An Etsy Treasury curated by Gilliauna ~ Winter Blush and a Touch of Rustic Brown
Click on the picture below to be taken to a page where you can browse individual items you like that you see pictured here as well as the shops where these items were found and artisans behind them all!
Credits go to: ancienesthetique, CharmingGypsyVintage, craftsbynesli, Earthwares79, Gilliauna, graceandfavourshop, lillyandlulu, MadisonStreetBeauty, Nikifashion, pillowsophi, pixiestrinkets, rushcreekmosaics, Sightly, stoastn, StumblingOnSainthood, theothermagdalene and TwoSadDonkeys.
An Etsy Treasury curated by Gilliauna ~ A Kiss in the Forest Glen
Click on the picture below to be taken to a page where you can browse individual items you like that you see pictured here as well as the shops where these items were found and artisans behind them all!
Credits go to: BrandyKayzakianRowe, doodlebirdie, dorndorf, elsierose, Funtoolas, gnome292, hughespottery,IvyTalagaDesigns, JaelDesigns, kueblerelves, larimeloom, lichenwoods, lovemonkey, NaturePhotographer, Schukeim and soradesigns.
Today's feature shop came to me! Isn't that great? Usually, I browse and peruse Etsy in my travels around the site (and other sites such as Flickr, CraftGawker, as well as various blogs) and find artisans to feature.
I then send them a note asking for permission to feature them here on this blog and use their product pictures to show off their work.
Today's shop actually contacted me, though. And I'm so glad she did!
After I checking out Blushing Dove Boutique's on Etsy and taking a browse through the selection of jewelry and headbands, I found myself more than happy to do a feature on this wonderful shop.
What do I like best about this shop? Well there's a couple of things. First, this shop is very feminine. You see a lot of jewelry shops on Etsy (after all, I myself have one there!) but it's pretty rare to come across a shop with a very sweet and feminine flavor to it. And second? The shop has matching sets!
This is something I haven't seen many 
offer and I love it! In this shop you can find earrings that match rings (like pictured in this post), bracelets that match headbands and much more! You can buy each piece individually too so you can mix and match as you want.
The woman behind these lovely, sweet designs is Amy Lilley, from Newark-on-Trent in the UK. She's 22, which is the same age as my business partner (Leal) who you sometimes see posting here on this blog.
Her pieces have a sweet and delicate femininity about them that I think you'll enjoy so be sure to stop by and take a look around.
TO VISIT THE BLUSHING DOVE BOUTIQUE ON ETSY YOU CAN CLICK THE PICTURES ABOVE OR, IF YOU'D RATHER, CLICK RIGHT HERE!
You may also enjoy visiting Amy's Blushing Dove Boutique Facebook page.
Since I'm a jewelry artisan... and I sell jewelry on Etsy, some would say that it's counter-productive for me to write about other jewelry artisans in the handmade community. But, the fact is, even above being a jewelry artisan, I'm a jewelry connoisseur.
I like jewelry.... to be completely honest, I LOVE jewelry. So when I come across someone as talented as today's artisan, I have to take a minute to admire.
Beautiful pieces. Quality craftsmanship. Spectacular vision. Licia Beads on Etsy has all of this and more.
This shop is filled with unique handmade jewelry from bridal pieces to everyday classics in pearls and gemstones. Each piece is colorfully beaded and some of the styles range from the free-spirited gypsy look to a few that are downright humorous.
Licia is an extremely talented woman in 
more ways than one. She also owns and runs a landscaping company, Ginkgo Landscape Design in Mukilteo, WA (20 miles north of Seattle) which is not far from where I live.
Between her shop and her business in landscaping I see someone who has a true love and passion for nature and flora and it's reflected in nearly every piece of jewelry in her shop.
I can't express enough the admiration I have for this woman and her shop as well as, for that matter, her landscape designs.
I encourage you to visit her shop as well as her landscape business page (linked above) and take a look through her shop! If you love nature as much as I do, you're sure to enjoy the browse.
TO VISIT LICIA BEADS ON ETSY, YOU CAN CLICK THE PICTURES ABOVE OR, IF YOU'D RATHER, CLICK RIGHT HERE!
You might also enjoy checking out Licia Beads' Vault where you can find destash items and bead supplies to purchase.
I overheard a conversation on Twitter the other day that got me to thinking. The subject was on artisans that sell hair accessories online and whether it was the product or the model that actually sold the product in question.
It brought up how people shop and I encourage you to consider how -you- shop.
Now, I did a lot of thinking on this since then and I've come to the conclusion that, for me, it's about 50/50. Certainly, if someone has a beautiful hair accessory and they photograph it well, it's going to be appealing to me. I love hair accessories and have a lot of hair to work with. But, that same piece on an equally beautiful model or equally beautiful head of hair? That's a kind of appeal I almost can't pass up.
If you think about it, this could put a lot of artisans out there at a disadvantage if they don't have a beautiful, eye-catching model available.
Today's shop is not one of those at a disadvantage, though. Not only are the accessories you'll find in Gardens of Whimsy absolutely breathtaking, but the woman modeling them is equally as stunning!
In fact, breathtaking doesn't even begin to describe this shop. Their hair accessories need to be seen to be believed.
Each and every one is inspired by nature from leaf and flower crowns to scatterings of flowers and butterfly wings tucked within flowing, gracefully coiffed strands. This is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful shops I've ever seen on Etsy.
The artist behind all this whimsical beauty is April (a fellow Jane Austin fan) from Florida, who has a dream to one day become a costume designer for film and theatre. And, I have to say that with the quality of work I see in her shop, I have no doubt she'll reach her goal!
YOU CAN CLICK ON THE PICTURES ABOVE TO VISIT APRIL'S GARDEN OF WHIMSY ON ETSY AND TAKE A LOOK AROUND OR, IF YOU PREFER, CLICK RIGHT HERE.
