Giveaway Winner Is ME!

Wow, well it must be my year, because i have had another wonderful thing happen to me! I am the winner of the "Quit Your Day Job" giveaway on JL Stephens Couture blog!

Jen, a.k.a. Jstephens13, of JL Stephen's Couture was featured in an Etsy Storque blogpost. Jen's story is an inspiring one! She quit her day job to be home with her new baby. She supports the family through her Etsy sales! Read the etsy storque article that tells Jen's story.

Don't miss her Etsy store! Great handmade original bags of all kinds, as well as funky fun jewelry!

Wow, thanks, Jen, for the giveaway! And thanks for your very inspiring story!
Pamela

Wishing Stones

A blog by Kristin Malotte features my Beach Treasure Pouches this week. A lovely post about Wishing Stones...everyone should have a wishing stone, don't you think? Don't miss her etsy shop either, lovely jewelry!

Using the ranomizer, the winner of the latest horsehair basket giveaway has been determined...comment #46. Barb from strandsoflight.etsy.com. Congratulations Barb! Stay tuned for another great giveaway!
pamela

Consider This Your Invitation

If you are in the vicinity of
Durango, CO, next friday,
please consider attending the

Opening Reception
of the

Fiber Celebrated 2009
Juried Exhibition.
Friday, July 31, 2009,
7 - 9pm
exhibit open until
September 21.
The exhibit is at the
Center of Southwest Studies
1000 Rim Drive
Durango, CO

If you can only go on the weekend, there are special hours August 1 -2, from 11 am - 4pm.

One of the two pieces of mine in the exhibit is shown on this postcard that announced the exhibit. Can you spot which one? To see if you are right, and to see my other work that is included in the show, see my Facebook Fan Page.

World Crafts Council of North America on the WWW

The World Crafts Council of North America's new website has gone live! The World Crafts Council was founded as an International non-profit, non-governmental organization with UNESCO(the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization .) They assist in international cultural exchanges about crafts and crafts people. Their main objective is to strengthen the status of crafts as a vital part of cultural and economic life, and to promote fellowship among craftspeople of the world. The new website includes Museums Featuring Crafts, Professional Schools of Crafts & Craft Centers, Professional Councils & Guilds, and a Photo Gallery of Crafts.

I am very pleased and proud to have been invited to be listed as a craftsperson on the World Crafts Council website in their Photo Gallery. You will find my listing under the heading Fiber Arts, in the United States.

My Beach Treasure Pouch is in a Gift Guide!

Over at Etsy, they are in full swing for summer. I posted a few days ago about being in a voter poll.

The Best of the Beach Bums is where they announced the winner of the beach contest. Congratulations, ladramaqueen! She received 207 votes on her lovely handmade, vintage-inspired swimsuit.

My entry, the Beach Treasure Pouch, received only 46 votes. Thanks to everyone who voted for me! Thanks to you all, they have chosen it to be included in their gift guide: The "Member's Choice" Guide. It is the very first entry, they chose the refreshing mint green pouch for their layout.

So, still planning a trip to the beach? If you check my Etsy Shop, you will find a whole rainbow of woven Beach Treasure Pouches to choose from. And I can make them custom, as well!

Happy Beachcombing!

Another Giveaway!

This money I am again giving away a horsehair basket. You can find the particulars in the Etsy Treasury Team Blog. (Thanks to Sandie, Etteam blogmistress who does such a lovely job of keeping up our blog!)

The Etsy Treasury Team is a great group of people on Etsy who make focus pages called Treasuries...sometimes the pages have a theme to them (like The Three Little Pigs or Summer Fun) and sometimes the Treasury page is a lovely composition of harmoniously-colored items, and sometimes it is just a great collection of fun stuff! Treasuries are a great way to find wonderful items on Etsy, but also something of an art form.

Sometime take alook at the two Esty Treasuries: Main Treasury and Treasury West and see what I mean. The Etsy Treasury Team's Treasuries are listed in their Update Thread (start at the LAST page for up-to-date treasuries, they expire in a few days!) on the Etsy Forums.

Basket Vacation Last Entry

On the last day of my vacation this year, some of the local weavers from the basket guild (Basketweavers Guild of Bedford County) came over, and we worked with some waxed linen to make little necklaces. It was a fun project, and I hope next year maybe they will come over sooner so we can weave more together! Here are some of the little waxed linen projects I started, so I could show them some waxed linen tips.

Well, that’s about it for the vacation photos...’til next year!