SOTW - PunkyJane

Our Wedding Day Mark Your Calendar Necklace

Happy October, folks! Our Etsy Twitter Team Shop of the Week comes to us from Sandy out in California - PunkyJane Jewelry. 

If you're in need of something personalized - PunkyJane's collection of hand stamped and personalized jewelry and accessories is the first place you should look. Names, dates, quotes, silly sayings - The possibilities are only limited by your imagination. There is a little something for everybody! Moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas, brothers, sisters, friends, dogs, cats... Hamster? (Coming soon, perhaps.) Sandy's attention to detail, superior customer service and quirky/clever sense of style set her work apart. She is often inspired by her two favorite artists - her daughters, Hannah and Ella. "They have a way of looking at things that inspires me every day," says Sandy. "We could all use more of that child-like vision!"

Through online and print research and some good ol' fashioned trail and error, Sandy has honed her metal stamping over time. Her background as a graphic designer has helped her tremendously, "I love playing with letters! Now I just play with a hammer and steel stamps instead of the latest software from Adobe." 

Sandy is certainly a Twitter pro - Here's what she has to say for those just dipping their toes in the Twitter pool - "Have fun with it, but don’t expect too much. It takes a good mix of social media to help drive business, so don’t put your eggs in one gorgeous handmade basket (purchased on Etsy, of course!). I love the simplicity of the connections you make. Also, don't automatically follow everybody that follows you. Only follow the folks that interest you."

Here's another fun bit from Sandy - Not only does she collect erasers, but if stuck on a deserted island, she'd be eager to continue her Words with Friends games, "Do I have WiFi? Or 3G? Please? If so, my iPad so I could play Words with Friends! Okay, seriously...a raft, matches for a fire, and sunscreen. I burn easily."

Personalized Periodic Table Element

Now that you know a bit more about the mind behind PunkyJane Jewelry, be sure to take advantage of the Shop of the Week sale going on - 

Use the code PJSOTW for 15% off anything 

in my Etsy Shop, October 3-9, 2011.



Etsy Shop: PunkyJane.etsy.com
Twitter: twitter.com/PunkyJane
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PunkyJaneJewelry
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/punkyjane
Pinterest: pinterest.com/punkyjane

HARVEST FESTIVAL!! - Photo

These photos were provided by Janet from

http://honeyfromthebee.etsy.com

Don't you just love the colors??

FoxyGknits Makes the Etsy Teams Email!

Recently Etsy held an informal contest for Etsy Teams to create themed Treasuries. We are pleased as punch to announce that one of our own members' Treasuries were featured in the Etsy Finds email last week!

FoxyGknits created this gorgeous Treasury titled "The Last Rose of Summer". Alas, it is beginning to be the time of year where that is going to happen.

Congrats, Lois, for being chosen! You do so much for the Etsy Twitter Team and we are glad you got some well deserved recognition from Etsy!

Click the image above to visit the Treasury to pass out some click and comment love!

Where to find Lois from FoxyGknits:

Etsy: foxygknits.etsy.com
Blog: foxygknits.com
Twitter: @foxygknits
Facebook: facebook.com/foxygknits

- Vickie Porter
In My Head Studios

"Goin' on VACATION" Team Treasury

Created by WellspringCreations.etsy.com

"Ho, Ho, Ho Says the Birdie" Team Treasury

"Ho, Ho, Ho says the Birdie" by AngelEllie.etsy.com
Follow her on Twitter @mylittlechick

It's Christmas in July!! Grab some great deals on handmade holiday items and gifts now! Get ahead of the rush. Just don't forget where you're going to hide the presents until December!

Christmas in July Sale Team Treasury

"Sale! Sale! CIJ SALE from the Etsy Twitter Team Members"
by Jenco13

More great items for the Christmas in July sale!

"Christmas in July" Etsy Sale

This Treasury was curated by WhimsyFish.etsy.com and features items that are in the Etsy Twitter Team's "Christmas in July" sale. Check out each shop for the details of their sales and for dates the promotions are valid.

