Tweet Tweet Treasury

I just had to share this wonderful Etsy Treasury curated by Bunny Bubbles. Such a great collection, and I'm honored to be included! It expires Thursday, November 12th, a little before 10am, so click it quick and show it some love!
Tweet Tweet Treasury 

EtsyTwitter Team Shop of the Week :: GlitzyEvents

Kimberley Williams, of Glitzy Events has one mission: to provide high quality products and personalized service to her clients. Whether working with brides-to-be, or those planning graduation, anniversary or other celebrations, Glitzy Events is a one-stop source for everything from gorgeous, fully customized invitations to products such as unity & memorial candles, place cards, menus, programs, etc.

Born out of Kimberley's frustrations while planning her own wedding, Glitzy Events is happy to design something unique for a customer. "We can take any design in our shop and customize it completely for our clients. If a client loves our work but wants something a little different we will work with them until we can come up with a design that they love. We don’t charge any additional design fees as we feel that this is part of the custom process." Located in New York, the shop currently ships to the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK and is always happy to provide shipping quotes for other International customers.

With a full service website as well as an Etsy location, Kim's always looking for ways to save time and has found Twitter to be very useful in reaching new clients.

"Twitterfeed.com has been an extremely helpful tool. As I list new items they are posted to my twitter account automatically within 30 minutes which then results in immediate views for my products. Using this tool saves me a lot of time and allows my products to be seen by hundreds of people almost instantly. This has helped me to connect with other professionals within and outside of my industry. These connections lead to referrals which lead to sales."

CHECK OUT THESE SPECIAL OFFERS!!

Glitzy Events is offering two specials this week: Become a Fan of their Facebook Page (http://facebook.com/GlitzyEvents), leave a comment on their Wall, and receive 5% off your full

invitation order

AND

Order 2 or more INVITATION samples and get free shipping...refund to be issued via Paypal.


{check out the original post at http://etsytwitter.blogspot.com/2009/07/shop-of-week-glitzy-events.html}

Punky Jane featured on Handmade News!

Check out this great article on Handmade News today about why people unfollow you on Twitter. Great tips for us all.

{oh yea, they featured my Follow Me personalized necklace, too.}

Follow Me necklace
Follow Me personalized necklace

It's Game Time!Etsy Twitter Team Goes Green!

It’s time for our eco-party!! The Etsy Twitter Team has rounded up our best and brightest eco-friendly handmade items and supplies all for your enjoyment. Step right up and see how you can support handmade and the environment at the same time. Win-win for all involved!!

Why is buying handmade and environmentally friendly an important thing to do? The two go hand in hand. Buying handmade items supports small local businesses that do not have a huge impact on the environment like major corporations do. The accumulative effects of mass production contribute to global warming and pollution. You have not used up gas to go to the store to buy a gift and that gift is handmade and one-of-a-kind. Buying handmade helps us to reconnect with actual people in ways we don’t when we buy at “big-box” stores. That connection fosters community and community fosters care and concern for the world around us. So help us support our artists and our Earth!

Many of these shops have created items just for this event. Most are offering great sales like 10% off or free shipping. Take a look through the list and check them out!

Scavenger Hunt! Win fabulous prizes!!
Along with this event we are hosting a scavenger hunt. Hidden in shops on this list is the graphic you see above. It’s hidden in one of their shop listings. Find them and email the URL to etsytwitterteam@gmail.com. If you blog about this event or tweet it on Twitter leave a comment on this post for extra entries into the contest - one per blog post and one per tweet. I will choose 5 winners at random for eco-friendly prizes at the end of the week. Contest ends at midnight July 27th. Watch the blog tomorrow for photos of the prizes! They’re really neat!

Now go on and shop till your green self drops!!

Check out the full list of EtsyTwitter Team shops participating in this event.

Come by tomorrow for a look at the 5 fabulous prizes we are awarding at random to the scavenger hunt winners!! Plus all week we will be talking about going green! See you back here tomorrow!

Follow us @EtsyTwitrTeam on Twitter for all the Earth-loving updates! See the whole team's tweets here.

Follow @PunkyJane on Twitter.

Be sure to check out all of my new designs made with Precious Metal Clay (it's recycled!) in my Etsy Goes Green section.

FREE SHIPPING IN MY SHOP NOW THRU JULY 27TH!! Shop away!

New Products to kick off Go Green with the Etsy Twitter Team!

The Etsy Twitter Team is Going Green and I've introduced some new designs in honor of our event!

I've starting working with precious metal clay (PMC) which is made from the reclaimed silver captured during photo processing.

From the team blog: The Etsy Twitter Team is throwing an eco-party, and everyone is invited! From July 21st to July 27th, the authority on Twitter for all things handmade will be offering a summer feast of cool eco-friendly tips, suggestions, awesome handcrafted genius and a scavenger hunt with lots of “green” prizes for the winners.

Love Is... fine silver heart

Chunky Peace Sign

Be sure to check out the 'Etsy Goes Green' section in my shop to see all the new products. I'll be offering FREE SHIPPING on everything in that section during our event!

Check back here and click these links for more details. See you there!

