My Etsy Fav - Jan 31rst 2010

Cupcakes, Tigers & Diamonds, oh my! Those are just a few things that make Model Citizen by Bonnie Rue amazing. So make sure to click on over to her etsy shop to checkout all her handmade goodies. My personal fav in her shop is the Major Award (cupcake on the ribbon pictured below).

*All images belong to Model Citizen

My Etsy Fav - Jan 9th 2010

A few years ago I became the proud owner of one of this lovely ladies (Rosie Music) pieces. I will one day find the perfect frame and place to hang it. Please click on over to her shop to see all the fabulous pieces she has for sale. I'm totally in love with her two fancy kittie portraits!

p to the s - there's a winter sale going on in her shop right now too! i might just have to treat myself to the two kittie portraits. they're just so adorable!

*All images belong to Rosie Music

You're A Doll

Fabulous Vintage Mix Media Collages by DollFace Design.

I <3 My Zoetrope

One of my favourite artists on etsy has to be My Zoetrope (aka Michelle) and I just had to share her new series of adorable miniatures. Aren't they fabulous?? I do have to say I absolutely love the cats!

There's So Much You Can Say With A Card

Looking for a Fathers Day card or perhaps just a fun and quirky card for a friend. Then look no further! Able & Game Cards and stationary is the place to find them! Just click your way on over to their website or etsy shop and you'll find a plethora of cards for all occasions. You 'll even find ones for occasions you never even thought of!

Vintage Peek

Here's a little sneak peek @ what you might find in my new up-cycled jewelry shop the Doolang Doolang Boutique. I made these pieces from vintage clip on earrings that once belonged to my grandmother. These rings mean to much to me to sell but I do plan on making pieces very similar to them from vintage jewelry that I've found in many of Toronto's fabulous second hand, thrift, vintage and antique shops.

I was never the girl next door.

RIP Mz Bettie Page.

Bettie Page
Art by Billie Mann, of Art By Billie

Handmade Toronto! - Part Deux

I'm totally digging the shop local feature on etsy.
So click here to checkout local Toronto etsy shops!

Handmade Canada!

If you don't live in Toronto, but are still looking to buy local with in your own province or city then why not checkout the Trans-Canada Etsy Team. In my book their blog is the best place to start your search for local Canadian artists/crafters that sell their handmade goodies on etsy. So head on over to the TCET's blog and let your mouse do the walking and I bet you'll be done your holiday shopping in no time!

The Medium Is The Message

I've been watching a lot (well to much really, lol) of Mad Men lately and it inspired me to do this etsy search. I based it on a few quotes from characters on the show...

"I'm sorry I over did it. You're out the business a few years and things change" - Betty Drapper

Vintage Black Chiffon and Lace Party Cocktail Dress
By- Skivvy LuLu Vintage

"Should we drink before the meeting or after... or both" - Salvatore Romano

4 lowball vintage glassware
By - A Touch Of Vintage

"No one under 25 drinks coffee anymore"- Duck Phillips

Pyrex Gold Coffee Server
By - Happy Day Vintage

"I use to think I'd find a husband here." - Secretary

Cats Eye Vintage Frames
By - Vintage Vixxen

"A girl like you with those darling little ankles I'd find away to make them sing, also men love scarves" - Joan Holloway

Vintage Anchor Scarf
By -Thirteen

Fairy Girl Shoes Size
By - Tink Whitch


"Red and green our my colours, so were going to do it @ Christmas, but he doesn't know that yet." - Joan Holloway

1960s Empire Wedding Dress Pattern
By - Empress Patterns

"You can't sit down in that dress" - Paul Kinsely

Vintage Brocade Dress
By - Bama Belle

(The back is even like the back of the dress she wears in the Nixon vs. Kennedy episode!)

