Welcome to team "Handmade Success" Post your intros here!

[#1]

Welcome to the team! Please introduce yourself to your fellow team members. Share a little bit about your crafting background or simply why you love all things handmade!

[ParadiseChicJewelry]

Hi everyone, I am new to team, I make jewelry. Thanks!

[allbuttonedupbytina]

I just joined ... my artistic medium is "BUTTONS". I love creating frames, mirrors, flowers, etc. I am a retired Buyer for a large retailer ... so, this is a great way for me to work my creative side.

Tina

[Former_Member]

Hello everyone,

I am new to this team. I sell various products in my shop: wooden signs, garland, children's goods... etc. Check it out! I'm a busy body and I never stop from sun up to sun down. My toddler has the same bug, I think! I also am a graphic designer and make various advertising products for a few companies (logs, flyers, menus, business cards... etc).

Happy to be part of the team!

[Former_Member]

Hi everyone! Thanks for the invite to such a talented and wide variety team! I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you, and looking at all your beautiful shops. I'm Lulu, I'm from sunny (most of the time!) Florida and I'm 26 years young. I'm very new to Etsy and still working on not being super shy about my creations. I love to crochet and after making a lot of sales locally, I decided to try my best at a little shop on Etsy. I plan on branching into sewing in a few weeks and who knows what else, I love crafting and it's a great outlet for my short attention span and creative side.

[Former_Member]

Hi there! Thanks for the invite! I'm Amanda, I'm just another coffee addicted crafty mom. :) I've been crafting all my life and love to create just about anything. I opened my etsy store in December and have been trying to improve it as much as possible. Etsy is so inspiring!

[PoppyPremierPlanners]

Hello all! Thank you for the invite to join the team! I have been an etsy member for a little over a month now and love it. I mkae stretch bracelets with natural gemstones and lovely charms. If anyone has any feedback on my shop or things I could do to increase shop exposure I'd love it!
Thanks and wishing you all the best! Megan

[Former_Member]

Hello everyone! I've joined the team to share and to learn and look forward to getting to know you. Much of my work is textile (ideally repurposed / upcycled) and inspired by the no-longer-loved materials that I come across. I create accessories and jewellery and belly dance costume (comes naturally as I'm a tribal belly dancer). Some vintage slips in there too. I plan to finish my shop front, build up stock and hope to make it a decent slice of my business. Fingers crossed and lots of hard, rewarding work! With my other hat on I coach and tutor. Thanks for the invite :)

[Former_Member]

Happy Monday! thanks for the invite to join your team. I am an acrylic painter here in North Carolina that enjoys bright colors and a loose style. I get my inspiration from photos I have taken from just everywhere but love painting beach scenes especially. I have been painting for the last year and LOVE it! Selling paintings supports my hobby...and very excited to have found Etsy.

[Former_Member]

I began making jewelry mainly because I was tired of spending money on earrings and other various jewelry that I would only wear once, or would break after one day. I wanted to throw my own style into jewelry making and recently began working with polymer clay. I have made figurines out of clay before, but I never thought about making beads and jewelry out of it. I like having a hobby that I could hopefully turn into a business. Right now I go to school online and work on my jewelry making. I try to put at least 4 hours a day into jewelry making, whether it be designing, or making jewelry. I love it, and always recommend people to try it. People are always asking me "how do you make jewelry?". I don't usually have a plan when starting a design, I just lay out my beads in front of me and go for it, I recently started drawing out designs before making something, and I have to say that it does help to have a starting point.

Good luck on everyones endeavors on etsy!

[TrueTreatsPetBakery]

So happy to be a part of this successful team! I have two shops on Etsy, with two more in the works). My main shop is my Pet Bakery. I have had this shop for a while but didnt start working it until last year. My second shop is for my artwork: acrylics, watercolor, cards and photography. I look forward to getting to know y'all!

www.etsy.com/shop/bendixenart

BTW, My pet bakery shop is full on circles so if you can add me to yours that would be super wonderful

[CherylParrottJewelry]

Hi, thanks for the invite. I'm glad to be here. It's great being in such an artsy and creative environment. I just love it.

I'm a stained glass artist turned jeweler. I took a wire class thinking that I would learn some fun wire techniques to add to my glass work... And to my surprise, after 30 years of glass work, I packed up my glass and my studio is now a beaders paradise and I love every minute of it. After three years of playing with wire I thought it was time to start selling and make some money.

It's gone really slow.. but I'm looking forward to many sales.
I have absolutely enjoyed meeting many wonderful people on Etsy.

Happy Monday... and Happy Sales!

[Former_Member]

My name is Sarah. I am just trying to get my shop more modernized and hopefully off to a successful start. I love to do anything with my hands. Things that are/will be featured in my store are needle felted OOAK items including brooches. I also make my own books and paper. Other items that may be featured in my store are ephemera packs, books made of beer boxes and other up-cycled items. I also co-own a jewelry and glass work studio with my mother who also has an Etsy store where she features her glass work and jewelry.

[BendixenArt]

hey! Just getting my second shop added to this team. I am so impressed by you!! I am an artist so you will find original art and papergoods in this shop. I will be launching a new art shop on Etsy in the coming weeks so stay tuned. I want to make it really cohesive and start off right with a very clear point of view.

my pet bakery shop is here : www.etsy.com/shop/tabithas34

[Former_Member]

hi I"m beautifulswagstore, a sahm that is trying to supplement her income by selling handmade accessories for the home, hair, and dog. As I go through my stash, I also sell destash items as well.

