Thursday, March 24, 2011

Thursday Blog Hop Link Party #23


Argh crazy week! Other than having to deal with a bout of plaigerism in my Babamoon shop, I also had some amazing news that I had apparently had one of my hats featured in an Etsy email newsletter... and my already busy schedule has BOOMED to something beyond comprehension so I'm a bit tongue tied as to what to do with the blog other than what I have been doing for a while (Tuesdays and Thursdays). Phew I have my work cut out for me. Anyways! Happy Hopping!!



ADD YOUR BLOG TO MY LONG WEEKEND BLOG HOP!
Thursday - Sunday



Remember to add your blog to the "linky" and not just in the comments (although comments are appreciated)! This hop is growing by the week so thanks to those of you who have grabbed my blog hop button or the ones that have put the linky code on their own pages! The more you all share this linky, the more opportunities people have to find and follow your blogs! Lets keep this up! I try to follow everyone when I am able to (it may be in the same week or after a few weeks but I do back track so please be patient!) so to maximise everyone's chance of gaining followers try and follow as many as you can give time for :)


moonangelnay thursday blogspot link party blog hop

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Here is how you can take part!
  1. Follow my blog!
  2. ADD YOUR LINK TO THE LINKY BELOW
  3. NO ETSY OR OTHER SHOP LINKS! This is a BLOG hop. Please contact me if you are interested in taking part in other features, but this is exclusively for blogs :)
  4. EITHER copy and paste the Linky code at the bottom of this post into YOUR OWN blog post OR Write a blog post including the Thursday Blog Hop button above (it's size will be 125px) OR Link to me using the Blog hop button somewhere on your blog.
  5. (not mandatory but it helps) I know not everyone can, but if you have social networks like Twitter, Facebook etc send a message out about this hop to help spread the word about all the fab blogs people can follow!
  6. Follow at least 2 or 3 others on the list and send them a blog comment to let them know! That way they can follow you back also :)
If I feel your entry isn't family friendly (ie: adult related, gambling or something else distasteful or spammy) I will remove your link.

So submit your blog into the linky tool by clicking on the submit text and you're on your way :) This tool will expire on Sunday night and is accessible using the top navigation of my blog! Happy hopping!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

OnbehalfOf Art and Photography


Belated - BESTeam Mosaic
weekly shoutout to the dedicated workers that like to help other handmade artists...

OnBehalfOf on Etsy... It has been a while since featuring an artist and I'm very excited to share Kate's work with you today. I think her art shines a beautiful ray of light out to it's viewer as her intent is one to be admired , as she uses 90% of her proceeds to go to those that need it most in developing countries. You can really feel the heart and soul of her projects and their correlation to her purpose for them as the images carry a life of their own, translating something of suffering into hope through the protrayal in her art. They are truely spectacular pieces for their vibrance, their message and for Kate's selflessness, kindness and talent. I really do feel privalaged to have the opportunity to share her cause on my blog. Anyone making a purchase from her store will know that their monies will go to help a variety of causes that she lists in her shop announcement like Lahash Internationaland the Water Mission as a few examples, and if you take a trip to her blog you can find more about the work including a link to another blog of hers describing her trip to Africa during 2010 http://ktgresh.blogspot.com/, which really makes an interesting read. You must stop by her store and blogs to learn more about her travels and the inspiration behind her work :) Truely beautiful.


http://artonbehalfof.blogspot.com/ Kate's Blog!

For those of you with a passion for handmade, and you have a blog that is in need of a consistant weekly post to drive your traffic and help fellow artisans by doing the same. Come and join the BESTeam!


All items are clickable and will take you directly to OnBehalfOf's listings...

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Thursday Blog Hop Link Party #22


Hi everyone! I'm still having a bit of a struggle managing my time currently so my apologies further for the lack of posts. I've been quite frustrated this week actually as I STILL cannot find my beloved DSLR charger and I'm so desperate to get some work done for my moonangelnay shop, plus capture more images of my family. I may even just buy a new one as it seems to have just totally vanished in the house move lol! Well... better keep looking hadn't I? Anyway Happy Hopping!



