Stunner

Some things are meant for greatest.

In this case, the above treasury of handmade beauty graced Etsy's front page this morning. Created by Swept from the Sea Designs,

this collection included my brooch as an alternative, but the powers that be gave the little brooch a front row seat!!

Thank you!

AND, don't forget.....only 5 more days to enter my giveaway!!

This is the piece up for grabs!

Front Page Blues

I found my diamond dome ring on Etsy's Front Page! Thank you to Call Me Mini for this spot-on curation. That aqua/robin's egg blue color transports me to my happy place.

And that place is here.

Don't forget to enter my giveaway!

Happy Sunday everyone.

Patience is a Virtue?

I have a hard time with patience. When I become inspired, motivated, or obsessed (as my husband calls it), I research, invest, rework, edit, and tweak until I achieve my goal. For the past year, I have dedicated countless hours to my "shop" on Etsy... much to the chagrin of Mr. Quench as the daily order of things suffers. However, the bulk of my business is online and as a business owner, I must tend shop to achieve success. Convenient, yes. I can run my whole business with never getting out of my pajamas if I so pleased.

However, Etsy is also home to thousands and thousands of other jewelry folks. With all of my listing and relisting, photo editing, treasury making, and general networking and cavorting through Etsy's vast online neighborhoods, one would expect that my goals of robust sales and front page appearances are common. Not true. Honestly, I get down right discouraged. If you were a tiny microphone inside my head, you would hearing me screaming like a 4 year old "Pay attention to me, Etsy!"

Then, something like this week happens. A front page appearance twice! My work featured in several treasuries. And good sales as well. I'm reinvigorated and my faith in the Etsy world is restored. I wish I knew how to bottle a great week such as this one. However, good weeks are fickle in the online e-commerce world of ours. Perhaps I should find some bottled patience to aid me through the slower weeks. Here's wishing all of your patience and pacing in reaching your aspirations!

Etsy Front Page

My treasury entitled, floating, was featured on the Etsy home page this evening! I am pleased :)

swallowed

My latest treasury graced Etsy's front page yesterday (with a few adminstrative changes, of course). The title and inspiration came from fellow Mainer Sixhours Photography (her photo is in the lower lefthand corner). Do be sure to check out her work...beautifully disturbing and gracefully quirky.

Happiness is...

periwinkle blue forget-me-nots.

a 2am Etsy Front Page appearance chosen by Etsy adminstration...also accompanying my pendant is a vintage brooch from 5 Gardenias and earrings from fellow Mainer Posy Studio.


that silly tiara that she never takes off.


my latest Etsy purchase from Little Pink House.

Our unexpected guest (a gray tree frog) who made a home on our new wicker rocker for a few days this past week.

Tuesday Morning Front Page Love

I am featured in a treasury curated by The Nebulous Kingdom. AND, the treasury was on the front page of Etsy this morning!!!! I apologize for my half-baked copy and paste screen shot. Sometimes, the techie part of me is still sleeping.

Front Page!

My little filigree ring made her way to Etsy's front page this morning! Melissa from Little Pink House curated this charming collection of handmade goodness! Two other pieces from Mainers, Swallowfield and Betsy Thompson Studio, accompanied my ring on her trip to the big page!