Friday Fandango - Bag Lust

Here are some of my recent favorite Etsy bags--there seems to be a nature theme running, but that was not intentional...

Hollyhawk's leather Birdwatching pouch

Glossy Cactus Clutch by bonspielcreation

Wool Felt Cat Applique Wallet by bubbledog

The Snotty Bird Bag by littleoddforest

Butterfingers laptop wallet by workingclassheroes

And, just because I love her stuff so much, one more from Hollyhawk --leather Squid pouch

MOO Sale! Yay!

We are completely addicted to our Moo cards--the little mini-business cards made from your own Flickr images. We use them as necklace tages, as well as regular old business cards. We've already run through two sets, so I was thrilled to see that they are having a birthday sale--25% Off all Mini Cards, using code BIRTHDAYMOO. I just ordered two more sets!

I then decided to use my savings to buy one of splatgirl's adorable Moo Pockets, so I can tote them around in style.

New Stuff - Earrings Edition

I've been making a new type of earring--collaged copper and silver disks on long kidney earwires. I've been loving these earwires for months, but had troule coming up with just the right design for them:

ACEOs

Since my love of all thing teeny tiny is no secret, I'm kind of surprised that it's taken me so long to get into ACEOs--Artist Cards, Editions and Originals. In case you're not familiar with them, they're little trading-card size artworks, which is just too fun. I've painted a bunch lately, and posted a few in my byDillon shop:

Tuesday...Tizzy?

My glorious plan to post some Etsy favorites every Friday hit a snag, but since I'm back on the horse now, I figured I'd give it another go. So please to enjoy the Tuesday Tizzy, proud successor to the Friday Fandango.

Today I'm going to show off some sweet shyness:

Rose Mini Print by my unabashed favorite Etsy illustrator, askey.

Shy Boy and Shy Girl Wood Print by Menta.


Shy Goat by Danielle Anderson (aka dreadsky).


The Pensive Wallpaper print by Etsy superstar The Black Apple.


Shy by Belle and Boo.

I'm jealous of my own creations...

...because they get to travel places I can only dream of! In just the past couple of weeks, I've had pieces going to Malta, Uzbekistan, Hawaii, London and a whole bunch to the handmade-loving folks in Australia!

I'm getting bitter and considering raising my shipping costs to include hand delivery. :o)

How cool is this???

Monkeyzen, a Spanish shopping site, has featured our Lop the Bunny pendant. Our first bit of international press!

Since I am pathetically monolingual, I have no idea what they're saying about us, but I'm hoping it's nice. :o)

byDillon - Grand Opening!

Today I can finally officially announce the grand opening of my new shop.

byDillon.etsy.com will feature paintings and prints and notecards and various other bits of art. I've got the first batch of prints up--stop by and take a look! :o)

Mea Culpa

I have been really negligent with my blog the past couple of weeks, all because of my lingering computer virus problems. As some of you already, while the Geek Squad was working on my desktop, I was reduced to roaming around with my laptop, search for free WiFi. But now it's back, and it's hooked up, and it actually works! So I'll be posting much more regularly now.

Yay!