNY Etsy Group in the future?
I would love to see the team grow and become more active. I am trying to spread the word the best I can when I meet people on etsy that live in the CNY area.

I had a really hard time choosing which photos to showcase for this feature, so make sure you check out MGW Photography's Etsy shop for more, as well as Michael's blog!!

Summer CNY Sales Events

Our team has been busy preparing for our first ever team events!  This summer, CNY Etsy Team members will be holding two local sales as a group.

The first is on July 4th during the Hamilton Farmers Market at Porter Studios and Fine Arts Gallery from 9am to 3pm.  Thanks again, Jane for offering up your gallery to help make this happen!

The secondly, several of our members will be representing the CNY Etsy Team at the Clinton Arts and Music Festival in Clinton starting at 10am.

Also-thanks to Patti from Beaded Bird Designs who made up these neat-0 graphics for us to advertise with!

If your not participating in either of these events, we would still love you to come check it out, support the team and help us get the word out!

CNY June Events!

Hi everybody! This week in lieu of the "Feature Friday" post, I'm continuing a new series of posts about the goings on of the CNY Etsy Team. Here goes!

• Firstly, Lauren from Originals by Lauren has scored a treasury (above) and filled it with items from the CNY Etsy Team's shops!  Be sure to click every picture and comment so maybe we can get to the front page!!  Click here to go to the treasury!  Thanks Lauren!

• Oneida County master Gardeners 13th annual Herb and Flower Festival 2009

Saturday June 27, 2009 9 am to 3:30pm at the Parker Scripture Botanical Gardens Farm & Home Center(Co-Op Extension), 121 Second St, Oriskany NY

Plant Vendors~Workshops~Demonstrations~ Butterfly House~Food~Raffles

visit http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/oneida

Dan Brown from Dan's Wuud Werx and Collectibles will be a vendor during the Festival with Woodcraft Birdhouses, Butterfly Houses,Garden Items,etc.  Stop by and say hi!

• Myrhieah of TangBaby will be participating in the summer Indie Garage Sale, which will be held on Saturday, June 27th at 94 Genesee Street @ the Resonance Center.

• The Westcott Art Trail Sale is June 6th and 7th at the Westcott Community Center in Syracuse.  Over 50 local artists will be participating! Visit the site for more details!

(Belated) Feature Friday: Nicole's Homemade Treats

Ok, so I totally spaced out this Friday, and I completely forgot to put up the Feature Friday post! I don't even have an excuse, I wasn't even super busy-I just plain forgot! My apologies to Nicole, who I had interviewed last week.  Her shop is a bit different from most found on Etsy, because she makes things you can actually eat!! And my, do they look tasty! I think I might need to order something with dark chocolate soon! (Hey, it's organic, and dark chocolate is good for you, so they say...)

First and foremost, what is it that you make/sell?

Preservative free, all natural, homemade chocolates, candy and granola. I try to use mainly organic ingredients.

What do you most enjoy about your craft?

The smell of the chocolate when I am "creating" and the pleasure people get out of eating my product.

How has your experience on Etsy been?

Etsy has been a great venue - as with everything, it is not perfect, but what is! I am able to have a "website" to sell my
products and do not have to worry about site maintenance. I have met some wonderful people and purchased amazing items!!!

What would you like to see from the CNY Etsy Group in the future?

I think as a group we need to do more promotion, I wish more members participated in the forum and other venues.

Thanks so much Nicole, for the interview and for not even complaining when I forgot to put up the post!!!

Make sure to visit Nicole's shop to order a batch of delicious chocolate goodies, and check out her blog to learn more!!