Gifts under $50 for your gothic gal

Still shopping for that special Goth girl in your life? Here are some gifts ideas to make it her ideal Goth present for the holidays.

Goth Lolita Day of the ... agothshop $15.00	Kuro/Gothic Lolita Blac... ElegyClothing $45.00	Gothic Lolita BLACK LAC... eshopmania $10.99	SIZE 5.5 - 6 Black Ba... iiiheart $35.00
Dark Holidays Gothic Lo... GravesideLooks $8.00	Peacock Dutchess Mini L... ElegantRebecca $25.00	Blythe Pull Charm Alien... finasma $3.00	Black and Purple Laced ... estylissimo $22.00
Sparkly polka dot fruit... celdeconail $25.00	The French Maid Black ... RecycledRockst... $29.00	David's Bridal Wate... YouNiqueGarter... $28.99	Gothic corset collar la... nocturnalnosta... $25.99
Flower Silk Hair Pins, ... PetalMix $32.00	Silver Lolita Headband ... FASHDesign $19.00	Rainbow Heart Dichroic ... robinhoodcoutu... $28.00	THE BOW EARRINGS, antiq... plasticouture $17.50

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

A Happy Handmade Christmas

With 16 days left until Christmas, Etsy vendors are all a buzz with lots and lots of holiday goodies to brighten your home and hearth. How do you sort through the tons of offerings, piled high like presents under the tree? The mind reels, but that's what we bloggers do...sort through them for the coolest gifts that might catch your eye. Check out these wonderful vendors while we still have shopping days left. For those procrastinators (like me, lol) who haven't sent out their holiday cards yet:
Empty On The Inside

Christmas Greeting Card
Shop - http://www.etsy.com/shop/EmptyOnTheInside

Having a soft spot for crochet (I am self-taught), I fell in love with this beautiful handmade Christmas tree ornament and so will you:
Gmaellen

Handmade Crochet Lace Flowers and Ribbon Christmas Ornament
Shop - http://www.etsy.com/shop/GMaEllenCrochetGifts

And who isn’t attracted to shinys dangling from a tree? I’m not immune to their magic and neither will you be when you see this pretty bauble:
Our Home To Yours

Pink and purple swirl glass ball ornament, christmas tree decoration
Shop - http://www.etsy.com/shop/ourhometoyours

With holiday parties in abundance, we all need a pair of pretty earrings to match our ensembles. These reminded me immediately of poinsettia flowers:
Riorita

Flower with coral earrings Handmade sterling silver jewelry
Shop - http://www.etsy.com/shop/riorita

More links to these wonderful shops:

Empty On The Inside -
Blog - Dough, Dirt & Dye http://doughdirtdye.blogspot.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/emptyontheinside
Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/anolive

An Unrefined Vegan Blog and Facebook Page: http://anunrefinedvegan.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/An-Unrefined-Vegan/114606321983552

Gmaellen -
Blog - http://gmaellenscraftycorner.wordpress.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/ellenmargaret2
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Handmade-Crochet-and-more-by-GMaEllen/239770779407895

Our Home To Yours -
Blog - http://ourhometoyourscrafts.blogspot.com/
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/ourhometoyours
Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/ourhometoyours
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/ourhometoyours

Riorita -
Blog - http://rioritajewelry.blogspot.com/
Website - http://irithbzjewelry.net/

We are all members of a great Etsy shop owner’s support team called BESTeam (Boosting Etsy Shops Team). We support each other’s Etsy shops with intense social networking and promotion of each other on our Facebook, Twitter and Blog ‘sites. Want an article written about YOUR shop each and every week? Want to write about others and support their creative efforts, thus Paying it Forward? Then get on over to the team page, visit the team blog or forum and see if you can keep up with us. If you are the BEST, we want you on our team!

A Happy Handmade Christmas

With 16 days left until Christmas, Etsy vendors are all a buzz with lots and lots of holiday goodies to brighten your home and hearth.

How do you sort through the tons of offerings, piled high like presents under the tree? The mind reels, but that's what we bloggers do...sort through them for the coolest gifts that might catch your eye. Check out these wonderful vendors while we still have shopping days left.

For those procrastinators (like me, lol) who haven't sent out their holiday cards yet:

Empty On The Inside


Christmas Greeting Card

Shop - http://www.etsy.com/shop/EmptyOnTheInside

Having a soft spot for crochet (I am self-taught), I fell in love with this beautiful handmade Christmas tree ornament and so will you:

Gmaellen


Handmade Crochet Lace Flowers and Ribbon Christmas Ornament

Shop - http://www.etsy.com/shop/GMaEllenCrochetGifts

And who isn’t attracted to shinys dangling from a tree? I’m not immune to their magic and neither will you be when you see this pretty bauble:

Our Home To Yours


Pink and purple swirl glass ball ornament, christmas tree decoration

Shop - http://www.etsy.com/shop/ourhometoyours

With holiday parties in abundance, we all need a pair of pretty earrings to match our ensembles. These reminded me immediately of poinsettia flowers:

