Monday Member Mini -- Beaded Tail

It's time for another Monday Member Mini and today we are featuring Sharla of Beaded Tail!

Sharla creates lovely jewelry, most with an animal design -- particularly cats and dogs! She has recently introduced a line of journals, also with the animal theme -- these have clever titles like "Paws for Thought" which is my personal favorite!

Because of her love of animals, Sharla supports organizations that help animals with special needs or disabilities. Through her shop sales she has steadily increased the amount of her donations over the last several years. Her own pets (two lovely cats and a sweet dog) were all rescued and adopted from the humane society.

Be sure to have a look at all the lovely items in Beaded Tail -- you might even catch a glimpse of Angel, Isabella and Sadie! As Sharla says, "We're making tails wag, one bead at a time!"

To visit Sharla's shop, just click on the Beaded Tail mini!

Be sure to check back here for more Monday Member Minis for a little sneak peek into our members' shops! 

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Sarah is the owner of Magnolia Surprise where you can find crochet toys and play food for the kids, as well as fun coasters, potholders and other items for the home. In addition to crochet, she loves needlework of all types, especially cross-stitch and embroidery, and also enjoys painting on wood and found objects.

Cobalt Blue Friday Features

Team member Janet of HoneyFromTheBee was the inspiration for this Friday Feature post with her Filigree and Blue Pendant Necklace.  Cobalt blue is so striking it often catches the attention of Etsyians for treasuries. I love this deep color and wanted to use it for today's features.  Enjoy!



Filigree Necklace by HoneyFromTheBee



Cobalt Juicer from VintageHomeChic





Quilt by ColorquiltsbyCarolyn




Wine Bottle Wall Flower Vases by GreatBottlesofFire




Sea Glass Pendant by seaglassin

Friday Features is brought to you today by BBA member Linda of PruittCreations.  She loves all kinds of art mediums, but currently specializes in fabric: Fun with Fabric!  

Artisan Spotlight -- Pasque Flower Creations

7 questions is our spotlight on our favorite artisans. Please welcome... 

 LeAnn of Pasque Flower Creations!

1.  What do you sell in your shop?
My Etsy shop, Pasque Flower Creations, is an eclectic mix of fun and functional handcrafted fabric items.  My current best sellers are boutique oven mitts:

I also welcome custom orders.

2.  What is your favorite thing about Etsy?
I love the sense of community --- a person-to-person connection between Buyers and Sellers and within teams.

3.  What is your least favorite thing about Etsy?
SEO.  I still struggle to find the best titles and tags to get my items found.  But I'm learning!

4.  What does your studio / workspace look like?
I converted stepson Jon's bedroom (he's 37 and happily married with three kids -- he's not moving home) into a Girl Cave to house my fabrics, supplies, sewing machine, serger, and inventory closet.  I like to keep my stash fabrics in rainbow color order.  (It's messier now than when the photo was taken.)

5.  What do you do to relax?
Ironically, I sew to relax!  (My hubby says I am always calmer when I'm touching fabric.)  I love to quilt and I am a member the Lincoln Quilters Guild and a small quilt group. I'm currently working on a full-sized English paper pieced quilt.  I've finished 100 large blocks.  It's been in the works for well over a year: http://pasqueflowerponderings.blogspot.com/2011/06/ugliest-quilt-in-world.html   I'm also working on a hand-appliqued graduation quilt for our oldest granddaughter (Class of 2013).  I also like to bike, read, and spend time with my children and 9 grandchildren.

6.  What accomplishments are you the most proud of?
I am most proud of my children.
In my former professional life as an attorney I helped blaze some trails for women in the legal profession in South Dakota in the late 1970s and 1980s.  I was SD Woman Attorney of the Year in 1985, and I was the first woman appointed to the SD Board of Pardons & Paroles.  I received an award from former Attorney General Janet Reno -- that photo and my parole gavel (which I now use to hammer metal capped snaps)  is in my Girl Cave.  (That's a much younger me in the yellow silk suit.)

 7.  What are some of your goals for the next year?
My goals are to maintain 100+ listings in my Etsy shop (I'm not quite there yet) and to double my 2011 sales total in 2012 (I'm ahead of target on that one!)  I'm also working on developing new product lines that will utilize my ever-growing pile of scraps (too pretty to throw away).

You can out more about LeAnn here:
Pasque Flower Creations (LeAnn): boutique clothing and more
Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/pasqueflower
Blog: http://pasqueflowerponderings.blogspot.com
Twitter: @lfrobom
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/pasqueflower
Pinterest:  http://pinterest.com/pasqueflower/