ETT SOTW - Crochetgal

The new ETT SOTW is Crochetgal whose shop, as you would expect, carries beautiful hand-crocheted shawls, scarves and gloves. If you want to be your own "crochet gal," the shop also carries lovely yarns and patterns to help you DIY!

More surprising are the shop's handmade wooden soap dishes that would make perfect gifts alone or with a bar of handmade soap.

To celebrate being the new ETT SOTW

Crochetgal is offering

15% off select yarns

Enter Coupon Code:Twitter15 during checkout

Follow Crochetgal on Twitter.

Jaybird Designs - New ETT SOTW - 20% Off through 9/11!

Jennifer J. Cirka from this week's new ETT SOTW Jaybird Designs, is a professional crochet designer who has been recognized by every major crochet magazine including: Interweave Crochet, Crochet!, and Inside Crochet.

Her etsy shop offers lovely custom crochet items and unique and original crochet patterns if you'd rather "do it yourself." Jennifer is inspired by the colors of Western Colorado where she lives and by the trends in ski wear and winter sports she finds in her Rocky Mountain community.

Jaybird Designs is offering 20% OFF

purchases through September 11th, 2011.

Use discount code EtsyTwitterSOTW.

You can learn more about Jennifer and her work by following her on Twitter or by reading her blog.

PS Don't you just love Jennifer's models and photos as well as her lovely items?

Rhodes Annals Designs - New ETT SOTW (15% Off!)

Rhodes Annals Designs, run by the multi-talented Claire, is this week's ETT SOTW. The shop carries lovely handmade gifts that include scarves, cowls, bags, bunting, and lip balm (in chocolate, yum)!

Claire's shop is a flea market all by itself...browse through the colorful, fun items if you need the "perfect" gift for someone else or treat yourself to something made with care and love!

This week only: Rhodes Annals Designs is offering

15% off with the code RADTWEET

New ETT SOTW - Moonlight Dreams

The new ETT SOTW is Moonlight Dreams. It's creator, Barbara Gordon, crochets a variety of accessories including hats, fingerless gloves, cowls, scarves and flower pins. Barbara says "I feel that my products are stylish, without being 'over the top', and I painstakingly check and recheck my items before I ship them out. I want them to be fashionable, functional, and extremely durable at affordable prices."

Although Barbara lives in sunny Southern California, she loves "...making warm and cuddly hats and accessories, but the cold season is very short here. Etsy has been my saving grace, allowing me to market my products to folks in colder climates". (Yes! She ships internationally).

Special SOTW Offer: 20% off Moonlight Dreams items

Valid Monday, January 10, 2011, through Sunday, January 16, 2011

Redeem at checkout with code ETTSOTW20

You can also follow Barbara and her work on Twitter and Facebook.

ETT SOTW is Jenco13 YAY!

The new ETT SOTW is (TADA) Jenco13, aka Jen Kuebrich. TADA because Jen is the captain of the Etsy Twitter Team. She manages to do all the work associated with that position AND keep her shop full of delightful crocheted goodies. Her current products include coffee cozies (think perfect holiday gift for a teacher, school bus driver or colleague at work), scarves and shawls. Hats and baby items will be added soon.

Offering variety and uniqueness is important to Jen, "I work hard to make sure every customer gets exactly what they want. If they see an item in my shop and want it slightly different I work my hardest to get it to their standards."

Jen is offering this special deal (ends on 12/19)

Buy any cup cozy get the second one FREE!!

No coupon code necessary - cost of second item* will be refunded within 24 hrs.

Buyer is responsible for shipping price of second cup cozy

*Qualifying item must be equal or lesser price on Free cup cozy sale

You can learn more about Jen and her work by following her on Twitter and Facebook and by reading her blog.

The New ETT SOTW is talinaann ~ Photography & Wearable Fiber Art

Our ETT SOTW is talinaann. The shop's crocheted wearable art and original black and white photographic prints available in this shop are all the work of the talented Talina Ann Zsido.

Talina Ann loves working with natural fibers that she obtains either from fellow Etsians or her local alpaca farm (how convenient!) Her crocheted scarves, cowls and chokers are all original designs and made without patterns. Talina Ann finds crochet to be "creative therapy" and does it as much for relaxation as for the unique finished products it results in.

In addition, she is a gifted photographer and her dramatic black and white prints are eye-catching and unusual. Any item from this unique shop would make a perfect handmade gift for family or friends.

To celebrate being the ETT SOTW, talinaann is offering

Free shipping on orders over $50 this week!

(Note: Shipping will be charged on checkout, but will be refunded via PayPal within 24 hours of purchase.)

Learn more about Talina Ann and her work by following her on Twitter and Facebook or by reading her blog.

Crochet Gal ~ New ETT SOTW

The new ETT SOTW is Crochetgal which not only offers exquisitely crocheted shawls and scarves and specialty yarns, but also display mannequins! Valerie, the talented proprietor, also sells handcrafted soap dishes made in her family's woodshop!Valerie crochets each "work of wearable art" with meticulous detail. She is inspired by "almost anything, from an interesting piece of material to a shape or a color."

Crochetgal is celebrating Christmas in July by offering
20% off all shawls
and 20% off a wide range of yarns

Learn more about Valerie and her work by following her on Twitter and by reading her blog.

Kim White Creations ~ ETT Shop of the Week

Click on any item above to go to its etsy listing!

