Improving treasury posting.......

Following on from yesterday's attempt to post treasuries from Etsy, I convo'd MyHauntedAttic to ask about sizing, and Yvonne suggested I use 'small' instead of normal, so here is one of my recent treasuries in small size, hoping the 4 rows fit! Remember T-Rex, so cool, so 70's, R.I.P. Marc Bolan, never forgotten!

'Metal Guru' by veganessa

Metal guru could it beYou're gonna bring my baby to meShe'll be wild you knowA rock 'n' roll child T. REX - METAL GURU

Contemporary Modern Met... statements2000 $300.00	Hanging hand mirror, si... artaramarie $65.00	The Humble Forkupine,Si... 2ndChanceMetal... $40.00	Howling Wolf Design Lo... TomKaysClocks $49.95
Vintage Trinket Box - S... MyHauntedAttic $5.00	Rustic Basket Shabby Ch... braggingbags $29.99	Steampunk Time Capsule ... steampunkjunq $19.95	MOTORCYCLE ART SCULPTUR... vintagevasso $64.99
Silver Songbird Earring... RareTeeClothin... $9.99	Mineral Eyeshadow - Sho... dehandmadecosm... $12.00	Homegrown Carrot Leaf C... Waregarden $32.00	Sterling Cuff Bracelet ... AddictionToDet... $295.00
Franken-Buckle. Belt Bu... FoggyMountainF... $30.00	Hammered Mixed Metal Ba... LexLuxe $168.00	metal (aluminium) coast... allmetalart $32.00	Black Silver Pyramid Sn... BlackShipCraft... $12.99

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New tools, cool!

Hey, I've just discovered a fabulous new tool, which creates a copy of an Etsy treasury for blogs. Thanks to Yvonne, at MyHauntedAttic for sending me the link to the webpage: http://redrowstudio.com/tools/treasury.php which has the tool and easy to follow instructions to generate the tool for the treasury. If you get stuck, like I did - basically because I didn't follow the instructions property, hop over to Handmadeology for detailed screen by screen instruction. It works! Thank you guys for the info, and the fabulous tool.

The following treasuries were placed here, by using this 'magic' tool. The first one "One Day I'll Fly Away", I created myself, the other "All the things I love" created by Dehandmadecosmetics which features the little felt rabbit brooch that I recently made.

Now that I've discovered this neat little tool, I'll be posting more treasuries, as I go along, both ones I've curated, and ones I am featured in. 

On previewing the post, I realise I have to amend the side bar widths, or the treasury width, which I need to look into...... watch this space!

'One Day I'll Fly Away' by veganessa

One day I'll fly awayLeave your love to yesterdayWhat more can your love do for meWhen will love be through with me

Vintage Rusty Found Objects ... MyHauntedAttic $3.00	The Lighthouse, Caldey Islan... AnitaWoodsArt $155.00	ACEO original drawing illust... GayleRogersArt $10.00	aceo original fantasy castle teabreaks $5.00
Handmade Journal-Handmade No... ElizaKPrints $16.99	French Vintage Post Card. VintageBottomD... $3.50	BEACH COMBER hpioupioupaint... $55.00	Drum in a Welsh Tree large 1... BrittEmiliaDes... $25.00
Blank Card - Loved HornCatCreatio... $4.00	Small Notebook, Keeping Sco... ArtWorkbyArcAr... $3.50	Make Up Bag - Comic Book Lov... wonderlandbout... $13.40	greetings card. holding hand... cathrynweather... $3.20
Hand-made shabby chic clay h... OrGalon $5.00	Home Sweet Home Shabby Chic ... Welsheggdesign... $8.50	Dusky Pink Crochet Heart Bun... girlybunches $24.00	Vintage Banded Agate Pendant... ElizabethPaceD... $14.00

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'All the Things I Love' by esalcedo

Vegan findings for Valentine's Day!

Three Vintage Glass Vases Bo... mothrasue $18.00	25 Holiday Red Envelopes, ec... blackbirdandpe... $6.50	Savoy Mark II Camera - Mint ... AnElephantsEye $75.00	Geometric flower necklace ma... GildedNotes $32.00
Metallic Magenta and Gold Sh... Lovefortheworl... $8.50	Red beaded crochet iphone co... SunisSerendipi... $15.00	Floral Red Poppies iPhone 5 ... KEIMBOLSTORE $14.99	Red Clutch Linen Lotus Flowe... Upstyle $75.00
Cowl Scarf - Moss Green Knit... KnotaGeek $25.00	Small Mint Green Heart Stick... ThePetitePacka... $5.00	Red neoprene fabric medium s... estelladesign $79.00	Mint Green Ring // Aventurin... wildjuniperyou $19.00
Southwestern Turquoise Gemst... ZOEandPIPER $75.00	Red Slipper Socks, Lacing Sl... fizzaccessory $16.00	Adorable green eco-felt rabb... LittleBudsandR... $6.00	16k Gold Plated Chain with C... Bumhemian $18.60

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Free MOO Cards

I have been wanting to order some MOO cards for quite some time, but not got around to it. Buying business cards can be quite daunting, what if you don't like them, what can you afford, what if you can't afford what you like, do you compromise, do you wait and so on. Then, I came accross this Etsy article update about FREE MOO BUSINESS CARDS. So I immediately went to check it out.
The MOO website is easy to navigate, simple enough to understand, and lets you try different deigns and wording before you buy. Although free makes that all the more affordable (hehehe). You still have to pay postage, hey, that's really not bad- UK postage £3 for a set of 50 cards. You can select phots from your flickr account or Etsy Shop if you have one, or even upload a competely different design just for your Business Cards.

Here is a peek at mine:                                                                                                                                  

 The free cards have a logo at the bottom advertising Etsy and MOO cards.
I'm happy with the quality, I chose the recycled option, and a selection of items from my Etsy Shop Veganessa. It's a good chance to see what works and what could have been done better without laying out a lot of money. It's given me something to think about for my next order from MOO cards. And I'll certainly be ordering from them again. By the way, when you order your free cards, there's an option to 'bank' money with them for your next order, and double it, for example, 'bank' £5 and get £10 towards your next order. A very good sales technique, it got me hooked!
Follow this link to get your free MOO Business Cards.

Meet the Gang

I needed a little bit of distraction from the negativity of late, so I dug out my camera and decided to take some photos of my latest creations - sock monkeys! I had fun posing them, it doesn't take much to keep me amused. I really like making sock creatures, as they take on their own personalities as they become complete. I have listed these in my Folksy store, which is the UK's version of Etsy. After a lot of thought I'm going to close my etsy store when the listings expire, and give Folksy a go. I made some wonderful 'cyber friends' on Etsy and hope to continue their acquantances. I'll certainly still be shopping there, and supporting 'Handmade'. I just got to the point where I found it too competitive and BIG. A bit like Ebay, and unless you really got at it all the time, listing, renewing, promoting, etc you get nowhere. I'm not saying Folksy will be any easier or better, but i'll give it a go.