Team Treasury: Summer Lovin' by the EtsyBloggers by memoriesforlifesb

Welcome the Summer with our lovely treasury from Edi aka memoriesforlifesb.





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EtsyBloggers Blog Carnival

The topic for this Blog Carnival is:

In the southern hemisphere it's Autumn right now.  The days are shorter and the nights longer.

1. What's something interesting you have found out about living 'down under'? (Yes, the water does go down the plughole the other way :~))
2. If you have travelled 'down under' what did you see or do?

I chose these topics to show the international flavour of the EtsyBloggers team :-)

When my parents said we were emigrating to New Zealand this is what (as a 15 year old) I knew:

• My granddad and uncle worked at the Captain Cook Museum in Middlesbrough, so I knew about the Moari people wearing grass skirts.
• I knew about Captain Cook because the area that I grew up in in the North of England was known as 'Captain Cook Country'.
• I saw Auckland on the TV once when the French bombed the Rainbow Warrior. 
• I heard a lot of:  "Oh, you're moving to New Zealand... isn't that attached to Australia by the Sidney Harbour Bridge?"  (It's not by the way - Australia is a different country and a good couplehours aeroplane ride away : ~))

A (ahhmm) 'few' years later I know that New Zealand has the most amazing unspoilt countryside in the Alps in the South Island, 90 mile beach in at the top of the North and the plains of the desert road in the middle. I enjoy going on holiday in the country I live in, even though I sometimes would love to go to a country pub in Britain or a castle in Europe. So the most 'something interesting' thing that I have found out living down under is that a new (in terms of history) country is just as beautiful as an old country. They just have different beauties.

Oh - and I personally think that southern hemisphere makes better red wine ;-)

Now you'll want to check out the comments section where my participating teammates have placed their blog post links on their impressions and thoughts of the Land Down Under.

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Team Treasury: Emerald: the Birthstone of Love and Wisdom by peacoxcreations

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Friday Feature -- NanjoDogz

This week's featured Etsy artist is the Etsyblogger of the month -- congrats to Nancy of NanjoDogz! Nancy's shop is really unique, full of canine cuteness and creativity. And as someone who grew up with a sweetheart of a Westie dog, I couldn't help but adore this little West Highland White Terrier polymer bead.


Enjoy the interview!

1. Please tell us about the items in your Etsy shop. What do you make? How did
you learn your craft? What is involved in your creative process?

I create polymer clay items including Pandora beads, sculpture, tiles, etc. I started working in polymer clay about 10 years ago and it just stuck.

My creative process is just a flow as you go kind of thing. I don't make any plans up, it's either hit or miss and sometimes things turn out lovely and sometimes not so good.

2. To which Etsy teams do you belong?

Etsybloggers, of course. I also belong to Polymer Clay, Polymer Clay Enthusiasts and On Fire for Handmade.

3. Tell us two (or more) other interesting things about you.

I love my family, my dog and I'm a real homebody if that's interesting ;)

4. What inspires your creations?

Dogs, dogs and more dogs.

5. How did you get involved with Etsy?

I learned about Etsy through another group I was in on E-Bay.

6. What is your biggest challenge related to your Etsy shop?

Doing everything from the creative process to advertising to packaging items, it's very time consuming!

7. What crafting skill(s) do you wish you had or hope to learn someday?

Knitting, I admire people who can knit.

8. If you had to be an animal for one week, which animal would you choose to
be? And what would you do?

I think it's obvious, I'd love to be a dog owned by me and we'd do fun things like go to the park, play in the river, fetch sticks.

9. If money were no object for just one day, what would you do?

Buy 20,000 acres of land.

10. Where else can we find out more about you and/or your creations?

Nanjodogz blog
Flickr
Facebook

11. Is there anything else you'd like to tell us about your shop or your work?

I love what I do and that's so important when you're doing handmade because you take it so personally and you have to do so much to make it work.




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Team Treasury: Lazy Days of Summer by HoneyFromTheBee

Our lovely teammate - HoneyFromTheBee created this team treasury for us. Go there and give her some loves!!! :D





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EtsyBloggers Blog Carnival - May 9

Welcome to the early May edition of EtsyBloggers Blog Carnival, hosted by Judy Nolan. Bloggers were invited to blog about one of the following two topics:

1. Spring is a time for new beginnings, when many of us get reorganized and put a fresh face on things. Describe and/or show us what you have done recently in your art space to get more organized.
2. Using words and photos, provide us with a tutorial about a spring-themed item you made recently, or that you are in the process of making.

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Team Treasury: Something to Blog About by MagdaleneKnits

Beautiful Something to Blog About by MagdaleneKnits. Come to give her some loves.






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