SALE, Videos, & Survey

FIRST: I'm having a sale on both my ETSY store and my WEBSITE on "heart themed" items... Enjoy the post-valentines sweetness. ;)

NEXT: check out this fun video i just created with this online site...(if you're reading this post in your email you probably can't see the video:( watch it online) it's like a music video...and all you have to do is pick your photos from flickr, or another online photo sharing app... or just upload from your computer. CHECK OUT animoto.com ...it's fun!



LASTLY: A favor to ask.
If you've purchased from me on my website, etsy or at a craft fair....or simply would like to leave a comment on how i can improve my services or something you would like to see in my collections... PLEASE fill out my ONLINE SURVEY.

ONLY 4 questions. Super quick and easy. And I promise I won't spam you or sell your email. THANK YOU!

* Click here to take the survey.

Puppy Love

Announcing my new puppy themed Etsy store: Mooshy Gooshies







Filled with cuteness, moosh and goosh! Here you're find things for puppies and the people who love them. All items are hand made with MUCHO love. Custom orders welcome!

As a moosh face lover I'm also now a member of the Etsy Dog Mafia and Etsy for Animals.

Etsy Dog Mafia is a Etsy Street team who's sellers who specialize in handmade items for DOGS & the people who love them.

Etsy for Animals: Artists Helping Animals (EFA) is a street team or group of artists and craftspeople on Etsy.com who donate some portion of their sales to animal rescues and charities.

By joining this group i have chosen to donate a portion of my profits from Mooshy Gooshies to 3 charities:

Washington Human Society- http://www.washhumane.org/

Houston Audubon Society- http://www.houstonaudubon.org/

Wildlife Alliance - http://www.wildlifealliance.org/

Items you'll find at mooshy gooshies:
Hand knitted puppy sweaters, puppy themed jewelry and paper goods, and soon to come puppy themed kid stuff. ;)

THANK YOU...

...to everyone that stopped by the Crafts & Kisses fair this weekend. We had a great time meeting and greeting as well as checking out everybody elses wares! Great stuff.

This was only my 2nd craft show in d.c.... and so far they have both been really wonderful. A big thanks to bookish lady for everything.... Look forward to more fabulous events like this.

Be sure to check out some of these cool vendors that were at the show this weekend:
Jon Wye's really cool belts

Peacock Blue Design Studio- Awesome hats and feathered clips... we got three!



As always, be sure to check out the new heart items at bLuGrn design.

Love is in the air....

...and inspiring me to create new and fun items for the upcoming Crafts and Kisses fair this coming Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 from 12pm-5pm.


Hope to see you there!


Look for these new items online soon.

February Craft Fair

bLuGrn design at Crafts & Kisses Fair!

WHEN: Sunday, February 3, 12 noon to 5 pm

WHERE:
Josephine Butler Parks Center
1247 15th Street NW
Washington, D.C.

MORE INFO: http://craftsandkisses.com

SNEAK PEAK:

WhY bUY HaND MadE?

I just took the buy handmade pledge.
Perhaps you should too. :)

Consider the following:
"Buying Handmade makes for better gift-giving.

The giver of a handmade gift has avoided the parking lots and long lines of the big chain stores in favor of something more meaningful. If the giver has purchased the gift, s/he feels the satisfaction of supporting an artist or crafter directly. The recipient of the handmade gift receives something that is one-of-a-kind, and made with care and attention that can be seen and touched. It is the result of skill and craftsmanship that is absent in the world of large-scale manufacturing.

Buying handmade is better for people.

The ascendancy of chain store culture and global manufacturing has left us dressing, furnishing, and decorating alike. We are encouraged to be consumers, not producers, of our own culture. Our ties to the local and human sources of our goods have been lost. Buying handmade helps us reconnect.

Buying handmade is better for the environment.

The accumulating environmental effects of mass production are a major cause of global warming and the poisoning of our air, water and soil. Every item you make or purchase from a small-scale independent artist or crafter strikes a small blow to the forces of mass production."

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On that note...consider visiting local craft markets this holiday season to find your unique and thoughtful gifts.

Other fun options include shopping online at sites like ETSY and MINTd. Where you can shop at all hours!!! ;) Happy Holidays!!!

Holidays Are a Comin'

I'm so excited about the upcoming holidays and to celebrate bLuGrn design is coming up with new and fun stuff to share for the holidays.

For one Gift certificates are now available. Perfect for that hard to shop for person... let them pick out their own perfect treat from the blugrn swag any time they want.

Who needs holiday greeting cards???? how about gift notes or tags?

Of course there's always NEW jewerly to check out...

Lastly.....We're having an Upcoming Trunk show together with Sheny Designs to get your little holiday gifts in person:

December 8th- Houston, Tx - 1742 Sunset Blvd. Houston, Tx