ADD YOUR BLOG TO MY LONG WEEKEND BLOG HOP!
Thursday - Sunday



Remember to add your blog to the "linky" and not just in the comments (although comments are appreciated)! This hop is growing by the week so thanks to those of you who have grabbed my blog hop button or the ones that have put the linky code on their own pages! The more you all share this linky, the more opportunities people have to find and follow your blogs! Lets keep this up! I try to follow everyone when I am able to (it may be in the same week or after a few weeks but I do back track so please be patient!) so to maximise everyone's chance of gaining followers try and follow as many as you can give time for :)


moonangelnay thursday blogspot link party blog hop

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Here is how you can take part!
  1. Follow my blog!
  2. ADD YOUR LINK TO THE LINKY BELOW
  3. NO ETSY OR OTHER SHOP LINKS! This is a BLOG hop. Please contact me if you are interested in taking part in other features, but this is exclusively for blogs :)
  4. EITHER copy and paste the Linky code at the bottom of this post into YOUR OWN blog post OR Write a blog post including the Thursday Blog Hop button above (it's size will be 125px) OR Link to me using the Blog hop button somewhere on your blog.
  5. (not mandatory but it helps) I know not everyone can, but if you have social networks like Twitter, Facebook etc send a message out about this hop to help spread the word about all the fab blogs people can follow!
  6. Follow at least 2 or 3 others on the list and send them a blog comment to let them know! That way they can follow you back also :)
If I feel your entry isn't family friendly (ie: adult related, gambling or something else distasteful or spammy) I will remove your link.

So submit your blog into the linky tool by clicking on the submit text and you're on your way :) This tool will expire on Sunday night and is accessible using the top navigation of my blog! Happy hopping!

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

HeadpinWear Gemstone Jewelry


Tuesday - BESTeam Mosaic
weekly shoutout to the dedicated workers that like to help other handmade artists...

HeadpinWear on Etsy... Cathy hails from Benicia, CA which is a state that I have always lovingly associated with all things grounded, earthly and beautiful. It's wonderful that Cathy's store epitomises the thoughts that are stirred up in my about California as it reminds me a lot of a very beautiful person I know that lives there and lives a very beautiful life.
Cathy's Jewelry uses my favourite type of pieces to make the whole, as a lot of you know already I just LOVE gemstones, dark metals and Swarovski Crystals and Cathy's store is just full of them. The colors throughout her shop are quite neutral, but full and variagated so you can experience a variety of earthtones, and some of the findings are just super cute, like butterflies and starfish that further connect the work to the beauty of nature. Cathy believe's that jewelry is meant to enhance your being and complete that part of your daily style, and I personally think that her work is stunning and could really compliment any person wanting to express something beautiful about themselves through their style. Please take a moment to visit her store! I have 6 of my favourites in the mosaic below but there is so much more!


http://headpinwear.blogspot.com/ Cathy's Blog!

For those of you with a passion for handmade, and you have a blog that is in need of a consistant weekly post to drive your traffic and help fellow artisans by doing the same. Come and join the BESTeam!


All items are clickable and will take you directly to HeadpinWear's listings...

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Thursday Blog Hop Link Party #21


Morning all, Happy Hopping! :)



ADD YOUR BLOG TO MY LONG WEEKEND BLOG HOP!
Thursday - Sunday



Remember to add your blog to the "linky" and not just in the comments (although comments are appreciated)! This hop is growing by the week so thanks to those of you who have grabbed my blog hop button or the ones that have put the linky code on their own pages! The more you all share this linky, the more opportunities people have to find and follow your blogs! Lets keep this up! I try to follow everyone that lists so to maximise everyone's chance of gaining followers try and follow as many as you can give time for :)


moonangelnay thursday blogspot link party blog hop

Grab This Button!



