Purple Swirls

Fabric Mini Key Fob from nicherndesigns

Home Sweet Cubical Embroidery Hoop Art from HeyPaulStudios

Aphrodite Shea Butter Soap from amathia

Sterling Silver Calligraphy Name Necklace from SilverTrove

SimplyPaperie's Back To School Giveaway

Check out SimplyPaperie's Back to School Giveaway!

She is giving away a weekly planner to one lucky winner!
Here is one of the planners! This is definitely one of my favorite designs!

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A Piece of Glazed Earth

If you have a love of handmade pottery than you need to know about Glazed Earth!  Glazed Earth pottery is unique, colorful and well crafted.  Each piece is made with care, using white earthenware clay or red earthenware clay.  Slabs are rolled to their desired thickness and then pressed with stamps, lace, doilies, handmade stamps and found objects to create the desired textures and impressions.  All glazes are food safe and each piece is one of a kind!

 Tea Bag Holders & Small Dishes, Potion Bottles, Vases, Tea Pots

Graduation Keepsakes from PreciousDesireables

Nikita Morrow is the amazing talent behind PreciousDesireables, a shop specializing in hand painted gifts - candle jars, glasses, keepsake photos and more.  Graduation is coming fast!  Have a beautiful custom keepsake created especially for you.  

Fab Fibers from R&B Alpaca Ranch

R and B Alpaca Ranch is a modest little alpaca farm located just 40 minutes East of Kansas City in Independence, Missouri.   They have a small herd of 25 Alpacas on their 10 acre ranch.  From this little herd, R&B Ranch offers hand spun alpaca yarn, alpaca yarn blends, alpaca roving, and more in FabFibersbyRB.

Alpaca fiber is so soft and warm. It’s easy to work with whether your spinning, knitting, crocheting or felting, and a fabulous compliment to other fiber blends.  You'll find lots of colors and combinations at FabFibersbyRB.

Hand Spun Fairy Silk Aplaca Yarn

Icing On the Cake Alpaca Yarn

Custom Portraits from Linda Evans Davis

Linda Evans Davis, of Linda Evans Davis Art and Design, loves to make pretty pictures, and honor the relationships between animals and their people. No one loves us, trusts us, or forgives us as readily as our pets. They deserve to be honored.  Linda offers beautiful high quality signed prints of her original acrylic portraits on canvas in her Etsy shop.  She also does commissioned custom portraits upon request, you can contact her through her Etsy shop.  

Spring Reading with TheSewingMachine

The weather this Spring has called out to the porch for evening lounging with a good book and a soft blanket.  I think I need these to keep everything safe and styling don't you?

TheSewingMachine offers lots of fabric choices and styles of Kindle/Nook, iPad, iPad touch sleeves and cases for your spectacles.  

Sweet Anna Cakes:: Kansas City Wedding Cakes

Selecting the perfect wedding cake is no simple task.  But if you're in the Kansas City area, you should seriously consider having Anna Alvarez of Sweet Anna Cakes create a one of kind, handmade wedding cake for your special day. Anna works closely with her brides to create a totally unique cake that will not be duplicated.  You choose the cake, buttercream frosting or fondant covered, shape, size, decoration, etc.  

And if you are one of the first five wedding cakes booked in 2012, Anna is offering you 20% off your cake order! 

Try Anna's Sweet Confections and baked goods in person every Saturday morning at the Downtown Lee's Summit Farmer's Market.

Apple Green

Tiny Sparkle Vinyl Flower Zipper Pull Charm from annebvinyl

Vintage Cocktail RING -Upcycled-Peridot from SentimentalSilver4U

The Lily Viola Clutch in Lime Green Silk from thesocialseam

Girl's T-Shirt Hot Pink with Green Butterflies from RawrCreationsByErica

Green with Envy

Number 10 style letterpress flat notecards & envelopes (set of 10) from PaperMillDesigns

Green With Mustache Envy Hoop Art from heypaul

Girls Green Fleece Coat with Feather Trim from kisforkitty

Emerald Forest Elven Ear Cuff from Thyme2dream

Beaded Threads

When Karen of BeadedThreads hears the words, handmade, she can't help to also think of elegance, detail and craftsmanship, and it shows in every piece offered in her Etsy Shop.  Karen designs and hand-fabricates each piece of jewelry and home accessory she sells and using glass, semiprecious stones, fiber, silver, brass or copper in her designs.  

