Mother's Day Giveaways!

The Made in Vermont Etsy StreetTeam (MIVEST) members are having Mother's Day giveaways!!!!

My Mother's Day Giveaway:

1) A cotton zipper pouch with a bright pink background and bright blue, green and pink cats all wearing sunglasses. The pink zipper has a pink zipper pull with a cat charm on the end. The lining is a pink and white print. Measures approximately 7 1/4" by 4 1/4". The zipper opening is approximately 6 1/2".

2) A matching bookmark with a pink and white cotton yarn tassel. This bookmark is made from fabric,iron-on adhesive, Mod Podge, and matte Varnish. Measures approximately 5 3/4" by 1 1/2".



To Enter:

Leave a comment to this post. In the comment, leave contact information so I can contact you if you win. Contact info can be a link to your Etsy Shop (for Etsy Sellers), your Etsy Page (for buyers). If you are not an Etsier, please leave your email address in the comment.


Date Winner Announced:

On Mother's Day, I will have a drawing to find out who has won, and then I will post the winner here on my blog. I will also contact the winner to let them know. The winner will be contacted by convo on Etsy or by email.

Good luck :-)

Mother's Day Giveaways On Other MIVEST Blogs!

Mother's Day Giveaways on other MIVEST members' blogs To enter any of the below giveaways, you must sign up for them by going to the respective blogs listed below.

The Mystical Kingdom blog is hosting the giveaway of a beautiful felted rose pin made by the owner of Botanicopia Etsy Shop.



The Truly Noted blog is hostinging the giveaway of a stunning, original, signed watercolor painting created by Kelly Todd of All Things Simple Etsy Shop. The painting is called "The Turquoise and Amber DANCE".




The Mystical Kingdom blog is hosting the giveaway of a stunningly detailed set of personalized note cards made by Colleen, owner of Truly Noted Etsy Shop.



So visit these blogs today to enter to win these handmade items that are Made In Vermont!

Good luck :-)

Featured Shop: Feline Feathers

There is a great new shop on Etsy called Feline Feathers. This shop has a lot of cute cat toys and cat beds.

Below is one of the wands in the shop made from natural wood and acrylic yarn:



These crocheted catnip toys are adorable:




The shop has many different colored flannel cat beds stuffed with fluffy fiberfill:



These luxurious looking beds measure 18" x 22" x 6."

Feline Feathers' Blog features posts of different pet related items found in various Etsy shops. It is a great blog to visit!

Handmade Clock

I made myself a clock using an LP record, a fabric panel, mod podge, and clear varnish.



It turned out better than I could have hoped it would :-)

A True, Embarrassing Story

In my All About Cats Etsy Shop I sell organic catnip toys and non-catnip items like potholders, oven mitts, zipper pouches, plastic bag holders, etc.



Well.... in early December a woman bought a non-catnip item from me to give a friend as a Christmas present. After this item arrived at her home, she opened up the package and her cat immediately began going after it. After she gave the present to her friend, her friend's cats went after it, also :-0



The woman who bought the item convoed me to ask me if it had been near catnip. I replied that I put all my items in separate ziplock bags, but that yes, they were stored in the same bin. Yikes! Somehow the catnip smell was escaping the bags they were in and and permeating through the bags that non-catnip items were in. Now that is potent catnip!

I offered to replace the item, but the woman said she and her friend thought the whole thing was hilarious and didn't want it replaced. In fact one of them bought catnip toys from me after that.

Right after this all happened I began keeping all the catnip toys in two ziplock bags and in the refrigerator. Plus I aired out all the other items. I was sure the problem was solved.

So... I was shocked when another woman convoed me this week to say that her cats were going after the items she had just bought. I had just made them! I offered to make her new items, but she also thought it was funny and didn't want me to replace them. I did, however, send her cats some organic catnip Easter egg toys.

The only thing I can think of that would still be making things smell like catnip is that the catnip smell might have permeated into the bin from when I used to keep catnip toys in the bin. I threw the bin out and now have all non-catnip items stored in something else.



My family thinks this is funny, but I find it embarrassing, and I am worried that this might happen again and that the next customer might not be amused by it.

I've given thought to writing a warning at the bottom of my listings saying something like: "Warning, if you are purchasing non-catnip items, your cats may go after them. I make so many catnip toys that the catnip fragrance may be all over my house." How embarrassing!!!