• HandMade News http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=2906
• The Etsy Twitter Team's Blog http://etsytwitter.blogspot.com/
• Follow the Etsy Twitter Team http://twitter.com/etsytwitrteam

Go Green with the Etsy Twitter Team!

To share all the awesome eco-benefits and beauty of recycled, repurposed, reinvented, one of a kind, handmade items, how-tos, tips, ideas and more on making going green a habit even your mother will approve of!

The Etsy Twitter Team is throwing an eco-party, and YOU are invited!

From July 21st to July 27th, the authority on Twitter for all things handmade, will be offering a summer feast of cool tips, suggestions, awesome handcrafted genius and a scavenger hunt with lots of eco-friendly prizes for the winner on the team’s blog http://etsytwitter.blogspot.com.

“People don’t always realize how easy it can be to ‘go green’. Our goal is to show them not only the beauty of handmade items that reuse, recycle and repurpose things which would otherwise have been discarded, but also to share tips and suggestions for eco-friendly habits in everyday life,” says Etsy Twitter Team Co-Leader Kristen Evans, owner of FirebirdHouse Designs.

The team, which uses Twitter to expand its reach to a global audience, thinks that “Going Green” is far more than just a sales pitch. “We really want to dispel the myth that items that are ‘green’ have to be expensive or time-consuming to find, and encourage people to think of ways they can conserve the most valuable resource we have, which is the Earth itself. This is one way to really turn people on to the idea of buying responsibly and learning how to find items which support rather than harm, our natural resources,” says Vickie Porter, the team’s leader and the artist/owner behind the recycled domino jewelry of InMyHeadStudios.

She feels that supporting green initiatives are part of meeting the Etsy Twitter Team's mission to become the authority on Twitter for all things handmade. “The handmade lifestyle is an important piece of the eco-puzzle and we want to be sure and share that with the rest of the world, on Twitter and off.”

Many team members will be showcasing brand new products during this week-long party. Be sure to check out http://etsytwitter.blogspot.com for more details, and watch for more exciting news about exclusive specials and giveaways!

EtsyTwitter Team Shop of the Week :: LMCreation

A few of my favs from this wonderful EtsyTwitter Team Shop of the Week ::

I love these colors...

I bet I could find my iPhone in my purse
if it was in this adorable little case...

This would make even my
bargain sunglasses feel happy...

REPOSTED WITH PERMISSION FROM http://etsytwitter.blogspot.com/

Lisa Murdin is the creative genius behind the rainbow array of wristlets, pouches, purses and more at LMCreation. Whether from fabric, vinyl, or occasionally leather, the store's creations add a splash of whimsy and color to anything you wear.

Lisa's aim is to make "the best quality piece that I can in my own style and with fabrics that really appeal to me. I also aim to provide the best customer service that I can, the same kind of service that I would like to receive as a customer." Inspired by the beautiful variety of fabrics available, Lisa, like many textile artists, often feels that the fabric "tells me what to do, so when I see the right fabric I just know that it will make a special bag or wristlet or whatever."

Special Deal Offered : 10% discount offered to Twitter customers until July 12. Use code "EtsyTwitter" in the Message to Seller and 10% of purchase price will be refunded.

Playing with letters

As a graphic designer turned jewelry designer, I am always looking for ways to let my passion for typography show through. I had fun playing with letters on the computer, so why not hand stamping?

Here are a few of my 'outlets' available on etsy ::

To honor my new membership to the Etsy Twitter Team



give peace a chance



Kitty face




Now I know my ABC's

COMING SOON TO MY ETSY SHOP...More fur-people designs including this sweet little greyhound ::

I'm EtsyTwitterpated.

Seriously. What a great couple of days it's been.

I was lucky enough to catch one of the 25 coveted spots on the Etsy Twitter Team yesterday, and I'm already connecting with so many wonderful fellow etsians, not to mention the follows from the team...and their followers...and so on...and so on. It's truly amazing.

But I must admit, when I pasted the html code into my little blogger gadget and the Etsy Twitter Team badge appeared, I felt a little like I did when I got a Girl Scout Badge for sewing.

I look forward to working with all of my teammates and discovering new ways to harness the power.

And if you are on etsy, type EtsyTwitter into the search box and watch us appear! [okay, our stuff will appear]

Etsy Twitter Team Mission :: The Etsy Twitter Team's mission is to bring Etsy sellers together who use Twitter to become the authority on Twitter for all things handmade.

Twitter. MySpace. Facebook. Blogger. Wordpress.

The choices are overwhelming.

I found myself today trying to lock up Punky Jane in every place imaginable. I now twitter…although I may not tweet much. I’m on myspace, been on facebook, and am getting ready to transfer my blog to wordpress or blogger.

Is it all really necessary? How many places do I really need to be?

I guess at this point I’ll keep searching out new ways to get the name Punky Jane out there, even if it just points somewhere else. And, maybe someday, I’ll find that perfect gadget/widget/plugin that will let me update one thing and literally be everywhere.

6/25/09 UPDATE :: It's official. I'm a Twitterholic running the TweetDeck like an air traffic controller. The best laid plans...