Riorita


Flower with coral earrings Handmade sterling silver jewelry

Shop - http://www.etsy.com/shop/riorita

More links to these wonderful shops:

Empty On The Inside -
Blog - Dough, Dirt & Dye  http://doughdirtdye.blogspot.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/emptyontheinside
Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/anolive

An Unrefined Vegan Blog and Facebook Page:
http://anunrefinedvegan.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/An-Unrefined-Vegan/114606321983552

Gmaellen -
Blog - http://gmaellenscraftycorner.wordpress.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/ellenmargaret2
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Handmade-Crochet-and-more-by-GMaEllen/239770779407895

Our Home To Yours -
Blog - http://ourhometoyourscrafts.blogspot.com/
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/ourhometoyours
Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/ourhometoyours
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/ourhometoyours

Riorita -
Blog - http://rioritajewelry.blogspot.com/
Website - http://irithbzjewelry.net/

We are all members of a great Etsy shop owner’s support team called BESTeam (Boosting Etsy Shops Team). We support each other’s Etsy shops with intense social networking and promotion of each other on our Facebook, Twitter and Blog ‘sites. Want an article written about YOUR shop each and every week? Want to write about others and support their creative efforts, thus Paying it Forward? Then get on over to the team page, visit the team blog or forum and see if you can keep up with us. If you are the BEST, we want you on our team!

Shopping in Etsy's Pond - Energetic Orange Swirls and Whirls

Orange is the color of energy. The circle or swirl is a nature symbol of constant motion - the shape of a whirlpool, a hurricane, the vortex of a tornado. Somehow they came together in all four shops I reviewed this week. Enjoy!


Orange Glass Pendant on Braided Hemp Choker -
14.5" by AbsolutelyKismet


Orange Carnelian Sunrise Hammered Silver Earrings by cksilver


tribal silver hoops and authentic coral by riorita


Roses Orange Print Hahnemuhle Giclee
Fine Art Print "Majesty in Simplicity" 11x14, Matted by Solhful

More links for these vendors:

AbsolutelyKismet -
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/AbsolutelyKismet

Riorita -
Blog - http://jewelry-ir.com/
Etsy Treasuries - http://www.etsy.com/people/riorita/treasury
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/Riorita3
Website - http://irithbzjewelry.net/

We are all members of a great Etsy shop owner’s support team called BESTeam (Boosting Etsy Shops Team). We support each other’s Etsy shops with intense social networking and promotion of each other on our Facebook, Twitter and Blog ‘sites. Want an article written about YOUR shop each and every week? Want to write about others and support their creative efforts, thus Paying it Forward? Then get on over to the team page, visit the team blog or forum and see if you can keep up with us. If you are the BEST, we want you on our team!

Shopping in Etsy's Pond - Energetic Orange Swirls and Whirls

Orange is the color of energy. The circle or swirl is a nature symbol of constant motion - the shape of a whirlpool, a hurricane, the vortex of a tornado. Somehow they came together in all four shops I reviewed this week. Enjoy!

 
Orange Glass Pendant on Braided Hemp Choker -
14.5" by AbsolutelyKismet 


Orange Carnelian Sunrise Hammered Silver Earrings by cksilver


tribal silver hoops and authentic coral by riorita


Roses Orange Print Hahnemuhle Giclee
Fine Art Print "Majesty in Simplicity" 11x14, Matted by Solhful

More links for these vendors:

AbsolutelyKismet -
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/AbsolutelyKismet

Riorita -
Blog - http://jewelry-ir.com/ and rioritajewelry.blogspot.com
Etsy Treasuries - http://www.etsy.com/people/riorita/treasury
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Riorita-Etsy-shop/170595752961296?v=wall
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/Riorita3
Website - http://irithbzjewelry.net/

We are all members of a great Etsy shop owner’s support team called BESTeam (Boosting Etsy Shops Team). We support each other’s Etsy shops with intense social networking and promotion of each other on our Facebook, Twitter and Blog ‘sites. Want an article written about YOUR shop each and every week? Want to write about others and support their creative efforts, thus Paying it Forward? Then get on over to the team page, visit the team blog or forum and see if you can keep up with us. If you are the BEST, we want you on our team!

Preview new parasol – Red Flapper no frills

Just put this in the Etsy store Sunday...a very plain, no frills of my Red Flapper Parasol. If you want an economical version, here it is.


Very pretty against a pillar


Or by itself on the lawn


The inside is quite clean and simple


A single, strong backstitch
holds the fringe on


Making it quite invisible from the outside

Preview new parasol – Red Flapper no frills

Just put this in the Etsy store tonight...a very plain, no frills of my Red Flapper Parasol. If you want an economical version, here it is.


