Yep, there's a big sale going on... and not just my stuff either (although I'm participating).
The Bead Art Originals Etsy team is having a BAO Welcomes Spring Sale AND Giveaways!!! More than two-thirds of our 28 members are participating in the sale, and quite a few members donated their creations for the giveaways. You can see all the details on the BAO blog. (I'm offering a 10% discount on anything beadwoven when you leave "BAO Welcomes Spring" in the Notes to Seller. I don't have any plans to offer that type of discount on my beadweaving, so it's a great chance for you to make a purchase if you've seen something you like.)
We didn't create a graphic especially for the sale, but I just put together a mosaic made up of a single image from each member of the team. This mosaic is being used for the front of a postcard we're having made, and it demonstrates just how talented our members are. :-)
Isn't that beautiful!!!
Now get over to the BAO Blog to check out the sales and enter the giveaways!!!
New stuff... blue stuff... and stuff to do! Catchy, eh? :-) So what's all that about? Well, here goes:
First the NEW stuff.
Recognize that avatar? It's Deb DiSalvo, an artist who creates incredible pieces using fused glass (which she showcases in her blog, Artistic Flair, and sells in her Etsy shop, also called ArtisticFlair). I have to say that before I saw Deb's work I wasn't all that impressed with fused glass. Most of it just looked like blobs to me. But Deb gave me a whole new appreciation of the art form with the intricate and clever creations she makes.
Anyway! Deb's been doing posts related to the Twelve Days of Christmas on her blog, and today (day eleven) she featured ELEVEN of my beadwoven cuffs!!! I was so excited to see which ones she chose, and they're some of my own personal favorites. Deb actually owns one of my other favorites, Evolutionary - I'm glad it's gone to a good home! :-)
There's even more NEW stuff.
What's that thing? What's etsyhacks? No, it's not Etsy with the flu. It's one of the cooooooolest things ever! I only "discovered" this yesterday, but it's already saved me some time; and I know it's going to continue to save me even more time.
etsyhacks is a bunch of tools written by the super-nice husband of an Etsy seller to help with some of those tasks we do every day in the course of running our shops. The tools require that you be using the Firefox web browser. If that's the browser you use, it's just a few steps to upload the tools you want and start using them.
My favorite so far is the buyer info tool, which makes it oh-so-much easier to send a convo to a buyer (which I do for each and every sale, to let the buyer know I appreciate them and that I've shipped their package) and to see past convos with the buyer. There are a bunch more. I (sadly) had to cancel a transaction today for non-payment, and I was able to use one of the tools to make the cancellation easier.
Go check 'em out! Save yourself some serious time! And if you love them, make sure to show your appreciation by donating or buying ad space.
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And now for some BLUE stuff.
First is this treasury I created a couple of days ago. It's been so hectic here that I didn't get a chance to post about it when the treasury was active, but I think it was really pretty. I chose pieces by some of my Bead Art Originals friends, all incredible and all beautiful (and any one of which I would be thrilled to find in my Christmas stocking).
Apparently, this is a blue week for me. Not because it's sad, but because I had to pull out the blue beads for some special requests.
The first blue creations this week were these two blue hearts. One of these will be going to the winner of the Day 3 drawing (Grace) in the Twelve Days of Bead Art Originals Holiday Giveaway (there's still time to enter the drawings for days 11 and 12). Grace requested a blue heart: "I've gone back a few times and looked at those hearts, I love them all, but I think I would really like to have a solid one - like the red one in your shop but with a blue heart. I'm a jeans wearing kinda gal so if you could do that I would be ever so grateful!" So here are the two I created:
The other BLUE creation this week is this bracelet, which my husband's aunt ordered for one of her jeans-wearing daughters:
And finally, the STUFF TO DO... lots of printing, lots more beadweaving, presents to wrap... Note there's no mention of cooking or cleaning.
:-)
Happy Thanksgiving!!! (and for those of you not in the U.S., happy Thursday!)
It's a happy day indeed, since my In Stitches beadwoven cuff was featured on Etsy's front page today. Yay! And thanks so much to Ulixis for putting together the gorgeous treasury.
It's almost time to head out for the family gathering (my husband's family) so we can consume massive amounts of turkey and stuffing.
Just one more thing for this post though... Be sure to visit the Bead Art Originals blog to enter the giveaways! There's a button up there at the top of this blog that will take you there. There are TWELVE separate giveaways!!! And they're all wonderful. :-)
The Bead Art Originals team is having a
TRUNK SHOW
Thursday, October 9,
from 7:00pm until 9:00pm EST
in the Etsy Virtual Labs!!!
You're all invited.
(You have to have an account on Etsy to attend.)
There will be DOOR PRIZES.
(You have to be present to win. We'll be having drawings about every 15-20 minutes.)
