Hello

Hi everyone. My name is Caroline Kelly from Cari Design and I am the new Etsy Ireland Blog Co-ordinator!! (I am liking the sound of my new 'title'!!) And here I am so you all know who you are in touch with.

I am relatively new to the wonderful world of blogging so please bear with me if there are any (hopefully small) errors! I am keen and eager to get going so if any of you would like to contribute an article to the Etsy Ireland Blog please contact me through my Etsy shop Cari Design. Please let me know the topic of the piece, a good time for me to post it for you and an email address in your message. I promise to try and keep things interesting from my end and hopefully you all out there will have some really fascinating and crafty news items for me! That is it for my first post. Looking forward to hearing from lots of you soon. Thanks for reading! Caroline Cari Design

Bloggers wanted!

It is nearly September, the leaves are not yet falling, and our Etsy Ireland blog is doing really well.

Alas, for it to stay that way, we need a few more articles, especially for the sections 'How to Tuesdays' and 'Trade Secrets Thursdays'. Contributions are also always needed for 'Eyes Open Ireland'; and any Introductions and 'I'll Show You Mine' are very welcome!

Or poetry, ideas, suggestions, bear musings... BEAR MUSINGS???

Jacob lets it be known that he will personally write an article himself if nothing is forthcoming, and right now he's making stabbing movements with a pen...

Contact me, Brigitte, at my Etsy Shop if you have any article or idea for this blog, and Bridget at her shop for 'Eyes Open Ireland'.

Etsy Ireland Needs You!

Can you resist those eyes? Jacob, the big Swede (well he does come from a place called Ikea...), is calling on all team bloggers and those who always dreamt of becoming one, to write some exciting stuff for the Etsy Ireland Blog!

We need articles for our sections 'How to Tuesdays', 'Trade Secrets Thursdays' and 'Eyes Open Ireland' in particular, also Introductions and 'I'll Show You Mine', but any ideas are welcome!

Contact me, Brigitte, at my Etsy Shop if you have any article or idea for this blog, and Bridget at her shop for 'Eyes Open Ireland'.

And you never know what will happen when you do put fingers to keyboard... We asked a Ms PO Colour from Belfast:

"Ever since I've written that article for the Etsy Ireland Blog, my sales have increased", she insisted, rattling her knitting needles. "One of my hats was featured in another blog, and I've been asked to go on a radio show."

As you can imagine we were rather intrigued. However, when the excited knitter dropped her balls of wool and while retrieving them muttered something about having found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, been asked on x-factor, and been invited to a candlelit dinner with a certain Mr Craig, we decided that the lady was spinning a bit too much yarn for our liking.

But you never know until you try!