Happy Fourth!!!

Happy Independence Day to any American readers out there! What a day to celebrate. To mark the occasion I have picked out an Etsy work that I feel says USA in the form of the good old Red, White & Blue theme. These adorable slippers are made by a Canadian whose work I have been admiring for a while. (Oh, the irony!) Hand Knit Hugs hails from the East coast, New Brunswick to be exact. What a great shop with plenty of great knit booties to choose from.

For more fabulous finds you can check out the July Fourth search on Etsy and do some of your own celebrating.

Happy Birthday Canada!

I feel fortunate to live in such a wonderful country. Happy day to all my fellow "Canucks".

Canada Day Round Up - An Etsian Blog

A fellow Etsian and blogger has posted a great round-up of red and whites to celebrate Canada Day! Rikrak studio keeps a great blog and she is very busy promoting Canadian on it so go have a look.

There is also a reference to the Trans Canada Etsy Team of which she is a member. There is a great giveaway that you can still get in on called the Trans Canada Virtual Tour. The tour features Etsy members across the country who are participating in the event and the giveaway has some awesome goodies in it!

Twenty shops from the trans canada etsy team are participating in this exciting event! just make a purchase from my shop, or other participating shops, and you will receive one ballot for every $10 you spend.

Use the promo code "Road Trip" when you buy and you'll get one extra ballot, too! All ballots will be entered into a prize draw for a fantastic goodie bag worth over $350, or a fabulous hand-woven rug worth $175, made by the wonderful fiveforty.etsy.com
This fabulous event runs until midnight july 1st (*canada day!*). the draw will take place on july 2nd.

For full details, please see the TransCanada team blog.

My Egg Cups got to the Front Page

Things are getting very exciting on Etsy for the Ella Cinders shop. My tupperware eggcups made it to the front page! Thanks to CraftCult for keeping such great track of the what's and when's of Etsy for everyone. All you have to do is type in the username of a shop and they have all the info you need.

Surprises in Plain View

Sometimes we can find the most interesting things to blog about right in front of our noses. Like today for instance, I checked my Project Wonderful adspace and saw something VERY interesting and worth a detailed look for sure.



Timothy Adams is hosting a fabulous photo contest!
Tim's blog is always full of great tidbits of info on how to promote and get the word out. This should be both fun and will get some more views for those "Etsy Worthy photos". It's the second one and the first one has some very impressive stats so get on over there and SUBMIT!!!

Bloggy Needs a New Pair of Shoes....

So this sadly neglected blog is needing a bit of a makeover. Site maintenance is in effect so if it looks a bit messy around here, please bear with me. This should be fairly painless and I will post about how I did it in the next few days, assuming it all goes well.......(crossing fingers and toes now.)

Happiness:Tribute 21 Plate Challenge

As I was stalking perusing Illustration Friday I found a link to a great contest for designers and illustrators to check into. You can see the details of the open call for submissions at the Design 21 site. This looks like an exciting opportunity to do some great work and help out the children of the world. Winning designers get $1,000 for the charity of their choice and a set of ten plates produced by Felissimo of Japan. You can see past entries on the Tribute 21 site (in Japanese, mouse over the faces of entrants to see their submissions.)

The Happiness theme is pretty open with the aim being to "communicate a wish, inspiration or message for children and future generations about happiness that's in harmony with our surroundings." Some really REALLY big names have been associated with this project in the past; Susan Sarandon, Sharon Stone, John Travolta, Todd Oldham, Christian Lacroix just to name a few.

The deadline is July 31st, 2009, so get to work everyone! My mind is already racing with some great ideas so get your pens out, the challenge is ON!

Relax and Enjoy! A Treasury

Today I had a lovely convo in my Etsy inbox from seller KingsQueens. She was letting me know about the beautiful Treasury she had made that included my vintage cateye glasses. It's really a stunning combination and I would say even Front Page material. Check it out and see for yourself. Also check the KingsQueens shop which is also quite spectacular.

A Big Issue of Small

My favourite on-line magazine is out for summer! Check it all out, it's a big one. Chock full of great small designer wares for the little peeps in your life! As usual it doesn't disappoint.

Also of note is that Small now has a blog for more up to the minute inspiration. What else would it be called but Smaller of course!

LOOK! Etsy Front Page! Woot! Woot!

Many thanks to fellow Etsian Summersville for making a Treasury that got to Etsy's front page. Look down at the bottom, It's my vintage cateye glasses from my Ella Cinders shop. HOW FABULOUS is that? What a lovely front page if I do say so myself.

Big thanks to FluffyFlowers who let me know because I would never have had a clue. See the Flickr Front Page archive for more FP loveliness.

Treasury West - Rock Me Amadeus

Here is a quick post of a Treasury West that I snagged last night. It was late but I think I did a good job picking things out despite my fatigue. Any opinions very welcome! Click quick to see it right here. Hope you like it!

Etsy Updates and Other News

A Decanter available at Ye Olde Etsy Shoppe, Ella Cinders.

I have been adding to my Etsy vintage shop lately and it has been great. I have made more sales in this last week than ever. Things are starting to pick up. I have finally been working steady too and my current job has been great about giving me flexible hours. I still need to be there after school to pick up the littles and the employers have been great about that. Add in the nicer weather, flowers and a holiday weekend, all in all it's All Good!

Happy Day to All the Mommy Types!

This is the gift that my beautiful daughter made for me. So special! She made it with her Brownie troupe and hand stitched the whole needle book herself! I am so proud of her beautiful work, looks like sewing might run in the family or something! Such a thoughtful piece and just what I needed too.

What a special day. I am so fortunate.

April Flowers

What a lovely spring day. I am so thankful to have little moments of happiness and joy. My son took this picture today of the tulips in our yard. (And his little toes too!!) A pretty good shot. Maybe he is a budding photographer.

Feline Fashionistas

If I could have a cat, my feline friend would definitely be a fashionista. In that vein, my cat would definitely have to have a selection of cool collars and wicked wigs to choose from. The best wigs for cats are found at Ktty Wigs. They even have a Flickr group dedicated to all the feline fashionistas around these internet parts.

AWESOME! Alas, my daughter is allergic so no kitties for us. :(