4: Woodland Stream - Original Fiber Art Picture, Framed and Mounted Ready to hang 8 x 6 by Enchantrix 5: Retro blue geometric vintage fabric by LittleLemonTree 6: Daisy lilac/pink mix by LittleSnippets
Click on over to their shops and say hi. Great to see even more wonderful new faces joining the team. And if you are an Irish Etsy seller and would like to be part of the Crafty Ireland team, convo Alex at PropellerPrints for more info. Cheers!
Paul from Podgy00 has caught an elusive treasury, and featured a fabulous array of items from some of the team. Paul is a craftsman from Tullamore specialising in wooden objects - and also has wonderful cufflinks made from old Irish penny coins which come with a beautifully crafted wooden box.
So if you have a spare moment or three, click on over to the treasury and have a browse and click on all the items. Go on, it'll make your day a little brighter.
Thanks Paul! I'm hoping Paul will join the team shortly too!
What a great start to the Paddy's Day festivities. You can find Stephanie at her Etsy shop too, so go say hi and have a peek at her gorgeous jewellery & accessories.
Hi this is Ruth from Nice day Designs and Nice Day Supplies, and here is a peek into my studio. I was really lucky when we moved into this house last April, the recession was good to us in the fact that rent prices came down. So we were able to afford a second bedroom that I could use as a studio. Cheekily I took the large master bedroom, that uses up the whole top floor of our house. I really love the high ceilings and exposed beams, and all that great storage was already here when we moved in. As you can see I have A LOT of stuff, I work in many different disciplines, so this means I need tonnes of supplies. I try to keep it somewhat tidy, but it's a contstant struggle to control the chaos. Since I've started selling supplies I now have loads of extra boxes in the space that I really haven't found a proper place for yet. But I'm hoping to take a trip to Ikea soon, and all my troubles will be over then.... hopefully! I attempted to make the place look a bit tidier for the photos, but I realised I will never have one of those pristine spaces. It think this room looks a little like the inside of my head, lots of things/ideas going on, lots of colour, and a bit scatty, but with a strange kind of logic. Having said that it looks a lot better than during the start of January, which had the left over carnage from the Christmas madness. I also hung up a few extra drawings/paintings that I had lying around, left over from exhibitions. It's nice to have pretty things to look at, I must also get myself a notice board so I can make some cool collages....oh another thing for the list!! I feel really lucky that I have loads of space to let the business grow, it's heaven working there all day. Most of the time I'm squirrelled behind my desk sewing and listening to my audiobook. I also have a second work desk set up, because over the past year I've had a few people come in and do work experince, which is nice to have a bit of extra company. Hope you liked my little tour! Nice Day Designs Nice Day Supplies Nice Day Blog
Congratulations to Placed who scored a mention and pic on the back page of Ireland's Jan/Feb issue of 'House and Home' magazine in a snippet about etsy.com. Great stuff! Placed in located in Belfast and has a beautiful range of Homewares and printed products, all created with crisp, minimalist flair. Go and have a peek and yay to Placed!
Ooakie has snagged another treasury - I don't know how she does it! Every time I go near the treasury it's hugely oversubscribed ... so well done for persistence and know-how! If you could spare a few moments to have a peek and click away on the items and increase the views for each it will help promote all the participants and be much appreciated.
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Sue at Amazing Beads is now the contact for new member enquiries ... send her a convo and she can fill you in on the inside info.
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January 2010
Thanks to the hard work of Tanya and Sarah our Crafty Ireland team has now over 100 members ... woo hoo! But there is always room for more, so if you are an Irish Etsy seller or know someone who is selling on Etsy, get in touch.
Convo Alex [propeller] to find out more and be part of the team. It's amazing to see the breadth and variety of wonderful talents in the team so I'm looking forward to seeing even more in 2010!
Hello crafty souls, in an attempt to make shopping with us all easier, I've categorised all the shops in the drop down listing over on the right, under the SHOP DIRECTORY heading. I've broadly used the Etsy site categories, with some modifications.
As I was going through all your shops (and they are all just wonderful ... so many beautiful things!) I've realised that lots of you don't fit neatly into just one category. Some of you do a mixture of things but I have tried to slot you in initially as best as I could.
To make if fair on everyone, I suggest that everyone's shop can appear in up to 2 categories in the listing ... so if you would like to be added in somewhere else in the listing please convo me (propeller) via Etsy and I will adjust accordingly.
I will apologise in advance if I have accidentally deleted anyone or totally misrepresented you! And of course if anyone finds bugs or gremlins let me know.
I am now slightly dazed from looking at so many shops so need a cuppa.
Hi all, my name is Ruth Crean of '...Nice Day Designs', and I'm one of the new members of the Etsy Ireland Team. If you've got a few minutes to spare you can fritter them away while I self conciously babble about myself and my work. I'm originally from Celbridge in Kildare but I moved down to wonderful Limerick 9 years ago to attend the art college here, and a mix of a great social/cultural scene and the love of a good Limerick man has kept me here since. I originally studied Fine Art: Printmaking, but in my final year I dabbled in photography and model making. Since graduating in 2004 I have tried my hand at many aspects of visual art, having a few exhibitons in photography, painting and digital collage. I spend about two years working with a great company, Impact Theatre, doing all their graphic design for them. With them I learned tonnes about design and creativity as applied in practice in the real world. It was while working with them that '...Nice Day Designs' was originally born, as a label for my design and for my handmade cards that I had started making. In 2007 I started selling my cards and illustrations at a local craft market here in the city. It was after a year of this blind optimism that I realised that I would never make my first million selling cards, so I decided to capitalise on my life long hobby of sewing and customising clothes. My mother is a dress maker and it was something I always did on the side, either brightening up a jacket with a few buttons, or making halloween costumes. Things started out very small and tentatively, with one rail of clothes, and a few listings on Etsy. But quickly things grew and there was a growing demand for the clothes I was making.
At first to be honest I didn't have much focus but after a few months I realised that I should promote the fact that they were recycled clothes, as I started to see the growing trends in greener products. Since those first couple of steps I have started selling in a few boutiques around Ireland, and I was lucky enough to be on RTE's Nationwide earlier this year. In Autumn this year I had my first fashion show, which was a daunting and amazing experience. Since the show finished I've been catching up on custom orders and trying to get my cards and accessories sorted for the Christmas rush. Since then I also got my hands on a large lot of vintage buttons which led me to set up my second Etsy shop nicedaysupplies. I was really fortunate to find them, and I know it will take me years to get through them but I am a complete button addict! It's been a tricky balance with all the different things that I work with, but that's what I love most, one day I could be sewing an evening dress, the next designing my pocket mirrors, and another day making Christmas cards. It means I never get bored and all the different techniques keep me inspired for the next project. I know this sounds nuts but I'm happiest when I'm working away in my studio, with a hot cup of coffee, and listening to a good audiobook.
