Gifts that give more!

Some of you have already started shopping for gifts to give this holiday season. I know I have!!

Why don't you support a good cause, buy handmade, donate to charity, and buy something fabulous ALL AT THE SAME TIME??

There are 3 necklaces that were donated by raven's craving studios left on the Help The Gulf Coast's etsy site that are waiting for a home. They are all $15 and under, with free worldwide shipping.

Why don't you give a gift that gives more?? :)


Click on one of the images above to go to the Help The Gulf Coast's etsy site and purchase!

I won!

Thanks so much for everybody who voted for my necklace in EtsyVeg's July challengs - Ocean Breezes!

As a thank you, I am offering a one time 40% off coupon for any one item in my shop for the rest of August! To redeem it, just type in "blogger40off" in the notes to seller at the time of your purchase and I'll send you a revised invoice with the discounted total.

Look for my blog graphic on EtsyVeg's blog!

Poll: Vote for your favorite "Ocean Breezes" Entry!

Poll: Vote for your favorite "Ocean Breezes" Entry!

Click on the link and vote for my "Ocean Breezes" necklace in the July challenge for the EtsyVeg Team! [Ocean Breezes by ravenscraving]

Look here, Robert Redford!

Here's another treasury of Sundance-y things I made on etsy today. :)



Click here to view the treasury!

Interview with ME!

A lovely student from Cornell College in Iowa published an interview with me on Associated Content this week. Yay I'm famous. :)

Click here to view the article!

Front page of Etsy!

EEEEEEEEEE! I made it to the front page of etsy today!!



Molly earrings by raven's craving

The story behind these earrings: I had lost my wallet in a restaurant parking lot, and was freaking out! I called the restaurant like 14 times a day to see if anybody turned it in, and nobody had. I was less than 12 hours away from going through the major pain in the --- of canceling all my credit cards, an entire book of checks, and really not looking forward to having to get a new drivers license, ETC!

Ring-a-ling-a-ling! Some girl named Molly calls me and says she found my wallet -- and sorry she looked inside but she didn't know what else to do -- and found my phone number on my check book. Molly, my hero. A testament to human kind not being an entirely bad race full of identity thieves and scoundrels.

I rewarded her with these and another pair of earrings, and named them in her honor so that I will never forget the name of the girl who saved me from a lot of headaches and time wasting!

Thank you Molly for being the girl who found my wallet. Even if just temporarily, you resurrected my faith in and caring for the human race. If I start to doubt humans as a whole and begin that cycle of misanthropy I am prone to, if I remember Molly... a little bit of sunshine peeks through the clouds! :)

click here to see the treasury list that was on the front page of etsy

How I'm Helping the Gulf Coast!

Here's a preview of the necklaces my coworker, Roberta, and I collaborated on.

Holey rocks that were collected from the Gulf of Mexico last winter are featured, accented with sterling and hill tribes thai silver, vintage brass, and Howlite.

She is the collector of the rocks, the designer and maker of the necklaces. I am merely her product photographer, shipping manager, and etsy medium. :)



They will be up for sale on http://HelpTheGulfCoast.etsy.com soon :)

How I'm Helping the Gulf Coast!

One of my Vintage button necklaces sold almost as soon as it was listed this morning!

Woohoo!!

100% of the proceeds went to helping the cleanup efforts in the Gulf.

Learn how you can help, here!

Here's some items that I just listed in my latest treasury on etsy.

Eat your heart out, Robert Redford!
(a sundance themed treasury)

click above to view the actual treasury!














I want them all.

How I'm Helping the Gulf Coast!

So I was piddling around on etsy last night, lurking in the forums and generally getting into trouble, when I came across a phenonmenon that piqued my interest!

There's a shop on etsy - HelpTheGulfCoast - which is comprised of items donated by etsy sellers and 100% of the proceeds are donated to OxFam America and the National Wildlife Federation to help with the cleanup efforts after the BP Oil leak. So far these generous artists have helped raise an amazing $8,000!! BRAVO!

Just a couple of weeks ago, my coworker Roberta and I were discussing making necklaces from the holey rocks and shells she collected on the gulf coast last winter, and making them into necklaces to sell and donate the profits from. I should have known that I was not the first person to think of that. :) If HelpTheGulfCoast pushes the deadline of July 31st back a bit, we might be able to get our necklaces into their shop.

In the meantime, I have donated these two Vintage Button Necklaces to the HelpTheGulfCoast's etsy site.


They should be available for sale shortly!

I also took it upon myself to write to all of the local news sources for Madison, WI and let them know about this great story and great cause! So if you see it on the news it's CUZ I TOLD EM! :D I am hoping that this will generate some more publicity for HelpTheGulfCoast on etsy!