It's once again time for Bazaar Bizarre Austin, part of Maker Faire! The event will be held in Austin on October 18th and 19th from 10 am to 6 pm at the Travis County Event Center and Fairgrounds. If you're interested in becoming a vendor, click here for application information. One vendor space may be shared amongst more than one crafter!
Showing posts with label artist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artist. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
National Ice Cream Day!
This Sunday July 20th is national Ice Cream Day! In honor of this oh so wonderful holiday, I've created a National Ice Cream Day treasury over at Etsy.com. Stop by and take a look-see at all the yummy items!
Here are a few of my favorites:
Candi Is So Dandy by stoopidgerl
I Scream You Scream by ThisOldHenHouse
ACEO Bounty LE Print Art Brut Raw Summer Girl With Ice Cream Cone by Kitty107
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Featured Artist...Signature Sterling
I'd like to introduce you to Sue of SignatureSterling. Sue specializes in designing beautiful sterling silver beaded jewelry. Her work is just amazing and I'm so excited to be able to feature her on my blog! I hope you enjoy the following interview and don't forget to stop by SignatureSterling to see all the goods!
**If you'd like to be one of my featured artists, drop me a line!**
SignatureSterling
Who are you?
SignatureSterling aka Sue aka Mom, Soccer Mom
What is your shop name/link?
What categories do you specialize in?
Designing and handcrafting jewelry ~ especially sterling silver with beads (semiprecious, lampwork, czech glass, swarovski crystal, charms) ~ "signature" items include "BUCKEYE NATION" "Hairspray" and "Show Me Your Colors" collections ~ custom orders welcome!
What do you like about Etsy?
Love the creativity and artistic genius that abides here in such a friendly, supportive environment.
What do like about creating?
Being able to look at something with new eyes and hopefully create something beautiful and unique!
What is your favorite product right now and why?
So hard to pick just one...but today I will have to choose my "LITTLE BLACK DRESS" earrings (in either pearl or jasper) --- just simple elegance!
What makes you unique as an artist?
I think that all of us Etsy artists are unique because what we are creating is essentially a part of who we are. For me, at least, I think that is reflected in my jewelry.
What are some other sites to find out more about you and what you love to create?
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I'm being featured!
Handcrafted by Janice is being featured at Signature Sterling's blog! Stop by and take a look-see at my Etsy Mini. :o) Link
Friday, August 3, 2007
Featured Artist...FeralGlass!
I'd like to introduce you to John Byrne of Feral Glass. John works with glass and makes the most amazing garden glass. My favorite is Harbor Dawn. The colors work great together. I'm not exactly a green thumb with the flowers if you know what I mean, but these pieces from Feral Glass are sure to bring vibrant color to any garden. Stop by John's shop and take a look-see!
**If you'd like to be one of my featured artists, drop me a line!**
Feral Glass
Who are you?
John Byrne, d/b/a Feral Glass
What is your Etsy Shop Name/link?
What tag categories do you specialize in?
art, glass
Do you create for children or adults, women or men?
My creations are enjoyed by all ages...While most of my Feral Glass pieces are made for outdoors, I also have hanging sculptures for your windows or smaller pieces for decks or high-rise balconies. Even urban dwellers can enjoy Feral Glass. Perhaps I can help your mind escape from captivity and run wild as well ;-)
What do you like about Etsy?
I like two things the most. First, it is easy for the customers and provides a clear, clean and easy to use format for presentation and for transactions. Second, it is such a great community of supportive and intelligent artists. As a newcomer I had a million questions about how to set up a shop and how to manage it for best effect. The Etsy community has been there with me the whole way. Very pleasant people with very creative ideas.
What do you like about creating?
There are several steps in the process. The one I like most is when a design "comes together". It is not a rational thing, but more of a visceral "feeling" of warmth right in your solar plexus. A yoga friend of mine said that makes sense because of where the "creative chacra" resides. You can be staring at your piece and trying a few different things, and then all of a sudden, by adding or moving one small element, the whole comes together as a strong, flowing statement. Cool feeling. The other aspect of creating which I enjoy most is the joy it brings to others when I show them my work. I have given quite a few pieces as gifts and now for sale. It feels good when someone comes up to me at a craft fair and says the piece they received as a Christmas gift is so beautiful and adds so much to their yard.
Is your Etsy business part time or full time?
I do my art as a full-time endeavor. Etsy is a new part of that mix. To set up the shop and learn from the Etsy user forums, I spent some long days and nights on-line. Now I can get back into the glass studio and create, knowing I have a good showcase for the pieces when they are complete.
What do you love about your Etsy business?
Of course I like the sales. But I also get a boost from the nice email comments from people or from being "hearted". Hopefully some of the "hearts" will become sales as the holidays approach.. My garden glass looks great in the snow.
What is your favorite product right now?
Of mine? I like the tall garden spirits, especially when there are three or more in a grouping. Feral Glass looks best when traveling in small herds. For what you pay for one painting on your wall, you can have 4-5 feral works adding interest to a large swath of garden or lawn. Other people's products? I love the beautiful dichroic and fused glass jewelry I see on Etsy. But I am "between girlfriends" right now, so don't buy much jewelry.
What makes you unique at Etsy?
No one else makes this outdoor garden sculpture. Not only are the technique and designs unique, but it also puts art into unexpected places. Whether it is mid summer or mid-winter, these make great splashes of color and form where least expected (but most enjoyed). Most stained glass leads a tame, domesticated life atop your lamps or staring wistfully out of your windows. Feral Glass runs wild on legs of brass.
