SWAPTASTIC HOLIDAY

I made it a goal to swap as many gifts as I could this year because there's just no need to be broke the whole month because you overdid it on the gift giving. I asked my friends to go easy on the gifts as well.

So I started by asking Etsy sellers who had items that my familyand friends would like if they would be up for a swap. AMAZINGLY, three different sellers I've never talked with before said YES!

One was James Steeno who runs jsteeno on Etsy. I saw the listing for the cards below and asked him if I could get an 8 x 10 of just the cardinal, my sister's favorite bird. He said sure and after checking out my shop selected my bike cards as a trade.

James is an illustrator and watercolor painter in Milwaukee, WI and in addition to the bird paintings, I really like his Milwaukee Skyline painting. He was super nice and matted the cardinal print and got it in the mail with plenty of time for the holidays!

Another seller, Brenda Gartman with the shop Bgartman is a Handmade Philly member with me and when I asked her about her dichronic glass necklaces and swapping, she said she has a certain family member who is into biking who might like one of my bicycle prints. When I shared the site with my mom, she of couse picked out the most expensive necklace

I also found this cute necklace for my sister who really loves owls:

Brenda was great about the swap and selected two other pieces from my ceramics shop to trade, a balloon pot and one of my new succulent planters. Today I'm headed off to Media, PA to meet her and swap the gifts (a huge help sinde ceramics can be expensive to ship!)

Finally, Tara of Sewtara, agreed to swap for this awesome coffee cuff:

She made it fun by saying she wanted a surprise! "Something cool in Philadelphia" so I looked through my print drawer and picked out one I thought wasn't too obvious but was awesome.

Her coffee cuffs are hysterical, like this Hello My Name is...

I'm still waiting on this one, but Tara's in Toronto, which is not too far away, but mail from Canada to the US seems to take forever!

My Promos Are Done!

Here are the upcycled mini card sets I made for the free tote bags the Philly Etsy team will be giving away at the Swap-O-Rama-Rama on Saturday.

Mew Gallery Etsy Sewing Day for Design Philadelphia

The Philly ETSY Team folks and I were sewing tote bags again today for our big give-away at the Swap-A-Rama-Rama on October 19th at the Old Pine Community Center at 401 Lombard from 12-5. It's where you bring some old clothes or fabrics, throw them in a bin, pick out items you like, and embellish/deconstruct them. Check out the link http://sorrphilly.wordpress.com/
Philly Etsy will be giving away tote bags filled with free handmades from our team members. So far we have about 50 totebags, but we're hoping to make as many as 300.