Cute Indie Finds

Snug Bug Clothing  is an adorable shop carrying unique childrens items. Shown below are a few of my favorites.

Katrina of Snug Bug Clothing has agreed to share her favorite shop on Etsy with us, here is what she had to say:

Her Southern Charm

Meaningful, personal, cute, and charming - that's what Her Southern Charm is! Jennifer's handstamped metal jewellery creations are one of a kind. She's got everything from the traditional to the contemporary, from romantic phrases to song lyrics, and most of her pieces can be personalized for you or your loved one.

Some of my favourites include "He has my stomach in knots" from her Southern Charm collection, and her "Soon to be Mrs." pendant from her Southern Weddings collection. Both of these are personalized for you, and I must admit that I can't wait to wear my "Soon to be Mrs. Stewart" :) One of her creations is even being sported by the daughter of the Man in Black himself! I encourage you to have a peek through her shop and count all the times you say "cool!" or "awwww"!

EGCG Earth Day Sales & Contest

Etsy Clean & Green Guild (EGCG) Earth Day Sales beginning 4/1 in participating shops! They'll be lots of great sales, gifts with purchases, & you can vote on the best EGCG Earth Day product (beginning 4/6)!! Your vote will earn you a 10% off coupon good in EGCG shops. Be sure to check it out!!!

Participating shops:
aromaherbals
Domaly
Hellocrafty
LusciousNaturals
Naiad
Northwestgoods
PixieSoap
SpaTherapy
StephanieK

Look for EGCG-Earth-Vote in titles, and search egcgvote in tags for contest items. All items will be listed by 4/5. Voting begins on 4/6 and ends @ midnight etsy time on 4/22. Vote @: http://egcg.xiane.org/polls/earthday.html

Happy shopping!!

Contest in my Etsy Shop

I am running a contest until I reach 200 items sold!!! The sale is starting now I am currently at 175 so the next 25 items I sale the buyers names will go into a jar and when my 200 goal is met. I will randomly be drawing 3 lucky people!

Grand Prize= $25.00 gift certificate to my shop
2nd Prize = $10.00 gift certificate to my shop
3rd Prize = $ 5.00 gift certificate to my shop

Winners can redeem these themselves or pass it on to a lucky person.
Thank you And Good Luck!!!!!

http://domaly.etsy.com

Kristines Shower

Kristines Shower was our second place winner of our Yummiest Handmade Soap Contest. First the packaging was very cute, then I opened the soap up and the smell was lightly sweet, there were two layers in the soap with the top layer having beautiful swirls. This soap was nice and hard with a good lather and left my skin with just the perfect amount of scent. Yumm!     _____________________________________________________________________________

I also got the opportunity to test out a few other products from Kristines Shower. When I first opened the box, I was so excited. The packaging was cute, vibrant and the smell was amazing.

I first started by showering with the Body Frosting (body scrub) which was delicious, I felt like I was showering in the tropics with this scent. I love Sugar scrubs and this one was perfect, not too oily, gently exfoliating and it left my skin feeling like silk. You won't need a moisturizer after using this scrub, but I wanted to try all of the products. So I followed my shower with the Shea Butter Sorbet which was scented in coconut vanilla, which is one of my favorite scents. The texture was thick, creamy and just the right amount of moisturizing.

The bathbombs from Kristines Shower are a great addition to any bath. They let off a light aroma of scent and left my skin soft and moisturized, I love the way my skin felt after bathing. The Aloe Vera Body Whips from Kristines Shower are definately a must have for Summer, they smell wonderful and are the perfect after sun moisturizer. All of the products from Kristines Shower were lovely.

Want to try out some of these great products from Kristines Shower. Be sure to visit Kristines Shower and Receive 25% off Your next Order with code "post25"

The Soap Smith

The Soap Smith was our third place winner of The Yummiest Handmade Soap contest with their "Dead Sea Mud Bar." Dead Sea Mud is known for its incredible skin care benefits and this soap also includes pure essential oils of Palmarosa, Bergamot, Geranium, Bulgarian Lavender, and Guaiacwood. The perfect facial soap, very lighlty scented and leaves your skin feeling soft and clean. I have been using this soap on my face for two weeks now and am in love with the way my skin feels. I also received a bar of the Lime and Licorice scented soap, and although I'm not the biggest fan of licorice scent, the swirls in this soap were the most gorgeous soap swirls I had ever seen.

