November Featured Etsyblogger - thefabmissb

November's featured Etsyblogger is the fabmissb .... or is it beckykazana? Does she have a split personality? Let's check it out:

I've known the fabmissb (her name is Becky, BTW) since I joined the Etsybloggers, in the Spring of 2008. She's been with the team since December 2007! Becky lives in beautiful Hawaii - want to go visit? Me too! A click over to her blog is all I can afford right now. She and DH love to travel and you can tour with them vicariously. But who would want to leave the islands...

Here they are (correct me if I'm wrong) "On top of the World at Mauna Kea," the tallest mountain in Hawaii, measuring in at 13,000 feet.

Let's travel to her etsy shop, and see what we can find:

Really love that brooch!

Her other shop, Becky Kazana, she opened a little over a year ago. I don't believe I visited here before. It really shows the creative and artistic side of Becky. Love her cards and pipettes! You need to go over and check it out!

Internet Artisan Interview - Cheryl's Purple Cow

I met Cheryl on a new Etsy group I joined called Facebook Fans on Etsy (FFEST). She is a very active member, and on the internet as a whole. When I saw her purple cow, I knew it would fun to get acquainted. Cheryl is supporting November's Epilepsy Awareness Month, and donating 15% of the sales of any purple item to Family Ties of Nevada to help families affected by epilepsy. So go by her shop this month, and look for her purple items!

• What's the name of your business/shop?

Cheryl's Purple Cow

• Do you have a registered domain name and/or a blog ?

http://cherylspurplecow.etsy.com
http://cherylspurplecow.blogspot.com

• What type of handmade products do you sell?

Jewelry. I make a lot of Awareness Jewelry. I have Epilepsy and November is Epilepsy Awareness Month so there will be a lot of purple Awareness Jewelry. I also have some hematite and metal-free jewelry. I am going to be adding my “Reflections”. Reflections are a candle arrangement that I make as a special order item.

• Show us a piece you recently finished

• What are you working on right now? Any sketches?

I don’t make sketches. Most of my designs are trial and error. I am most creative when I don’t have a plan. When I started making my Swarovski Snowflake Earrings, I attached them to the Earwire with a figure 8 loop.









Then I noticed that I could change them and attach them with an Awareness Ribbon Most of my designs happen that way. I usually make something about 3 to 4 times before I get the design that I want.

• We'd love to see your little corner of the world, where you create.

That would take about a week of cleaning.

• If you have a website or blog, what do you use for advertising?

I am using an avatar that my Brother and niece designed for me.

• If you have a website or blog, tell us about your favorite widget.

I love widgets and I have a lot of them. I have 2 penguin widgets on my blog right now. I thought 3 would be overkill. But my favorite is the “Things to Ponder”. “Why isn't there mouse flavored cat food?” I think that is a question that needs to be answered.

• Are you involved in social networking? What's your favorite and why? If you're not involved, you must have a good reason!

Facebook. I can stay up to date with family and friends there. I have also re-connected with friends from way back. A friend that lived next door to me as a child found me. Her family moved away around 1973.

http://facebook.com/Cheryls.Purple.Cow
http://www.twitter.com/cherylpurplecow

• All of us can use a helpful business hint once a week. What's yours?

I am a very impatient person and I try to remind myself every day. Rome was not built in a day. Don’t get discouraged.

• Do you have a "modus operandi" for computing the price of a handmade object? Tell us your formula?

I wish I could find one that worked for every item. But there are some items that just don’t fit into a mold.

• Where do you see your artwork in one year? Any plans in the works?

I really want to make and promote my Reflections”.

Link to ”Reflections” pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/cherylspurplecow/Reflections#

It's time for the storybeader to pick a favorite!

I really like these earrings, that look like little candies.
They're so realistic, and cute!

sales, sales, sales

it's coming!

almost wordless wednesday - cherry blossoms

Here's another coptic stitch journal
I just completed.

Luscious Japanese Washi paper!
See more at my Etsy or 1000Markets shop.

Etsybloggers Carnival - November 20, 2009

Mystic Wynd has two equally great topics that she gave us for the Etsybloggers Carnival this week. I didn't know which one to choose... OK, I decided on the second: What's your favorite holiday movie or special, and why?

It has to be the classic, It's a Wonderful Life. I love James Stewart and Donna Reed - they perform so well together. The dancing in the gym (over the swimming pool), and how Mary decorated her house up, when George Bailey came calling - Catch the Moon, and all... I like the whole “what if?“ aspect of the story, and how the town of Bedford Falls would have been Pottersville, if George wasn't around! Of course, you can’t forget Clarence, the angel that saves George. Geez, I want to watch it right now!



Two other movies have to get an honorable mention. Since I was a kid, I’ve loved the Peanuts movies that used to show on tv. One of my favorites was “A Charlie Brown’s Christmas.” There was always great music, thanks to Schroeder. Here's a cute segment from it



And then, the animated children’s movie, The Polar Express. I’m in love with Tom Hanks - don’t think he’s ever done a bad movie.

So there's three movies that I'll try to see this holiday season. I think "they" (whoever) took the Peanuts movies off television, sad to say. But you can always see snippets, on YouTube.