The Dear So and So Chronicles: 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"