Banner and Button Submissions

As noted before, we will be holding a vote for the CNY Etsy Team Blog banner and button (aka avatar) design.

Anyone who is interested is encouraged to submit designs to Caroline at luckalilly@yahoo.com by February 17th.

Voting will be held here on the blog after that, and the blog will be updated shortly thereafter! 

Pictures of the First Meeting!

So...for those of you who couldn't make it out to Porter Studios Gallery in Hamilton for the first meeting this past Sunday, I have some pictures to share!

Above are some tasty "Etsy" brownies courtesy of Sue, from Ecoleeko, as well as the rest of the munchie spread (it was all positively delicious!)

The last photo is a group shot of all those in attendance, excluding Sue because she was taking the photo!

In the photo:

Jane - Janetexcat

Cathy - Myserenityway

Lauren - Originals By Lauren

Cris - Cris Creates

Myrhieah - Tangbaby

Caroline and Emily -  Luckalilly

Patty, Barbara, and Tara -  Beaded Bird

Andrea and Arthur - Ashlar

Overall, it was a very enjoyable and productive meeting! Jane ended up snagging a Treasury while we were all there, you can view it here!  In the future, if anyone from the team gets a Treasury, I would be happy to post a link to it here on the blog, just convo me the link!

First CNY Etsy Team Meeting at Porter Studios Gallery

The first team meeting was a hit!  As you all know from the email Sue from Ecoleeko sent out, there was great food and great discussion!

Among the things discussed were the creation of this blog, where you can find info about all the upcoming promotions and events we hope to be doing in the near future, as well as a weekly artist feature.  If anyone has any other ideas about what they would like to see from this blog, comment here or send me a convo via Etsy.  (By the way, this is Caroline from Luckalilly Ceramics speaking-I volunteered to set up/manage the blog!)

So far, I have set up a list of the members of our group and links to each shop (look to the right).  If you see anything you would like different about the wording/spelling on your link, just let me know and I'll change it for you.  I also set up a slideshow of photos streaming from the Ning site, so if you would like to see some of your products showcased here on the blog, then upload pictures of them here.

As Sue mentioned in the email, we will be holding a vote for the banner/button design for the blog as well as the team in general.  I think there was a general consensus that it would be a good idea to "brand" these images so they will be recognizable to others as well as ourselves.  If you would like to design a banner or a button or both,  you can go ahead and send me the image(s) via email at luckalilly@yahoo.com.  We can then hold a vote right here on the blog to determine a winner.  

Again, any ideas and input concerning the blog are welcomed; post a comment here or just drop me a note! 

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It's getting pretty late, so I think I better sound off here.  I'm so excited about this group, I think it's going to be a great way to network and promote for all of us!