Some clicky comment love on this Treasury could be your "Christmas in July" gift to these wonderful artists! :)

How To Make An Etsy Mini For ANY Shop

By Vickie Porter from In My Head Studios

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade inmyheadstudios.etsy.com

An Etsy Mini is a way to have items from your Etsy shop show up on any page you can put the HTML code for it. It's a very useful tool for blogging and promoting.

When you want an Etsy Mini for someone the usual way to go about it is to have to ask the shop keeper for their code. But if you know how to read, it is possible to create an Etsy Mini for any shop. All you need is your Etsy Mini code, the shop name and the shop ID number – which is found in the right sidebar of the shop’s profile page.

Ready to get your hands dirty with a little HTML? Below I show you how to change your Etsy Mini - the Flash version of the HTML code – to another shop’s Etsy Mini.

1. First thing to do is go to “Your Etsy” then click “Etsy Mini”.

2. Make selections for the options based on how you want the finished Etsy Mini for the other shop to show up. Choose "Items from my shop".

3. Copy the Flash version of the HTML by highlighting all of it and doing a regular copy of the text.

4. Paste this code into a document that you can edit: Word or Text Editor, for example.

5. Go to the shop you want the Etsy Mini code for and copy their shop ID number from their profile page.

6. Paste this at the end of your document so we can come back to it.

7. Highlight and copy the shop name – inmyheadstudios for example.

8. Paste that to the bottom of your document as well.

9. Now it’s time to switch the code up. All you have to do is replace the shop ID number and shop name (user name) in your Etsy Mini code.

Here is my Etsy Mini code:

<table style="text-align: center;"><tr><td><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.etsy.com/flash/spots/etsy_mini.swf?user_id=5354473&user_name=inmyheadstudios&item_source=shop&item_size=gallery&rows=2&columns=2" width="354" height="362"><param name="movie" value="http://www.etsy.com/flash/spots/etsy_mini.swf?user_id=5354473&user_name=inmyheadstudios&item_source=shop&item_size=gallery&rows=2&columns=2" /></object></td></tr><tr><td><a style="color:#D35701; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold" href="http://www.etsy.com">Etsy: Your place to buy &amp; sell all things handmade</a><br/><a style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; color:#0192B5; text-decoration: none;" href="http://inmyheadstudios.etsy.com">inmyheadstudios.etsy.com</a></td></tr></table>

Wait! Don't run off yet because the code above looks like gobbledeegook to you!! Stay with me! This is EASY!

In this example I’m going to change the code to make a Mini for my good friend Jenco13.

My user ID number (5354473) shows up twice in the HTML code as shown below:

<table style="text-align: center;"><tr><td><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.etsy.com/flash/spots/etsy_mini.swf?user_id=5354473&user_name=inmyheadstudios&item_source=shop&item_size=gallery&rows=2&columns=2" width="354" height="362"><param name="movie" value="http://www.etsy.com/flash/spots/etsy_mini.swf?user_id=5354473&user_name=inmyheadstudios&item_source=shop&item_size=gallery&rows=2&columns=2" /></object></td></tr><tr><td><a style="color:#D35701; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold" href="http://www.etsy.com">Etsy: Your place to buy &amp; sell all things handmade</a><br/><a style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; color:#0192B5; text-decoration: none;" href="http://inmyheadstudios.etsy.com">inmyheadstudios.etsy.com</a></td></tr></table>

All you have to do is switch out the user ID number for the other shop. Simple copy and paste action. As you can see from Jen's profile page her shop ID number is 5555413.

10. The “user name” shows up in the HTML code in four places as shown below:

<table style="text-align: center;"><tr><td><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.etsy.com/flash/spots/etsy_mini.swf?user_id=5354473&user_name=inmyheadstudios&item_source=shop&item_size=gallery&rows=2&columns=2" width="354" height="362"><param name="movie" value="http://www.etsy.com/flash/spots/etsy_mini.swf?user_id=5354473&user_name=inmyheadstudios&item_source=shop&item_size=gallery&rows=2&columns=2" /></object></td></tr><tr><td><a style="color:#D35701; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold" href="http://www.etsy.com">Etsy: Your place to buy &amp; sell all things handmade</a><br/><a style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; color:#0192B5; text-decoration: none;" href="http://inmyheadstudios.etsy.com">inmyheadstudios.etsy.com</a></td></tr></table>

Again all you have to do is switch out the shop user name for the other shop. Simple copy and paste action.

