Featured EtsyBlogger - Donnapool

Donnapool has been an etsy seller since December 2006. She is a stay at home mom. She offers a wide range of products. She make custom buttons, pocket mirrors, ACEO's, and photographs. Her shop offers some great prodects if you get a chance check her out at her shop. Her blog can be found at http://ddpool.blogspot.com/.

P.S. All comments on this post count as an entry from my blog giveaway. For more information on my blog giveaway click here.

New Product Line

As promised, I have launched my new product line. It is polymer clay pendants with custom pieces of art work transferred on to them. Theses pendant is made by using a special photo transfer technique. The graphics are a custom piece of art made my mother. She makes these works of art using an advanced computer program. I have watched her make them and it is a difficult computer program to use. I have a lot of respect for her skill and am very glad she “spends” (wastes would be a better word) lots of time playing in this program. I will only make 15 pendants with each graphic in each color after I have made 15 I will retire the color.

I have a special offer for my blog readers purchase any photo transfer pendant and receive a free ribbon necklace with purchase. In notes to seller include the following code FREENECK01. Code is valued until March 15, 2009.

P.S. All comments on this post count as an entry from my blog giveaway. For more information on my blog giveaway click here.

Etsy Bloggers - Blog Carnival

I recently joined the Etsy Bloggers and well I have decided to answer the following question for my first blog carnival.

What made you open a shop on Etsy? What do you like about being a seller on Etsy? What don't you like?

I opened my shop because I need somewhere to sell my jewelry. I had come across Etsy months before I opened my shop. I thought about it for a couple of months and decide to start a shop because I can’t find a job.

I love the fact that my jewelry is seen by more people. I love the friendly community and great teams.

I hate the search function, and the tagging abuse. I also dislike the huge number of jewelry sellers undervaluing their time and pricing their pieces too low.

Blog Feature Audreys Country Crafts

1. When did you start your craft? My addiction started about 15 years ago. I was a stay at home mom and saw an ad in the paper for classes. Hubby suggested going as a way to get out of the house one evening a week for a while. He didn't realize that it would become an addiction.

2. Are you self-taught or did you take classes? I took the beginner Folkart painting class, but since then have learned on my own or by watching friends paint.

3. Why do you do your craft? Crafting keeps me sane. I keep telling hubby it's cheaper than a shrink!! I need to do something that is not hubby/kid related - that's just for me.

4. What is your favorite part of etsy? The forums are my favorite part. I've met some wonderful people on the forums and they have introduced me to some wonderful forms of art/crafts that I had not seen or heard of before.

5. What is the link to your etsy shop? http://audreyscountrycrafts.etsy.com/

6. Do you have a blog? If so what is the link? I have 2 blogs. One is for features, my crafts, or whatever I find interesting and want to post. The other is features and give aways.http://audreyscountrycrafts.blogspot.com/http://audreyscountrycraftsgiveaway.blogspot.com/

P.S. All comments on this post count as an entry from my blog giveaway. For more information on my blog giveaway click here.

Product Testing

You know back in January when I said I was working on a new product well I have final figured out how to do transfer photos on to polymer clay. I have eight pendants in different stages of production. Yesterday, I finished my first pendant. Today, I wore it to school. The goal is to make sure they are durable and my fitting are secured. So far, it has held together and is very secure. I hope to have the first ones posted some time tomorrow.

Hint: All readers should watch for my upcoming blog post on these pendants. There will be a useful code in that blogpost.

P.S. All comments on this post count as an entry from my blog giveaway. For more information on my blog giveaway click here.

Blog Giveaway

An 7 inch bracelet containing about blue pearl, royal blue, and black polymer clay that is on stretch cord. Each bead is hand rolled and is 100% unique. No two beads are exactly the same. This bracelet is unique and will looks great with any blue outfit
On March 1, 2009, I am going to giveaway the Black and Blue Polymer Clay Bracelet. The winner will receive the bracelet pictures a $20.00 value. I will ship the bracelet to the winner free of charge. There are many different ways to enter.

Giveaway Rules

1. Must provide a e-mail address. I will contact you for the address to ship the bracelet to.
   
2. Must respond to my e-mail with in 5 days or another winner will be selected.
   
3. Two entries for blogging about this giveaway and post the link here.
   
4. Two entries per purchases from my shop (Click Here for my shop).
   
5. One entry for following my blog (all current followers have an automatic entry).


6. One entry per comment on all February Blog Comments (limit one post per entry) **Note: You can go back and post on all previous entries


7. Blog comment entries must be more than one word.

Four ways to enter. On March 1st, I will enter the names into a spreadsheet and use a random number generator to pick the winner.

I Promised You This Treasury

I am so excited I made my first ever treasury. It was made WarmCountryMeadows. WarmCountryMeadows posted in the fourms and asked for shop owners who wanted to be in her next treasury. I posted I didn't actually think I would get in but I am really glad. I am really glad I am in the treasury. To see the treasury click here.

P.S. All comments on this post count as an entry from my blog giveaway. For more information on my blog giveaway click here.