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Rae Gun Ramblings Fabric Bundle Giveaway

I am always on the search for fun Japanese fabrics, they always have the cutest designs!

I'm really excited about this giveaway at the Rae Gun Ramblings Blog, I want this fabric!

Ohh, the outfits I could make with these-I Need These Fabrics!

Rae Gun Ramblings is giving away a fabric bundle including a half yard of the deer and retro animal party each and a full yard of the april showers print.

Last Day to Enter: 6/18/2009

Here are some of my favorite outfits from her store, raegun!

(I love the material!)

She also has a fabric store on Etsy, raegunfabric!

Here are some of my favorite fabric choices.

My only setback with buying such wonderful fabrics is that I tend to not use them. They are so great that I just keep saving them for 'THE' project (You know what I mean!)... That magnificent, deserving project never pops up... I have to literally force myself to cut into the fabric and use it!

Is that normal?

Featured Etsian Artist~DotDotStitch

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Hand stitching has been around for centuries, and yet it still amazes me. This is an art in which one must have heaps of patience to pull off! I'm all about my machine...

I've always wanted a pair jeans filled with hand stitched designs, completely covered. When I see art like this, it just inspires me to push myself so that maybe one day I will own those jeans.

Then I remember my set back...I've NEVER hand stitched! Thus, no talent in said craft.. Someday I might try it, though :)

With that being said, it's just impressive that someone can stitch in such wonderful detail on so many items without going insane ;)

DotDotStitch has adorable items, I'm showing off most of my favorites, See? I know you do!

Out of all of these fantastic items, I can't really pick just one..

So I will leave it at that. I Love them All!

What about you?

DotDotStitch

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I've crafted my whole life. I started out with crochet, rug hooking, and embroidery - all hand work that I love. I opened my etsy shop (dottyral) in 2006 with a variety of items, some of which were emery pincushions and pincushion rings. Those quickly became my best sellers, so that's what I concentrated on for the next three years.

Recently I've realized that I really missed hand stitching. Though my etsy shop was exclusively pincushions, I added some hand embroidered pendants. They were so fun to make that I then decided to really get back into hand work. I opened up a new shop-Dot Dot Stitch- that now holds my hand embroidered items - towels, aprons and wrist cuffs. More pendants will be coming soon. Some machine embroidered items just might make an appearance too.

Though I've enjoyed designing and creating pincushions, this new turn for me has been a breath of fresh air. Every day now, I just can't wait to get stitching. In a way I've found a new sense of freedom. Who knows what I'll decide to add to this new shop. I'm excited to see what happens.

Today's Featured Etsian Artist is LisitaGlamita!

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I will be hosting TWO Giveaways at once!

LisitaGlamita was kind enough to put her own adorable item into a drawing for a give away! ~This GIveaway Ends Monday, Feb.16th~

Please visit her store and choose your favorite item, come back here and leave a comment telling us what your favorite item is!

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Today I'm featuring Etsian Artist LisitaGlamita~http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6647393

LisitaGlamita makes and sells cute and fun accessories and ornaments!

1 How did you first hear about Etsy?I actually stumbled upon it while looking for stickers on the net. I thought I’d died and gone to heaven!

2 When did you first start selling on Etsy?I converted my buyer account to a shop in early December, then after a few sales I decided to go ahead and create an account specifically for selling (and with a nicer name, I might add).

3 What made you decide to make what you make?I’d seen polymer clay items being made on Etsy, especially candies and cookies and all number of yumminess. I was able to get ahold of some Japanese clay crafting books, and was completely awed...thus was born a new obsession with clay.

4 Where do you get your passion/motivation?I’m motivated by the spirit of diy and the anyone-can-do-it mentality of the international craft community!

5 Do you have a day job?I’m currently an unemployed victim of the economy, like so many other sellers on etsy, but I’m living with my mom and attending school full time, so I can’t complain. I’m a vet assistant by trade.

6 Where do you invent your items? i.e. do you have an office or do you work in your house?I work on two desks crowded into my bedroom. I like living amongst creative chaos!

7 Do you belong to any Etsy Teams?Not yet, but I’d like to someday.

8 How long does it take you to create a piece?Oh, anywhere from an hour to two hours for the clay pieces. Sewing items takes more time, I have impatient fingers!

9 When do you get most creative?Usually after a catnap.

10 What is your most popular item in your store?So far, the Super Cookies are the most popular.

11 Any advice you could give to other new sellers on Etsy?To other new sellers I would say, get yourself out there as much as possible! Meet other sellers on the forums and make friends. Try joining promotional sites like CraftJuice and Twitter or Flickr. And don’t ever give up! I guarantee anybody who tries will become successful on Etsy.

12 What do you do to promote your shop?I participate in a lot of forums, Critiques especially (mostly because it’s fun, but I do get hearts that way!). I’m also registered on Twitter and CraftJuice. I also send out promotional material like stickers with my orders.

13 How do you balance your creative work with home life and family?Oh man….it’s a constant juggling act to balance all my silly creative energy with the rest of my life! As my family will tell you, I am always working on something, be it homework or clay or felt or any little thing I can come up with. Fortunately, they’re very supportive of my shop.

14 Are you trade friendly with fellow Etsians?Totally! I haven’t had the chance to do a trade yet, but it looks fun and rather addicting, I’m sure.

15 Do you have your own blog?Not yet. I’d like to, though.