Happy girl on holiday part 2

I have prepared some more goodies to take on holiday.
Do you think I might need a holiday after this? :)

Happy girl on holiday part 1

In one week we'll be getting ready for our holiday. The destination is still not known and is something we will probably decide last minute. :)
We'll be camping so it doesn't matter where we pitch out tent, as long as the weather is nice, the scenery is good and the environment is interesting. I'm taking little goodies to craft while my partner drives to wherever our destination will be...
Guess what these are going to be? :)

Shop closed

Last year in fall, I decided to start selling my items on Dawanda. I was really excited about it at first but it never seemed really booming over there. The views were really low and the way things were set up somehow really confused me. I never had any sales there either but hey, I hardly ever listed anything after the first weeks so that's no surprise.
If people 'heart' me or my items, I get an e-mail notification and then I realize I'm never around. It's just not working for me I think. I think it's more fair to just close down my shop. I don't have the time either to really have two shops and I like Etsy better anyway. :)
So bye bye, Dawanda, thanks for putting up with me and if I have more time, I might be back one day...

Bee happy

I'm having an easy time while it's summer and only list challenges and custom work.
I love the challenges - so much fun!
This weeks boss of the challenge is Kraplap and she chose the theme 'wasps'. Yuk, I dislike those little buggers but I love the theme! :) You can see all the entries in her blog. Be amazed at all the great stuff that has been made by the European Streetteammembers.
This is my entry:

Magicien de la nuit

I have been wanting to make a plushie for ages but I never got around to do it...
A few weeks ago, Kreativlink started a weekly challenge on our team and I love it! It makes me want to try new things and make new items inspired by whoever is the boss.
This weeks boss is StaroftheEast and she chose a painting by Van Gogh. You can see all the entries in her blog. Be amazed at all the great stuff that has been made by the European Streetteammembers.
Here is my 'Magicien de la nuit' or 'Wizard of the night'...
I will try to get some better pictures tommorrow and list it before the deadline! :)

Etsyversary

One year ago in the beginning of August I found this really cool site called Etsy. I didn't sign up right away but it took me a few days to actually believe that it all this cool stuff was actually for sale. Then I signed up and started to browse more and more, adding favorites and hearting sellers.
I always loved creating and since I quit my evening ceramic classes, I thought it was time to fill up that time with something useful and wonderful: opening an Etsy-shop myself.
I put up my shop on the 24th of August and while I was listing my greeting cards, I got a request for doing wholesale. I was in shock I believe. :)
I had my first sale on the 29th. I was a very lucky and happy seller and still remember I couldn't believe I actually sold something. The person who bought my first item also happened to be the very first person who put me in a treasury. Marcela has a shop on Etsy too and we still convo each other once in while. She is a supersweet woman and great Etsian.
Soon I became addicted to treasuries and I found the European Streetteam that I joined right away. We chat in a forumthread almost everyday and it feels like they are all so close even though they live far away.
I have met so many kind and warm people through Etsy. It has brought the world right into my home and I love it! I'm still excited with every sale I get, just because I can yet write another envelope to some wonderful destination.
Just before reaching my Etsyversary, I also reached over 2000 hearts and 200 sales. YaY! :)

Welcome Aussies

Yay! Tommorrow our Australian friends Linda & Colin will be visiting us.
I adopted them as my Aussie parents long time ago while visiting Indonesia together. We have stayed in touch ever since and this is the second time they are visiting Belgium.
Can't wait to be a host, a cook, a driver, a guide and above all, a friend! So I won't be around Etsy that much I'm afraid. They will be staying with us from 11th of August until 16th of August. How fun! :)