Here is how you can take part!
  1. Follow my blog!
  2. ADD YOUR LINK TO THE LINKY BELOW
  3. NO ETSY OR OTHER SHOP LINKS! This is a BLOG hop. Please contact me if you are interested in taking part in other features, but this is exclusively for blogs :)
  4. EITHER copy and paste the Linky code at the bottom of this post into YOUR OWN blog post OR Write a blog post including the Thursday Blog Hop button above (it's size will be 125px) OR Link to me using the Blog hop button somewhere on your blog.
  5. (not mandatory but it helps) I know not everyone can, but if you have social networks like Twitter, Facebook etc send a message out about this hop to help spread the word about all the fab blogs people can follow!
  6. Follow at least 2 or 3 others on the list and send them a blog comment to let them know! That way they can follow you back also :)
If I feel your entry isn't family friendly (ie: adult related, gambling or something else distasteful or spammy) I will remove your link.

So submit your blog into the linky tool by clicking on the submit text and you're on your way :) This tool will expire on Sunday night and is accessible using the top navigation of my blog! Happy hopping!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Soldered Pendants from thePENDANTstudio


Belated - BESTeam Mosaic
weekly shoutout to the dedicated workers that like to help other handmade artists...

Twas my mom's birthday yesterday, so this is a day later than usual. Enjoy!

the PENDANTstudio on Etsy... I have actually stumbled across this Etsy shop by Aimee before, and have been swept away by intrigue when having a good browse through her unique jewelry fo the fact that she encases her pendants in a silver frame of solder. I have only tried soldering once before to repair a fiberoptic toy that my son managed to destroy during a local festival some years back, and could I do it? No way! It takes some skill to solder with a steady hand, let alone being able to make these amazingly straight lines that Aimee (who describes herself as a perfectionist) is able to with her frames. I have to say I was very impressed when I first saw her shop and I am more so now, as some of the pieces contain more than just images and could easily be described as wearable pieces of art! The material she uses is lead free and contains 4.9 % sterling silver along with tin and copper, and I love the fact that she does take the framed pendants a step further by including little gems and charms behind the glass with the images, and one of my favourites has to be one of her inclusions in the shop known as "Love Song" which has been featured in Great Finds on madeformebyoaklie. Not restricted to Soldered pendants, you can also find pandora style custom charms, keychains, magnets, gift tags and personalized items and Aimee also offers to do bespoke pieces if you get in touch with her and let her know what sort of ideas you may have for a piece. Have a nosey through my mosaic below and make sure you take a visit to Aimee's shop. You will love it!


http://www.pendantstudio.blogspot.com/ Aimee's Blog!

For those of you with a passion for handmade, and you have a blog that is in need of a consistant weekly post to drive your traffic and help fellow artisans by doing the same. Come and join the BESTeam!


All items are clickable and will take you directly to thePENDANTstudio's listings...

Monday, March 7, 2011

Late again!


VERY Belated - Coffee and Cake
weekly mommy babble and handmade goings on...


ahem... argggghhh! Crikey what a mad couple of weeks! and it's still mad! I should have expected it really... making bunny hats... changing my shop tags (getting used to this SEO thing now)... the addition of a NEW HAT and picture courtesy of the amazing jsbfrechin on Etsy from www.m-mphoto.com and EASTER is but a month away. It's lovely to be so busy but my poor garden hasn't been sown and I am experiencing waaaaaaaaay too many late nights to compensate for the times I'm unable to work when I have the "kiddie shift". I am ploughing through the next few days with my partner finally having a few days off work, but yes some things are being sacrificed like my features for the blog, planting my potatoes ( :( ) and other foods, and anything I think could wait a little bit longer... but ohhhh... when the backlog of hats is out of the way I am SO going on a spa day. I think it's necessary :)


One thing I managed to do in the last few weeks is design new business cards for Babamoon and a postcard with details of my out of house business in baby portraiture that I think may actually manifest sometime this year, and I had the first lot of 100 come through the other day which almost brought a tear to my eye. They're AMAZING! I thought I'd show you the current look for my packaging which I've been using for a while now, using the pink envelopes (yep... the post office people know who I am LOL), my cards and the labelled hat inside a protective sleeve. I had used the free cards from Vistaprint for a while and figured I needed something more personal... and my goodness these are just perfect! Please excuse the quality... I've been using my phone for images recently as my poor DSLR's charger is missing somewhere in the many boxes that still need to be emptied :( But still! :D


So until next time, hopefully things will be less sporadic on here soon but for now I'll be writing when I can at least once or twice a week.


