Etsy Dallas Spring Bash - Just applied!

Hey everyone. If you're into cool handmade stuff, you should put May 16th on your calendars. Etsy Dallas is throwing their first annual Spring Bash. Their Jingle Bash was a huge success, and I've applied to be in the Spring show, this time around. There will be all sorts of great vendors.... Hopefully including me! Even if I don't make it in, I'll be there... so check it out at EtsyDallas.com

New Item - Modern Baby Card

I've added a new card to the Sanctum Design Studio Line.

The Modern Baby Card

Great for:
Baby Shower Invites
Gift Enclosures
Birth Announcements
Congratulation someone on their new "addition!"
and so on...

It's 4.25"x5.5" folded printed on linen textured card stock, and paired with a white envelope. It comes in Blue, Pink, Green, and Purple or I can do custom colors at no charge. Hop on over to my shop and check out the Modern Baby Card. There is also a set of 10 available, as well.

Another Feature! Oh how "fabulous!"

Wow. People really love my "Love Birds" cards!!

I got featured in another blog today, with a picture and everything!

I'm so excited how much everyone likes the design! Sales have picked up since it's getting closer and closer to Valentine's Day. I had 3 sales in the past 2 days, which is amazing for me. I don't make cards to make money. I just like sharing my designs with people and hope that someone can make a loved one's day by giving them handmade card.

Go check out fabulous fabulous! It's the blog of Jill Peitzmeier McNamara, a photographer and craft favorites blogger, located in Phoenix.

Her blog is full of her favorite picks from Etsy, and she really has great taste... obviously! ;)

Timothy Adam's Handmadeology

Timothy Adam is at it again, creating a great way to learn how to sell handmade items online, successfully. He is a wealth of useful knowledge when it comes to this topic and has created a site devoted to it. He will be starting his lessons starting January 26th, and you can sign up for the newsletter for free. If you have a small handmade business that you want to get off the ground, this is the guy with all the best tips.

Visit Handmadeology.com, now for more info and make sure to sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of the page!

From his bio:

"Timothy Adam is a self taught metal artist who makes a living selling
online. He is also dedicated to helping others achieve their goal of successfully
selling their handmade goods online."

Google Analytics - On Etsy!

This post is a little overdue, but I still wanted to share a link with you all.

For my fellow Etsians, you may know that Etsy has started to offer Web Analytics, provided by Google. This allows you to track page views and see where you're getting clicks from. I realized I am getting a lot of traffic from referral sites... Some I hadn't even heard of. It's really cool to see people are reffering to my site!

Anyway, if you have an Etsy shop, you might find it useful to start tracking your traffic and comparing stats. Timothy Adam posted "Google Analytics and Your Etsy Shop," with a great little video giving a basic overview of the different features of Google Analytics, and different links to help you get started. Tim's a wealth of information, so I suggest you hop over and check out his blog!

Sarah from Going Coastal

I am part of a great group of Etsians and have had the honor of meeting a few very talented designers that contribute to the group.

One in particular was very sweet when I met her in person at the Etsy Dallas Jingle Bash. I had only met Sarah from Going Coastal in one little exchange online, and introduced myself to her at the bash. I had wanted to get a bracelet from her for a while.

I bought a great wrap bracelet for myself and a little one for my daughter that night and just fell in love with her work. I later placed a custom order for a black and red wrap bracelet, since they are my favorite colors and she turned it out in very little time. She even had to special order the red coral beads I wanted. I really appreciate her going above and beyond and just wanted to share my great experience. She was even so sweet to send along a thank you note with a bracelet for Gennie, because of "my continued support."

I love people like this. This is the why I love buying handmade. There's just an extra feeling of friendship that goes into the process. Even though I don't really know Sarah, I feel a little connection, with her and her work. When items are handmade, they mean something. At least that's how I feel about it, lol.

I always enjoyed creating handmade cards for my friends and family. There's just something special about handmade items, whatever they may be.

Here's a look at the great bracelet she made.

You can see more great hemp accessories at her Etsy shop.

The quality of her work is amazing and the materials she uses are genuine coral and top quality hemp.

Visit:
GoingCoastal.etsy.com