Ride Along With Me...

I have always associated Summer with bicycle rides along paths lined with green trees and gorgeous flowers.  So how could I resist creating a Treasury East Treasury on Etsy featuring awesome Etsy sellers and their awesome bicycle goodness?  From prints, gorgeous bicycle accessories, bicycle furniture to jewelry. 

Be sure to click on the photo to get an up close and personal viewing.  The featured artisans would love to hear from you.

Have an awesome week everyone!

Summer Flower Garden...

OK, I confess I have been holding out on all of you.  I accept any and all punishment.  *smile*  Now you scratch your head and ask yourself... "What is she holding out on?" hmmmmmm....

I promised after the craft fair that I would share with you my newest creations that  my customers at the fair saw before my online readers and customers.  So without further ado here they are!  My mini Fabric Flower Post Earrings.

Are these just too fun?

I have been wearing a different pair everyday and I can't tell you how many times I have been asked "Where did you get those?".

What makes them extra special is that I can't reproduce another identical pair.  So doesn't that make them One of a Kind?  Yuppers.  :)

Now you just know you want to see more of these little darlings.  All were created using "fun", "whimsical" and "dramatic" fabrics. 

I have made it easy for you to see them, click on the photo and you will be transported without pain, I promise, to my online shop.

See you there!

Nothing Shabby Here...

It's been a very quiet and slow Friday, so I took advantage of it and created a new Treasury in Treasury East.

I hope you have a few minutes to stop by and say Hi to the Featured Artisans. To view the Treasury click on the photo. I promise, you won't regret it. *smile*

Have an awesome weekend everyone!
Carly

My Weekend June Arts & Craft Fair...

Wow, I survived the weekend!  22 hours in two days is incredibly long, but soooooo much fun!  I met so many wonderful sellers and customers.  Now the important question, do I still have a voice?  For the answer.... NOPE!  :)  The photo above is my table prior to the fair starting.  I love love love my new banner!   My daughter surprised me with it last week, is she just too awesome?!

This is a brand new venue for this craft fair.  I met the owner of the establishment, he is so into Arts & Crafts. 

Since my banner colors are mostly blue, pink & purple I thought I would use the colors throughout my display.  The photo below shows the corner glass shelf I picked up last weekend in a yard sale for $3.  Isn't it pretty with the fresh coat of Sweet Pea Pink?

And now my earring display.  I was so happy with how it turned out.  I found this adorable whimsical metal mesh mailbox at Goodwill last weekend during their 50% of sale, got it for $5, brought it home and gave it a pretty color of French Lilac.  To attach the earrings,  I one hole punched the earring cards, used satin ribbon woven through the metal mesh and attached the card by tying the ribbon on each with a bow.

Front of Earring Display

Back of Earring Display

I can't wait for July now!  Bring it on!  2nd Saturday & Sunday's Arts & Crafts is going to be my favorite time of the month.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my mini show of the craft fair.  

Have an awesome week!

Carly

Preparing for a Craft Fair...

I feel like I have been neglecting my Blog and ignoring my faithful readers. So I am here to apologize and let you know what is keeping me from my Blog this week.

I have been crazy busy with preparing for an exciting craft fair this coming weekend. This is the first of what we hope will become a monthly special event.

For this event I have made a new item not currently offered in my Etsy or ArtFire online selling venues.  What doesn't sell, will be offered next week.  But guess what?  I ain't gonna tell ya what!  HA!  So you will just have to stay tuned and hope they don't sell just to see what I made.  :)

But to be honest, they are as cute as can be (don't you just wish you knew what they were?), so I am wishing and hoping they sell like you know what!

I have a new booth banner, YAY! and I have new display stands.  My main focus colors of the booth are pink and purple, to be exact, Sweet Pea and French Lilac,  ohhlala!

I promise to post photos next week and let you all know how it went!  Keep your fingers *crossed* I sell out!  

I don't know that I will have time to post again before the fair, so here is wishing everyone a spectacular rest of the week and an awesome weekend!

Carly

Memorial Day, Troops Remembered...

Remember Our Troops

They gave their Tomorrows for Our Todays...

Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May in the U.S.A.   Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. soldiers who died while in the military.

Have a safe day!

Carly

Memorial Holiday Weekend...

It has been absolutely gorgeous in Arizona this weekend! Off to a picnic in a few, but I wanted to share with my readers my "newest" creation. I am so excited about them. Without further ado *drum* roll... Fabric Flower Button Post Earrings!

