ETC-Etsy Texas Crafters - Maker Faire Success

Kudo's to the fearless and hardworking Team Leader of Etsy Texas Crafters, Milly. Once again she has outdone herself. Thanks to the team members that were able to volunteer to work the event also! Check out these articles and pictures on the team blog and on Craftzine.

ETC-Etsy Texas Crafters - Maker Faire Success in Austin!

Check out this article on Craftzine's blog!

Check out the team store while you are at it!

Etsy Stores BELOW on my Blogspot!

I was so proud of myself today when I added my Etsy stores to this blog the way I did.

I have all 3 stores listed on the bottom of this page with at least 20 items from each store. It's really cool. I think it is a better preview than my actual store. What do you think?

New Etsy Store!

Okay, I opened another Etsy store. It seems crazy, but if you offer too many different types of items you don't really have a choice.

My new store is Attic Memories and I will be listing vintage photographs and memorabilia. I will be listing some vintage baby books, autograph books and more. So heart me and check back often.

I have so many cabinet cards, cdv's and other types of photographs that I need to share with the world. I've been working on making of cd of images to eventually sell. It was so much more time consuming than I ever imagined.

I will also be selling reproductions of the photos I have. I have been reducing them to use for other altered art and collage type projects. I use the smallest pics in watch backs for pendants, charms and embellishments.

So stop by and check it out. Let me know if you are looking for something in particular. I may have it.

New Etsy Listings

Okay I have finally added some new items to theAlteredBlackSheep store! I added a whole lot of watch parts, especially backs. I think that I may have the best prices on the watch backs. I have bought them in bulk and will pass the good deals on to you! I love the backs. I use them to make pendants and charms. I added a couple of my silverware pendants, some fabric kits, and some tarot cards.

So if you are in need of supplies for your altered art, please stop by! If you are looking for anything in particular just let me know!

Etsy Dallas Valentine Trunk Show

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Wow! Did I mention Wow! Etsy Dallas held their 2nd trunk show and it was a major success! I shared a booth with Ellen who is quite the seamstress, making beautiful purses and baby accessories. We had Kathy sitting to the right of us. She makes the most clever candles, notecards and journals. We had a great day, lots of sales and a great group of people to chat with, sellers and customers alike. There were over 40 Etsy vendors at Southside on Lamar Street in Dallas. It was so fantastic! I have to say thank you, to Southside management for allowing us the opportunity to sell our wares and expose Dallas to Etsy! I hope that we will have this opportunity again!

Thanks to all of Etsy Dallas who worked so hard putting this trunk show together! Tefi and Carrie put a lot of time in making this show a success for us! There were countless others who did their part also.

Buyers were able to find a little bit of everything at our show! We had t-shirts, hats, kanzashi hair ornaments, doggie treats, jewelry (of every style ever thought to be made & those you didn't) and so much more!

And a special thanks to Funky Finds , a creative exposure blog for artists, crafters and designers alike.

Hope to see you at the next Etsy Dallas Trunk Show!

Craft Fair at Lake Highlands Church in Dallas

First I must mention how friendly and helpful the church members were to the vendors and customers. Thank you!


I made about 10 sales. Could have been much better, could have been worse. I looked at todays fair as a trial run for the upcoming sales. I wanted to see what the reactions were to my creations. Now I know what I will try to concentrate on for the larger fairs that are coming up. If you know me personally, you know that will take some doing. I am so ADD, I have difficulty focusing on one project. But I will try. I'll take some pics of my items and post them for your reactions. Be honest, you know white lies honest. Not brutal.


Ellen of http://www.ellenstreasures.etsy.com/ and Shannon of http://www.bijoujuju.etsy.com/ also attended the fair today. Thank goodness. We all met previously at a Meet and Greet for Etsy DFW and it was great to see them again! It can be a long day without good company. Jonathan gets points for hanging out with me all day! What a guy! He never once complained. He hardly ever growled! Thanks to everyone for their support and friendship!

The first pic shows some of my goodies and the second pic is Ellen, me and Shannon. Congrats to Shannon and family on her second pregnancy!