for Etsy!
I’m totally in the holiday spirit, I confess. Blame Starbucks for putting out their holiday drinks and CDs, or the stores that are decked out to the hilt with decorations, or Trader Joe’s for stocking their shelves with holiday candy and cookies…I am IN the mood!
And I’m really having fun shopping on Etsy. Have you heard of them? Almost everything is homemade! Great stuff! Like at my friend’s shop, where she hand paints (inside!) glass ornaments!
Or another friend’s shop where he makes a fabulous vampire’s kiss necklace that I picked up for the tween in my life.
And that’s just a couple of my faves. I’m also a fan of crocheted fingerless gloves, funky necklaces, you can find them all! Have you discovered Etsy? Do you have a shop on there I can visit? Or recommend one I should check out? And have you started your shopping? Or are you covering your ears yelling ‘La, la, la I can’t hear you for at least another month!’.
Heather Howard
November 9th, 2009 at
9:40 am
Those glass ornaments are gorgeous!
Three of my favorite Etsy shops:
http://merimask.etsy.com – my very good friend’s handcrafted leather masks and trinkets; this is some gorgeous wearable art.
http://thefargrove.etsy.com – another friend; beautiful hairsticks and jewelry; her second shop is full of beautiful original photography and stationary.
http://youstinksoap.etsy.com – my very favorite soap! Delicious scents and it doesn’t dry out your skin. Perfect for the sensitive ones in your life.
Shelli
November 9th, 2009 at
10:48 am
Those are all great shops, Heather! Love the masks especially!
Chris Roberts
November 9th, 2009 at
12:19 pm
I started shopping a week before Halloween. Of course I have usually had a good start on Christmas shopping by the time October comes around. Had a slow start this year.
Heather
November 9th, 2009 at
1:45 pm
Thanks for featuring my shop, Shelli!
And I agree. Those masks are gorgeous!
Karen
November 9th, 2009 at
5:27 pm
I absolutely adore Etsy and try to avoid it because I can get so sucked in I never want to leave!
mary
November 10th, 2009 at
1:50 am
Thanks for the heads up on that website. I’ve never been to it but I will surely be shopping around before christmas.
Laurie
November 10th, 2009 at
11:15 pm
OMG I love Etsy too. My friend makes beautiful character-inspired book thongs. http://www.stupisdhinydesigns.etsy.com/
Have you seen Regretsy? http://www.regretsy.com/ It’s Esty slash and the author, Helen Killer, is hilarious with her comments. Check out the naughty stuff…