Now how cute are these?  Yes, I am prejudice, since I made them. *smile*  But I just love, love, love them!

I have so much fun creating these flowers for my dog/cat collar listings and making them into hair clips so us ladies can be fashionable.  It occurred to me, well, why not earrings?!?

So, I made the thought a reality.

They are so comfortable to wear.  Extremely light weight.  You don't realize you are wearing them.

Wishing all of you a wonderful Holiday weekend!
Carly

Excluding Your IP Address from...

Many times since Etsy and Google Analytics got together for our shop stats, I have seen numerous threads started in the forums in regard to how do we exclude our own IP Address from GA.

It is actually quite simple, but can be confusing. Hopefully this post will make it easy.

The first thing you will need to do is get your IP Address, you can do this by going to: What is My IP Address?

Now you need to create a Filter, using the Filter Manager located under Analytic Settings, this is what it looks like... It is located at the bottom right hand corner.

Below are the steps to setting up this Filter...

1) Go to Filter Manager (bottom right corner on the Analytics Settings page.
2) Click Add Filter (upper right corner)
3) Type in a Title for your Filter... i.e. Exclude IP Etsy Shop
4) Click next to Predefined filter
5) Filter Type: Exclude
6) Use drop down arrow, pick "Traffic from the IP Addresses"
7) Use drop down arrow, pick "That are equal to"
8) IP Address: now enter your IP address
9) Go to: Apply Filter to Website Profiles
10 Under Available Website Profiles, click on the site you want to exclude IP addresses from, then click on Add. This moves it from the left box to the right side box.
11) Click on Save Changes

Below is what your filter should look like once you have completed the steps above... (click on the photo to enlarge it.)

**NOTE:  This filter does not work if you have a Dynamic IP Address.

Hope you find this helpful!

Have an awesome Holiday weekend!

Carly

Dog Gone Days...

Wow, I can't believe we are at the end of May! My days have been incredibly busy, for a couple of reasons.   I know you are just dying to know what those reasons are...  huh, huh?  *smile*

From the picture above I gave you one reason.   I have been busy, busy, busy, creating fabric flower dog/cat collar accessories.  I have made hair clips to adorn ourselves with, so why not dressed up the awesome animals in our lives? 

I made them so they very simply slide on your pets collar.

Then yesterday I thought, why not make a matching set.   See them soon in my ArtFire studio!

So far these are offered in my ArtFire studio, I haven't gotten around to posting them in my Etsy shop.

Kind of like testing the water out here with them.

So now that brings me to my other reason why I have been so busy.

I opened a studio for my goodies on ArtFire a week ago.  If you aren't familiar with ArtFire, it is an awesome Artisan Marketplace home to artists from around the globe.

Talk about mucho work!  But I love the way it is looking. You can visit my ArtFire Studio by clicking on this link: Stitch*n*Tyme

So don't be shy, let me know what you think of my newest endeavor.  If you have any suggestions, don't hold back.

See you all in June!

Carly

Google Product Search Prohibited Words...

For as long as I have known, Google Product Search has No-No words they don't like.  For our listings (items for sale) to appear in Google Shopping, we "must" follow Google Product rules.

So you ask, what are these prohibited words?

Using the word "FREE"
Google DOES NOT like the word "Free",  so when you want to say you offer free shipping, you can replace it with "shipping included", "price includes shipping".

You have to be careful when using the word free in any form, i.e.:
Preservative-Free
Allergy-Free
Paraben-free

Words to Describe Color:
Champagne
Burgundy
Wine
Gunmetal

Alcoholic Beverages:
Whiskey
Ale
Gin
Brandy
Rum
Beer

Smoke Related Items:
Cigar
Cigarette
Smoke
Smoky - i.e. Smoky Quartz

Sexual Content:
Butt
Sexy
Sensual

Other Misc. Prohibited Words To Avoid:
Adult - Use Men, Women to describe size
Precious metal
Gun

The above list is not all inclusive of what Google Product Search doesn't like.

**NOTE: Remember that Google Search and Google Product Search are two different search engines. The No-No words do not affect your listings showing in "regular" Google searches. The majority of people searching Google will use Google Search not Google Product Search. With that in mind, only you can decide if you want to include the words Google doesn't like.

Have a great day!
Carly