Posted by
Alejandra on
Jun 14th, 2009 | 3 comments 
I never ever check the Featured tab from CraftCult because I´m never there :-p and I don´t mind, but I did today, because I was bored… and OMG!!!
I was on Etsy´s Front Page last night! I can´t believe it!
Posted by
Alejandra on
Abr 23rd, 2009 | 2 comments 
School has been very slow this past week, and starting today, the teachers are on a strike… I was supposed to have an exam today, but my teacher didn’t show up.
Now, I have to make a Company Newspaper, for my Public Relations class… I’m really excited about the assignment, because I picked a bookstore (I looooove them!) and I have a million ideas! But I’ve been working soooooo much on my store that I haven’t even started…
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Alejandra on
Abr 17th, 2009 | no comments 
I don’t have much to say today, I’m going out of town tomorrow… I’m not really that excited… but I’ll live…
I just wanted to show the treasury I made today!

Finally! I never ever get right on time to the treasuries, but tonight I did… It features rings from members of the
EtsyinSpanish team, really beautiful rings that I LOVE!
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Alejandra on
Abr 13th, 2009 | no comments 
This is just a tiny update, I know there’s people waiting for the Shining Around cushion pattern to be published, so here’s the link to her pattern shop on Ravelry.
I’m not sure if the pattern is available for sale outside Ravelry, I’m sorry… but if there’s people interested I could find out with Talitha…
Also, if any no-knitter is interested, in any way :-p, in a sock monkey cup cozy you can find them for sale on my
Etsy and my
ArtFire stores… (If you don’t want to create an account to make your purchase, I’d recommend ArtFire, if your country is not listed you can email me to add it and then you can make the purchase via paypal)
Posted by
Alejandra on
Mar 30th, 2009 | 6 comments 
Yup, I made it into another treasury!
Twice in two weeks! Etsy is becoming more exciting every day… The treasury expired yesterday and I totally forgot to post it here, but here´s a screenshot
it was Lupitita, a teeny tiny Virgen de Guadalupe cellphone thingie…
This week I also decided to go back to craftster… It´s been o
ver a year since I´ve logged in there and I really missed it… I left a few swaps hanging and I have 3 negatives in my feedback and now I´m trying to fix that. I was advised to send three packages as an angel or as a part of a swap that has been made for people with negatives on their profile…

I found a lot of people requesting stuff that I can send I just have to decide exactly what I´ll send and to whom, but in one of the lists I found someone requesting a crocheted Sock Monkey Coffee Cup Cozy… after a bit of analysis I figured I could try and knit one, just to see if I could make it work and then make one to send on the swap…
I made it without a pattern and in a couple of hours… I´m so proud! He´s so cute! Judge for yourself…. Let me know what you think…
Posted by
Alejandra on
Mar 16th, 2009 | no comments 
I was really bored last night… when I should have been working in something else :-p and for some reason I decided to check if any of my Etsy things had been featured on a treasury or something like that…
So I went to Craftopolis, which I discovered last week. It’s a great tool, you just add your Etsy username and it will show you if you have been featured on a gift list or on a treasury. And amazingly enough, I was in one!!!
I freaked out for a second, then calmed down a bit… :-p and started looking for a way to create a print screen of the page, because I did want proof of it for posterity :-p
Take a look ( I’m the very first one, Dewdrops
) :

It will expire in about a day, so if you want to see it in all its glory you can click on the photo or go here soon. A huge thank you to Zia Zia for adding me!
ETA. Oh, in case you were wondering what I used to make the print screen you can go to Thumbalizr, I found no way to get the part of the screen the monitor wasn’t showing just clicking print screen in my keyboard, so I did a bit of research and it worked great… Just in case you ever need it…
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Alejandra on
Feb 26th, 2009 | no comments 

Ok, yes, I love Etsy! With a love that is more than love! :-p
I’ve made 4 sales since October(ok, not that good… but could be worse) and I’ve done lots of window shopping… Too much to be good for me… My favorites list is just too big!
But lately I’ve been using other features and I love it even more… I’ve made a couple of treasuries, they are great!!!
And I would love to make a million more if it wasn’t so damn hard to get one in the first place…
But one of the things I really love, is the Virtual Labs! Chats, workshops, Shop critiques and even concerts and in such amazing places!
I attended the critiques today, didn’t get one but I stayed afterwards chatting with a guy that sells buttons and magnets (RyanPlz)…. God, I think we played with every thing you can use in the rooms! We jumped from seat to seat, spinned like crazy, spanked forgotten avatars and were attacked by the gigantic drooling smiley… so much fun!
Etsy, for me, is not only great because of the posibility of selling handmade thingies online but also because of their great interest in the sellers…
The Storque is a huge Etsy Database and you find so many interesting things there to help you be a better seller and the labs are just amazing! Etsy is, by far, the best handmade marketplace there is…
So, you knitters, crocheters, beaders, jewelerers, artists, even Sharpie doodlers(*) give you craft a chance!
(*)Yes, sharpie doodlers! If you don’t believe me check out Rosie O’Donnell’s Etsy Shop (Yes, THE Rosie O’Donnell). She sells doodled Munnys and the proceeds go to “Rosie’s Broadway Kids“
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Alejandra on
Dic 6th, 2008 | no comments 
As I said on my previous post this blog is undergoing some renovations and is currently dead… :-pOk, not really… But we moved the domain and now we are having problems… and since the person that moved it is really busy and I’m getting the hosting for free as a favor I can’t demand too much, just be patient…
So, But now that I think about it, I still have 1 or 1 and 1/2 loyal reader who get it on their rss reader, and for them I’m posting this… Just know that TPB is being moved somewhere, prettier I hope… and that I’ll keep writing here until that happens… It could have been tomorrow, but I have exam on monday and lots to study… so much that I shouldn’t be here anyway… I just wanted to let you know what was going on… and hoping that my faithful readers who go to www.thepurpleblug.com can find a way here… and find out what’s going on… If you want a sneak peek at the new blug or what may look like go here
Thank you for being so patient… btw… I made a couple of sales while the blug has been in its coma… so come on, join them and visit my tiny store