Cat Portrait

 ColletteMarieShop 

I'm always poking around Etsy and meeting new people. Remember I'm an admitted Trade-A-Holic. Well Collette noticed that my shop info said I was "trade friendly" and she took me up on the offer. Collette Marie is an Illustrator/Graphic Designer/Web Developer who makes... hard for me to explain but here goes, dream images including people, animals and animal monsters. You can also find her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ArtistColletteMarie

I like things to hang on my walls and she was more than willing to illustrate one of my kitties! This is William, he needs a frame and then he's going up.

Almost forgot a picture of William.

Just Love Trading

I wanted to share a couple of my latest acquisitions with you. These were trades with Etsy folk from the United Kingdom.

I don't think they had ever traded before but where completely open to it.

My rag kitten came from: http://www.etsy.com/shop/RagCats and my miniature rag doll came from: http://www.etsy.com/shop/BitsAndBobbets These are great ladies with great shops and shipping was fast.


I imagine one day that grand kids will look up at my dresser and ask me to take them down for them... and I will!

Pay It Forward

I'm a Trade-A-Holic, as we speak I'm wheeling and dealing with my fellow Trade-A-Holics. I would normally be at church now but it's too icy. The reason I'm sharing this is that sometimes I ask non TAH's to trade with me on Etsy, sometimes they will sometimes they won't.

The last time I tried this the shop owner told me she'd be open to trading but didn't need anything. She had already collected many things that she was now trying to find homes for, thus her shop. She got back to me later and insisted that I simply give her my address and allow her to give it to me. I was floored, there was no need for her to do that, I could make almost anything for her! No she said, I should just let her give it to me, someone had done the same for her once. Thank you my friend.

All Creatures

We've been investing in the All Creatures Great and Small series.  We can only watch them when the kids aren't around because they'll moan.

That's OK because when they're around we watch Star Trek Next Generation!

Anyway, along with the All Creatures theme I've been working on a project for trade.

A knit lamb using the pattern from Fuzzy Mitten in Lion's Brand Thick & Quick. This makes the animals real Big! Snugly Lamb is 19" tall.

I love trading with this person on Etsy, she makes beautiful colored pencil drawings that I love collecting.

This will be my third. The above lambs are what I'm trading for the Great Horned Owl.

You'll find my friend on Etsy at:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/cpcrochetbasket

Trade And Stay Weekend

Etsy has a club called the Trade-A-Holics. I found them one day when I asked in a forum about whether you could trade with other shops within Etsy. Well, Trade-A-Holics has these events to boost sales and moral. This one was called a Trade & Stay. They have a list you trade into and you can trade with shops all weekend and it involves posting messages to the group.

It started Friday, I watched it bit.

By Saturday I saw some shops that I'd love to trade with. I made a couple inquiries but didn't get involved with the posting. They either didn't answer my inquiries or said no.

Well that wouldn't do because now I'm annoyed. So Sunday I started posting. That worked, all the pictures above have nice new homes and below I acquired for myself a couple interesting items.

Eggs: Original Colored Pencil Artwork
Size: 8x10 by

cpcrochetbasket

cotton patchwork sweater by

LivingTreeDesigns

I won't be so shy next time, but I must limit myself to 1 day instead of a lost weekend!!!