Her Shop- Featuring over 70 Etsy Artisans

An interview of shop owner, Laura LaChance Stubbs, of Her Shop.

What inspired you to open "Her Shop?"

I always wanted to open my own shop, but never new what to sell. Now that the kids are grown, I've been selling my candles on Etsy.com. But I found Etsy had so many wonderful handmade items, I was buying more than I was selling. My Christmas shopping is almost complete before Labor Day for the first time in my life.

So one day it dawned on me, to open a shop and sell handmade things from Etsy. I realize how bad the economy is nationwide. These crafters, like me, are only trying to make a buck to feed their family and pay their bills. So I began trading in my stocks and started finding quality unique handmade items.

What sort of items will Her Shop carry?

I had no idea what "theme" I was going to have, and being a tomboy, I'm a little surprised that I was buying mostly things for woman and babies. I have 5 grandsons, 1 grand daughter and one grandson due any day now. so I definitely wanted baby things too, for shower gifts or something unique for the new mom. I live in a small town, and I don't want to step on any toes, so I was looking for things, nobody else had.

I have met some wonderful people on Etsy and made some really good long distance friends.

I have jewelry, scrapbooking supplies, soap, my candles, bath salts, paintings, burp cloths, mamas necklace, needlefelting kits, to name a few. And because I knit and crochet as well, I wanted to carry 100% cotton yarn from Peaches n Creme, I have 49 colors! A local chain store ( unnamed) only carries 27 colors.

I also do some consignments for some friends and local people.

Where did the name "Her Shop" come from?

The name was hard to come up with, a little different for sure. But then again, my store is different.

What makes Her Shop stand out?

My goal was to put money in pockets around the nation, while supplying my store with great items. I also wanted to help my community, by offering things in town, so people wouldn't have to travel so far to get scrapbooking, yarn , embroidery supplies, or a unique gift.



HER SHOP is located in Cornish, Maine on rt. 25

Hours will be 10 - 6 pm Tuesday - Saturday

The store had its Grand Opening on Saturday Opening August 25Th, 2009

I am always adding new and interesting things. To date, I have purchased from about 70 different people on Etsy!

Thank you for allowing to share my shop with you!

Le Bella Studio-Center for Fine Arts- Emporium Grand Opening!

Le Bella Art Studio is expanding to offer an Indoor Emporium retail shop. Grand Opening will be THIS Saturday, August 8, 2009 from 11 am to 4 pm. Come check out Blooming Bouquets in person.

Location: Le Bella Studio-Center for Fiine Arts
850 Pittsburgh Street
Phone: 724.274.6330

While at Le Bella shop for new or used items from one of our many local artists, crafters and collectors. Some items available at Le Bella are:

embroidery, fabric applique, fabric art

one of a kind reconstructed t-shirts, unique patches and bags

screenprinting for babies, kids & women

polymer clay goodies

screenprinted clothing, bags and housewares

neato plastic upcycled rings/jewelry

ceramic jewelry

screenprinting onesies, tshirts

upcycled jewelry

Handmade jewelry

Hand Made Crafts

Home Made Chocolates

Comic Books

Lp's

Skateboards

Used Books


Lots and Lots of Art...Please call for more Info and for store times.

Harvest Fest

Come to Le Bella on October 24th and join us for a day of FUN! While your child is making their own Jackson Pollock Splatter Pumpkins you can pick up some fresh local produce and shop around our Emporium. Enjoy some of our local artists, crafters and collecters work and check out what our Art studio has to offer for the winter.

FREE SHIPPING! Ended August 1, 2009

That is right! We are now offering Free Shipping in the Continental US!

More about Shipping:


Shipping & Handling Options:
S/H charges for continental US addresses are as follows (HI, AK and US territories please email me your addresses for quotes.):



PO BOXES MUST CHOOSE USPS PRIORITY OR EXPRESS MAIL


FedEx Ground/Home Delivery,
(1-3 days to Midwest and East Coast, 4 days to West Coast, includes insurance and signature confirmation)


USPS Priority Mail Shipping,
(2-3 days average delivery, not guaranteed, includes insurance and signature confirmation)


USPS Express Mail Shipping,
(Overnight to most locations, Saturday, Sunday & holiday delivery, exact delivery guarantee based on zip code, includes insurance and signature confirmation)


Local Pickup/Delivery for Greater Pittsburgh Area extending to Beaver County
(MUST CONTACT ME BEFORE BUYING TO ARRANGE PICKUP) including local hospitals!

