I was thrilled to be chosen by Dale of Ocasiocasa for a beautiful Etsy Treasury called "Ebb and Flow - A Winter Treasury on the Caribbean Shore"  Details of how she chose the treasury and other lovely items can be found at http://www.ocasiocasa.blogspot.com/  

I'm so excited to introduce my new line of drawer pulls!  I only took a few pictures today, but hope to shoot more pictures this week and then start posting in my shop... Until then, here's a sneek peek!

I was featured on a fellow esty artist's blog today!  Monique's shop, is wonderful, so I was thrilled about her kind words!  You can find her blog at http://originalmischief.blogspot.com/ 

I have two featured items this month (that were given to me!) on found handmade and one item listed in their blog! 

I scored another Etsy Treasury today!  I highlighted members from my D-Listers Team! 
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=73133

This past week I decided to give a pot melt a try.   A pot melt, or aperture pour, is a way of creating a piece of swirley kiln formed glass using scrap glass.  I had high hopes for this experiment, and I gathered a bunch of purple, blue, turquoise, clear, green, and lime colored bullseye glass and piled it into a flower pot.  I carefully set the pot on stilts in my kiln, crossed my fingers, and fired up the kiln.  The trick is to get the glass so hot that it melts through the bottom of the flower pot onto a prepared kiln shelf.  

After a long kiln firing schedule and long annealing period that lasted quite a few hours, I opened the kiln to find a dark and spacey mess!    I was disappointed in the results, since I love brightly colored pieces of glass, but I thought that I'd post a piece of it for fun. 

I was able to grab my first treasury, so I rounded up some great shops from Dayton in hopes of promoting more local artists. 
Check it out: http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=72354 

I have recently joined a new team on etsy - the Etsy D Listers.   We're a group of artists with new shops that are trying to get off of the ground.  This has been a really fun and supportive group of artists with loads of fun ideas.  

I was so excited to learn that I'm the featured artist on soulstone321's blog! http://etsydlist.blogspot.com/  
Hooray!

As I was browsing through Etsy tonight, I stumbled upon some shops by Dayton artists using the "shop local" feature.  Dayton has a great community of artists, and I wanted to support some of that talent by posting their shops here!   These are some of my favorites that I found tonight!  

Chunky Bubba's Chocolate Balls: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7684799
This shop has a marvelous selection of incredible-looking treats!  If you have a sweet tooth, this shop is for you!

Jean Francis Bean:  http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5387912
"Super Snarky Greeting Cards!"  I love them!!!

Hand Made Empire: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7678017
Hand drawn and hand printed silk screened apparel.  Cool, fun designs!

Sock Monkey Mania: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6317758
One of a kind monkeys - full of personality!

 This holiday season, I will be offering custom made gift baskets full of recycled fun!  I'm going to offer a few wine baskets, packed with wine, cheese, crackers, and my recycled wine bottle serving plates.  More details to come!