Treasury Feature: PluffMudDesigns

One of our wonderful team leaders created this treasury in honor of PluffMudDesigns, who has won a contest of ours! 

PluffMudDesigns


Check out her Etsy shop here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/PluffMudDesigns


She created the gorgeous earrings in the top-left corner of the collection.

PluffMudDesigns is actually a great jewelry artist named Michelle from South Carolina! You can view her profile here:

http://www.etsy.com/people/PluffMudDesigns

BNS Success!

Hi everyone!

First, I want to say THANK YOU to all the people who participated, faved, viewed, chatted, or bought into our FIRST-EVER BNS yesterday! YOUR participation made it very successful!


Here are the final numbers:


-405 views of the treasury

-455 times items in the treasury were clicked on

-106 faved the treasury

-17 pages of comments

-7 total sales


Not bad for our first day, huh?

THANKS EVERYONE!

FIRST-EVER NNNTeam BNS!

We are hosting our first-ever NNNTeam BNS!  How could you miss it?

SPECIALS:

Fringeandflourish - NNN15 = 15% OFF
Starflycreations - SAVE10 = 10% OFF
Ommmused1 - SANTACLAUSTROPHOBIA = 10% OFF
Jeweledhummingbird - BNSFUN = 10% OFF
MorethanColors - MERRYCHRISTMAS = 10% off
Lucary - TEN10 = 10% OFF
TheLashReport - NNNTEAMSALE =15% off
KatiesCreativeCorner - FAB15 = 15% off purchase over $10
PluffMudDesigns - XMAS15 = 15% off & FREE SHIPPING


Join us for the fun!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTQ2NjE2MzJ8MTM4MTk0MzY3Mw/open-nnnteam-bns-no-minimum-round-1?page=8#comments

Featured Artist: Starflycreations

I have the pleasure of having a wonderful artist, Starla Apodaca, as a leader on the NNNTeam. She is not only a great leader and former captain of this team, but also a most gracious woman and great teacher! She has mentored me in becoming captain and has been a valued and caring friend.

But besides all that, most importantly Starla is a great artist! She runs a shop on Etsy called Starflycreations. She creates original paintings, exclusive stationery designs and more. She recently created this fabulous custom work:

When I asked Starla about her life, she responded:

"God has blessed me with a wonderful family and talent. I've been married almost half my life. We have two wonderful children. A young teenage son who thinks he knows everything and a three-year old daughter who probably does! We have a dog, a turtle, and have been known to nurse injured green anoles back to health. We also love cats and have one which stays at my mom's due to allergies in the family. My son has great promise as a photographer and my daughter has great promise of being an adorably cute, walking, talking, dictionary!

My favorite activity, outside of spending it with family, has to be art. ART. ART. ART. I love creating! I've often referred to myself as AADD - Art Attention Deficit Disorder, as I cannot stick to one medium or style from commercial digital illustration to mixed media paintings, I love them all. To me, life is a beautiful chaotic mix of very special and very different moments. I try to reflect that in my work. To me, creating the same type of art every day is like having the same emotion every day. My art is a journey, just like my life.

I am the volunteer leader for art and computer science - graphic design for our local 4-H. So far in art, I've taught drawing, jewelry making, and polymer clay sculpture. Three of my students entered the state fair in polymer clay and all three won. In graphic design, I am currently teaching Adobe Photoshop but also have Illustrator and InDesign slated for this school year. I also volunteer with our local PTA and our church.

I have a BFA in Graphic Design with emphasis in communication arts. That's where I met my hubby. I've spent many years in advertising in the roles of graphic designer, art director and creative director before going back to freelance to grow my family. Now that my daughter is three, I will be gearing up the reigns to increase my activity, once again, in the commercial field too. My commercial portfolio may be viewed at www.starflycreations.com

I discovered Etsy through a friend of mine, Andrea. She sells adorably cute, whimsical paintings and children's decor. She is also a new NNNteam member. If it wasn't for Andrea, I would have never known about Etsy, nor would I have met such wonderful people through the teams that I am now fortunate to call my friends, so I wanted to give her a plug! Here is her shop www.andralynn.etsy.com

I am inspired by so much in my life that I cannot keep track and am notorious for leaving yellow sticky notes EVERYWHERE and never getting around to reading them all. My doodles and thoughts are not confined to sticky notes. I write on the back of envelopes, on magazines, note pads, anything and almost everything. Also - I love to read, though I am known not to pick up a book for a long while, and then read an entire book in one sitting because I may not get back to it again.

Starla's most recent project is polymer clay sculpture ornaments. She recently completed one of her daughter, pictured here:

Featured Artist: Heversonart

Artist Featured:  Heather Everson

Etsy Shop:  http://www.heversonart.etsy.com/

Once upon a time, there was a jewelry artist named Heather Everson.  She runs a great shop on Etsy featuring handmade jewelry and artwork.  Her jewelry is not just of one type.  Rather, Heather creates pieces that are beaded, painted, wire-wrapped, etc.  The list goes on and on!  Each piece is an original and is carefully and artistically hand-crafted. 

I met Heather back in April 2011 when I first joined Etsy.  She is the current captain of the EtsyHeartsBeads Team, which happens to be the first team I ever joined!  Now she is a proud and active team member of our NNNTeam! 

Our very own NNNTeam artist Heather Everson lives in Escanaba, Michigan and is married with a beautiful 3-year-old girl Kaylie.  Since her pregnancy, she has been a big fan of hot peppers!  "I ate them constantly despite my husband's protests that our daughter would be born in a ball of fire and it just stuck with me I guess!"

