Introduce Yourselves!

[Former_Member]

Welcome to the team! I'd love to meet you!

My name is Brittany, and I live in Central Ohio with my wonderful husband Josh. I grew up in Florida on a farm. I'm the second oldest of 9 children. Since I was a little girl I've been in love with the outdoors. It was almost impossible to keep shoes on my feet until I was about 18 years old. I LOVE going barefoot outside! My parents taught me to love the Lord, love my family, work hard, eat a healthy diet, learn about herbs and how to use them, love working outside, and use my creativity!
My Etsy shop is all about natural bath and body products, and although it's small right now, it's growing. I'm working on several new product lines that I'll be adding soon! I love doing this and feeling like I'm helping someone else live a healthier lifestyle!

Thank you for joining me on the team, and I hope you enjoy it!

[SelkieCrochet]

Hi - yay I'm member number three! (hopefully that's a lucky number) - I just found this team by accident and liked the title so I thought I'd join. Nothing ventured, nothing gained...

I live in Ireland in the village I grew up in, having moved about a little bit before coming back to roost at home (there really is no place like it!)

My shop is all crochet items (and sometimes some bought supplies, when I'm having to have a clear out), I like to use natural fibres, or blends. My new favourite is organic cotton though I bought some bamboo yarn recently which I'm really excited about :)

[Former_Member]

Thanks for joining! :-) I love your shop! I'm jealous of you living in Ireland. It's been a dream of mine to go there for a long time! :-)
Bamboo yarn sounds really cool! Can't wait to see what you do with it!

[PaperHeartandInk]

Hi, I am just learning about organic and natural foods and methods. I have switched to natural cleaning supplies instead of harsh chemicals. I am buying more organic produce and want to find an organic farm in my city I can buy from. I realize I am only touching the tip of the iceberg, but baby steps eventually add up as I gain knowledge.
Cheers!

I am looking for some awesome, luxurious natural soaps that will not leave my skin feeling so depleted.

[Former_Member]

Hi! That's awesome that you are starting to live more naturally! My family started learning about eating organically when I was about 8. We started our own farm a few years later and raised pastured chickens, milked our own cows, and raised our own grass-fed beef.
Have you heard of the Weston A. Price foundation? http://westonaprice.org/ It has some awesome dietary advice. My family learned a lot from them, and us 9 healthy kids are a testament to it's validity! :-)

As far as the soaps go, I think mine are pretty awesome, but I might be biased. ;-)

Have a great night!

[Former_Member]

I do wish returning back to the good old days.
It's me!

[SelkieCrochet]

oh I garden organically too :) I'm starting from scratch with our garden so I want to do it properly - it's such hard work (removing all the big rocks from the soil and working on the fertility) but we are lucky that we live close to the sea so we can collect fresh seaweed after the storms.

[Former_Member]

That's really neat about the seaweed! My family lives next to a dairy farm, so we always used manure on our garden, but my dad sprayed an organic seaweed solution on the garden a few times too to give it an extra boost! :-) I'm sure fresh seaweed is SO much more effective though!

[Former_Member]

Hello Everyone!! My name is Amanda, I live in Texas and am so glad to be on a team that can relate to how important it is to me to offer and use natural products. I look forward to chatting with you all!

[Former_Member]

Amanda- Your shop is really beautiful!! Thanks for joining the team!

[Former_Member]

Hi! My name is Shari and I live in Durham, NC. I love holistic living and my products are a clear representation of that love. I'm scientist by day (hence the inspiration for the product design) and at night I'm in my mini lab at home developing my brand.

I love supporting the local farmers here and I've developed some great relationships that you just can't cultivate at your neighborhood Food Lion haha.

[Former_Member]

Hi Shari! Your shop is truly beautiful. Your products look amazing! Thanks for joining, and thank you for supporting local farmers! I used to LOVE going to the farmers market near where I grew up. We would set up a booth at 6:30 in the morning and sell our herbs, eggs, soaps, and other seasonal farm produce. It was a lot of fun and we got to know a lot of great people. :-)

[Former_Member]

Hi Brittany! Thank you so much and I must say the same goes for you regarding your products. They look so natural and inviting. I bet being able to sell all those tasty things had to be so much fun. One of my favorite people is the guy who sells the best honey in NC at our farmers market. My best friend and I would visit him almost every weekend and he told his wife that he adopted us as his daughters into the family! These relationships are so important because he offered to be a supplier of honey, beeswax and etc for my products in the future :)

[Former_Member]

Hi!
My name is Lindsey and I live in the hills of Tennessee. I love all things organic including organic gardening, organic food, and organic clothes! Our family is trying to live a natural and healthy lifestyle, while realizing many modern conveniences are not healthy. I sell clothing, accessories, and baby items made from natural fibers. So far those include organic cotton, bamboo, and wool. Can't wait to meet all of you!

[Former_Member]

Hello everyone!

I am a 44 year old woman, who lives in Germany on land, not far from the Baltic sea. I just started my first etsy shop, knowing how difficult it is from Germany with higher shipping costs, but I just want to give it a try.
I'm working as eco-friendly as I can, e.g. using fibers with a certain eco standard (the ÖkoTex100 in Germany). I believe that slow work (and slow food) and handmade crafting is our future.

You can see more about how I live and what I am working on my Flickr photostream. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lawendula/

thanks for looking,

LaWendula

[Former_Member]

Truly Aesthetic, thank you! :-) That's really cool about the honey man! My family has made business connections as well as friends through our time at the farmer's market.
I'm now living 900 miles away from there, but I'm hoping to go to some local markets this summer and make some new friends! :-)

[Former_Member]

Nature's Clothesline- Wow your shop is beautiful! I love the colors, the obvious talent and care in creating the items, and the photographs are great and really show your items off well! I look forward to seeing what other things you add!
Thanks for joining the team, we're very glad to have you! :-)

[Former_Member]

LaWendula- Beautiful shop! Thank you for joining! I love all of the colors!! Those hand-felted birds are SO cute!!!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/68897461/handfelted-birds

I can imagine that shipping would be a challenge from Germany, but I wish you well with your lovely shop!!

[Former_Member]

Thank you so much for your warm welcome!

[Former_Member]

Thanks Brittany!
Everybody's shop look great! I love Truly Aesthetic's pictures!.

[Former_Member]

You're welcome both of you! :-) Yes, her pictures are great aren't they!

[Former_Member]

Hi Everyone! I'm glad to be part of this group! I live in Dallas TX and I love to sew, cook and garden. I make all natural lip balm and eco friendly plushies for children and babies. I enjoy making things that are natural and eco friendly. Please check out my shop! http://www.etsy.com/shop/emineegoods

And you can follow me on Twitter @EmineeGoods and on FB at http://www.facebook.com/EmineeGoods

[Former_Member]

Hello everyone! My name is Maia. I live in Maryland and have a one-year-old son. I love reading, and watching movies, and creating bath and body products of course! I love working with African products, especially unrefined shea butter, as you can see from my shop. I am really looking forward to networking and doing interesting this with this group.

[Former_Member]

Hi everyone! I just found you :)

I'm Laura and I sell organic seeds here on Etsy. My family is my husband, toddler daughter, giant mutt and two kittens. We live in the big city but grow an abundant amount of organic produce and live quite naturally.

We blog over at www.cubitsorganics.com if you need anymore details.

Happy to meet you all!

[Former_Member]

Hi guys (gals =)) Welcome to the team! I love all of your shops!

Emineegoods, your plushies are SO cute! Your lip balm looks yummy too =)

Astridanaturals, I love the way you package your soaps! Very nice. =) I love working with Shea Butter too. It's good stuff!

Cubits, GREAT shop! Your's is the first organic seed shop I've seen on Etsy. I have to go back and check it out some more. =)