What are some other sites to find out more about you and what you love to create?
I am new to having a web presence, so my Etsy site is the best showcase of my art. However, if you want to see photos of my studio, my self and my beautiful view of the Blue Ridge Mts from my studio, check out the albums in www.myspace.com/feralglass
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Saturday, July 28, 2007
Featured Artist...Sellerogoods!
I'd like to introduce you to my featured artist of the week, Leah Moerschel from Sellerogoods. Leah offers some amazing original oil paintings in her shop. My favorite is "Two as One". I would love to hang this one in my living room! Please enjoy the following interview, and then visit Leah's shop at www.sellerogoods.etsy.com.
If you'd like to be a featured artist of the week, drop me a line.
Sellerogoods
Who are you?
Leah Moerschel - wife,mother,artist
What is your Etsy Shop Name/link?
sellerogoods http://www.sellerogoods.etsy.com
What tag categories do you specialize in?
art, abstract, original, spiritual, surreal, painting, oil
Do you create for children or adults, women or men?
I create for anyone with eyes to see!
What do you like about Etsy?
I love the variety and vast scope of talent available there. From the beginning artist to the mind-blowing and talented senior artists, each item is exactly as unique as it should be!What do you like about creating? I love the release I get from pouring my soul onto my canvases. Whatever I am feeling or going through in my life at that moment shows up in front of me with every brush stroke.
What do you love about your business?
I love that I can wake up and paint, or wake up and not have to....it's up to me and how I am feeling, inspired or not, that particular day.
What is your favorite product right now? http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5965664 This is my all-time favorite painting from my shop, and I don't know that I will ever be able to part with it. It is so much deeper and more vibrant in person and everyone that sees it always gets something different from it. For me, it was the release of a spiritual transformation- for others it may look like mountains under a sunset!
What makes you unique at Etsy?
I am a Christian and not afraid to say it- my work is a reflection of my Creator and I DO place limits on what I will and will not be willing to create for someone. My canvas is a reflection of my heart, my eyes a window to my soul, my ears a gateway to the Heavens and I don't want anything crossing over any of these that may interrupt my walk with my Savior.
What makes you unique as a woman?
I hold the depths of the ocean in my heart and am stronger than I give myself credit for. I am a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a cousin, a friend and a WOMAN-which in and of itself is a great,great thing!
What do you love about Kids?
I know that I live and breathe mine-they are the greatest blessings a woman can ever be given! I treasure them and relish every second because they grow up SO QUICKLY!
What are some other sites to find out more about you and what you love to create?
http://www.sugarfoots.blogspot.com
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Etsy Shop * Flickr * Love.li Shop
http://www.sugarfoots.blogspot.com
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Saturday, July 21, 2007
Featured Artist...Pixie Blossoms!
If you would like to be a featured artist, contact me at handcraftedbyjanice@yahoo.com.
Pixie Blossoms
Who are you?
I am a woman that loves to create and make pretty things. I am a mother of two little boys and I spend the whole day at home with them. When I have some "free" time, I will enjoy photography, sewing, creating some exquisite and playful pieces for our home, myself, kids and friends. I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil and I have lived in the USA since 2002, because I met my husband and he is an American citizen.
Shop name/link
My shop name is Pixie Blossoms and the link is http://pixieblossoms.etsy.com
Categories I specialize in
Usually art (photography), vintage (for my vintage kits), bags and purses and children.
Do you create for children or adults, women or men?
Adults and children, usually for women. I will be making kids' backpacks soon, for little kids and I will make for boys too (kindergarten age).
What do you like about Etsy?
Their organization, it's handy and easy to deal with. I think it's a great site that is helping a lot of people out there to show off their work. It's not easy to build a website (online shop) ourselves and maintain it. I like it more than Ebay. We are able to buy and sell unique handmade work and also I've been finding nice craft supplies.
What do you like about creating?
I love the freedom of choosing whatever comes to my mind. I love to play with different patterns, textures, colors. I feel really good when in the end of a creative process, I like the result and also it's a pleasure to know that people like it too. Creating means something new and I consider myself a very bright and open person, welcome to new ideas, new concepts.
What do you love about your business?
I don't think I own a business. This "business thing" is too big for me. I am small, only one working sometimes, I don't know how things will turn for me in the future. I don't really keep thinking about it. I live this moment now of making few pieces of joy for people, because they really make me feel happy. I like selling and I love when you love what I make. It's all about the pleasure of making and being recognized as well. Money doesn't really matter at this moment.
What is your favorite product right now?
My bags.
What makes you unique at Etsy?
Hmmm, let me see...I can say the way I put so much on my products. I spend hours on each of them. I will try all possibilities before finishing something. I like the style I am in right now, it's playful, it's colorful, it's happy, it has a different touch, a vintage feel. Also, my photographs pass the same feeling. It's never sad, never dark. People say I am generous, outspoken and bright. I think the uniqueness of my products reflects who I am.
What makes you unique as a woman?
We are all unique. I don't wanna be pretentious...we are all unique.
What do you love about your kids?
They are so smart, so beautiful...they amaze me all the time. I love the fact that they are here, they are around me all the time, I love to have the chance to be their mother. I am very grateful for that!!!!
What are some other sites to find out more about you and what you love to create?
I have a blog since last year and it's fun. Come visit anytime! http://journal.pixieblossoms.com
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Etsy Shop * Flickr * Love.li Shop
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