Serpentine and Yellow Jade Necklace

Lucky Elephant Bracelet in carved bone and Glass Beads

Lotus Flower Pendant and Green Shell and Pearl Necklace

Vibrancy

Inspired by the colors in this gorgeous pillowcase from TinyStitches, pictured top left, kisforkitty, showcases a collection of red, hot pink and avocado green items from Kansas City Etsy Team Member Shops.

Happy Birthday Mr. President

In honor of Presidents Day, where we celebrate the birthday's of George Washington (Feb. 22) and Abraham Lincoln's (Feb. 12), we're showcasing these two whimsical penny creations from jewelry designers CuriouslySappy and christinavitale.  

Lucky Penny Necklace by CuriouslySappy 

Domed Penny Bracelet II by christinavitale

Rock Star Wedding Bands By SilverTrove Designs

KCEtsy Team Member Carol Braden-Williams of SilverTrove Designs has been making original design and custom made sterling silver jewelry for over 20 years. Carol is passionate about every piece she makes and looks at every challenge as a new adventure into her creative abilities. She loves getting to know her customers so she can create a piece that fits their personalities, but she has always had a secret dream of making jewelry for rock stars. 

Recently, Carol's dream came true when she was asked to create custom wedding bands for country-alternative singer, Kara Clark, and former Danzig band member, Eerie Von. The happy couple was married on September 17, 2011 and they love showing off their new custom made, matching wedding bands. Check out their music on at reverbnation.com.

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Treasury curated by PatchHappyPauper

Local Craft Shows Featuring KCEtsy Members

Handmade Market in Lawrence, KS
Saturday October 22nd at Pachamama’s

Small art fair in Lawrence from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Booth space will be approximately 6'x6'. The fee is $30 ($25 for Pachamama's, $5 for advertising). We'll have drawings for prizes every hour on the hour. That day will be a KU home game day, so the downtown should be busy. Pachamama's is right by the farmers' market, which will be going on as we set up and open our doors.

For more details and an application, contact Eden at WoolflowerBoutique[at]gmail(dot)com.


Crafts for Coats, presented by KCEtsy,
Saturday & Sunday, October 29-30th at the Hilton Garden Inn in Overland Park, KS.

Dozens of local artists, crafters and vintage collectors from across the metro are coming together for this charity and craft show. A winter coat drive will be held during the event to benefit local charities in need of warm winter coats. Space is still available in a variety of sizes and styles for both KCEtsy team and non-team members ranging from $40-90 depending on space size. Handmade and vintage sellers only. Contact Ringocrafts - avansickle77[at]hotmail(dot)com for details and an application.


Holiday Hunt in Maryville, MO
Sunday, November 20th (the Sunday before Thanksgiving) at the Hanger in Maryville:

In it’s third year, the Holiday Hunt is an attractive venue for any KC area seller. Maryville is 2 hours North of KC, roughly an hours drive from any shopping and there is no other even to compete with so traffic in the past has been amazing. The town of about 7,000 plus 7,000 college students loves to support handmade. Booth fees are reasonable for the one day show, $50 per booth. They vary a bit in size, but generally speaking are 8 x 7 ft. The venue is The Hanger, the dinner theatre portion of our theatre-bar-restaurant complex. It is very unique with tiered levels - 4 booths on each level and 6 more on the floor.

For more details and an application, contact Kristi Wolbert at wolberts[at]hotmail(dot)com.

Warrensburg Summer Craft Fair - June 25th

What: Warrensburg Summer Craft Fair!

When: Sat. June 25th, 9am-4pm

Where: Warrensburg Community Center ABC Building (between pool and Grover Park)

Who: Over 40 Local & KC Artists & military spouses with a variety of handmade items, gifts, & baked goods for all budgets!

Free admission! Door Prizes! Stop in for popsicles and shop after a swim at the pool or let the kids play in the park and have pizza/hot dogs while you shop and taste samples!

These Kansas City Etsy Team Members will be selling their handmade wares Saturday, stop by and say hello, you'll totally make their day when you tell them you read about them here.









Here are some of the other Etsy shops that will have a booth Saturday: TamarinDesigns, LKBPhotography, endorfinn, TheForbiddenApple, CJaeger, meashinTubbyStuff, BIMCraftsnCreations, Amy'sTopStitching Co., Pecan Sandies, kellydawncreations

*Pampered Chef, Scentsy, Avon, Tupperware, Miche, Beijou Bags, Tastefully Simple, TONS of local Etsy shops ... over 40 Local & KC Artists & military spouses with a variety of handmade items, gifts, & baked goods for all budgets!

*Door Prizes will be awarded!*

*Indoor and outdoor booths, rain/shine.*

Kansas City BLUES

Kansas City is famous for its Jazz, but it is gaining great a claim for it's arts as well. This treasury features local Kansas City artists work that is helping build KC's reputation for the beautifully handcrafted.


Kansas City BLUES was curated by tinystitches.

Artist Spotlight:: aLittleHomie

Kirsten O'Hara, use to consider herself a non-crafter. "As a young adult," she says, "I lacked the patience to carry anything through to a quality finish. I was bursting with ideas, but I was so focused on getting to the end that I rushed through the process. I always ended up with a rotten product."

Still, she had an unexplainable urge to create.

Nearly eleven years ago, on their first anniversary, she and her husband were downtown shopping plaza. He offered to buy her any ONE thing. Intimidated by the vastness of choice, she asked him, instead, to take her to Wal-Mart. She wanted a new hobby, and came home with a pair of knitting needles.

"...Hey, I'm a simple girl. It was probably his greatest gift to me. I haven't put the needles down since. Through knitting, I have learned both patience and a love of the art. I love the colors of the yarn. I love the texture as it slips over my fingers. I love the rhythm in the clicking motions. "

"I have learned to love the process. Knitting gives me the chance to sit, ponder, reflect and refresh. It relaxes me. It fulfills me, and I am now happy to create ... and create and create and create."


Kristen's shop, aLittleHomie, specializes in ready-made hand knit creations and knitting kits. She is currently running a special on her washcloth knitting kits, free shipping to the US and Canada, plus 10% off the kit price! See her shop listings for details on how to get the discount. If you're not a knitter, you can purchase Kristen's ready-made sets of 6 hand knit washcloths. They come in a beautiful array of colors and make an excellent Mother's day or baby shower gift.

You can learn more about Kristen and her creative process on her blog.

KCEtsy After Christmas Giveaway!

This week’s giveaway is Soda Tab bracelet ($18 value)!

Cindy of FabTabulous has been making upcycled soda tab accessories for two years now! Her items are Earth friendly and fun!

Cindy’s latest creation are napkin rings -- “FabTabulous Bling” for your table!

Stop on by her shop to see all her items!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED!

Here is how TO ENTER THIS CONTEST AND WIN any Soda Tab bracelet from her shop ($18 value), simply visit Cindy’s Etsy Shop (http://www.etsy.com/shop/FabTabulous) and choose your favorite item in the shop, then post a comment here about your favorite item here. Be sure to include your e-mail in your post, so we can notify you if you win!

For extra entries, please leave a separate comment for each entry that you complete. Ex. "Like" me on Facebook, leave a comment saying you did. Follow Cindy on Twitter, leave another comment saying you did that.

Extra Entries:

1. Become a follower of KCEtsy blog.

2. “Like” KCEtsy on facebook or comment that you already are a fan.

3. “Like” FabTabulous on Facebook or comment that you already are a fan.

4. Tweet about this giveaway and leave a comment with the link to the tweet. (daily entry – 1 tweet per day)

5. Post on your Facebook about this giveaway and leave a comment here.

6. Purchase item(s) and post the sold item. Each item is a different entry.

Your e-mail won’t be necessary in the extra entries since it will be in the first comment.

Remember, the first comment is mandatory and you must leave a separate comment for each extra entry.

Contest closes at 11:59 p.m. Central Time on Tuesday, January 4, 2011. Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 a winner will be randomly drawn from eligible entrants and notified by e-mail, and the winner's name will also be posted here. Winner has one week to contact Cindy to claim his/her prize after initial contact. Contest open to U.S. residents. Keep checking here for our weekly giveaways and good luck to you!

WINNER:

Girly Girl Moments