Welcome to the second edition of the etsy front page keyword list.  Hope this helps!  I know it’s definitely help me be more creative with my tagging…more so than size, color, and item at least….

a young wizard x 6

natural modern x 2

Back to School Gear x 5

Trashion Team

mod

Halloween x 3

July Beach Weddings

clearance

fractals and spirals

sale

noir

seaweed

bamboo

France

Slow Food

asian

trip down a rabbit hole

summer travel

leo

tennis

summer gardens

rustic

botanical

moss

July Birthstone:  Ruby

shell

linen

picnic

summer fashions

clam bake

distressed

Comic-con

roller derby

tropical

simple x 2

summer whites

summer festivals

margarita

mayan

woodland

handmade wedding

modern

houndstooth

lapin

7/28/09 – All  (or close to all) the admin picks were ‘found browsing etsy categories’….hmmmm…I wonder if it’s a Tuesday thing on etsy.  I’ll be interested to see what next week does :)

Remember, to see the themes/keywords that the Etsy Merchandising Team has laid out in advance go to the Storque article: 

http://www.etsy.com/storque/search/title/merch/

This will also be very helpful!

Taking the perfect pictures of my items on etsy seem to be a challenge I work on every day!  I’m always taking, retaking, editing, and re-editing everything I do.  At some point, I think…”These are fantastic…they’ll have to make front page!” and alas…doesn’t happen.  Here are a few new shot’s I’ve taken of some of my quilts. 

Springtime Wonder Quilt Disappearing Dog Star Quilt 

Under the Sea Baby Quilt  Raggy Bullseye Quilt

What do you all think?  Should I spend more time on this view/angle of a quilt picture for the rest of my quilt section? 

This past Saturday was my annual Apple Bash. This year it was extra special because we combined it with my father-in-law, Frank’s 60th Birthday Party. The bash is my husband’s and I’s last hurrah before Apple Season begins and we don’t have time to see our friends anymore. We love to see our friend’s and family and it’s a good time that lasts the whole night.

This year, one of my friends from my online etsy Quiltsy Team was in the area and I invited her to stop by – and she did!

I was happy to meet Cindy of CinfulArt (on the right). My aunt-in-law, Barb, also a Quiltsy team member was our our party as well (left). (I’m in the middle!). Cindy and her husband (who’s name is escaping me right now) were a great addition to our bash. My FIL even brought up that it was nice to meet them and they seemed to fit right in (and there were at least 100 people there throughout the evening).

I imagine it was a bit intimidating to drive up to someone’s place that you’ve never met and see all those cars lined up! I’m so glad you braved it out Cindy…it was great meeting you and showing off my workspace, house and orchard. :)

You’ve guessed it from the title…it’s TREASURY SATURDAY!  Lots of great treasuries to share with you this week…items in my shop were featured for the first time by lots of new-to-me artists.  Very exciting!  I do have to tell you that I unfortunately did not take  a screen shot of my ‘Trees of Green’ treasury…I do apologize for that.  It was a cool treasury!

KarolsVintageArt is responsible for this first lovely treasury, “Backyard Picnic” that I am sharing with you today.  She featured the Adult Tie Dyed Bucket Hat from Kim’s Crafty Apple and the Purple Passion Juice Bracelet from theApple.  What a great treasury!   Intres put together this beautiful treasury that she called ‘clearly’.  She featured the White Magic Earrings from theApple.  PostcardsbyJanice created this fabulous quiltsy treasury and featured my Teal Tree Top Tote Bag.   ClubAloha created this fabulous ‘Purple Passion’ Treasury and featured  my Perfectly Purple Bubble Romper.  Waterrose created this stunning ‘Ruby and Silver’ treasury in which she featured my Beautiful Rose Baby Bodysuit (0-3 mo).  

Summer Safari was created by Phofun and featured theApple’s monochromatic olive branch earrings.   BellaBeadsOriginals created this super hot treasury called ‘Where Are my RayBans?” and featured my mother-in-law’s Bright and Beautiful Buffalo Ridge Quilt.  SerenStitches created ‘Alive With Color’ and featured my Flower Power purse.  Did you notice that I recruited a beautiful friend to do some of my bag modeling?  Thanks Kels! ‘Spring Flower’s – Pastels Quilt’ was featured in AllThingsQuiltsy which was put together by SuzyQQuilts.   ‘A Summer’s Breeze’, created by FabricsandQuilts featured my sister-in-law, Karma’s True Lover’s Knot Quilt. 

This is the other treasury I made this week (the one I remembered to take a screen shot of…I called it ‘stacked.’  these are all great items I found when I typed in ‘stacked’ into the etsy search engine.  The Stacked Turquoise Coral Earrings from the apple were featured. 

I hope you enjoyed another week of treasuries!  I know I did.  Everyone have a great day and tune in again next Saturday to see what the treasury land comes up with during the week!

I’ve been steadily plugging away at making more earrings for Blue Hill By Hand.  I made these Mahogany Seed Earrings just last week.  I just love how the Mahogany seed looks - each one is so unique looking. 

My two girls came to drop off one of my completed orders and they got these fun shaped Natural bubble wands.  I made some easy bubble mix and they had a great time blowing bubbles at the babysitter’s the next day!    The just dropped up a bag full of these Toucan Feather Earrings at the shop yesterday.  They were really fun to make using a combination of either serpentine beads or red bayhay beads with recycled rubber “feathers”.