New, Beautiful Treasury & Reminders of Deadlines....

Last night, I learned that I was included in this beautiful treasury, which needs your comments a.s.a.p!

The curator was Anny of La Chiffonniere. Besides having a great eye, she creates adorable things for the home and for kids with an emphasis on recycling and upcycling! I recommend you take a look at her shop soon as she's in Quebec, Canada and if you're shopping for Christmas, you will need to order very soon!

A reminder if you're interested in getting a nice $15 credit to use in my AF or Etsy shop, today (Sunday) is the last day to enter the give-away at Cafe Handmade! Pop over here and just go for it! When I checked last night....the odds of winning are still very, very good!

And on the subject of give-aways, remember to check all these cool gift packages as there is also still time to choose 1, 2 or all three of them and enter to win!! Just click over to the prized page of "I Heart Handmade" soon! I've got a $20 credit to either of my shops included in gift package #3, f.y.i!

Have a great Sunday and thanks for stopping by!

Bits and Bobs from WillOaks Studio

Such an exciting time of year. I remember how last year, this time, as I was just barely beginning my shop on Etsy (and was basically clueless about how anything worked) I was selling well, but didn't quite know what I was doing.

This year, I have a better idea of what's what--sales are really picking up now as the holidays approach--and my time is pretty tight as I work to keep up, keep shipping, keep making--it's truly thrilling and I just love my work!

I chill periodically by enjoying all my cats and Dakota. Purrmeister really stirs things up around here and he's at least finding "accomodation" with Red Kitty. What a barrel of laughs!

I'll try to keep posting and dropping some, but there are only so many hours in a day, so please forgive me if I lapse on returning your drop or comments....I'll get back in balance soon enough because the next 2 to 3 weeks will surely fly right by!


Meanwhile, the drawing for my gift certificate held by Cafe Handmade has been posted--do drop by if you're interested as you have until Sunday to enter this drawing. And the one for I Heart Handmade, where my merchandise certificate is included in package #3, is still ongoing for a while longer!

More Chances to Win from WillOaks Studio!

White Pearl Buds with Red Garnets necklace

Espresso and Smoke Pearl necklace

OK, so you didn't win my gift certificate for naming the new kitty, but there are a couple more opportunities to try for a credit to my shop just in time for the holidays! Granted, like thinking up names for Purrmeister, you need to DO a few things to enter these drawings, but I've got such clever and intelligent readers dropping by here, I know it won't be any burden.

First visit here, the I Heart Handmade prizes page. My $20 credit (gift certificate) is part of Prize Pack 3 - "Be Dazzled" and instructions for how to enter the drawing for any of the prizes are there for you to follow! The drawing will be held 12-12-09 and so far, I think there are only about 4 entries for the package with my credit, so the odds of winning are very good! While you're there, browse all the cool shops--a huge variety--for ways to add some wonderful "Handmade" quality to your Holidays!

Next chance, going live tomorrow night, is a give-away sponsored by Cafe Handmade. This will be a $15 credit (gift certificate), also for either my Etsy or Artfire shops and in this case, you will only have from Monday night to next Sunday to enter. Here's the main page for Cafe Handmade and up at the top of the page is a link for "Giveaways" which will get you to the entry information and links.

And if all this is too much or you don't win any of these prizes...I have one more announcement which might interest some of my readers. From now through 12-15-09, I'm offering FREE SHIPPING on purchases from my Artfire shop, a savings of at least $3 per purchase.

AND any purchases made from either of my shops (Artfire or Etsy) get a special coupon worth 10% off the total of the next purchase made by 12-31-09! This coupon could be quite valuable, depending on the piece or pieces selected. So Happy Handmade Shopping for yourself and your loved ones this Holiday season! Beat the box and support American artists and artisans instead this Season! We all really appreciate your business....

Photos Featured!

How exciting to find my work used to illustrate the many fine artists & crafters who are working with Kerri in Cafe Handmade's virtual weekly shows to show their work. Melissa "highly recommended" Cafe Handmade on her blog "From Melissa's Desk" today!

You can click above to link to Melissa's Desk....and then click on my work to go to "Cafe Handmade."

Or you can go visit Cafe Handmade directly.