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Monday, September 1, 2008

Featured Artist: HightowerBotanicals


This is another item I ran across using Etsy's Pounce feature. It grabbed me because when I was in gradeschool I walked to and from school most days and along my route were several trees that dropped piles of these seed pods.


Julee of Hightower Botanicals is the artist behind this pretty pendant. When asked about it she said, "This Maple tree seed pod is a favorite of mine because as a child I played with the seed pods by pulling them apart and sticking them on my nose! And also of course, throwing them off of high places so they'd spin down to the grown like a helicopter."

Julee grew up in Washington state before going to art school in Brooklyn, New York. She currently works as an artist's assistant and makes huge casted and fabricated sculptures in many materials. She sees her jewelry work as miniature sculpture and especially enjoys working with plants and herbs.

Friday, August 29, 2008

Featured Seller: xmissamyx


I've meant to start doing features on this blog for a while now, so here we go with number one!


I found this amethyst and peridot bracelet while Pouncing for undiscovered Etsy shops (meaning shops who have not yet made a sale).


It's from xmissamyx and is priced at $46. She's a recent graduate who has been making jewelry for three years now. When she's not making items for her Etsy shop, she works at a part-time job (which she loves), spends time with her pets (a ferret called Merlin and two gerbils called Flea & Squirrel), and teaches jewelry classes. She's also a fan of superheroes!
With beautiful jewelry and alluring photographs like these, she won't remain sale-less for long.