Pamela Baker

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Treasury: Love Earrings!

Treasury: Love Earrings

by: Laura

http://LaurasDreamHorse.etsy.com

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Treasury: Celebrating Summer with the Bbest

by Dean Ryan

RuralRetreatVintage

Treasury: Seeing Red

Treasury: I'mSeeing Red

by Pam Todd

BagsandmorebyPam.etsy.com

Sunday, June 3, 2012

An Inspiration

A True Inspiration

Laura’s Dream Horse

Laura Hundsdorfer

It is not often that I find a shop that truly inspires me. After you read this blog about Laura, and her new shop just opened yesterday, http://LaurasDreamHorse.etsy.com, I know you will be inspired by Laura and her talent. Laura-Alexandra was born in Germany in 2001 (yes 2001) which means she is just 11 yrs. old. As she says in her profile, she has wanted to open a shop for the past 2 years, and finally convinced her mother to help her set up a shop here on Etsy. Her passion is drawing, painting and beadwork.

Amazingly though, Laura was born with several handicaps; and has Cerebral Palsy on the right side of her body. For someone who was right-handed, this might have been a difficulty for most; but not for Laura, she, after much trying, found that she can follow her dreams using her left hand. So all of her beautiful horse paintings have been painted using her left hand. Laura has also had numerous surgeries, and suffers from other disabilities. According to Laura, “it makes me feel good that there is something in my life i can do really good. That makes me forget that I am a little different from other kids around me:-).”

Besides her love of horses, Laura also takes part in a special therapy for kids with disabilities called “Hippotherapie”; a form of physical, occupational and speech therapy in which a therapist uses the characteristic movements of a horse to provide carefully graded motor and sensory input. A beautiful quote from Laura, “As long as Humans think that animals don’t have feelings, animals feel that humans dont think!” This is a little girl who is wise beyond her years in her thoughts and talents. I know you find her story as inspiring as I did and stop by and support her shop.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Treasury: Spring and Summer Colors

Klaire "MysticSilks"

Klaire’s shop http://MysticSilks.etsy.com is comprised of beautiful OOAK hand designed
painted Silk Scarfs, Silk Paintings, and beautiful art Paintings. Klaire describes her work as
“Artwork that cannot be duplicated.” Each Silk creation is a labor of love and dedication,
which shows as each items take on a life of their own.

Beginning her art as a form of relaxation, Klaire’s work not only graces Etsy, but has been
exhibited at juried and invitational Art shows. These are just a few of the beautiful items
from Klaire’s shop; visit her Etsy shop to see more of her artistic talent.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Bbest Team Treasury: Spring Fever

Dena: RuralRetreatVintage.etsy.com

Welcome to Dena’s shop: http://RuralRetreatVintage.etsy.com. Here you will find Vintage & Victorian buttons, sewing supplies, handcrafted button jewelry and accessories, handcrafted cards and tags, and vintage jewelry. I especially loved these two buttons: first, a beautiful carved Topaz colored Floral Button; and a Victorian Cupid Brass Button, which has been in Dena's collection for over 50 years

Dena has enjoyed collecting vintage buttons for 50 years. My grandma was a seamstress and got me started collecting buttons when I was a little girl. I too have a collection of my grandmother’s buttons which always fascinated me – which drew me to this shop. Dena and her husband are now retired and are enjoying their life nestled in the foothills of the beautiful mountains in eastern Tennessee.