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posted by nini989226 on Mar 04 2012
Florida Etsy Team FEST Treasury Giveaway
This is the very First Florida Etsy Street Team (FEST) Treasury Giveaway! That's right, all 16 beautiful handmade items will go to one lucky winner! This Team Treasury has a Celtic/Irish theme for March and is a $360.00 Value!This is open to everyone, so what are you waiting for, enter today!!
'Win this Florida Etsy Street Team 1st TREASURY GIVEAWAY' by FEST
Simply mark this treasury as Favorite & leave a comment & you will be entered in a random drawing to win all of it on March 17. Winner will be contacted here on Etsy & advertised on ETSYFEST.Blogspot.com Subject to local and state/provincial laws.
 RESERVED for TEAM FEST Treas... $70.00 |  Luck of the Irish Chevy - RE... $19.00 |  RESERVED For Team FEST Treas... $28.00 |  Malachite Earrings - RESERV... $18.00 |
 Reserved for Team FEST TREAS... $19.00 |  Lemongrass & eucalyptus and ... $9.00 |  Clutch - Bright Floral - Gr... $25.00 |  photograph Moss Covered Drea... $15.00 |
 RESERVED For Team FEST Treas... $8.00 |  RESERVED for Team Fest Givea... $15.00 |  RESERVED for Team Fest TREAS... $35.00 |  RESERVED for team FEST treas... $10.00 |
 Card, Celtic Floral, Reserv... $5.00 |  Brass and Lampwork Shawl Pin... $35.00 |  Green Octopus Amigurumi Plus... $16.00 |
Follow this link to the treasury: Florida Etsy Street Team Treasury Giveaway
Add this treasury as one of your Favorites
Leave a comment
You will then be entered in a random drawing to be held on March 17th. The Winner will be contacted through Etsy and also announced on the ETSYFEST Team Blog
Contest subject to local and state/provincial laws
'Win this Florida Etsy Street Team 1st TREASURY GIVEAWAY' by FEST
Simply mark this treasury as Favorite & leave a comment & you will be entered in a random drawing to win all of it on March 17. Winner will be contacted here on Etsy & advertised on ETSYFEST.Blogspot.com Subject to local and state/provincial laws.
posted by nini989226 on Dec 07 2011
COME OUT AND SEE ME!!! I will attempt to be setting up all 3 of my shops at this venue! 
posted by nini989226 on Oct 13 2011
I started my Etsy Career because ....I just cannot throw anything away! And so I recycle and having a shop on Etsy to sell my creations seemed like the perfect fit!
My husband and I have been scout leaders since we got married (almost 12 years now) and so our joint hobby is camping and hanging out in the woods learning together with the kids here of the fauna and flora of Florida - but when I am home I craft. always.
One day my mother-in-law gave me an old jewerly box. She said she would never do anything with the items in it. I opened that box and memories of yester-year flooded back and I did some on-line research and found out that because of sites like Etsy, with sellers promoting their vintage items and shows like Mad Men bringing the Style back in to the public's eye, it just felt right!
My father is retired Navy and I can remember so vividly when he was not at sea, he was home with us and watching TV. I was forever exposed to the world of the Rat Pack, Carol Burnett and The Lucy Show, old Hollywood movies, The Ed Sullivan Show, TV shows like Get Smart ~
The way women and men dressed, to me was ...the way it should be. I find myself, now, looking at the way women and men dress and ask myself: 'What happened?" and I feel as if we just got lazy. Because it is easier to throw on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt and say 'yeah, it's ok. that's how everyone else is dressing'....but OH! A Lady in a dress, with pumps and hair done up right - NICE; and a man in a suit, tie, shiny shoes - NICE and SEXY!
So I started my own Etsy Shop : Gentlemans Emporium, and now - if we are not camping and I am not crafting I spend time at flea markets, second hand shops, estate sales, etc. and researching my finds because..... I now feel that am doing my part to 'Bring THE REAL sexy back'!
My husband and I have been scout leaders since we got married (almost 12 years now) and so our joint hobby is camping and hanging out in the woods learning together with the kids here of the fauna and flora of Florida - but when I am home I craft. always.
One day my mother-in-law gave me an old jewerly box. She said she would never do anything with the items in it. I opened that box and memories of yester-year flooded back and I did some on-line research and found out that because of sites like Etsy, with sellers promoting their vintage items and shows like Mad Men bringing the Style back in to the public's eye, it just felt right!
