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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Dear Lovers of Handmade Goods,

Dear Lovers of Handmade Goods,

I'm a little behind on getting you caught up with whats been going on over on that crazy Handmade Movement Team on +Etsy. You know us creative types, we are always finding ways to create.  Well, we have created some mischief and mayhem by Sneak Attack some new and undiscovered shops.  You don't have to be a team member to drop in and "Sneak" one of our chosen shops.  You can visit our website at handmademovement and find the current schedule and whats going on, or, you can visit our team on Etsy handmademovement - Etsy.  I have a Heart Attack and a Sneak Attack to share with you.

What is a Heart Attack?  A Heart Attack is something we came up with to share the love to shops that don't meet our criteria to be sneak attacked.  On 2/18/13 the team did an INCREDIBLE job of finding shops for us to shower with Hearts.

We had a tone of great treasuries:
KraftyGrannysHome 1
KraftyGrannysHome 2
byvala 1
byvala 2
SussesSpindehjrne
Studio5waters
juBEADlation
NicsPics4U
HandmadeBySandi
LittleYellowFarm 1
LittleYellowFarm 2
LittleYellowFarm 3

For a full list of all the shops we found, click here to visit out discussion page.

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On 2/21/13 Kelly from juBEADlation hosted a rousing Sneak Attack on 4 different shops.

During the sneak attack, the sponsor develops a list of clues to help us "find" the shops if we can.  I like to make a story from the clues...This is the story of a fish.

There once was a LAVENDER colored FISH that liked to swim near the beach during the mid SUMMER SUNSET.  On second glance, I think it was more of an ORCHID or PEACOCK hue.  I tried to RUB it's back, but it was a little PANSY and swam away.  The ripples in the water from the fish made a ROSE pattern that reminded me of my BODY SCRUB that was shaped like a CHICKEN.  I always thought that was a GEM of a find for any AUTUMN day.  It smelled of POMEGRANATE and CAJUN flavored CANDY HEARTS.  Of course, all this excitement made me want to make CHERRY BLOSSOM and MINT CHOCOLATE ice cream, but for some reason there was too much SPICE.  I called my friend MERINO and asked if he had a DAISY for every time I lost my HEARTS in a vat of HAND DYED orange PORK, how much BROWN SUGAR would that make?  He was just as confused as you are now, but the fish got away!

Here is a sampling from the wonderful shops that Kelly picked out for us.

The first shop was CardsbyGaynor - "Stunning original artworks, a huge selection of beautiful, unique handmade greetings cards for every occasion, along with handmade paper embellishments for all your paper crafting and scrapbooking"




The second shop was inverleighfarm from Australia.





The third shop was Mikesseasonings - "We specialize in cajun seasonings and rubs all made daily in our smokehouse"





The fourth shop was TheLittleSoapStore -  "We sell hand-crafted glycerin soap and bath product"




Tomorrow, we will be sneak attacking some more shops.  Our sponsor is already cooking up a surprise for us!

Thanks,
Summer


Saturday, February 16, 2013

Dear Anyone Looking for a Good Gift,

Dear Anyone Looking for a Good Gift,

I have some new items in my jewelry shop on +Etsy if you are interested, just stop by SummerWilson8.  Here are a few samples of what I have in there...







winnie-the-pooh-and-crystal-bead










skeleton-key-european-bead-charm














silver-rocking-horse-charm-earrings















I hope you had fun looking!

Thanks,
Summer

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Dear Lovers of Handmade Goods,

Dear Lovers of Handmade Goods,

We had another great Sneak Attack over on +Etsy with the Handmade MovementSandi and Paula found 4 great shops for us to sneak up on.
Handmade by Sandi

PauwowHandmade

They left us clues throughout the day to help us guess our way to the shops.  I like to make a story out of the clues.

 ---A PEARL grew in an ORANGE FLOWER next to a HERB garden in a GLASS pot.  It was the middle of SUMMER and the PUMPKIN TEA wasn't quite ready for harvesting.  The WIRE cages looked like upside down CHANDELIER's in the GARDEN of EARTH with a SWIRL of life.  A small SKULL sat in the center of the plants to ward off any PUNKs that might bother the HEART of the vegetation.  The SNOW no longer DANCED around the STARS like the ZIG-ZAG pattern on my last BIRTHDAY.  There was just a DRAWER with a PHONE with a FUNKY little ring.---


I love random word stories!

Our first shop was WiredTigress featuring wonderful handmade beaded and wire wrapped jewerly.






Our second shop was HighlandSoapworks with the most magnificent handmade soaps.


Our third shop was terristeases that was full of handmade gift cards.

Our final shop was FunkyTraditionalKnit which was full of buttons and knitted goodies!





All in all, it was a wonderful Valentines Sneak Attack!

The Clues:
pearl
orange
flower
herb
Glass
Summer
Pumpkin
tea
wire
chandelier
garden
earth
swirl
skull
punk
heart
snow
dance
star
zig-zag
Birthday
Drawer
Phone
Funky

Thanks,
Summer

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Dear Lovers of Handmade Goods,

Dear Lovers of Handmade Goods,

We had another Sneak Attack over on +Etsy at the Handmade Movement.  Susanne from SussesSpindehjrne found 4 wonderful shops for us to Sneak Up on!  Susanne make some of the most wonderful yarns and yarn made goodies in her shop.  I have worked with some of her yarns myself and absolutely love their vibrancy!


The first shop on our list was FireflyFashion featuring wonderful up-cycled and recycled jewelry goods like this recycled t-shirt bracelet and this macrame bracelet made with handmade recycled paper beads.
 The second shop on our list was BeadedBazaar from the UK featuring the cutest Kilt pins and jewelry sets.

The third shop on our list was EffElArtions from Greece with some wonderful beaded jewelry and handmade embroidered items.

The fourth, and final shop, was CraftyArtyAmelia with handmade clay charms and earrings.

Anyone is welcome to join our team and participate in a sneak attack.

Thanks,
Summer