Using Custom Stickers to Enhance Your Brand

Have you ever wondered about using stickers in your promotional efforts for your website? This article, "Say it With Stickers" covers the basics about how to go about acquiring your own custom stickers for your handmade business. Check it out.

Features on hold for a bit

Hello folks, I know a lot of you regular readers have been returning here only to find that I haven't updated the daily themed Etsy features here for at least a week. I don't want to keep you hanging, so I am posting to let you know that I have put everything on hold for a couple weeks because my family is going through a very trying time, my grandmother is very ill.

If you are the praying type, please keep us in your prayers; if you aren't, please keep us in your thoughts. Thanks for being patient and understanding while we go through this.

Much love and peace to you all.
~Kelli

Thrifty Thursday: I'll Fly Away

Here are some beautiful examples of bird-themed artwork. All items are priced under $25. (Clicking picture takes you to the item's individual page, clicking text takes you to the Maker's shop)

This print of a mixed media illustration on an antique book page is simply beautiful and eloquent.
$18.00 from carambatack




This fantastic 9x12" original painting is so fun. Any wall would be fortunate to display it.
$16.00 from erikajones



This adorable little miniature original painting would be perfect to brighten up a small nook in your home or studio.
$20.00 from intheforest




I can totally see this ACEO (Art Card/Edition/Original)framed up in a shadowbox with other trinkety goodness.
$7.50 from InspirationAvenue




Seeing these loveable little birdhouse miniatures are made from vintage fabrics and other findings always make me smile. (These would look marvelous in a shadowbox setting too...that is, if you're into shadowboxes)
$24.00 from RobinsEggBlue




I saw this exceptional art print and couldn't help but imagine this little fella was saying "Take a picture, it'll last longer".
$16.00 from MechelleDesigns

Wonky Wednesday: Doubletake!

All the items below were found searching the tag "weird" on Etsy. Most of the stuff people list under that tag is quite mild on there (for me, at least, and I have been known on occassion to be a little "weird" myself so I might just have a high tolerance for strange), but indeed there were some items in those search results that caught me off guard and made me click them instantly. Mostly because they were so frickin' awesome.

(Clicking pic takes you to item's page, clicking link takes you to the shop it came from)


I can't tell you how much I have always wanted a brain in a jar. I remember the summer after I turned eighteen and I was invited to dinner at my boss's house. Her partner's grandfather was a doctor and he had inherited an interesting curio of a brain preserved in a tall wooden case that you looked down into. At first the case looked like an old radio, and worked like one of those antique movie viewers, but boy were I and my 3 other co-worker companions fooled when we finally looked down inside. It was one of the most awesome things I'd ever come across in all of my 18 years...(I didn't get out much as a kid) so yeah, this brain in a jar brought back memories.

from YourOrganGrinder




Don't let the picture scale fool you, this baby is huge! It stands over 2 feet tall!This wormbaby sculpture is on a whole new plane of awesome that few folks are brave enough to venture into. I just love seeing the creativity that comes out of the Etsy community.

from ArtAkimbo




I have a thing for things that look back at me. I just can't help myself. This lucky eye pendant is pretty sleek.

from cherryhilldesigns




These are baby booties---CAN you believe it?!? I think these little creations are jaw-droppingly wonderful! How awesome would they be to pair up with a little outfit for either gender made from that Kaufman "Chopsticks Please!" fabric? The possiblities for cute are endless!

from sushibooties




Yes. This is indeed a zombie Christmas ornament. Here's an equation for you: Zombies + Christmas = Awesome freakin' ornament. I mean, zombies are awesome as a rule...but then you add Christmas?!? That's one of the most rad days for awesome on the calendar (tied with Chanukah for our Jewish pals) but behind Halloween, of course, because Halloween produces a WHOLE LOT of awesome. This combines awesome things from both holidays! That's like getting a surprise onion ring in your frybox!

from RW2Gallery

TeamBluegrass Tuesday: It's Hip to Be Square

...or, a little rectangular. HAH!
(Clicking pics take you to that item's page, clicking text links take you to the page of the shop they belong to)



Sugar Scrub in your choice of scent
from MayleesGarden




Little Note Cards
from FacesAreFunny




Birds of a Feather Collaged Clipboard
from Smackinart




2 Vintage Smoky Glass Panes
from Gypsywoman




First Aid Zipper Pouch
from peanutbearys




The Molten Olive Mosaic Frame
from domosaics




Pink Shell earrings
from dentedhalo




Custom Business Cards
from WickedSisterDesigns




Flower Box Pendant
from BijouterieEdith