Etsy Take Five Tuesday
Hey everyone, how are you today? I’m doing great, very busy at the moment but I always look forward to times when I can be on decor8 sharing my finds and interacting with you because it’s my escape from the chaos. :) Blogging is such therapy, isn’t it!? Today is Tuesday and as you know, it’s time for me to highlight five Etsy shops that I’m enjoying this week so let’s get started and see what talent awaits us over on Etsy today!
First up, I’m mad for prize ribbons, badges and paper crafting so the Saratops shop had my attention the second I found Sara’s sweet little crafty heaven. I love her map ribbons and library book card notebooks and that she’s into recycling – she’s quite clever I think!
Arminho in Portugal has the best notebooks – I’d love to have a bunch of them for my office as I refer to travel size notebooks so often and carry them everywhere I go. Do you use notebooks too?
The next little shop keeper is Love, Maude and I really like her sweet hand-embroidered felted wool creations, especially her embroidery hoops-as-decor. So pretty and created so expertly – I appreciate her attention to finer details and her limited, sophisticated color palette.
Illustrative watercolors from Gennebra in Portugal is another pretty find that I discovered this morning while browsing Etsy. Her focus on animals and soft pastels is quite sweet. Her animal paw art is my favorite – I’d love to frame them for a kid’s bedroom.
Kirbee Lawler in Sydney is a graphic designer and illustrator who creates nice wooden brooches and art prints that you can frame and display with a feminine look and feel.
I hope that you’ve enjoyed my round up, I’ll be back in a moment with a few more inspiring posts for your decorating pleasure… :)
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May 24th, 2011 at 3:42pm
great finds! love those notebooks.
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May 24th, 2011 at 3:58pm
hi,
i like your stylish and informativ blog. thanks for this!
can u put an automativ google translator on your site?
greets from germany,
andrea
May 24th, 2011 at 3:58pm
Lovely finds…. Love, Maude is precious! All of the vendors are really fun. I’ve let my Etsy shop slide… need to get on the ball!! Seems that blogging has been taking up more time than ever….
Hope you’re having a great day, Holly! xox
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May 24th, 2011 at 4:09pm
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May 24th, 2011 at 4:11pm
Love these….especially Gennebra and Kirbee. Off to check them all out, thank you hun! Hope you have a beautiful day!
xo
Melis
May 24th, 2011 at 4:54pm
I love notebooks especially covered journals, maps and embroidery !
Have a great day :)
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May 24th, 2011 at 4:55pm
I love notebooks. I always have one on me and put so many different things in there; receipes that I see, lovely poems that I read, books to read, music to buy, shopping lists, fabrics I like, ideas I have …… anything and everything really.
What I love most, is going back to read them two or three years later. I think they are better than any diary, you can visually see what was happening in your life at that time
May 24th, 2011 at 4:57pm
So many great finds, thanks for that, I specially love the hand embroidery!
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May 24th, 2011 at 5:00pm
Great finds!
May 24th, 2011 at 5:03pm
Oh I just love the notebooks too… and yes, I use notebooks a lot… that’s why I ended up making one too… lol… =)
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May 24th, 2011 at 7:01pm
I am so glad I came across Take Five Tuesday because I love Etsy shops but I get so overwhelmed trying to find new things–and these posts make it easier! I loved Love, Maude from today’s post–there’s SO many talented artisans out there! Thanks for spotlighting them :)
May 24th, 2011 at 7:14pm
Wow. These shops really raise the bar. Just outstanding!
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May 24th, 2011 at 8:46pm
i’m a big fan of saratops! i was just perusing the shop yesterday :)
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May 25th, 2011 at 4:13am
great finds. I travel a lot (pilot) and just love anything travel related or map related. those items by Saratops are my fave!
May 25th, 2011 at 5:40am
Ah, Holly, I love Saratops, too! I love her security envelope gift tags. J x
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May 25th, 2011 at 10:54am
I am mortified that it has taken me so long to come across your amazing website! Honestly, I said “How on earth have I gone so long without discovering this?” Decor8 I love you, and am totally your new stalker, i mean follower! x x
May 25th, 2011 at 1:57pm
@Lauren Carney – So happy that you found me! :) I’m Holly, nice to meet you, I’m the lady behind the blog.:)
May 25th, 2011 at 5:47pm
loving the picks and curation. :)
May 27th, 2011 at 5:37pm
What a great collection of shops – every single one is a treasure!!