Be sure to visit The Soap Smith for more yummy soaps, here are a few below:

From left to right: Dead Sea Mud Bar, Celebrate, Nhgranite, Lemongrass Sage, Lime and Licorice.

Burnt Mill Soap

Burnt Mill Soap was the winner of our Yummiest Handmade Soap contest with their Frobidden Fruit Soap. This sweet smelling soap starts by creating a ton of bubbles in the shower and finishes off by leaving your skin silky smooth and lightly fragranced. From the beautiful swirls to the sweet, alluring aroma of the forbidden fruit scent, this soap was amazing.

Here are just a few more soaps from Burnt Mill Soap.

(From left to right: Cupid, Sandalwood, Pear Glaze, Tranquil Tropics Type)

Winner of the Yummiest Handmade Soap

Thank you to all of those who entered our Yummiest Handmade Soap contest, you are all very talented and had some amazing soaps.

After hours of bathing and careful consideration, Here are our top 3 Soap winners:

1st place and the winner of the Yummmiest Handmade Soap is *drumroll please* -Burnt Mill Soap

2nd place - KristinesShower

3rd place - The Soap Smith

Look for a special feature and review of our top 3 soaps coming next week!

EGCG Scavenger Hunt on Etsy

Would you like to win a wonderful Bath and Body Gift, filled with fabulous handmade goods from the members of the Etsy Green and Clean Guild.

♥ EGCG Scavenger Hunt for Etsy members ♥

When is the Scavenger Hunt?
The EGCG Scavenger Hunt will be begin at 12am, EST February 11th and will end at 12 midnight EST, February 16th. All correct entries will then be entered into a drawing and the winner will be selected at random on February 18th.

Who can Participate?
You must be an Etsy member to win, buyers and sellers are welcome!
Members of the Etsy Green and Clean Guild are not eligible to win. You must be an official member of the team to offer a prize in the scavenger hunt. Team members please convo me for details, your membership will be verified before you are put on the list of participating shops.

How to join the Scavenger Hunt?
To join, visit each of the participating shops and look through the pictures in their shop listings. Find the shops that contain one picture of a "letter" (you will need these to unscramble a word) hiding in one of their shop listings. Search through the participating shops and jot down the "letter" and the name of the shop you have found the letter in. After you have found all of the letters (14 total), then unscramble them to complete a word. When you think you have solved the puzzle, please convo me (http://domaly.etsy.com) with your entry and your name will go into a drawing to win a bunch of bath and body goodies. Winner will be slected at random and announced on February 18th.

The lucky winner will be contacted by ‘convo’ on Etsy and the results will be posted in the forums.
Good Luck!

Official List of Participating EGCG Shops:
Coming Soon!

Please visit this thread (Click Here for Thread) on Etsy to be notified of the Official Start time!

A Pretty Rock Jewelry

From now until February 14th, all orders over $40* will get a free pair of Filigree Heart Circle Drops Earrings (a $20 value) from A Pretty Rock Jewelry. Beautiful filigree hearts draw the eye to these simple, but engaging circle drops. The earwire has been hammered for hardness and the piece oxidized to give an antique finished.

Place your order soon! These are only available while my supplies last! And you don't want to miss out!

Designer of the Week - LullabyLamb

Etsy Designer of The Week - This weeks interview is with Becky of LullabyLamb, Becky crochets and knits adorable hats for all ages. Read her interview below to read more about Becky and LullabyLamb.

1. What is the name of your shop?
LullabyLamb

2. What is your real name?
Becky

3. What types of items/products do you sell?
Crochet & Knit Hats for Preemies through Adults

4. How did you get into your craft?
I learned how to crochet in the 4^th grade.  A daughter of a my dad’s coworker taught me how to “finger crochet” on a camping trip one summer and the rest is history!  In the 3^rd grade, a nice lady came to our school and would teach those that were interested how to knit during recess.  I further honed my skills while an exchange student to Denmark during my Junior year of High School.  I have been knitting and crocheting for almost 30 years now (yikes!)

5. Where does your inspiration come from? 
Our daughter who is 5, nature and fabric.

6. What item are you most proud of? 
It is a tie between my Knit Watermelon Blossom Hat and this new Braided Band Floral Cloche

7. Do you have any new plans or products that you want to share? 
I plan on launching an all organic line of Baby/Toddler hats this fall.  Made from 100% organic yarns and all the flowers are sewn directly on, no barrettes, ribbons, etc.  Very “back to basics” and 100% organic.   Also working on a boy line, here is a sneak peek: