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Sunday, February 8, 2009

Shop of The Week: Tinker and Po


Tinker and Po… doesn’t that name make you want to click on her shop? I did the first time I saw it in the Etsy forums. Lisa Gergets, of Tinker and Po, creates the most wonderfully warm fingerless gloves/arm warmers and accessories that are made from felted and repurposed merino wool, angora, cashmere or lamb’s wool sweaters. She selects source materials for her fingerless gloves from used sweaters, which present endless possibilities in color, pattern and texture. Tinker and Po has been selling on Etsy since July of 2008.

“Every item I sell is meticulously handcrafted, is 100% repurposed, and 10% of every purchase is donated to autism research,” says Lisa about her work.


She uses Twitter effectively as a marketing tool. “I Twitter each new listing in my Etsy shop, any publicity or blog posting the shop receives, and engage in general ‘shop’ talk with other Etsy sellers on Twitter. I am also not hesitant to Twitter about an Etsy product that I enjoy, since in business, as in life, what goes around, comes around. I have definitely seen an upswing in my Etsy traffic since using Twitter.”

Valentine’s Day shipping deadlines: Domestic – February 10th; International - by arrangement, as normal shipping deadlines have already passed. Tinker and Po offers expedited and overnight shipping on all orders.

Free shipping on everything except the felted sweater scraps!!

18 comments:

*Evelyn* said...

Really pretty....

Mrs.Kwitty said...

Those are beautiful--so soft and lovely! What a great way to recycle AND make some money for Autism too. Blessings!
Karen

Wayside Violet said...

Adorable!! They look so soft!

Anonymous said...

I love a lot of the colors on those gloves. Nice work

Amanda Makepeace said...

A wonderful shop! I really could have used a pair of these last week!! :-)

Betty Refour said...

beautiful items for a great cause! my sister has autism.

~~ Lisa said...

And don't forget FREE SHIPPING for all my Etsy Twitter Team peeps on all fingerless gloves and handbags! Just type ETT in the message to seller at checkout and I'll refund your shipping via Paypal!

And THANKS so much for the compliments!

Kristin said...

Those gloves look sooo warm and cozy!

LazyTcrochet said...

Congrats TinkerandPo! Sweet shop!

Rocki Adams said...

Great feature! Love her shop - the photos are awesome!

tamdoll said...

I loved visiting this shop. Love the pictures & how they all look professional and part of a whole. Of course, the lovely items, too!

tamara! said...

beautiful handwarmers! i love the little trio of color-coordinated buttons.

Gemheaven said...

Oh they look soo soft ~ gorgeous colours too :)

Linda B said...

I saw this shop earlier in my blog roll and love the items.

Thanks for being on the Twitter team.

ByLightOfMoon said...

What a lovely idea and a great way to help your son! Recycle and re-do sure does have many ways to be involved. Great Ideas!

smiles, cyndi

Herban Lifestyle said...

cute! love the colors and the fuzziness!

planettreasures said...

they are very cute.
what a great idea and I love the sweet little buttons.

Unknown said...

I love it....very beautiful!

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