Recent Altered Photography And Baby Accessories
Posted to moonangelnay.etsy.com and babamoon.etsy.com



moonangelnay x

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Thursday Blog Hop Link Party #20

HI everyone! Hope you're having a great week! Let's hop :)



ADD YOUR BLOG TO MY LONG WEEKEND BLOG HOP!
Thursday - Sunday



Remember to add your blog to the "linky" and not just in the comments (although comments are appreciated)! This hop is growing by the week so thanks to those of you who have grabbed my blog hop button or the ones that have put the linky code on their own pages! The more you all share this linky, the more opportunities people have to find and follow your blogs! Lets keep this up! I try to follow everyone that lists so to maximise everyone's chance of gaining followers try and follow as many as you can give time for :)


moonangelnay thursday blogspot link party blog hop

Grab This Button!



Here is how you can take part!
  1. Follow my blog!
  2. ADD YOUR LINK TO THE LINKY BELOW
  3. NO ETSY OR OTHER SHOP LINKS! This is a BLOG hop. Please contact me if you are interested in taking part in other features, but this is exclusively for blogs :)
  4. EITHER copy and paste the Linky code at the bottom of this post into YOUR OWN blog post OR Write a blog post including the Thursday Blog Hop button above (it's size will be 125px) OR Link to me using the Blog hop button somewhere on your blog.
  5. (not mandatory but it helps) I know not everyone can, but if you have social networks like Twitter, Facebook etc send a message out about this hop to help spread the word about all the fab blogs people can follow!
  6. Follow at least 2 or 3 others on the list and send them a blog comment to let them know! That way they can follow you back also :)
If I feel your entry isn't family friendly (ie: adult related, gambling or something else distasteful or spammy) I will remove your link.

So submit your blog into the linky tool by clicking on the submit text and you're on your way :) This tool will expire on Sunday night and is accessible using the top navigation of my blog! Happy hopping!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

YourDailyJewels Unique Jewelry


Tuesday - BESTeam Mosaic
weekly shoutout to the dedicated workers that like to help other handmade artists...

Apologies for the delay in features. I'm getting through a lot of work currently that is slowing things so for now I think posts are going to be a bit irregular, but it won't always be this way. Enjoy this weeks feature!

YOURDAILYJEWELS on Etsy... I'm so excited to get to feature another gemstone jewelry artist this week! I just love everything about gemstones and some of you may know, because the colors, the natural grains/swirls/im"perfect"ions just stir something in my soul. I'm a nature lover and I love adorning things that I know are earth sourced, and I think anyone that shares this enthusiasm will just fall head over heels for Yourdailyjewels' store. The banner I think is the first thing that will draw you in as it's just so beautiful, and then beneath that you can see all the beautiful work by Norah, that it compliments so well! Her images also are just stunning, and it's almost like looking through a beautiful crystal grove on every page. The colors and designs are just fantastic! Definitely a new favourite of mine and a store I'm going to have to visit for all the birthday's I know are coming up in the spring :) Something that I think is awesome about Norah is that she works by day as a physical therapist for children suffering with disabilities, and her jewelry work had started from a rewards system she had created for the children some time ago, becoming what it is today for the acknowledgements of her creative talent. Her pieces are beautiful and unique. I'm certain that you'll love it!

http://yourdailyjewels.blogspot.com/ Norah's Blog!

For those of you with a passion for handmade, and you have a blog that is in need of a consistant weekly post to drive your traffic and help fellow artisans by doing the same. Come and join the BESTeam!


All items are clickable and will take you directly to YOURDAILYJEWELS' listings...