Etsy Must Haves

Since I've started knitting and crocheting, I now know what yarn bowls are for and I love them!  I am currently using a glass mixing bowl to hold my yarn:  I love how easy my yarn unravels while I crochet.

There are several different dealers on Etsy who make ceramic yarn bowls; I absolutely love New Moon Studio, Handmade Ceramics from Providence Rhode Island.

Take a look at New Moon Studio Shop HERE. 

 These are a few of my favorites!

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Fun with Marbled Paper!

My husband and I own a bindery and book restoration company.  Old books, especially of the 19th century, have marbled paper as end-papers; I hand marble paper to use for our restoration projects.  I sell my marbled paper on our Etsy shop HERE.

This week I was thinking of different ways I could use my marbled paper; I thought cute little gift tags would be fun to make using marbled paper, among other things.  So this week I made a bunch of gift tags, and my husband made a few notebooks too!

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What do you think?  

I had fun making these; they are all backed with card stock for writing on too.

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My favorite have to be the tags with gold tassels.  

My husband had a great idea of making tags out of some of our handmade paper, and we dipped the edges in gold and copper acrylic paint.  

They turned out quite pretty.

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These are the cute notebooks my husband made.  

He sewed the papers and covered the boards with our marbled paper!

I think they are so cute!

We're traditional bookbinders; we try to stay away from the trendy bookbinding you see on Pinterest these days.  These little notebooks come close to the trendy category, but with our hand marbled paper used for the covers; they are really quite special don't you think?

Check out our Etsy shop HERE!

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Etsy Must Have. . .

I love homemade cards; they offer a more personal touch to gift giving or just sending a note to family and friends.  Check out Wit and Whistle's Etsy shop HERE.  Amanda Wright is the shop owner and designer from Cary North Carolina, her cards and papers goods are super cute. 

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Just in time for the holidays!  

Order your Christmas cards from an artisan this year!

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Check out the Wit and Whistle Etsy shop HERE!

Wit and Whistle Blog HERE!

Wit and Whistle Facebook Page HERE!

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Etsy Must Have

I absolutely love Peg and Awl, a lot of people do!  Margaux and Walter Kent make their products from reclaimed material and are located in Philadelphia.

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 Peg and Awl make waxed canvas bags and lunch bags, journals, book jewelry, chalk boards, bath tub caddies, much more!

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 Check out their Etsy shop HERE!

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Our home is full of leather!  We're traditional book binders so we have several different colors of hides in our workshop.  We save every remnant so nothing goes to waste either, and I make fun things like necklaces and bracelets out of the remnants.  Being that we're surrounded by leather, it's seems only natural to be drawn to other leather products, right?  Take a look at this bench!

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It's from the shop Spike River on Etsy HERE!  The shop is reletivly new, having opened just this August, but they have fun vintage and antique items listed and I would buy all of them if I could.  They even have old letter press drawers!

The owners Kellan Anderson and Keith Ferreira are from New York, New York.  When you have a moment check out their shop HERE!

Etsy Must Have. . .

I absolutely love everything Heather Kent makes!
She hand paints these adorable necklaces!

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Heather is from Long Beach California, check out her Etsy shop HERE!

She also hand paints shadowboxes!

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 There are so many more cute things to see on her shop HERE!
 Enjoy shopping!
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Etsy Must Have!

I absolutely love beautiful pictures! 

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With fun photo apps for cell phones these days, there are a smathering of pictures on Facebook and Instagram these days.  But there is a difference between heavily filtered photos and good photography.  

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Elle Moss Photography from Ann Harbor Michigan on Etsy sells the most beautiful prints and home decor; her photography is amazing.  She's been featured in several magazines, books, and blogs.  Click HERE to check out her shop; she has amazing nature, sill life, and portrait prints to choose from! 

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Etsy Must Have!

I absolutely love browsing Etsy!  I often find myself making quite the wish list of random prints, bags, necklaces, bow ties for Joseph, and so many other lovely things.  I also love supporting small business owners! 

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Check out this bag!  I must have this bag!  This bag is from a shop called Rough and Tumble Bags, check out the full shop HERE!  Lately I am obsessed with waxed canvas bags; they look a bit rugged but also classic.  This is a bag I could use forever!

Natasha Durham is the owner and her shop is located in Hebron Maine.  Read more about Natasha HERE!

Do you guys brows Etsy?  

What are some of your favorite shops?

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