A stay at home mom with a handful of university degrees under her belt and a great deal of creativity at her fingertips is the owner of today's shop!
Sarah from McHenry, Illinois has a shop filled with wonderful handmade finds from hand-knits to purses, totes and more.
Some of the items in ChasingtheNuns on Etsy are hand knitted by Sarah while others are by her and silk screened by her friend Charles with designs such as a "Catcher in the Rye" bag and a handful of other designs. Sarah even welcomes custom orders including (but definitely not limited to) bags made out of t-shirts and different yarn choices for her crochet and knit items.
This shop has a variety of cute totes, even cuter hats and lots of other little details you'll enjoy taking a browse through.
YOU CAN CLICK ON THE PICTURE ABOVE TO VISIT THE CHASINGTHENUNS SHOP ON ETSY AND TAKE A LOOK AROUND OR, IF YOU PREFER, YOU CAN CLICK RIGHT HERE.
You can also visit Sarah on the Chasing the Nuns blog or stop by and say hello on Facebook or Twitter![This blog post is a "BESTeam Feature" for the Boosting Etsy Shops Team. The BESTeam is dedicated to helping its members promote their shops and assisting each other in marketing, advertising and sharing the tips and tricks of running an online business. If you are a seller on Etsy and are interested in becoming a member of the BESTeam, the team is accepting new members and you can find more information about the team as well as apply to become a member HERE.]
Today I'd like to introduce you to an artist so remarkable that... well, honestly, I want to buy out his entire shop! Every single piece. Every single painting.
I'm pretty sure that I don't have enough wall space. It doesn't keep me from wishing I did and could though.
The Art of Matthew Hamblen is some of the most inspiring-ly gorgeous artwork I've ever seen. His shop, MattsArt on Etsy, is filled with gorgeous, huge original landscape art, impressionist landscapes, lollipop tree paintings and textured abstracts.
You can search "mattsart" to find his unique, colorful paintings all over the web and although I discovered him on Etsy, he also has a Facebook page, Flickr gallery and even has Twitter where you can contact the artist directly!
Although I have a handful of favorites in his Etsy gallery, I could easily spend hours and hours gazing at any one of his pieces and enjoy every minute. This is one artist you definitely won't want to miss and are sure to love once you see!
YOU CAN CLICK ON THE PICTURE ABOVE TO VISIT MATTHEW HAMBLEN'S MATTSART GALLERY ON ETSY AND TAKE A LOOK AROUND OR, IF YOU PREFER, YOU CAN CLICK RIGHT HERE!
I'm all over the place on the net and I discover the artisans and artists that I feature on this blog from just about everywhere I visit from photograph sites to search engines, browsing through Etsy, Artfire, 1000 Markets and Zibbet to forays into Facebook and Twitter.
Today's shop, I first discovered on Flickr! You'd be amazed just how many artists and artisans (besides just photographers) are on Flickr showing off their creations, their work spaces, homes and creative processes through photographs.
Yali Paz-Gilboa is one of these and I did a little digging through her profile to find her outside Flickr for further exploration. She has a lot to explore too!
Yali designs the cutest brooches you'll ever set eyes on, and that's what at first drew me to her work. Wonderful hand embroidered felt brooches of little girls in different colors, styles and shapes abound in her shop. Each one with it's own personality and sense of style. Eye colors, hair colors, skin colors and hats abound... all with pretty lips and rosy cheeks.
She also offers colorful felt flower clip barrettes, unique embroidered wall art, magnets, necklaces, rings as well as other hair accessories.
All of her items are so very adorable and you'll be hard pressed to choose just one. These wonderful pieces will also make terrific gifts for just about anyone from little girls to mothers, grandmothers, neighbors and friends. They're sure to bring a smile to the face of any girl or woman who appreciates cuteness, no matter the age.
TO VISIT THE YALIPAZ'S SHOP ON ETSY, YOU CAN CLICK THE PICTURE ABOVE OR, IF YOU'D RATHER, CLICK RIGHT HERE!
