I'm blooming :D

This past weekend I was featured on Blooming Lily's blog. Two of my baskets were featured! Blooming Lily, also known as Elle-a-Belle Designs, is run by fellow jewelry artisan, Laurie Warshawsky. Check my feature here and her site here! Thanks Laurie!

Featured Artist for Black History Month!

So Etsy decided they wanted to do a piece on Black History Month for their online newszine, The Storque. They solicited ideas and stories for this, and guess what? I got picked as one of the features!!! I am too through people. I never knew there were so many artists of color on Etsy.

I guess one super great thing about that place is that you are judged solely on your work and not your appearance. How wonderful is that?

And Ma, I mentioned the frilly socks! hee hee. See the article here

Cuteable

Isn't that just about the most adorable name? I was minding my own business when I caught wind that I'd been featured on Cuteable.com! As the name makes clear, they are devoted to all things cute. My Marshmallow Tree was featured! Check out that birdie rock underneath it - also, well for lack of a better word - cute! To see the feature in its entirety, please follow this link.

Speaking of Bridal Jewelry...

Just the other day I mentioned on here that I thought the bouquet necklaces would be great for bridal jewelry. Well guess what? Someone else thinks so too! Lynn of The Handcrafted Wedding has named me today's Indie Star!!! I'm so excited! And what a great resource this site is for creating a unique experience for your wedding day!

See my feature here
Thanks Lynn! I am so honored to be featured.

I'm not just cute. I'm superdooper cute!

Ladies and gentlemen,

I've been featured on Super Dooper Cute! And I'm oh so excited about it! First of all, the site is well, exactly that. It is full of things that are too too adorable for mom, baby, home, you name it!

Thanks so much for the love, Traci!

To see my feature, click on this link

Edited: Decided it made sense to show a picture. Duh.

Poll Time! Branding

So, I know I need to create a "brand" for myself. Think Nike, Lexus etc.
My banners and avatars and business cards, etc. should match everywhere you can locate me so that I am more memorable. Currently, I'm all over the place and that has to change.

My question is, as a jewelry artisan is it important for me to have a picture of my work in my branding or no?

more at twiigs.com...

ACK! ON. FRONT. PAGE. RIGHT. NOW.

ACK!!! If you go check Etsy's homepage RIGHT NOW (3 PM EST), I'm on the front! And I actually saw it! I just walked in the door after being out with the munchkin. Put him down for a nap and said, let me go write one of my customers. So I go to log on and BAM! There it is.

Woohoo! I actually SAW myself on the front!!! I'm so giddy right now!!!

I was on the front page!

So one of my trees (bottom right hand side) made it to the front page again on December 11th! And again, I totally missed it. lol. I'm not complaining though (well not much). It is such a rush! This wonderful grouping was curated by the equally wonderful heidiburton. She was gracious enough to provide me with this photo. Thanks Heidi!

New banner

Hey look up! You may have noticed some changes on my blog (besides the lack of posts in the recent past. ;))
What I'm talking about is my fresh new banner designed just for me by my new best friend, Kieu! Thanks Kieu!

Check out her site here: http://www.kieutiepie.com/

She has tons of fun items!

On the front page!

Dear batty friends,

Sorry that I've been a bit neglectful! I've been a bit busy. Here's a quick update for you:

I've been filling a few custom orders - some on Etsy, some not. Mysterious... ;)

I'm working on a few more prototypes for the For The Birds series. I've added the Oval Cage and was very excited to have it sell right away!

Also, this morning, I made it to the front page again! I never seem to be on the computer when this happens. ;) My pendants were in an Etsy treasury called "Caged!" Click on the photo above for a larger view.

Back to work for me!

I've been featured!

This wonderfully talented artist, Angie Vandenbogaard, has featured me on her blog!

Check it out at : http://jellybeansart.blogspot.com/

I am very flattered and honored to be chosen Angie! Many thanks!

You may have noticed that she too has a love of trees ;)