Another Treasury!

This is getting to be a habit - and I LOVE it! I was just checking the treasuries this evening and I happened to get there when they opened up so I got one with little waiting - so wonderful. This time I was able to showcase artists from Etsy for Animals (EFA), Capital Crafters, and CASTTEAM (Christian Artists of Etsy). How exciting! Please click on the image above and visit the treasury to see these very talented artists up close.
Meghann

Meet Lulu's Hook Crochet!

Name: Melanie

Store Name: Lulu's Hook Crochet (www.LuLusHook.etsy.com)

What Made You Chose Your Shop Name: When I was growing up my Dad nicknamed me Lulu and I crochet with a hook, so Lulu's Hook made sense.

Date Shop Opened: Jan 20, 2009

What You Sell: Crochet items - hats, scarves, neckies, blankets, handbags, among other things. Bead jewelry. And I plan on learning to sew and adding handmade bags and and I'm sure other sewing projects.

What Made You Want To Start: I've wanted a craft shop for years - since I started making the bead jewelry in 2004/05. I like to have a project to work on.

Your Store in One Word or Phrase: Whimsical

See Little Studio Photography and Jewellery Up Close!

~A Sample of Little Studio's Items~

Say hello to Little Studio Photography and Jewellery and take a look at a sample of Meghann's work. She takes photographs of local landscapes and flowers, as well as making beautiful wire worked and strung jewellery using precious metals, semiprecious stones and Swarovski crystals. She is also currently having a SUPER 50% OFF SALE so be sure to check out her store at: LittleStudioJewels.etsy.com for beautiful, affordable items.

See Fireseed's Work Up Close!

~A Sample of Fireseed By Louise Ingram's Work~

Say hello to Fireseed by Louise Ingram...again :) She is adept at making lamp worked glass beads and accessories so beautiful you could put them on a shelf and stare at them. Putting them in a piece of jewellery, however, makes any jewellery piece simply magnificent. A selection of her work is seen above in the mini gallery, and you can see more by clicking on the image above or by following the link here: http://www.Fireseed.etsy.com
She also makes beautiful cake testers, and hopefully they will be on her Etsy store soon!
Please check out her beautiful work and you just might find an item (or four) that would suit you perfectly.

Meet Radically Riley!

Name: Moyra Riley

Store Name: Radically Riley
www.radicallyriley.etsy.com

What made you choose your store name: Well I just brainstormed an entire page of possibilities and then had my husband go through them with me and we eliminated them one by one until we were left with the one that best describes both me and my jewelry!

Date shop opened: Feb. 11, 2008

What you sell: Bold, unique, colorful, one of a kind, and yes...radical...handcrafted jewelry. My focus to date has been polymer clay and semi precious gemstones complemented with sterling silver, gold filled and copper wire wrapping. I am currently exploring silversmithing, so I'm very excited about how that will enable me to expand the possibilities in my designs.

What made you want to start: Just over a year ago I admired a turquoise necklace a friend had made. She offered to take me bead shopping and show me how to make my own. Well! I haven't put down the pliers since. I had to open a shop to keep up with my prolific production. I can only wear and give away so much, and I need to sell some of my work in order to replenish my materials. Seriously speaking, having been creative and crafty all my life, having discovered jewelry design has really stirred a passion in me. I have no choice. I must do this. It only took me 42 years to find out what I want to be when I grow up. I guess some people never do, so I'm very grateful.

Your store in one phrase: Custom made jewelry for the woman of signature style!

Meet Jocale!

Name: Stephanie Moores

Store Name: Jocale (www.jocalebystephanie.etsy.com)

What Made You Chose Your Shop Name: It means jewel in latin and seemed kind of chi-chi frou-frou... So I went for it!

Date Shop Opened: August 2008

What You Sell: Handmade and custom made jewelry

What Made You Want To Start: I've always loved playing with beads and designing different pieces. To me, jewelry can make or break an outfit and says a lot about a person. I think every piece should be special and meaningful!

Your Store in One Word or Phrase: Creative release! I'm an accountant....... I'm sure you can understand how limited I can be creatively in my day job!!

Meet Handmade Fun by a Dame Named Redd!

Name: Redd Hynes
(reddhynes.etsy.com
www.damenamedredd.com
www.damenamedredd.com/blog )

Store Name: Handmade Fun by a Dame Named Redd

What Made You Chose Your Shop Name: I thought about a name for months before my shop opened. One day, this came to me, and I got good feedback on it.

Date Shop Opened: February 4, 2008

What You Sell: an eclectic range of jewelry and accessories.

What Made You Want To Start: I was making all of these things anyway so I figured maybe I could try and sell them. If they didn't sell then at least they could be seen. Turns out they sell.

Your Store in One Word or Phrase: Everything from kitsch to class and whatever is in between.

Meet Fireseed: Lampwork Beads and Jewellery By Louise Ingram

Name: Louise Ingram
Store name: Fireseed (http://www.fireseed.ca, http://www.fireseed.etsy.com)
What made you choose your shop name: I was trying to think of something catchy that related to what I'm doing. I make my beads by melting glass in a flame, so in a way they are seeds from the fire, and seeds from my imagination that sprout in the flame.
Date shop opened: Hmmm.. that's a good question, oh it says May 2007!
What do you sell: Handmade lampworked glass beads and, if I'm feeling really creative, jewellery with them on, but my jewellery skills amount to stringing a bead on a cord or chain.
What made you start: I found glass beads online, was amazed by them and had to find out how they were made. It was all downhill from there, now I'm a confessed glass-a-holic
Your Store in one word or phrase: the results of a delicate dance with fire and glass

Meet Little Studio Photography and Jewellery!

Get to know the members of the Capital Crafters!






Name: Meghann Gervais
Store Name: Little Studio Photography and Jewellery (LittleStudioJewels.etsy.com)
What Made You Chose Your Shop Name: The studio in my house is TEENY (my dining room has now been taken over in addition to my spare bedroom, but there is NEVER enough room!)
Date Shop Opened: Business officially opened in 2005, Etsy store in August 2008
What You Sell: Photography, jewellery, accessories
What Made You Want To Start: I love the creative process. Also, I have Fibromyalgia and I'm not able to work outside my home
Your Store in One Word or Phrase: Beautiful, affordable adornment for your body and home!