News — Etsy Love

It's been SO BUSY here lately!  I swear, sometimes I don't know if I'm coming or going, but that's a good thing, right?In the midst of whipping out new designs (photos to come!), taking photos (of course), updating my website, working on interviews and packing up for trunk shows, I received a lovely convo from BabyToGo from Etsy advising me that she'd used a pair of my earrings for her beautiful caramel-colored treasury entitled Wild Sand.   With temperatures over 100 degrees in Austin this week, these colors make me long for autumn!!  I love the one-of-a-kind millefiori necklace of...

I don't know how the weather is with you guys, but hopefully it's improved as it has here in Austin.  The sun is shining and it's pleasantly warm!  I think spring has definitely arrived and the colors of the lovely items in Tooli's Jewelry's new treasury entitled Free Day! certainly goes hand in hand with the fantastic weather.The Whales in love from JooJooLand are just the sweetest things ever!  You have to check out the entire shop too.  So very cheerful!   I'm completely amazed that AyaWedding's lily is felted and not only do I like GlasSmile's wrinkled lampwork disc bead,...

What a pleasure to be included today in Indie Fixx's Designer's Sketchbook series!  Go check it out!  You can see some of my sketchbook drawings and a little bit of the process that goes into creating many of my pieces at Amy Holton Designs.  It's a fairly new segment and I always think it's neat to peek into other artists' process.I love Indie Fixx...read it all of the time.  It's a great blog loaded with beautiful photographs, great information, artist interviews and guest bloggers.  Not to mention, she throws in a pretty tasty recipe or too from time to time.If...

It's always so flattering to be chosen for a treasury on Etsy. Upon returning from lunch with friends today, I had a message in my inbox from Carmit of Baby To Go to say she had included my freshwater pearl and aqua chalcedony necklace in her amazing treasury, simply and aptly titled "Pretty." I'm in love with the cashmere and lace shawl from VantiDesign's shop and the understated elegance of ToolisJewelry's simple happiness gold band. Noa Brumberg's work always makes me smile and her iron-it patches are just way too adorable.Of course I had to check out Baby To Go....

OK, so I love my Etsy folks, but I have to say in recent weeks, I found myself absolutely obsessed with one particular item. Every day, as I checked my stats on CraftCult, one sidebar advert always distracted me.  I, ever so subtly, sent my husband an e-mail which read, "Your wife NEEDS this for Valentine's Day," with a link to the posting on Etsy. I also felt compelled to convo Ashley Nizolek, the seller/artist/designer extrordinare to confess my obsession and that I hoped she'd soon be receiving an order from Austin. Happy me, when my husband walked into the...