Today’s Weekend Etsy Pick is going to be a little different.  Instead of profiling one designer, we’re going to check out several designers who’s work all falls into one theme.
This Wednesday is Remembrance Day or Veteran’s Day, depending on where you live.  In Canada and England, red poppies are worn to remember those who lost their lives in the different wars.
While these poppies aren’t the ones that are traditionally worn, I think it’s still appropriate to wear them in memory.

This felted poppy necklace is by AVA Original Felted Art and is made using merino wool.  It’s adjustable, depending on how …read more

My Etsy pick for this weekend are accessories that I don’t blog about all that often…
Lingerie!
Okay, so it’s not an accessory that gets shared with the world, unlike purses, shoes or jewelry.  But like purses, shoes and jewelry, a lovely piece of lingerie makes you feel wonderful when you wear it.
There’s nothing quite like wearing something pretty and comfortable… and that makes you feel feminine too.
Sandmaiden Sleepwear makes lovely custom lingerie from organic cotton and natural fibers like bamboo jersey. They hand-dye their fabrics for the best finish.

Tulip chemise with ruffled flounce, made from organic cotton pointelle.

Rayon and organic cotton …read more

My Etsy pick for the weekend is a jewelry designer who makes very unique jewelry.
How unique?
As unique as your fingerprint!
In fact, Fabuluster uses your own fingerprint to create one-of-a-kind fine jewelry that no one else will have.
Brent & Jessica Williams of Fabuluster create their elegant jewelry using sterling silver and gold.  As well as their custom fingerprint rings, they also use natural materials like feathers and leaves in their jewelry.
Here’s one of their custom fingerprint wedding bands:

The fingerprint is imprinted on the outside of the sterling silver ring, with a polished interior.
You can also keep the fingerprints a secret and …read more

Today’s Etsy pick is for the woman who likes to wear jewelry that’s guaranteed to be different from anyone else.
In fact, it’s jewelry that you can customize yourself!
These nifty little pendants by Etsy jewelry & accessories designer, Spittin Toad, are actually little blackboards.
That’s right, you can write on your necklace, erase it and start all over again tomorrow.  The pendants are just over an inch square, so Spittin Toad recommends using a dress maker’s pencil (available from most craft shops) or a piece of sharpened chalk to write with.  Just use a damp cloth to wipe the necklace off and …read more

Fall has arrived with a gust of wind and snow in my neck of the woods… which has inspired my Etsy pick for the weekend.
The trees are rapidly losing their leaves, but at least there are leaves you can wear year-round that will never fade or drop!
Etsy jewelry designer “Made By Sam” has an extensive collection of jewelry made with semi-precious stones and metal leaves or branches – perfect for helping you remember what leaves look like in the middle of winter
Here are a few of my favorite pieces from their huge online shop:

These earrings feature matte gold-plated …read more

Today’s weekend Etsy pick is a jewelry designer from Sydney, Australia who creates some very interesting designs using their own hand-dyed and felted wool.
Frank Ideas creates jewelry with a combination of felt beads, strung onto soft, flexible rubber tubing.  Some of their necklaces are set lengths – like this one:  Aqua felt and round black rubber tubing necklace.

And some of them, like the Moss green felt bead and round black rubber tubing adjustable necklace, are meant to be adjusted and played with.  You can adjust where the beads sit, and change the necklace by how many times you wrap it.  …read more

I think that Isaac Mizrahi’s giant flower corsages and Sarah Jessica Parker’s flowers from Sex and the City have seeped into my brain…
I was browsing through Etsy this morning, looking for our Weekend Etsy Pick when this gem caught my eye.  Don’t get me wrong – it’s a lot of look, but I love the playfulness and sheer exuberance:

This piece by Big Frozen Melon is a mix between a really skinny scarf and an enthusiastic lariat necklace.  The flower itself is made from felted Merino wool, with stitched bead accents in the center of the flower.  The necklace/scarf is crocheted …read more

Wide metal cuff bracelets are a hot trend these days, so for today’s Weekend Etsy Pick I went browsing through their bracelet section to see what I could find.
Boy, did I hit paydirt!  I found everything from delicate, polished cuff bracelets, embellished with faceted stones to big, chunky statement pieces.
I had a terrible time narrowing down my choices to just one bracelet, but in the end, this sterling silver cuff won out:

It’s made by Tennessee-based jewelry design studio, Lavender Cottage, using 18 gauge sterling silver sheet metal, and accented with a Labradorite cabochon.  Labradorite is an opalescent stone from Canada’s …read more

My Weekend Etsy Pick for this week is probably something that not a lot of people have heard of…
Shawl pins have been used for centuries to keep shawls, wraps and scarves in place, as well act as a decorative accent.  People have used metal, wood, bone among other things to create unique, decorative shawl pins.
Steve Elder of Oregon’s South 4th Woodcraft uses local wood to create his lovely handmade wooden shawl pins.  The pins are hand-carved and then carefully finished to create a shawl pin that will last for many years.
They come in some charming shapes as well:

“Heart” pin, made …read more

Today’s Weekend Etsy pick  (okay, picks, since I couldn’t decide which was my favorite) is from Sand Fibers, a bead artist from New Mexico.
They use teensy little seed beads from Japan to create their stunning bracelets.  Each little bead has to be hand-woven in place, using a needle and thread – meaning that a lot of work goes into each piece of jewelry!  The finished bracelets are lightweight, flexible and very wearable.
Here are three of my favorite picks from their shop – check out the bold colors and designs… yummy

“Mirrored Orange Swirls on Steel“

“A White Tie Affair“

“New Mexico …read more