Happy Birthday to nuvonova!!!

The team wishes a huge happy birthday to Clara, the talented artist behind nuvonova.  Make sure you check out her fabulous designs here.

Wishing you a wonderful day and the best of years!

January Team Happenings.

Well, now we are approaching the end of the first month of 2009, we would like to give a rundown of Team Happenings and what is still to come!

First up is Asianexpressions who offers a beautiful confection of kimonos and origami inspired accessories. She had some of her pieces on consignment at the Helena Holter Museum of Art for a Christmas sale, and recently shared the news that the museum wanted more for their Valentines show! Congratulations!

Happiknits is planning a revival of her 'Putting your best face forward' blog entries which stem from her love for cosmetics! She will be reviewing cosmetic/skin care products, and also giving application advice.

OctopedalArts are having a great start to the New Year, with new models and many new designs!

AllThingsPretty's Cornflower Blue Linen Dress hit the Etsy front page, was swiftly bought and then followed by a succession of another three sales!

Capitolagirl's "The Devil Wears Etsy - Bites of Brown" column was picked up by online publication Computer Shopper, which also featured an item from fellow FDL Team member, RebeccasArtCloset.

...and lastly, I, nuvonova, hit 100 sales after 8 months since starting my Etsy Shop and hit 500 hearts a few days ago!

Front Page Brings in The New Year

Congrats to Debra from All Things Pretty who curated her very first Treasury on Etsy and made it on the Front Page!!! Check out her beautiful shop, her items are wearable pieces of art. I love this color palette! Congrats to all the FDL members featured.

Hottest Trend this Holiday Season: Take the Handmade Pledge

All of you out there who know (and love) etsy.com understand the importance and value of the handmade crafted goods - be it clothing, jewelry, furniture, art, or even baked goods. The Handmade Pledge is a pledge that you sign on-line at http://www.buyhandmade.org/ . Basically you pledge to buy and give all handmade gifts. Not only does this open up the door for artists of all kinds, but especially with times so tight for many people, giving a unique gift of high quality will have a much longer lasting effect than quantity.

Here at the FDL team, I think it's to assume that most of us will be giving or creating gifts ourselves for our loved ones.

We are such a talented group (to toot our own horn) that has a large variety of items to choose from. Many of us are offering holiday specials...wink wink.

So I hope that some of our readers consider signing this pledge if you haven't done so already. I can tell you honestly that everytime I buy a gift the first place I come is to etsy. I know that if I am not giving a friend a piece of my jewelry, that I can find them something awesome here. :)

Fashion, Design and Lifestyle Blog Revamp.

Just in case you're wondering if you're on the wrong site, you're not! The Fashion, Design and Lifestyle blog has recently been refurbished and we are all very happy with the new look! Here is a screen capture of how it used to look before the revamp, and what a difference!We would also like to give big thanks to hollyillustration, an FDL Team member, for letting us use one of her beautiful fashion illustrations.

Enjoy the new look!
-nuvonova

Paper Dolls (Edition 4): The Big Reveal

FDL Paper Dolls: Fourth Edition
(The Big Reveal!)

The suggestions for the Fourth Edition of the Paper Dolls are in...and here's our fourth virtual fashion outfit a la FDL's Paper Dolls.

It started out with a vintage Inspiration Piece from Rebecca's Art Closet:


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Burlap British Bunchie from melin.etsy.com
(suggested by delightworthyn.etsy.com)
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Autumn Cream Wrap from maryandangelika.etsy.com
(suggested by rebeccasartcloset.etsy.com)
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Sleeveless Gathered Front Top by garnish.etsy.com
(suggested by glorioushats.etsy.com)
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Cranberry Dangles from blacksheepdesigns.etsy.com

(suggested by rebecca)
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Ruffles Party Ring from viridian.etsy.com

(suggested by rebecca)
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About Paper Dolls
Paper Dolls is a new virtual fashion game being hosted by the FDL Street Team blog. In each edition of Paper Dolls, an FDL Team member picks a fashionable inspiration piece and writes a blog post seeking coordinating item suggestions by readers. Reader suggestions can be from ANY seller's shop on Etsy, and are left in the Comments area of the blog post along with links to matching items. Then, when the author has a completed outfit (based on the inspiration piece and the author's picks from the comments), the author writes a follow-up blog post to reveal whole outfit.

Come join the FDL Team again, the Fifth Edition of Paper Dolls is coming soon!

Shop 'til your Fingers Drop!

WOW!  The Fashion, Design and Lifestyle Team is on fire for the holiday weekend and Cyber Monday sales!  You can get all of your holiday shopping completed from our team shops on Etsy!  Buy truly unique and special gifts this holiday season - go handmade!  Check out all of these sales ...

Thirdfloor has a 20% discount on all items, excluding shipping!  And free domestic shipping (50% off international) for all orders over $50!  Offers good 11/28 to 12/1.

Kristensteinfineart has great price reductions in effect that were recently made for the VAST art sale.  All sale prices are good through 12/31.  Free shipping on all items in her shop for a limited time.

Delightworthyn is offering free shipping until 12/1.  She has also just added some great items to her Sale section!

CelesteCraft is offering 20% off all orders of $20 or more (excluding shipping).

Love2sew has a Christmas sale on doll clothes - 3 for $30, or $10 each.  Check out the section in her shop!

Asianexpressions is offering free shipping for all items from 11/2 to 12/1.

Jinxydv8 has items in her Sale section at 50% off!  Also, free shipping if you mention your blog!

Mylittleaura is offering free shipping from 11/28-12/1.

BarbaraLousBoutique is offering free shipping on 11/30.

Eikumpel is offering 15% off items in her shop from 11/28 to 12/1.

Daintycrochetbyaly is offering free domestic shipping and 50% off international shipping from 11/28 t 12/1.

Amysfunkyfibers is offering free shipping on items in her shop from 11/28 to 12/1.  Please convo her before ordering.

Happiknits is offering free shipping with the purchase of 2 or more items; 50% off international shipping.

Rebeccasartcloset is offering free shipping on all orders over $50!

Norakaren has 15% off on any order $30 and over,  and free shipping on orders of $150 or over.  Please convo her so she can adjust the invoice.

uvlightstudios has 2-5ft Cosmic landscapes on sale now!  These are printed on removable/reusable vinyl, no tacks, nails or glue necessary.  Many images ranging from $60-$130.  Check them out!

Just click on the shop name to see all the wonderful items that our team members have to offer!

If you have any questions about these promotions, please contact the shop directly.  Thank you.

Have a lovely holiday weekend!

Beth

Third Floor Designs