"It's called a Chip and Dip." - Pete Campbell

Appetizer Platter Set
By - Whimsical Expressions

"Thanksgiving, It's very nerve racking getting the family together." - Betty Draper

Sweet Clean
By - Snappy Shop

"I don't make plans and I don't make breakfast" - Midge Daniels

Vintage Minna Lee Embroidered Linen Over Dress
By - Eclecticas

There's No I In Team!

Vegan Team Etsy made it on to The front page of etsy and we're the first team to be featured on The Storques new column Featured Etsy Team. Go Team Go! I also have to send out a special shoutout to our fearless Vegan Team Etsy leader Molly over @ Emmas K9 Kitchen. Thanks for all your hard work!

And The Winner Is...

The winner of The Coma Girl Design's Etsy Shop Of 2007 is Luxe Deluxe. Luxe Deluxe will be featured in my NEW Etsy Shop Of The Year section for the whole of 2008! Cheers to Luxe Deluxe! Here is my favorite item in Luxe Deluxe's shop.

Chocolate Keyhole Necklace

Resolutions 2008

These are the resolutions I'm going to try to stick to this year...

• Do a craft show.
• Find a Indie Toronto store to carry my stuff.
  
• Send samples of my work to be in The Sampler And The Modish Monthly Giveaway.
• Start My Vegan Fashion Blog. (I'm on Indipublic so add me!)
• Learn to master using resin and find a kind that doesn't stink to high hell.
  
• Work more on my mix media collages.
  
• Visit the Etsy Labs in New York.
• Go to Vegas with friends to see the lights, have some fun and eat some Vegan donuts.
  
• Post some of my own craft tutorials on Cut Out + Keep & Threadbanger.
• Learn how to do web design.
• Get more involved in the Toronto crafting community.
• Enter fredflare.com's Next Big Thing.
• Do more thrift shopping.
• See more bands I like live.
  
• Learn to play my guitar.
• Eat better - More raw foods, less bread.
• Start running and do that 5K with my sister.
• Spend more time with my friends and family.
  
• Keep my apt clean (get rid of clutter) and be more organized.
• Ride my bike more in the warm weather and get over my fear of main streets. Queen St. scares the bejebus out of me!

Favorite Sites of 2007

My fav sites that I discovered in 2007...

• She Does The City
• Threadbanger
• Indiepublic - add me here.
• Cut Out + Keep - add me here.
• We Love Etsy - add me here
• Ety's Storque
• Buy Handmade
• Craft:
• City of Craft
• Modish & Modish: The Shoppe
• Poppytalk Handmade
• Indie Parade

VOTE!!!

On the Coma Girls Design's Etsy Shop of 2007. The winner will be feature in my new Etsy Shop of The Year section. And the Nominees Are...

Opulent Oddities
WhiteMetal
PrettyRaccoon
Rosie Music
Luxe Deluxe

Now Vote!! The poll closes Jan 5 2008...

I Haven't Had My Coffee Yet

Don't Make Me Kill You... Don't worry I'm just about to have it, lol. However me wants these Vintage Coffee Carafes I found on etsy!!!!

Pour Moi

Treated my self to these fab earrings from Whitemetal!

Pour Moi

I know I should really be shopping for other people and all but I couldn't help myself. I just had to have this Anchor Sailor T-shirt Dress from Pretty Raccoon. Truthfully I could have easy ordered one of everything in her shop all of her stuff is so great. I've even posted one of her pieces as todays Etsy Must Have. I think her stuff would make fab presents this holiday season. However for me it means a present for myself tee hee! And I totally love the fact that she's a fellow Toronto Crafter!

P.S - COUNT DOWN - CITY OF CRAFT IS A WEEK FROM TODAY!

Holiday Greetings

Looking for this years holiday card? Well then look no further because etsy's where it's at! Stay away from those boring and generic mall and drug store greeting cards and delight your friends with a card that can double as a beautiful art piece. I've posted two of my fav cards that I've found so far on etsy. They're both design by the lovely stationary shop Two Guitars.

Nouveau!

Whee I just added these fab new pieces to my shop!