Toronto Etsy Street Team

FYI for Toronto-area Etsy sellers: T.Dot and Friends is your local Etsy street team.

This group started last year, but is really getting into gear for spring. We're coming up with blog postings, events, trunk sales, sharing craft sale info, and other great resources for Etsy sellers and customers alike.

The T.Dot and Friends blog is available here.

If you're a Toronto-area Etsy seller looking to join the group, click here to send a convo to LittleRaven to sign up.

Spotlight on Found-Handmade website

There's currently a Spotlight with my jewelry in it on the Found-Handmade website.

Check it out by clicking here.

In other news, I'm currently working on experimenting with natural light for photographing my jewelry. I haven't quite got the setup right yet, but from my test shots I think I'm heading in the right direction.

First real post here on Blogger - Blossom Earrings

Hmm... well, so far I like it on here. It's already more visually appealing than LiveJournal, and I suppose that's what really matters.

In new jewelry news, I've finally launched Blossom earrings that directly match the Blossom necklaces. They're currently available in Periwinkle, Olive, and Medium Blue (and more colors will be coming next week).

They're simple, which makes them extremely versatile. They'll go with jeans and a t-shirt for hanging out with friends or a little black dress for a date.

LJ Post- Mar 11, 2009

I've got another article that I wrote posted on Etsy Marketing.

This one is based on my recent posting here on that fun alternative merchandise packaging: wedding favor boxes.

Here's to hoping it helps some people out AND gets more people checking out the Etsy store and this blog.

LJ Post- Mar 9, 2009

New jewelry is up again. I'm increasing the Palmera line with Ice - a clear glass variant that uses silver-colored wire instead of copper. Just changing up the wire really alters the look of the motif. The dagger beads in the Blush variant are only a slightly different color than the Ice, but the copper wire I used with them ends up making them look significantly more pink than they would otherwise in comparison to the Ice beads.

The Palmera might be my favorite variant right now, so I'm going to be on the lookout for more dagger beads to add to the line.

A new earring design will be up this week, as will more Blossom necklace variants as well as earrings in the Nippon line.

Moving from LiveJournal to Blogger

I adore LJ for my personal blog, but Blogger is just more conducive to a store blog, what with the ability to post pics and such on my sidebar.

So, over the next few days I'll be moving my blog postings from the Shiroiko LiveJournal to here, and all my future postings will be on Blogger.