I switched out the information from Jenco13’s shop and now I have the code for her Etsy Mini:

<table style="text-align: center;"><tr><td><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.etsy.com/flash/spots/etsy_mini.swf?user_id=5555413&user_name= Jenco13 &item_source=shop&item_size=gallery&rows=2&columns=2" width="354" height="362"><param name="movie" value="http://www.etsy.com/flash/spots/etsy_mini.swf?user_id=5555413&user_name= Jenco13 &item_source=shop&item_size=gallery&rows=2&columns=2" /></object></td></tr><tr><td><a style="color:#D35701; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold" href="http://www.etsy.com">Etsy: Your place to buy &amp; sell all things handmade</a><br/><a style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; color:#0192B5; text-decoration: none;" href="http:// Jenco13.etsy.com"> Jenco13.etsy.com</a></td></tr></table>

This is what Jenco13's Etsy Mini now looks like:

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade Jenco13.etsy.com

See? That wasn't all that hard! Knowing a bit about HTML can be a big help!

To see more simple HTML you can use go to this Google support article about HTML. This article adds more to what the last one showed.

Hope this helps you out when you need an Etsy Mini for another shop!

Shop of the Week – smutopia

Our EtsyTwitter Team Shop of the Week is smutopia (smoo-topia), which offers jewelry and accessories by Jessica Smutek. Jessica uses primarily stone, glass and metal beads and components in her work. There is such a variety of materials and techniques, she told me, that it is impossible for her to get bored! She says she “has always been inspired by the diversity of nature--so much so that when looking at my collection as a whole nearly every design falls into one of three categories: Sea, Earth, or Sky.” Her inspiration is very personal and so her art is very personal. As she puts it “Each piece I create is a reflection of the beauty I see in the world around me. I love the thought that my designs are bringing the beauty of nature to my customers’ as they are worn.”

On the business side, Jessica has some modest sales goals in mind for the year, but her artistic goal is to use more of her own lampwork glass beads in the designs she sells on Etsy. “I began making my own lampwork beads in April of this year and am completely hooked! I hope to introduce smutopia Jewelry made with ‘beads by Smu’ sometime in the next few months.

This summer, she’ll not only be working on improving her lampwork skills with the torch, but plans to get out and do some up close and personal collecting of materials. “Think beachcombing”, she says. Later, in the fall, she plans to set up the “smutopia traveling road show” at the Designers Downtown Market in Raleigh in September and November of 2010.

In the meantime, she’ll keep tweeting. Her Twitter philosophy? “Interact with people! Promote others, or offer advice and feedback. You’ll attract followers in greater numbers if you’re more than just a self-promotion machine.” Jessica feels that listing new items is the best way to bring sales to her shop “I find that keeping my inventory fresh keeps the gears turning by bringing in new customers from the Etsy homepage/categories, giving returning customers a reason to check in, and by giving me something new to promote through my social media connections.”