Thanks for the invite!

http://beautifulswagstore.etsy.com

http://beautifulswagstore.blogspot.com

www.twitter.com/beautifulswagst

www.pinterest.com/beautifulswagst

google + :

https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/103424062748870054300/#

[spinningkat]

Hi I am Kat @ SweetTreeHillFarm,

I feel very lucky that I get to make things for a living. And my medium is animal fiber. I have owned and operated a line of hand dyed yarn and knitting patterns since 2006 (Scarlet Fleece) and while continuing that I am branching out by adding a farm store here on Etsy as I develop my farm products. I raise Shetland sheep, angora rabbits and cashmere goats. I spin, weave, knit and felt and I am just beginning to work on products. Currently I have angora & wool felted soaps, knitting kits with handspun angora yarn. roving blended with dyed silk for spinners and more. Having a great time getting to know new "Etsy Friends."

[Former_Member]

Hello everybody. My name is Melissa and I make stone and wire jewelry. I started doing it last year just for something new to do, and got completely hooked. Before I knew what was happening, I had opened up my own company and have been having a blast. Now if I could just find MORE time.... :-) Thanks for inviting me!

[PrimaPaperie]

Hello, my name is Amanda and I have always had a love for all things handmade. I sell vintage inspired paper goods for any occasion. I have been doing this as a hobby for some time now but just decided recently to share my creations with everyone and Etsy is a great place for that. I try and post things pretty much every day so feel free to visit any time! I'm so happy to be a part of this great team! :)

[Former_Member]

Hi,

I make fractals. I know, it doesn't say a whole lot if you don't know what the heck a fractal is. I am trying out ideas on my seller's page to see what people like versus like enough to actually buy. In addition to that I am going to be handling my mom's "shop" on Etsy. She makes handmade clothes, quilts, and specializes in aides for children born with disabilities.

Here are some of my newest products:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/94292694/easy-to-follow-printed-instructions-for
http://www.etsy.com/listing/94332052/make-your-own-fractal-art-starter-kit
http://www.etsy.com/listing/94336459/make-your-own-fractal-art-starter-kit

[Former_Member]

Hi everybody ~

I'm Peggy and I knit and do mosaic but have worked in many mediums. I like coming up with something new and seeing if it will fly. Fiber's the current winner - less messy than glass, and I usually don't cut myself:)

[SpinningMermaid]

Thank you for the invitation!

I am Karla.. a fiber and color lover. But what is that? Well, I spin fibers to turn them (literally!) into yarn. It is so therapeutic to do it and believe it or not there is a lot of people that likes spinning fiber.

Well, I have no inventory now as I am opening my store this upcoming March 25th (visit me! www.spinningmermaid.etsy.com). I will have crazy colors, many fibers, some of them very fine for those with the more select taste. You don't spin yet? I will be offering this upcoming April spindle and fiber kits for those new to the art.

Hope to see you around here or there or everywhere!!

xo,
Karla

[BibleJournalLove]

Hello everyone.

I'm mom to 11 (ages 10 to 30 something, still have two at home) and Marmee to 20.

My love of color and patterns come from a quilting background. I began digi scrapping about 10 years ago.

It's only this year I began selling kits. I'm and author and run a homeschool business.

Not all homeschoolers are interested in scrapping so I recently divided my business (Heart of Wisdom Publishing and Digi Scrap Delights) into 2 blogs, 2 stores, 2 Facebook, 2 mail lists, etc. My scrapbook blog includes a section on how homeschoolers teaching their children to scrapbook school projects.

I am sooo excited to find like minded friends here.

Robin Sampson
Digi Scrap Delights
http://www.etsy.com/shop/DigiScrapDelights
http://heartofwisdom.com/scrapbook
http://heartofwisdom.com/blog

[Former_Member]

Hello everyone!

I'm Ana Sofia, I love handmaking since I was child (as probably all of you).
I decided to open an etsy shop last year because my friends kept telling me that I should sell my items.

I love to sew and to knit, and if I could, I would make it my only business.
As that time hasn't come yet, I have a full time job in a bank, in e-commerce business, and a family of 4 children and a husband to take gooood care :)

I love being invited to this team!
I wish all good luck in your business!

Sofia

[Former_Member]

Hello!
We are three friends who loves all about design, arts and crafts. We work with screen printing on tote bags and notebooks and love to work in our workshop in Barcelona together.
Thanks for inviting us!
Gracias!

Marina, Maria, Pilar.
www.marimaripi.com

[Former_Member]

Hello all! Thank you for allowing me to be in this team. I am new to Etsy and am just learning how to navigate and this will be my very first post. I am still learning to navigate and searching for information.
I have been doing different types of crafts for many years; usually selling them by word of mouth. I recently learned of Etsy and decided to join. I am currently making jewelry items and this is what I do for my relaxation. I feel that handmade items are made with thought and love not just automation. That is important to me as we live in an automation world.

[Former_Member]

Hi, We are excited to be part of your team. Our shop features recycled items designed for kitchens with personality. We are a mother and daughter team and we love to find that unloved discarded item and turn it into something that can be used and loved again. We are working hard to make this a full time job and will appreciate working with all of you to promote our shops and see our dreams come true.