ChristieCreations Gives Back

ChristieCreations gives back! Please join us in supporting these fantastic causes:

Pancreatic Cancer Research

Bilec Bowl

All Proceeds Benefit Pancreatic Cancer Research

(In Loving Memory of Wanda Bilec)

When: Saturday July 25, 2009

Where: New Great Valley Lanes, North Versailles

Time: 1:00 p.m.

Cost: $20 - Adults; $12 - Children under 13

Price includes 3 games of bowling, shoes and

Five tickets toward the basket raffle

Raffle for over 15 baskets

50/50 Cash Raffle

Silent Auction (items include Marriott package, Kennywood package, Pirates Baseball package, Golfpackage)

Register individually

or as a Team by July 11^th

with Jodi at bilecbowls@comc

ast.net

The Superhero Foundation, (a non profit oganization) is sponsoring a family fun run/walk at North Park on April 18, 2009 to benefit the Parental Stress Center of Pittsburgh, PA. The goal is to raise awareness for prevention of child abuse. Participants are encouraged to dress as their favorite superheros and it promises to be a fun filled day for a great cause.


Superhero Foundation:
http://superherorun.com

Parental Stress Center of Pittsburgh:
http://www.pscfamily.net/


These are just a few of the recent charities that have been donated Blooming Bouquets to be auctioned off.

Next month, ChristieCreations will be feature a brand new line of "For Giana" Blooming Bouquets where all proceeds will benefit The Giana Boyd Berardi Fund.

Giana and her twin brother Dominic were born 10 weeks premature. Dominic weighed about 3 pounds 6 ounces and Giana weighed 1 pound 9 ounces. She was diagnosed with Miller Dieker's Syndrome in August 2008. She is fed through a tube in her belly and will probably never walk, or talk. She will be severely mentally delayed. She is susceptible to respiratory illnesses and needs extra special care.

For more information: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/gianaboydberardi

Do you want to help out Giana right now? This Thursday July 9th, Frontline Initiative and the Hero Program will be selling Giana's bracelets outside Wal-Mart in Monaca all day!

We must be doing something right...

ChristieCreations strives to make EVERY customer a RETURN customer! Each Blooming Bouquet is designed and handmade as though we were giving it to our own friends and family. The product is one of a kind and the quality speaks for itself. We must be doing something right because over half of our customers have made a second (or third or fourth) purchase within two months of their initial purchase.

Here are some recent customer testimonials:

I ordered four bouquets and was “over the moon” with them all! My order was shipped and received within 2 days; all of the baskets in the same condition as they were sent. I even turned them all upside down to see if anything would come out and was pleasantly surprised when nothing did! I am definitely a customer for life! Thanks Christie!

Beautiful, high quality basket, even better than the photos! Wonderful seller: great communication, goes above and beyond to provide great customer service. I will be back for more, thanks so much!

Super cute presentation and extremely fast shipping! What a great gift to help welcome a new baby girl. I will definitely be back.

My sister loved her bouquet she got it yesterday and was pleasantly surprised. I will be back in the future!

Thank you so much. My daughter in law was so surprised, when she got it, and loved it so much, she didn't want to take it apart!! VERY impressive, Great quality items , and awesome selection, in this basket!!

I love this seller she made such an adorable bouquet for m friend's new son I cannot wait for my friend to get this i just know she will love it. I would highly recommend this store to anyone having a baby shower or baby. I will definitely be back.

I have purchased two baskets and have been highly pleased with both. They are beautiful and well put together. I recommend them to everyone!

I cant even stress enough how amazing these arrangements are. The service was prompt and the correspondence between Christie and I was great. She really made my Mom's special day even better!!! THANK YOU!!

I hope to have lots more babies in the family so i can buy more of these amazing baskets! gorgeous, wonderful present. can't thank you enough!!! also, SUPER fast shipping! GREAT SELLER! THANK YOU!!!

This is totally awesome, I just love it and will be buying many more..and Christie is such a nice nice person. thank you !!!!

This seller is terrific! We worked together on the items included and she custom designed the basket to match the shower decorations. Great to work with and the basket is just perfect. First rate experience! Thanks Christie!

ChristieCreations diligently works to make every customer a customer for life!

How to throw a fabulous baby shower (Part 5 of 10) Let's talk decorations

Let's talk decorations! I am not a fan of blue and pink paper crepe streamers, boring balloon centerpieces, and those tacky paper cut outs of baby carriages, ducks, and bottles.