smutopia is offering a Shop of the Week
special from July 12-18:
a free zipper-pull charm with every purchase!
PLUS, through the end of July:
FREE Domestic AND International Shipping
~~~~~~~
Etsy Shop: http://smutopia.etsy.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/smutopiaJewelry
Facebook: http://facebook.com/smutopia
Blog: http://smutopia.blogspot.com

Written by Judy of WellspringCreations

Treasury to Welcome Some New Members

Please welcome some of our new members! They would love some click and comment goodness from you!

Created by My Sassy Glass

We Have New Members!

Hi! Jen opened membership yesterday. All the spots have been filled.

I get so excited when we get new members. New people to meet, new shops to look at, new people to tweet with on Twitter. So much fun and community!!

As soon as Jen gives me the new updated member list I will let you know who our new members are!

Thanks to each and every one of you for reading along and being part of our community!

- Vickie

Opening Membership Tomorrow!!!

It has been quite awhile since we have open for membership. There have been several reasons for this
1- we got a new team leader
2- we wanted to make sure all of our current members were up to date and our paperwork was in order
3- I just moved cross country so I want to make sure I put my attention into the new members when they came in.

We are now ready to open for membership and greatly appreciate your patience.
Now it’s time to open again to new Etsy sellers who Twitter.

Starting SOME TIME TOMORROW we will be accepting 30 new members. First come. First served.

Many factors contribute to why we are only accepting 30 new members. We want to grow the team in a controlled manner because there is a lot of information for new members to catch up on and learn. Having someone get lost in a big membership shuffle is not what I want for our "newbies". We take care of members really well here, and I want that to continue.

My plan is to open for 30 new members every so often IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS until we reach a certain number of members. So if you are interested in joining I advise you to keep tabs on this blog. I will not be taking names for a waiting list.
Some time tomorrow I will post instructions for how to join. Hope to see you there!

*please note anyone who emails member information before our post will not be accepted. I will post when all spots are filled and please understand that I can not email everyone back personally.

Good luck all!! Our team is very excited about our new memberships.

~Jen
Team leader of the Etsy twitter Team

Summer Musings: Team Treasury

Pretty soon it's going to be summer! That means sunshine and fun times with friends and family. It also brings to mind the beach, flowers, carnivals, and yummy creamsicles. I'm looking forward to all the arts and crafts festivals where I live!

Don't let the fun in the sun pass you by! Here is a lovely summer Etsy Treasury for you to enjoy!

Created by CraftyMakings.etsy.com
(AKA capecodjewel.etsy.com)
twitter.com/capecodjewel

White After Memorial Day: Team Treasury

Created by threepeats.etsy.com


Click the image to visit the Etsy Treasury. Hand out some clicks and comments, please!

Team Treasury: My Heart Pitters for My EtsyTwitters

Dear sweet Lois from FoxyGknits worked so hard on this Treasury East only to have it wiped out by the "bug" that Etsy experienced where they lost a lot of Treasury East data. Lois painstakingly recreated this Treasury East twice only to finally locate the one she made that was supposedly lost.

Lois, our hats are off to you for putting so much time and energy into making a beautiful Etsy Twitter Team Treasury! Thanks!

Go get clicking and commenting on this one! Do it for Lois! :)

Created by FoxyGknits.etsy.com
"My Heart Pitters for My EtsyTwitters"

Go Green Team Treasury

Created by jusshar.etsy.com
Featuring handmade goodness for "Go Green with the Etsy Twitter Team"

Spring Has Sprung: Team Treasuries

Please give these gorgeous Treasuries your click and comment love!

Created by SalonDArte.etsy.com
Expires April 2nd

Created by FromNancysHeart.etsy.com
Expires April 2nd

Shop of the week: Prettycheap

This weeks shop of the week is Prettycheap, run by owner and creator Nina Danza. Nina ships her items internationally from Ventura, California.

Nina describes herself and her shop as the follows "I am the Frugal Artisan making many different kinds of beautiful bargains! Look in my shop for classic timeless jewelry designs in precious metal, natural stone, and pearls as well as richly colored original photo cards, pressed flower stationary, and embroidery and needlework cards (all very time honored classic crafts)."

When walking through her shop please remember the following:

"Everything at Pretty Cheap is made with quality and sold at inexpensive prices. Once you get past the name, my customers can't believe what a great value they get in their purchases: "These are just as sweet and well made as can be! Thank you for great items at good prices! In the words of my granddaughter, Prettycheap rocks" ... "I LOVE these earrings!!! Even prettier in person. They are gorgeous! I have gotten a ton of compliments on them. Fast shipping and very well packaged too. Thanks so much" are just a couple of the 100% positive feed backs."