My father is retired Navy and I can remember so vividly when he was not at sea, he was home with us and watching TV. I was forever exposed to the world of the Rat Pack, Carol Burnett and The Lucy Show, old Hollywood movies, The Ed Sullivan Show, TV shows like Get Smart ~
So I started my own Etsy Shop : Gentlemans Emporium, and now - if we are not camping and I am not crafting I spend time at flea markets, second hand shops, estate sales, etc. and researching my finds because..... I now feel that am doing my part to 'Bring THE REAL sexy back'!
posted by nini989226 on Jul 14 2011
Athena, one of my super team mates from my Florida Etsy Street Team has posted an interview of me on her very lovely Blog: Athenas Armoury
~ please take some time and stop by and read some of my dirty little secrets!
posted by nini989226 on Jun 29 2011
Hi! My name is Rose and I am a re-useaholic.
After graduating high school I went abroad for over a decade and then came back home to marry the boy next door. After working in the cooperate surroundings and getting burnt out I then took a job working in a coffee shop as a barrista. I absolutely loved it! The aroma of the exotic blends that I served, the fabulous people that I served, came to know and am still friends with, the unique opportunity that I was given to step outside of the box and learn new things is a memory that I hold dear and near.
Working in the cafe was fun and at the end of the day when I would sweep the floor there would be a small mound of coffee beans and although I knew we couldn't serve them again, I just felt it a waste to toss them in the trash. So I rinsed them off, dried them out and saved them. They looked like natural organic beads to me, so I bought a Dremel and drilled little holes in them and made coffee bean jewelry that, luckily, the owner allowed me to sell in the shop.
Also we had a plethora of Burlap bags that the coffee beans came in and although the owner donated them to several elementary schools (that used them for the kids to do races in) and a local church (that used them to decorate a playroom) there were many bags to go around. So I started taking them home and that's how my Burlap Covered Boxes came along, which I also sold in the Coffee shop. I have made other goodies from 'throw-aways' at the coffee shop: some purses crafted from plastic caps, and how about a lamp shade made from used tea bags!
I quickly learned about Etsy.com from some of my customers at the coffee shop. They suggested that I think big, they thought that I should get out there and sell my creations to a larger audience, they encouraged me to take step outside of my comfort zone and after a while I decided to take the plunge and put my work out there!
I have always been a fan of creating as little waste as possible, teaching my Boy Scouts how to be thrifty and challenging them to see how much waste could be minimized with a little effort opened my eyes even more! We would come up with crazy ways to save and reuse items like straws and cupcake liners. We would learn that not taking utensils on a camp out not only forced us to think outside of the box and use a Ziploc bag as a storage container, then a bowl and then a place to store trash to take home to throw away - but we even saved the water and soap that would have been used for clean up! I stretched that idea much more in my personal life so, for example, when I rinsed those coffee beans I would save the water and use it to rinse the rags with and then mop the floors with. Sometimes I could get pretty extreme with my thriftiness! lol. Even now I get a chuckle when I see my scouts eating an orange on a camp out and then using the halved rind as a bowl for his Raman noodles! My son, at 19, will still do upcyclable things like cut open the empty cereal box and use it as a sketch pad or painters palette or cut it half way down and use it as drawer dividers!
One day I remembered about a 5 gallon paint pail that my dad, who was and still is an avid 'yard saler' and 'other people's unwanted treasures collector', had picked up at an estate sale for a couple of dollars. Oh how my mother scolded him for bringing 'that crap' home. The pail was full of costume jewelry of all shapes and sizes, colors and textures. I was about 10 years old and to me that 'junk' was truly a treasure! I played with that stuff for years, always putting it back into the bucket out in the garage. I dug it out and began playing. I would take apart the broken necklaces and create new pieces of jewelry.
Sometimes I would need to make a trip to a local craft store to pick up items needed for finishing touches like clasps and what-nots, but all in all it felt really good to recreate new pieces from what someone considered 'junk'. My RecreationalArt shop on Etsy is a place for me to post these fun pieces that have been given a new life for other ladies to enjoy! Like the Bracelets and Necklaces made from computer transistors!
posted by nini989226 on May 20 2011
Tierrasolpaz. Laura is an accomplished artist who enjoys creating mixed media art, jewelry, photography, zines, stationary, decoupage pieces, paper crafts - anything that materials may inspire her with. Laura uses recycled materials, or follows an upcycle philosophy whenever possible helping to keep the final cost of her creations affordable to the buyer. She is proud to be part of the etsy community of independent designers, creators, artists, and crafters alike.
Her giveaway is a stunningly beautiful and glorious sunset over water with mountains in the background of Lake Mead in Las Vegas, Nevada. The photograph will be delivered as an 8 x 10 glossy professionally printed picture.
HOW TO ENTER: Visit the Florida Etsy Street Team Blog May Daze BLOG GIVEAWAY to enter to win the lovely and colorful photograph by visiting Laura at Tierrasolpaz or any of the FEST Team Members listed in the Member Section. Find your favorite item, share it with us and tell us why you love it. Remember to leave your email or contact info so we can reach you if you're the lucky winner. The winner will be picked on June 4rd. Simple and Easy!
