FEATURED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF ETSY

In my wildest dreams I never thought one of my items would find its way onto the front page of Etsy. But apparently this cute cell phone cozy did just that a couple of weeks ago.

It was at the weekend and as soon as I checked to see if I had sold anything, I noticed that the views on this item had gone up considerably.

I felt so excited because I knew from reading other posts in the forum that this usually meant that it was in a treasury or had been featured on the front page. I checked all the treasuries but it wasn't in any, although I knew that it had been featured several times in different ones.

I placed a post in the forums and there I got my answer, several people confirmed that yes it had been featured on the front page. I couldn't believe it and I had missed it!

MY NEW BUSINESS CARD

I was going to order some business cards from a company I found on the internet, but they quoted 3 weeks delivery. So I had a go at doing it myself, which I suppose is a good thing as I now recommend buying handmade. Anyway here is my attempt, what do you think? Please be kind with your comments.

WEEKEND OFFER

This week I have reduced the price of all the scarves in my shop (http://lizzyt.etsy.com/). If you purchase one of these scarves you will also receive a free coin holder keyring - shown in a previous post.

This one is a favourite of mine. I bought the yarn for it in a gorgeous wool shop I found in Penzance when I was on holiday in Cornwall last year. We are going there again this year and I am looking forward to visiting this shop again.

This blue one is another fabulous scarf. It is so soft. I love the colour and it has little bobbles of pastel yellow and pink worked into it. I made a purple one for my shop as well, but my young daughter decided it would look better on her.

Coin Holder Keyring

I have been making some really useful coin holders for my Etsy shop. I decided to add keyrings to them as I thought it would make them more useful and easier to find. How often have you got to the supermarket and found you haven't got the right coin for the trolley. This is always happening to me. The same with parking meters I never have the right change and just the other day my mobile (cell) phone decided to run out of battery power and I needed to make a phone call, again a scrabble around looking for some change. Well now I have made one of these for myself and I have got it attached to my keyring. So now I will never be in a situation and find I haven't got the right change.

Another brilliant use for these little cuties is somewhere to keep that extra bit of cash you need when you have a night out with your friends. How many times have you run out of money for the taxi ride home. Just place your taxi fare into this and you will never have that problem again.

I have made them in the colours shown, but I have loads more great colours that I am going to use over the next few days and get them all added to my shop (http://lizzyt.etsy.com/).

Mother's Day 2 March in the UK

Mothering Sunday is fast approaching. In the UK this year it is on 2 March. I have not actually made anything specifically for Mother's Day as I have a good selection of items for sale in my Etsy shop that would make ideal presents for your mum or gran.

This scarf would make an ideal gift for Mother's Day, the colours are hot and vibrant. A lovely scarf for this time of year to bring a bit of colour to the world. It is in my Mother's Day Offers Section and has been reduced to $22.00 (£11.00) plus p&p.

I also have a wonderful selection of bracelets and earrings, some of which have been featured here in earlier posts. The one above has a wonderful selection of red beads. It too can be found in my Mother's Day Section and has been reduced to $25.00 (£12.50) plus p&p. I also welcome custom orders, if you see something which you like but would prefer a different colour or different design, please feel free to get in touch with me through my Etsy store at http://lizzyt.etsy.com. Keep checking my store for special offers, especially at the weekends.

Cards

I am starting to introduce my newest products into my Etsy store, cards. I have just listed the first one today, a notecard. It is really pretty. I am very pleased with the way they look and I have loads of great ideas for for more. I get like this sometimes, I have all these ideas running around in my head but I don't seem to have enough hours in the day to do them all.

I find it very relaxing to do, it takes me back to my childhood when I used to spend hours cutting and pasting into my scrapbooks. I have now got to improve my photographs, I can't seem to get the cards to look white.

I love using these to write notes to my family and friends.

Weekend Offer

I have posted an offer on the Etsy Promotion forums http://lizzyt.etsy.com/ which I would like to extend to anyone who reads this.

I am offering to anyone who spends over $25.00 (which is roughly £12.50) a free beaded keyring or cell phone charm, your choice. All you have to do to receive this is put the code AMY in the message to seller along with your choice of free gift.