As always we here at the etsy twitter team love to share our information about how we work on twitter. Nina would like to continue to inspire all of you to use twitter by using the following trick of the trade: "Focus on following and interacting with those of the same passion. Instead of singing to the choir, figure out what sets you apart (ok, easier said than done) and use http://www.twellow.com to find others of like mind. I am such a die hard saver it was easy to start seeking out other thrifty folks. How convenient to have a recession come along and make frugality a trend!"

Nina's business resolutions for 2010 is as follows: "Last year I did an experiment to see what scale of profit I would earn by selling at an increased number of in person shows. The result was good, and gave me first hand knowledge of what price range and type of items shoppers were buying especially at the year end holiday season. I learned that I want to develop the perfect all around gift, that would fit in a medium 2" square box, for a moderate price, by fall of this year!! (and if so I'll let you all know what it is!)"

Nina is offering our readers for this week only:

Free Recycled Guitar String Bracelet with every order (no minimum purchase necessary). While supplies last. Lots of colors and styles, great environmental fashion statement. Just ask for it at checkout. See examples here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/prettycheap/4368649814/

TWITTER ADDRESS http://www.twitter.com/prettycheap

FB PAGE http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pretty-Cheap-Jewelry/250706407767?ref=ts BLOG http://www.prettycheapjewelry.savingadvice.com

MAILING LIST Click on the blog link and add your email in the left sidebar box

Written by Jen

Jenco13

PS pictures will be up shortly

I am currently experiencing

some computer difficulty.

check back really soon!

Life Aquatic: Team Treasury

Created by Smutopia.etsy.com
Expires March 26th

Please click and comment!

New Etsy Twitter Team Leader

It is my sincere honor to be writing this post. I want to introduce Jennifer Kuebrich, of Jenco13.etsy.com, as our new Etsy Twitter Team Leader. I have stepped down as leader due to recurring health problems - nothing too bad but enough to take me from working when I want to. Jen very bravely and kindly stepped up to take the role as Etsy Twitter Team Leader and I couldn’t be happier for her, you, or the whole team!

So – who is Jen Kuebrich? She has the kindest heart I’ve ever seen. She’s smart and sweet and knows her Etsy business inside and out. Jen always has a kind word to say about everything. She has been, for the last year or so, the Chairwoman of the Press Relations (PR) Committee for the team, on the Planning Committee, and heads up the Wallflowers Treasury Department. She has been one of the most active members we have ever had. So it seems fitting and a good fit that she stepped up to be our new leader.


More about Jen:

“I have been on Etsy for two years now. In February it will mark one year since I became head of PR for Etsy Twitter Team. Being head of PR made me aware of many things on Etsy - the forums, Treasuries, Voter, the importance of tags, etc. Because I took the time to read each article that comes into my mailbox from both the Etsy forums and our team, I am aware of the next big things that are going on in Etsy and our team members’ shops. I have spent many hours reading on how to make my shop the way it is today.

“In the past few months I have set little goals for myself and then told the team of upcoming events, time frames and why I am taking the steps I do in my shop. I hope to continue to do this as I take over the Team Leader position. I feel that this year I am organized on what events are coming up and what Etsy may be looking for.

This year at the Etsy Twitter Team (ETT) I hope to bring back some of our events from last year. After taking a survey through our team I have decided to bring back the following: Go Green event, a Trunk Show, a Bridal event, a Scavenger hunt, a Back to School event, and Shop of the Week blog posts that are still going on now.

“There will be other events that are held and I look forward to seeing some new faces in our team this year. Each month I will be putting up a different challenge/question on the sign in for our members. This month’s challenge was to come up with a New Year’s Resolution for their store. You can read more about this on the Shop of the Week blogs.

“When I am not working on my shop or through the ETT I have many other things going on in my daily life. I teach for the local school district and donate scarves/baby hats for a local charity. My husband Joe and I just celebrated our 4th anniversary last week. We have been together since we left high school (started dating the month after we graduated). I love to travel and have really good meals with my friends and family.

I look forward to working with everyone here at ETT and will be opening membership sometime in March.

Any suggestions our readers and members may have, please don't hesitate to click ‘Contact our Team Leader’ on the side of our blog. I am all ears and would love to know what you may like to see.”

- Jen Kuebrich

Thanks, Jen for a sneak peak into the next year of the Etsy Twitter Team. I wish you and the team much luck in everything!

Just a side note, I’m not going anywhere. I still plan to be a very active member of this team helping to plan events and write tweets for the team on a regular basis. I love all the members like family and so I'm sticking around because this team is so much fun!

Please leave Jen a comment to welcome her in her new big fancy role!

To the Etsy Twitter Team: thank you for making my time as Team Leader the best experience ever!! Y'all RoCk!!

- Vickie Porter
Former Etsy Twitter Team Leader
inmyheadstudios.etsy.com