ETSY pick of the day!

Lucky Lauren Bag
by luckylovely

August = ETSY Challenge!

My friend Cal told me about her plan to make August an ETSY challenge. I thought it was such a great idea that I wanted to do it too. The plan is to focus on uploading new items constantly to try to sell as much as possible in August. I decided to get a head start today with some items I have on hand.

Etsy Buy Handmade Keepitmovingdesign

There's nothing like your friend's beautiful loft/shop/studio to make you want to move to Seattle...

My pals Isabelle & Nick are just amazing folk. They have converted a garage into this amazing home & studio for their growing business: Piano Nobile. Check out Isabelle's lovely bags in their Etsy store!





Kj and I had a lovely time chillin in the front "yard"with Bauhaus the puppy, some wine and some olives. We later went out for conveyor belt sushi and came back for strawberry rhubarb pie and a movie projected on the wall. Um, can you say best day ever?

On going to bed early...

Tonight I'm doing something I haven't since the start of the Brooklyn flea market six weeks ago: going to bed early! I'm headed out of town for a vacation, what? That's right. So with the 'making things' pressure off, I've been pacing around the house wondering what to do. Now, it's not like I don't have things to do... it's just, there's nothing that really justifies staying up past eleven. I can do it tomorrow, or on the plane, or my favorite, when I get back! Or maybe it doesn't even need to be done in the first place, like drooling over lofts/condos/co-op listings I can't afford on the internet. So rather than pace around, or stare at the computer one more hour, I decided to go to bed. Also, my apartment is freezing right now and I think my bed is really the only warm place! The cats are here (Dinah says hello btw) and we are cozied in for the night.

One last thing before I say adios to el web... my favorites thus far from the paper themed Poppytalk Handmade Market:

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade Keepitmovingdesign.etsy.com

New in shop!

This month I'll be participating again on Poppytalk Handmade so I've filled my etsy store with new items! This month's theme is paper and affordable art. I can't wait to see the other tables!!!

Etsy Buy Handmade Keepitmovingdesign

New Stuff!!!!!!!

I've been super busy these days!!!! Here's what I've been up to:











See more photos on my flickr page!

New Items in my Etsy Shop!!!

The other day I combined the two things I love most ( well a lot at least!) tiny drawings and making jewelry...and this tree necklace came out! I made a bunch of other drawing necklaces which I will post soon. I'm preparing for the Brooklyn Flea and an up coming paper themed Poppytalk Handmade.
In the process of taking photos, with myself as the only model, I completely missed the necklace... but I kinda like this photo anyway...

New in shop!

I just added some onsies into my etsy shop!

More things will be coming soon!! I promise!

Friends Rule!

My good friend Sarah recommended my etsy site to a design blog called decor8 who in turn wrote about both of us in the same post! I'm supremely happy about the plug because I came home to find I had sold two things!! Thanks guys!!!

I'm especially glad that Sarah's beautiful work was mentioned as well because she deserves it! I mean, look at her paintings!!!!

I look forward to regular check ins with decor8 too, it looks fabulous!

Thanks again Sarah and decor8!

New Shop Items!!!

Americana Necklace



Whale Necklace

Poppy talk is up!

I've been browsing some of the other vendors and man, everything is so beautiful!! I'm really excited to see how this pans out. To visit my "table" click here.

New Improved Etsy Store!

Etsy Buy Handmade Keepitmovingdesign

Booties R Us

I just spied this cute little pattern while browsing the new listings on etsy. Is it just me or are these booties super cute??? I love the idea of using real kimono fabric!
Go here to find out more!!!

Weekend Update

Great News!! I just found out I got picked for Poppytalk Handmade! Yeah! I was so excited I decided to revamp my ETSY store and make new stuff. People will be able to view my products at Poppytalk, but will be linked to my etsy store if they want to buy so... it's gotta look fab!

I spent all morning Saturday doing a little photoshoot, which I'll soon post on Flickr. I know this is my own stuff and all, but I'm just in love with how it all looks. I had such a nice morning being a stylist & photographer!

The thing I'm REALY excited about though are my new "Trousseaus." (Can I make that plural???) I've had this idea for a while to gather lace, buttons, sewing needles and notions and organize them into little collections by color. I thought that this would be the perfect opportunity to debut them and I can't emphasize enough how much I love them!!! I'm not doing it alone either. My amazing mom, Toni (aka Zu Zu... ha ha I outed you mom!!!) has been scouring the Maine flea markets, yard sales and especially ebay to find me great treasures for you all! Thanks Mom!!!

Here's what my room looked like during the making!

And the end results:







They will be up on my etsy store soon!!!

I'll leave you with some recent thrift store finds




and some sneak peaks of my favorite photos of Saturday

New Items in my Etsy Shop!!!

Etsy Buy Handmade Keepitmovingdesign

What I made today

That's right. It's a knitted mushroom necklace. I must have been inspired by all my nintendo playing in Maine... because I've been thinking about mushrooms a lot lately.

This little guy is wool with mohair spots and underbelly. (Not really sure what the under part is called on a mushroom!)He's about 3/4" on an 18" chain. Um, yeah, people will comment and you'll be super cute. Putting 3 in my ETSY store now!

ETSY shop

Guys, today I started an ETSY shop!

You can see the little mini version over there at the right. There's a couple pairs of earrings in there now and soon....much more!!!

Wish me luck!