Showing posts with label etsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label etsy. Show all posts

Jul 29, 2013

Etsy Craft Party 2013


The thing about school and moving and having a craft room that currently resembles a box storage warehouse basically translates into a reality where I haven't done any knitting, sewing or any kind of crafty thing in over a month. To previous versions of myself, this is almost unfathomable, as my knitting needles were usually permanently attached to my hands.

In fact, I even know the last time I made anything -- it was at a fairly impromptu Etsy Craft Party that I put together for the Guelph Etsy Team in late June at the Boathouse in Guelph, which is a tea room (you may remember our trip there on Mother's Day with my mom and sister)  and ice cream place.


A few ladies who sell on Etsy, as well as a few of  my crafty friends came to craft and enjoy some ice cream, and a wonderful time was had by all!


Although I'm not in the picture above, you can see my last crafting above--the blue knitting in the bottom left. I actually couldn't even find much to bring that day, since we were moving the next week and most things were packed, but I got a few plain squares knitted, maybe for a future scrappy blanket. It was a lovely day though, and the huge ice cream I got was a great way to beat the felt like 40 degrees in the shade heat.


I made some progress on unpacking some of the boxes and bags in my craft room on the weekend though, so hoping I'll find all the supplies and space I need soon to get back to some knitting and playing with my new sewing machine!

♥ Craftzilla

Feb 8, 2013

New About Me page on My Etsy shop



Benefits of the snow day today: productivity from my couch! So far I've completed one of my bucket list goals done--specifically to finish the About Me page for my Etsy shop. I always seem to have a bit of trouble talking about my overall vision for my shop, but it's definitely a useful exercise to help decide where I want to go next!

Have a look and let me know what you think!

♥ Craftzilla

May 29, 2012

My Brush with (minor amounts of) Etsy Fame

Apparently I'm a bit of a dummy for wondering why my picnic blanket was getting a lot of attention on Etsy in the last few weeks. Apparently there was a How to Tuesday last week on making a patchwork picnic blanket, and my blanket showed up as the first result in the related items.

 Pretty neat, right? Clearly I need to check my shop stats a little more often so I know these kind of things and can revel in my small amounts of fame!



♥ Craftzilla 


May 3, 2012

Etsy Shop update!

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I am working on some more shop updates, including updating some of my older photos, but I wanted to pop in and show you some of the newest listings.

Above is the first of the sleep masks in my Etsy shop --I've made a bunch of these for friends and family but somehow forgot about the shop until now. With Mother's Day coming up, this soft sleep mask would be the perfect gift to help mom sleep in a little longer (while you finish making her breakfast, of course!)

I'm also getting ready for summer and the inevitable (and awesome)  picnics that come with it -- one of the first new picnic blankets is up in the shop as well - I love the pairing of this fabric and the red vinyl!

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P.S. you can also take a peek inside my knitting bag on this latest post over at the ApockCALypse blog!

Mar 26, 2012

Etsy By the Numbers


I was sent a link to this infographic by one of the makers of it, who came across my shop and blog when doing research. I thought I'd share it since it has some interesting statistics about Etsy, as well as some interesting ideas on the value of handmade and how that's changed over the years. Enjoy--and I'd love to hear your thoughts, especially if you're a seller on Etsy and any of this surprises you.


Source: PromotionalCodes.net

&hearts: Craftzilla

Feb 28, 2012

Inspiration to Hat - A Knit Adventure

I love knitting challenges, and when Julie from Tri-ing to be Athletic messaged me on Twitter about wanting a knit hat, I was excited to agree!

Inspiration from Urban Outfitters:


I found some pattern inspiration for the lace stitch in the hat here

In progress
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Finished (although before blocking)

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Delivered to its new home! Doesn't Julie look great?



Jan 15, 2012

Things I made and Saw: Craftiness, Self Portraits and Organizing

I made a few shop updates in my Etsy Shop this week, and thought I'd share some of the new lovelies! I'm really happy with them, and I hope you love them as much as I do!

First up, in honour of Valentines Day, some adorable (if I do say so myself)  heart pins!

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You can find these lovelies here in my Etsy shop.

I've also been working on some new necklaces that will make it into the shop soon--the rest are similar to this one, but with different charms.

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Oh and hey--an actual photo of myself! I was having an awesome hair day the other day and actually remembered to take a picture. Apparently I'm always wearing mostly the same outfit/scarf whenever I feel like taking a picture of myself :P

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Other than that, I've been trying to organize my entire apartment, which has mostly resulted in stacks of things to get rid of, and half done organizing projects everywhere which have been occupying my time and driving me a bit bonkers.  Add that to school stuff, job searching and general hermit-ing of late due to the chillyness outside, and I haven't been taking a lot of photos. Anyway, this week I should hopefully be completing a few of these organizing projects, have a giveaway from a local Etsy friend coming up and lots more fun things to share! But for now, I'm going to drink a few more gallons of tea and cuddle on the couch under blankets!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend friends!

♥ Craftzilla




Nov 28, 2011

Cyber Monday Sale in my Etsy Shop!

Hiya blog readers! I've been a lot absent lately due to a ton of school work, but once things die down a bit I'll be back more often. So in the meantime, I'd like to give all you fancy blog readers a Cyber Monday discount in my Etsy Shop!

Here are some of the fun things currently for sale in the shop!

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Use the code CYBERMONDAY to get 25% off  your purchase in my shop until midnight on November 28th!

 ♥ Craftzilla

Oct 29, 2011

Playing around with Packaging for Etsy Items

I had a few sales in my Etsy shop last week and had some gifts and giveaway items to send out too, so I  was playing around with some simple and fun ways to pack items. I decided to just use some things I had around the house -some hemp cord, my business cards, a hole punch and some brown paper.

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What do you think of the results?

Plus, I was super excited to send off this adorable little hat (plus knight banner) for my friend Kristine's son B., so he can be a knight for Halloween! She promises me pictures of the whole costume, I'm sure it will be super adorable!

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Pretty cute right?

♥ Craftzilla

Oct 23, 2011

Things I Made and saw : Photoshoots and Fun!

I've been crazy busy, as usual, but I can't complain, since I spent my day at work today knitting samples in preparation for the store opening. Hard life, right? However, yesterday I got some other fun in when I went out to the yarn store and the park with the lovely Angela, Lisa and Vikki to do a fun and amazing photo shoot for some of my items that I'm going to list soon in my Etsy shop! Here's a few sneak peeks and outtakes from the shoot - enjoy!

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Spinning lap cloth

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Yoga mat bag
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We somehow got Vikki to put the bag on her head--and we thought it looked a bit like a gnome hat.

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I think this is the "look how awesome it is that there is a pocket for my phone" face

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Tote bag with removeable inside pocket

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pink and blue striped scarf

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Knitted scarf

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feather and fan shawl

Angela even brought props --she may have been a starlet in a previous life :P

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Brown silky wrap

I mean look at this:

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And this was the first shot of the whole photoshoot! Love it!

Some disembodied product shots :

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This button pin is already listed on my Etsy

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This chunky silver necklace is also already listed here

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yay for charm bracelets!

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Dove with olive branch necklace

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Chunky silver necklace with multiple charms
If you want to check out more photos from the shoot, click here and definitely send me an email if you see something you fancy that isn't listed in my Etsy shop yet!

Hope you all had a lovely weekend!

♥ Craftzilla