Baby Blooming Bouquets actually were born in response to not wanting to use diaper cakes as baby shower centerpieces... again. I will be the first one to admit that I bought a diaper cakes or two. I was a fan. It was trendy, unique, and featured on one of my all time favorite television shows, Sex and the City. But go ahead and google "diaper cake." You are flooded with 863,000 hits for diaper cake. Anyone and everyone can either make a diaper cake (google for instructions) or buy one at a myriad of places. In case you are wondering: there are about 364,000 hits for How to make a diaper cake.

Now that I am done with my rant on diaper cakes, let's move to some excellent baby shower decoration alternatives.
Once again, I turn to my crafty Etsy friends. Here is a small selection of my favorite decoration ideas. No, none of them have been featured on a major television series...yet but you can be the cool one to introduce your friends to the new trend in baby shower decorations!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25399234
20"x28" personalized photo poster - baby's growing tree - family tree

Feature ::
-4 horizontal & 4 vertical 3x2 photos frames
-20x28 inch poster (paper size)
-free matt lamination
-poster reusable
-photos can be changed unlimited times

Print fits standard 20x28 ready made frame without matting.

www.oh-smile.blogspot.com







Practicality is key when shopping for baby shower decorations. Instead of wasting you money on paper items that you will simply toss out after the shower, why not purchase items that can be displayed and/or used in the nursery?

Another fabulous baby gift that would double as a decoration are these one of a kind, personalized clocks by 5:00 am Clock Designs: Lori's Useful and Unique Personalized Gifts.
It features a great red barn, and a barnyard complete with smiling cow & horse, family of ducks, and a tractor ready to go, all under a bright sunshine with country accents! Our vibrant graphics are on a WHITE background, and it is EASIER TO SEE both numbers and clock hands on a white background!

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6237725

As I have mentioned in a previous installment of How to throw a Fabulous Baby Shower, I love using a clothesline as a practical baby shower decoration. Wouldn't this stunning personalized blanket look simply adorable pinned to the middle of a clothesline with darling onesies hanging on either side? The gorgeous matching pillow can be placed on the Mother to be's chair to help support her back during the gift opening portion of her baby shower. Who would not love to step into their baby shower to find this extra surprise?

You can purchase this item on GirlieBirdBoutique on etsy.com

One handmade applique name pillow with pink chenille front measuring 12x16. The primary fabric is Michael Miller's Carnival Bloom with coordinating fabric for the additional letters. The back is the carnival bloom and it opens to remove the pillow insert for washing. Pink pom pom trim for the trim (pom pom trim is not recommended for children under 3 years of age).

The blanket is also made with pink chenille front and carnival bloom fabric on the back with the pink pom pom trim. This blanket measures approx. 30x34.

Every Blooming Bouquet is one of a kind!

ChristieCreations has been asked numerous times why we "name" each Blooming Bouquet. Unlike similar products each of our Blooming Bouquets are designed to be one of a kind. Each gift is made with as much love and care as if we were giving it to our own friends or family members. The items inside the Blooming Bouquet are carefully selected to coordinate with each other and provide a colorful "blooming" arrangement.

Baby Blooming Bouquets are each born with a name. There are three main sections of Baby Blooming Bouquets:

Baby BOY
Baby GIRL
Gender NEUTRAL Baby

Within those sections there are speciality Baby Blooming Bouquets including:

Cloth Diaper Baby
Organic Baby
Preemie Baby

Since our bouquets are designed with a myriad of colors, providing a gender specific name for each bouquet allows a customer to quickly distinguish which bouquets are more appropriate for a baby girl, baby boy, or a baby surprise!

Baby Bouquets are regularly named after our past clients precious babies! If you are purchasing a bouquet as a baby shower gift/centerpiece or as a gift to bring to the hospital, please drop us a line and let us know what special name the parents have chosen. We will feature an upcoming bouquet in their honor!
Every baby in the world is born with his or her own special personality and our bouquets are just the same.

Names are used once and then retired.

ChristieCreations realizes that baby names are very important to the parents to be. Baby name preferences vary greatly. Therefore the gift bouquet's baby name is not shared on the custom photo gift card. The only place where the bouquet's name is listed is on the website.

Kitchen and Spa Pampering Blooming Bouquets are named using cute and corny phrases! Just another way to add a little pizazz to our product and give the buyer an idea of the theme of the bouquet items!

A few of our favorites include:

Open up and Say Spaaaah

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25283563



You had me at Merlot

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24089520





















Espresso Yourself

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25855223

Something Fishy

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25960183

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=21962777

Have an idea for a cute name? Let's hear it!