Very pretty against a pillar


Or by itself on the lawn


The inside is quite clean and simple


A single, strong backstitch
holds the fringe on


Making it quite invisible from the outside

Etsy - Keeping you in touch with yourself and others

I quickly found a theme betwixt and between the three shops I reviewed this week: paper and communication. Paper crafts, greeting cards and handmade journals...the connection was immediately obvious and one that I love.

How impersonal emails are when you get a million of them a day. How out of touch we can be with ourselves when our own hand is no more involved in writing our journey than tapping on a keyboard! Paper has always fixed this. Being of the "older generation", I love the smell of paper, the personal touch of holding something written by someone else. Fascinated with calligraphy after my sister sent me something written in the flowery script, I taught myself the mysterious art when I was 12. Much later I wrote the lyrics to my and my future husband's favorite song in calligraphy and gave it to him as a present. Knowing it has always been a special gift that is made even more precious by how little it is used today.

So, please peruse these samplings from these wonderful shops. The prices are right - treat yourself to a special gift of communication that will be remembered.

Slim Leather Journal, Embossed, Hand-Bound,
4.5 x 6 Journal - 64 Pages - by The Orange Windmill



Grinning Pumpkin, Halloween Greeting Card,
Blank Inside by Empty on the Inside



Blue, Green, and Turquoise Hummingbird Hello Card
by Creativity Bugs



More links for these vendors:

TheOrangeWindmill -
Blog: http://www.treeshides.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/shirleyljmartin
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/shirleymartin/
Stumbleupon: http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/smartin39/
Tumblr: http://theorangewindmill.tumblr.com/

EmptyOnTheInside -
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/emptyontheinside
Blog: http://doughdirtdye.blogspot.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/anolive

Creativity Bugs -
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Creativity-Bugs-Crafters/165471840170137?sk=wall

We are all members of a great Etsy shop owner’s support team called BESTeam (Boosting Etsy Shops Team). We support each other’s Etsy shops with intense social networking and promotion of each other on our Facebook, Twitter and Blog ‘sites. Want an article written about YOUR shop each and every week? Want to write about others and support their creative efforts, thus Paying it Forward? Then get on over to the team page, visit the team blog or forum and see if you can keep up with us. If you are the BEST, we want you on our team!

Etsy - Keeping you in touch with yourself and others

I quickly found a theme betwixt and between the three shops I reviewed this week: paper and communication. Paper crafts, greeting cards and handmade journals...the connection was immediately obvious and one that I love.

How impersonal emails are when you get a million of them a day. How out of touch we can be with ourselves when our own hand is no more involved in writing our journey than tapping on a keyboard! Paper has always fixed this. Being of the "older generation", I love the smell of paper, the personal touch of holding something written by someone else. Fascinated with calligraphy after my sister sent me something written in the flowery script, I taught myself the mysterious art when I was 12. Much later I wrote the lyrics to my and my future husband's favorite song in calligraphy and gave it to him as a present. Knowing it has always been a special gift that is made even more precious by how little it is used today.

So, please peruse these samplings from these wonderful shops. The prices are right - treat yourself to a special gift of communication that will be remembered.

Slim Leather Journal, Embossed, Hand-Bound, 
4.5 x 6 Journal - 64 Pages - by The Orange Windmill

 

Grinning Pumpkin, Halloween Greeting Card,
Blank Inside by Empty on the Inside



Blue, Green, and Turquoise Hummingbird Hello Card
by Creativity Bugs



More links for these vendors:

TheOrangeWindmill -
Blog: http://www.treeshides.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/shirleyljmartin
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/shirleymartin/
Stumbleupon: http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/smartin39/
Tumblr: http://theorangewindmill.tumblr.com/

EmptyOnTheInside  -
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/emptyontheinside
Blog: http://doughdirtdye.blogspot.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/anolive

Creativity Bugs -
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Creativity-Bugs-Crafters/165471840170137?sk=wall

We are all members of a great Etsy shop owner’s support team called BESTeam (Boosting Etsy Shops Team). We support each other’s Etsy shops with intense social networking and promotion of each other on our Facebook, Twitter and Blog ‘sites. Want an article written about YOUR shop each and every week? Want to write about others and support their creative efforts, thus Paying it Forward? Then get on over to the team page, visit the team blog or forum and see if you can keep up with us. If you are the BEST, we want you on our team!

Preview new parasol – a gothy white wedding

This parasol is the first in a new line of made-to-order, customizable parasols. Want it plain? Here it is, available for immediate shipping. Want more color? More decoration? This is the base we work from to create you dream parasol. It can be yours, exactly the way you want it!

Color: off white. Available colors: white and off white. Edge lace on the white one is slightly dfiferent. We are happy to scan you samples to choose from before your purchase!


Three quarter view.


Profile


Interior


Detail - edge lace

 
Detail - rib lace


Detail - top center


Another 3/4 shot.

This beautiful parasol is available as of tonight in our Etsy shop. The link to the Etsy listing is here. As is, with no customization, the cost is $70.00. Please contact us for quotes on your dream design!