In the mere 25 years Heather has been alive, she has accomplished quite a lot!  Right now, Heather is a stay at home mom, which everyone knows is a lot of work!  She works a full-time job during the Christmas season and part-time the rest of the year as an artist and jewelry designer.  Heather sells her wares on Etsy and in local craft shows as well.  Yet, though she still considers jewelry her "hobby", she hopes to expand once her child is in school.  I know this is one person who will accomplish whatever she wants!


When I asked Heather how she came to having a shop on Etsy, this is what she said:

"I knew a local artist who had a shop on Etsy and was impressed with the amount of handmade talent on Etsy.  I joined and found my own little niche too in Aug 2010!"

Her favorite thing to make is nature-inspired jewelry hand shaped from copper wire featuring creatures like birds, dragonflies, and leaves.  She says that there is plenty of inspiration that drives her, like the floral images from Georgia O'Keefe to real items in nature. 

Heather has been creating drawings and painting since she was a child.  And has been a snake-lover since then too!  About her recent expansion to jewerly, she told me, "Jewelry provided me with such a wonderful opportunity and still allows me to create unique works of art. I absolutely love my new calling and I hope that my work can find people who will cherish them as much as I loved making them!

Artist Lucary Treasury Feature: Hugs and Kisses

Our own NNNTeam artist Amy Fowler has created a luscious treasury for all to enjoy! Amy has a great Etsy shop called Lucary.

Click below to visit her shop:

http://www.lucary.etsy.com/







Click below to see more about this artist in our "Featured Artist" post:

http://nnnteam.blogspot.com/2011/10/featured-artist-lucary.html

Blog Treasury Feature: Chatham's Crossing

This beautiful treasury was created by one of our very own NNNTeam members, Michelle Kennedy.



Not only does she make nice treasuries, but Michelle also has an Etsy shop filled with one-of-a-kind pieces of fashion jewelry.

To visit her shop, click the link below:

http://www.chathamscrossing.etsy.com/

Artist KLHoey: The Fox and the Hound

This GORGEOUS treasury was created by one of our very own NNNTeam artists, Kerri Hoey. She runs a great Etsy shop with mixed media items, collage, and beautiful photographs.

You can find her here:

www.klhoey.etsy.com

Featured Artist: Lucary

NNNTeam Featured Artist:  Amy Fowler

etsy shop:  http://www.lucary.etsy.com/

When I took a look around Lucary's shop, there is one thing that stood out to me:  eveything is definitely handmade with love.  I noticed that there is great care to each item, though the true quality of any item cannot be captured in pixels and descriptions. 

Amy Fowler is an artist, a mother, a crafter, and endless other things.  Amy started out with the usual girl scout and summer camp craft projects like most of us, but her real crafting started with a cross stitch project.  Amy first started selling her wares at craft shows in 2004.  Thinking of expanding to be able to sell things year round, she opened her Etsy shop Lucary in July of 2011. 

As you can see in Lucary, Amy sells a variety of childrens items from cross-stitched name plates to baby blankets and car seat covers.

However, her shop also features items that would appeal to adults, like pillows, dishcloths, and my favorite:

HANDBAGS!!!

When I interviewed Amy recently, she was proud to tell me that she is a mother of three children:  Ryan who is 7; Caleb who is 4; and Lucy who is just a mere 17 months old.  She is also working at a Learning Center full time as the Director of Education, after spending 4 years teaching 7th-grade math.  She also has a background in kindergarten-elementary education. 

Makes me wonder how she has the time to create items to list in her beautiful shop!!!

When I asked Amy what her favorite thing to make was, her reply was "anything for children".  She also stated:  "I was so happy to have my daughter and I love to make cute things for her to wear or play with."  Well, after having two boys, it must me fun to make things for a beautiful baby girl!

When asked about her sources of inspiration, Amy mentioned the

Etsy community

"I think my inspiration and motivation has recently been the people here on etsy and the teams I've joined. They inspire me to make me take time in my crafting and stores. My family inspires me daily in how they look to me for assistance, leadership, and most of all, fun!"

You can also see that Lucary is gearing up for the holiday season with beautiful items for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and of course, Christmas.  Items range from banners to hangings and other home decor. 

Amy is a very active participant in the NNNTeam, and her shop Lucary is definitely worth checking out!

http://www.lucary.etsy.com/

COMING IN NOVEMBER!!!

We will be holding an annual trade event on November 12, 2011 on our Team's Etsy page.  Starla will be the "Star of the Show", as Ashley has never traded before!  It sounds like great fun and an easy way for people to gain positive feedback!  We will be looking to trade each other for $5 items, so start thinking about what you might like to trade or what you are looking for!

History of the NNNTeam

The New and Not So New to Etsy Team, formerly known as the New to Etsy team, was created on April 19, 2011 by Isabel, TheButterflyFlew, to help newbies like herself navigate the world of Etsy. It wasn't long after forming the team that Isabel sought Starla from StarflyCreations to be a Leader. Together, the two worked to build and educate the team as they too learned.

Soon the team grew to be close to 300 and Isabel and Starla found the demands to be too great for the time that they could offer. Isabel had been wanting to decrease her team involvement as other things in life needed her attention more and the demands of the team could not function well with one leader, so they sought to find another leader. They found Ashley from FringeAndFlourish. Ashley was eager to help and stepped up to the role of Leader. It wasn't long before Ashley was running the show as Captain.

Together, Ashley and Starla discussed the current direction of the team. The original NTE team structure was designed to have members "graduate" as they became adept at navigating Etsy, and with the graduates went a world of knowledge. The team leadership brainstormed solutions to make the team more effective and beneficial to not only newbies but to veteran sellers as well. The new revamped New and Not So New team charter was launched October 14, 2011 and with it a new direction.