Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with 20% off from Steel Town Etsy!

The Steel Town Etsy St. Patrick's Day Promo and Sale runs March 14th, through this Saturday, March 20th. Visit any, or all, of the participating shops below, find the shamrock listed as a picture in one of the items for sale in the shop, and convo the seller to let them know which listing you found the picture in. Then, just let them know which item or items you'd like to purchase at the sale price of 20% off and they'll create a special listing just for you.

Participating Shops:

Barker's Herbs and Heirlooms
Vintage Hotcakes
Charmed By Nature
Sleeping Bunny
Bitsy Kids
Vic's Kitsch'N
aBc Children's Designs
Heavenly Creations
Silent Lotus
Diane Wright Designs
Pima's Beads
Gee... That's Swell
That's What She Thread
Jet Pack Agenda
M. Giehll Creations
Myers Flock and Fiber Farm
Designs2c
GreatStuff2730
The Dreaming Owl
Unique Designs By Jill
Christie Creations
Atlantisak Jewelry

Direct shop links located here: http://steeltownetsy.blogspot.com/

Enjoy your handmade treasure hunt!

St. Patrick's Day Promo: Take 20% off!!!

Are visions of leprechauns dancing in your head? Always wish you could find their pot of gold at the end of a rainbow? Celebrate the season and the wearing o' the green while you enjoy the Steel Town Etsy team's St. Patrick's Day promo on Etsy. Our promo will allow you to keep more gold in your own pot while purchasing handmade treasures. Visit participating shops the week of March 14th - 20th to take advantage of the promo.

Each shop owner will be selecting a random listing to include the shamrock logo above in (hint - look at the pictures included with each listing). Enjoy shopping the wide variety of items handmade with pride by Steel Town Etsy team members from the comfort of your own home (or office - we promise not to tell) and hunt for the shamrocks.

When you find the shamrock logo above in participating shops, send a convo ("contact this seller" option on Etsy) to the shop owner letting them know where you found the logo and any item(s) you want to purchase. The seller will then create a special listing for you to include your discount.

A list of participating shops will be included in our Etsy shop announcement and listed on our blog, beginning Saturday, March 13th.

We hope you enjoy our treasure hunt and hope you find many treasures at the end of our handmade rainbow.

74 Days to Mother's Day!

Abraham Lincoln once said., "All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother." Mothers are the epitome of love. On the second Sunday of May, we take a day to celebrate them.

My own Mother was not a fan of live flowers. She thought they were a waste of money. She loved the look but hated the fact that in a few days the bright blooms disappeared. Among other things, my Mother passed on her economic ways to me. I adore flowers- I love how they bring a smile to someone's face and make them feel so special. ChristieCreations' Blooming Bouquets solve the dilemma of having by making a beautiful forever fresh floral arrangement and a truly economic practical gift. My Mom would most definitely agree.

Kitchen Towel Blooming Bouquets combine kitchen towels, dishcloths, aprons, and more to create a stunning floral arrangement. Once the bouquet has been enjoyed, the "blooms" can be easily unrolled to reveal these kitchen basics. Mom can enjoy her gift everyday when she uses her kitchen towels, apron, and dishcloths.

Spa Pampering Blooming Bouquets feature high quality washcloths, bath poofs, inflatable bath pillows, spa products, manicure and pedicure tools and more to pamper that special woman in your life.

Last Mother's Day, ChristieCreations received several phone calls from Moms across the country that adored their unique gifts. Many of the bouquets are still on display in their homes because "they are too beautiful to take apart."

More raves for Mother's Day Blooming Bouquet gifts:

"Thank you for making my Mom's special day even more special."

"Mom loved it! She hasn't stopped talking about it and showing all of her friends."

"Mom adored her one of kind bouquet."

I know my own Mother who is smiling down from Heaven and would have loved to receive such a forever fresh floral arrangement. Each time I make a blooming bouquet I have to smile because she was the ultimate inspiration for the company.

Don't Forget Grandma! Gifts for the New Grandmother

ChristieCreations is always looking for new ideas on how we can improve our products. After a custom order for a Grandmother to be, we created a line of "For Grandma" bouquets with blankets, bibs, and booties to keep at Grandma's house. Of course we can include cute onesies and bibs that said "We love Grandma" and "What happens at Grandma's House, stays at Grandma's house." Why not treat the new Grandma to a gift of her own to celebrate her new grandchild!


Other ways to celebrate the new Grandmother at the baby shower include:

A engraved photo frame or photo album from the new baby.

A brag book for Grandma to carry in her purse to show all of her friends her new grandbaby!

A Grandma's on Duty Tool Belt including all the essential basics for baby: diapers, diaper rash cream, toy, pacifier, baby Tylenol, baby wipes, and more

A personalized t shirt with the new Grandma's name.

So while friends and family are spoiling the Mother to be with gifts- don't forget Grandma!

What's new at ChristieCreations?

Last month a new line of baby gifts was revealed at ChristieCreations!

Introducing the Baby Cupcake!

Each cupcake is lovingly made with high quality baby basics like bibs, onesies/bodysuits, and washcloths. Handrolled to look like a whipped cupcake and presented in a bakery box all set for presentation.


Other "flavors" available including:

*BOY, GIRL, and UNISEX/GENDER NEUTRAL
*Pink, White, Blue, Yellow, Green Washcloths as "icing"
*Printed Washcloths, Onesies, and Bibs

As always, custom orders are welcome. Customers can choose from a large selection of bibs, layettes, washcloths, and more. Prices start at just $ 6.00 for single cupcakes and $ 24.00 for four packs.

Here is another way to stand out at that next baby shower. We do all the work and you get all the "oohs and ahhs." Enjoy! They are fat free.

Blog Giveaways- FREE CUPCAKES!

Who doesn't like a free cupcake?

To celebrate the brand new line of A Bun in the Oven Baby Cupcakes for ChristieCreations, we are participating in two blog giveaways.

As a proud member of the KNET (Knotties and Nesties on Etsy) team, I have provided today's giveaway of a four pack of custom made baby cupcakes. The KNET team is kicking off February with two weeks of giveaways. Make sure to stop back each day to enter to win another fabulous item from the featured KNET seller.

http://knetestyteam.blogspot.com


On my friend Cara's blog you can enter to win this Gender Neutral four pack of baby cupcakes. Check out Cara's blog for entry details.

http://cararolinson.blogspot.com/2010/02/long-time-coming-giveaway-from.html

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!