Randi and Nancy featured on Etsy Front page

3 front pages in the last few days. I love doing these updates. Fantistic items and photography ladies. Congrats to Ragnzidnar - soon to be known as EcoTwist and TheVintageDresser. Beautifully done! And the plaid collection was curated by Lisa of ZiBagz.

Team Members Featured

How exciting for Lauren who is brand new to Etsy to have her first front page appearance! Congratulations on the exposure (pun intended - or maybe that is double entendre) Lauren. You know I love that darling kitten photo.

Kim of SentimentalStones was featured in a blog this week. Congrats Kim! Here is the blog link.

I thought it was about time that some of Randi's handmade flowers popped up on the FP, so I plugged her name into the search bar at the vault, and there she was just this morning! What a wonderful wedding treasury. Congrats Randi.

In the Gift Guides

Ragnazidnar, appearing in the Writing it Down Gift Guide

This is something to celebrate, and something to aspire to. Suggestions for getting in the gift guides.
1. Photography! Maybe you are tired of hearing it, but photos are everything when you are selling online. Randi is going to run a workshop for us on this topic sometime soon.

Rachel323, appearing in the Pampering Gift Guide

2. Curate yourself. Read Am I Worthy and use the method in that blog post to put your items next to items that are currently in your target gift guide. See for yourself. Does your item look like it belongs? If not, go back to step one.

StudioCherie, appearing in the Travel Gift Guide

3. After you have done 1 and 2, you are ready to get noticed. A good place to do this is the Etsy Shop Makeovers Flickr Group. You can post before and after photos there. Etsy Admin looks in that pool for items to feature.

WHIMSYlove, appearing in the Nostalgic Whimsy Gift Guide

4. Keep doing what you do best, and fill your shop with the good stuff.

Threadric, appearing in the Carnivalesque Gift Guide

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

I typed this into my Etsy search, "easternwateam breast cancer" and discovered our team members who have posted and tagged their items that will benefit the Susan G. Komen Fund. If there are more of you - and I think there are, please tag at least one of your items with both the "easternwateam" tag and "breast cancer." That way, we can find you and give you recognition.

Sagegold Soaps is having a storewide benefit and donating a portion of all of her bar soap sales. You can find more details in her shop announcement.

Roseworks Jewelry also has a storewide benefit happening as announced on her landing page, and a lovely new pink banner too!

I know Ragnazidnar is busily adding items for both her vegetarian sale and for her Breast Cancer benefit. Here is one of her new pink line that will benefit the fund. Look at Randi's shop announcement and check out her special sections in her store.

(This looks like it might be found at the Runway Renegades Show too.)

Annie Kints also has a special section of pink items to benefit the fund. Here is one. She has a nice variety of items involved, so check out her shop announcement and special section for details.

Studio Cherie has pulled all of the pink items from every section of her shop, and made special pink items (like this bag) for her "Pink for October" section. Shop her special section to benefit the Susan G. Komen Fund.

We will do another search in a few days and add to the list of team members participating in this charity event.