Pretty, Awesome, Pretty Awesome Treasury

Etsy seller Damjana of Lodddelina curated this supergorgeous Treasury, and was kind enough to include my Laurel necklace in French Blue and Brown. She also included things from two of my favorite Etsy shops, which I might as well blather on about now:

Lotta Hellberg of Inleaf Design made those sachets on the bottom left. Her work reminds me a bit of that other Lotta (Jansdotter) in its subtle color palates and natural textiles, but Hellberg's work tends toward the more refined and sophisticated, and I really love it. Plus, she creates her designs by printing with *actual leaves* - a technique I've tried and love, though my results have been vastly inferior to Lotta's!

Sharon Montrose's photo of a goose is in the second row in the middle. I love the way her use of the glowing white backgrounds bring into stark relief some aspect of each creature's being. Plus, they're really, really pretty : )

And now thanks to this Treasury, I've got a new favorite Etsy shop - Kuutydruk! Shop proprietess Moonika who hails from Estonia (Kuutydruk means "Moongirl" in Estonian!) is making laptop sleeves (second row, far right) as well as CD organizers, iPod covers and handbags out of linen, and embellishing them with traditional Estonian embroidery designs. I love the juxtaposition of a centuries-old sewing technique on covers for new-fangled techno gadgetry.

So - thanks again Loddelina for this amazing collection, and for making me part of it!

Two Treasuries! Seven Treasures Earrings and Flowering Stem Necklace Get Their Moment in the Sun...

What luck! I am currently featured in two Etsy Treasuries!

The first one is an in-your-face extravaganza of red and white awesomeness curated by jewelry designer Amy Singley of Adorn By Amy Singley. It features my Seven Treasures earrings in Crimson - which seem to be holding their own among Amy's very cool picks. 

The second one features a really lovely color palate of sky blue, lime, green and purple - and features the Treasury debut of my brand new design, Flowering Stem in Eggplant! (For now, available exclusively at my Etsy shop.) This one was put together by Dorothy Domingo, who is a woman of many, many talents - beader, quilter, ceramicist, and who knows what else! 

Thanks, Dorothy and Amy for featuring me! 

Etsy Treasury Feature: Salsa

Red + green: it's not just for Christmas, people! I love red and green together. Always have. Is it because of the high contrast - opposite sides of the color wheel and all? Who knows. What I do know is that my Meadows necklace in Crimson, featuring little red flowers on green stems made it into this Etsy Treasury (see the bottom row there) put together by Planet Treasures. She was inspired by other fabulous red and green combos: salsa ingredients and a landscape painting of a green and red field. Vive la vert et rouge! 

Etsy Treasury: Black & White

Someone recently asked me which MJ song was my favorite. "Black Or White" was the first one that came to mind. The person had never heard this song. But the album "Dangerous" was the big MJ album of my childhood, and the face morphing portion of the video for "Black and White" (which starts at about 5 minutes 30 seconds in) was pretty darn amazing at the time. 

All that to say my Sweet Fennel Blooms necklace is in an Etsy Treasury. And at first glance I thought the title of the Treasury was "Black Or White," and that it was maybe an MJ tribute. But at second glance, I saw that it's actually called "It's Black and It's White." So, uh, nevermind. : ) 

Thanks so much to Lisa at BeadCrazed for including me in this very cool (though non-MJ-related) collection!

Another Treasury: Whimsical Summer

I really love this treasury collection, "Whimsical Summer," made by Shawn St. Jean (who has a lovely Etsy shop of original photos.) You can see my Meadow Necklace in Crimson there in the bottom row. Thanks for featuring me, Shawn!

Meadow Necklace in Crimson Featured in Etsy Treasury

Another Etsy treasury feature - my Meadow Necklace in Crimson was included. Thanks to Miss Moose Designs for including me!

Blooms Necklace in French Blue & Poppy Featured in Etsy Treasury!

Another Etsy treasury feature - my Blooms Necklace in French Blue & Poppy was included. Thanks to jewelryvixen for featuring me!

Sweet Fennel Blooms Featured in Etsy Treasury

Another Etsy treasury feature - my Sweet Fennel Blooms necklace was included. Thanks to Creative Details for including me!

Gingko Leaf Necklace in Dark Teal Featured in an Etsy Treasury!

Another Etsy treasury feature - my Gingko Leaf necklace in dark teal was included. Love teal and lime together. Hmm, perhaps a future necklace color combo... Thanks to LilithEnvy who made the list for including me. 

Etsy Treasury: It's All about DIY

Hey, lookie there. My DIY Shrink Plastic Necklace Kit made it into an Etsy Treasury  (a themed list of stuff curated by an Etsy member, for those of you unacquainted with Etsian parlance). The kits seem to be a hit - they're flying out of my shop! Now to force people to send pictures of the pieces they make...I want to see!