This weeks Shop of the Week (SOTW), Kim White Creations, is run by the lovely Kim White. Kim's shop carries knitted and crocheted "wearable" art. Kim says, "I like to call my creations Creative Mentionables! I make Care Shawls and Lap Wraps which are like a warm hug. I knit Coffee Cozies that are like a warm sweater for your coffee cup. I have a Cozy Closet full of Slouches, Caps, Beanies, Scarves, Granny Square Purses and more!" Kim is inspired to create from family and friends, seasons, colors, foods, and the feel and colors of fabric and yarn. This year Kim's goal for her etsy shop is, "to continue to build relationships with my existing customers, and to grow my customer base."

This week only: Any Coffee Cozy FREE with a $50 or more purchase before shipping

(just let me know your Coffee Cozy selection in message to seller)

To learn more about Kim and her beautiful creations you can follow her on Twitter and Facebook or read her blog.

Inspiration ~ Fiber Artist Jerry Bleem

Remind me again why we’re depleting the earth’s resources and burying them in landfills, (2008) 62” x 83.5”

Fiber artist Jerry Bleem makes AMAZING art using AMAZING materials like staples, yes staples! The piece above is made from crocheted plastic bags. Imagine the vision it takes to see the potential beauty and usefulness in those!

Foxy G Knits ~ Etsy Twitter Team Shop of the Week

It is my pleasure to show you some of Lois' of Foxy G. Knits work (there is a story there!). Based in Atlanta, she is one of the members of the Etsy Twitter Team that is usually helping to promote everyone else.

Her scarves and shawls are colorful, unique, soft, warm and just plain amazing. (I should know, I own two!) In addition, Lois is a generous soul, constantly using her etsy shop and handknit items (that she and her Mom knit and crochet) to help raise funds for good causes. She is just one of those people that there should be more of in the world.

From February 1st - 7th Lois is offering the following discount in her shop:

FREE U.S. SHIPPING on all purchases totaling $40 or more.

Put LOVEISINTHEAIR in the Note to Seller.

Shipping fees will be refunded via PayPal after payment has been made.

To learn more about Lois and her work, follow her on Twitter and Facebook and read her blog!

ETT Shop of the Week ~ Jusshar Designs

Jusshar Designs is brimful of hats, scarves, fingerless gloves, shrugs and more, all designed with enough flair to keep winter at bay in style.

Owner Beth Newbern-Hallam loves the satisfaction of taking a "skein or two of yarn and creating something from it. I'm also really beginning to appreciate the process of making yarn. Every time I see a show, movie, or commercial with fiber creations in it, I think to myself....bookmark that idea for later. Sometimes I can't sit back and enjoy the movie for all the fiber seeking I'm doing."

Beautiful handknits and crocheted pieces make fabulous gifts, so now's the time to take advantage of the discount below:

10% off For Fans of Jusshar on Facebook, with FREE US SHIPPING & Discounted International Rates

You can learn more about Beth and JusShar Designs by following her on Twitter and Facebook.

Inspiration ~ other artisans

clockwise from top left:

vase from cj twiggs handfelted treasures

crochet cowl from soft spoken

stickers from sugar ivy

vintage metal flowers from Yellowdogvintage

I am not just a seller on etsy. I am a buyer. I actually discovered the site two years ago when I began to use handmade soap and bath products. Google searches for these items kept directing me to etsy where I discovered vintage dealers, talented and affordable artisans and supplies for my own jewelry-making (as well as the soap I was actually looking for!). Since then I have opened my own shop on etsy but I continue to find wonderful things to buy for myself and to give as gifts. Here are my four latest purchases and I have now extended my etsy "family" with new sellers with amazing shops who are also delightful to deal with!

ETT (Etsy Twitter Team) Shop of the Week ~ Rhodes Annals Designs

This week’s shop has extremely lovely handmade items. Claire Elizabeth Annals (her maiden name was Rhodes), of Rhodes Annals Designs, sells bags, hats, crocheted purses, knitted scarves and cowls. She also sells some of her sister’s jewelry and vintage patterns.


“Each item is 'lovingly' handmade, by that I mean that I enjoy making them and like to imagine how they will be used by their new owner. I am always on the look out for new ideas, and if I wouldn't use an item, it doesn't go into my shop. I use the best materials I can source, and I am always on the look out for unusual yarn and fabric patterns.”

Rhodes Annals Designs is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.

Wisp - Luxury Mohair Extra Long Scarf/Shawl

New Etsy Twitter Team Shop of the Week ~ Jaybird Designs

Jennifer Cirka, of Jaybird Designs, makes unique crocheted clothing and accessories for babies, children, women and now pets.
“I am very eclectic in what I make and sell. My main love is crochet!! I specialize in unique crocheted clothing and accessories. But my best sellers are my original crochet patterns!! The new love of my life, Cash the Greyhound, has stirred my creative juices again and I have started adding pet items to my shop. I currently have decorative dog tag collars, but plan to include crocheted sweaters, leashes, and maybe even homemade gourmet dog treats."

Jaybird Designs offers $5.00 flat rate shipping (even when you order more than one item) everywhere in the world. U.S. shoppers can select First Class shipping instead for even less, $3.00

Special Deal for the Week: Free shipping if you mention "TWITTER Team Rocks" in the comments at check out. She will refund your shipping cost!!