huray

I am so happy!! I had my first sale!! Yes, you read right, my first sale. I am so happy and thankful. Here is the (not longer my) brown beauty I sold the day before:

I just wanted to let you guys know, because you all gave me so much support and help and encouragement and that's what keeps me going. I hope you all feel good and I know you are looking forward to the weekend, like I do. So I wanted to let you know these and share with you my joy and happiness. I wish you a wonderful weekend and please everybody who hasn't sold anything yet, please write a comment I am thinking about a supportive post for you!

joy-filled greetings

mElinus

Etsy Shop Feature: elloriasboutique

This weeks Etsy shop is filled with very beautiful flower arts. The colorful jewelry was designed from two women from Exeter, United Kingdom: Shannan and Jacqueline and named:
elloriasboutique

At Ellorias Boutique the two women endeavor to create beautiful jewellery and accessories to be cherished for a lifetime. Shannan and Jacqueline love hunting for treasure and giving a new life to a myriad of materials, buttons, thread and beads, that have otherwise been overlooked. They are inspired by mystery, the feminine and romance.

so colorful

Q)In which country/city would you live if you could choose?
A)Shannan and Jacqueline would love to live in Barcelona, submerged in the vibrant street life, Spanish culture and the home of Gaudi.

Q)What do you like more: apple or orange juice?
A)At Ellorias Boutique we have a stream of apple and orange juice flowing to give a zing in our step.

Q)What is your favorite color?
A)Our favourite spring colours are sunny primrose yellow, lilac and muted bluebell.

Aren't this colorful flowers beautiful and feminine? I can tell it is worth to have a look at this very precious items.
Please got to elloriasboutique, write a comment under this post to let them both know what do you think about the jewelry. Also visit Shannan and Jacqueline at her facebook page.


I hope you like the flowers like I do.

bloomy geetings
mElinus

Easter leftovers

The Easter weekend is over and that means I have to recapitulate what has happend during this four days.

I baked arround 60 cupcakes. 25 of them for the princess birthday party from my goddaughter. She is 3 years old now, means 'I am no longer a baby'. It was amazing to see her unpacking all the presents and beeing the m-i-p (most important person) of the day. She got so many presents but she always thanked all the guest and her little friends got all a huge hugs. It was a totally tressful day, but it was worth every work and sweat.

 This is left! They look already a little demaged, but still yummy!!

Most of the cupcakes were for friends and family. We had 3 BBQs during the weekend and I met lots of friends I hadn't seen the last weeks, because of work and travel. But I was very happy to see one special friend again, which I do see not so often.And I am always very hapy to see. But unfortunatelly the weekend is over and Easter will come again next year.

So how was your Easter weekend? Lot to do or just chillin' and family stuff?

Wish you all a great week!

last bunny greetings

mElinus

My First BNS

I try to help other Etsy seller to get some traffic and hopefully some sales, but today I have to 'advertise' my own shop. I am so happy because I am on my first BNS on Etsy.

 Please have a look and write a comment or even better maybe buy something: 

 I really hope it will help me to make my first sale.  

The rules are: 

1- NO MINIMUM PURCHASE. 

2- NO NEED TO CALL OUT SHOPS. 

3- PURCHASE ANY ITEM FROM THE FEATURED SHOP. 

4- POST THE TRANSACTION LINK WITH THE NAME’S SHOP IN CAPS. 

5- I WILL CHOOSE AN ITEM FROM YOUR SHOP. YOUR ITEM WILL BE FEATURED IN THE NEXT ROUND. 

6- ROUND ENDS AT 13 SALES. 

7- ENJOY!  

I am in the BNS with my lovely      

Purple Dots To Love & Drink Tea And Coffee Cup   

So have you ever been on an BNS or BNS? Do you all know what it is? And have you experiences with this promo? I would love, if you could write some comments below so, we can discuss how it works, or maybe I write a post about the two different kinds of promotion. Just let me know what you think!!  

Oh an please keep in mind, I have a Mother's Day special coupon code:   MOTHERSDAY2011  

I wish you all a wonderful Easter weekend!

  BNS-newbie greetings
mElinus      

sunny and bussy and MOTHERSDAY

Like I mentioned my trip is over and I 'landed' in the daily routine again. Nearly, because while I was away the finance authority sent us a tax audit notice. Yeah. One of our custom manager is on vacation. Yeah. And of course I have to catch up with my work. Yeah. Tons of work and just 24 hours. But I am sure everybody has this in his life and it is good to know that it will be over sometimes. Why I writing this, just to let you know, I am sorry for being so 'lazy' these days in writing this little blog. But I want to share with you two nice things

First: I saw an awesome sunrise this morning. The colors have been so bold and it compensates for all the stress and early get-ups.

I just had my phone by handy so the pic is not perfect, but it is stunning, right?!

OK and now 

Second: Mother's day is in a few weeks and I want to make a special to all my friends and followers. A cup of tea or coffee is nice, no matter if it's wintertime or summertime. It becomes even more special with a not so usual cup. This will bring a special moment, you can enjoy the tea/coffee and take your time to catch a breath in the busy times. And to give a mother such a special moment I'll give a discount on all my collection cups: 25% off!!!

The coupon code is: MOTHERSDAY2011

This is my little gift to all of you for being here and reading and commenting on the Etsy Shop Features and encouraging all the creative and active women and men out there.

I wish you all a wonderful day

coffee drinking and breath catching greetings

mElinus

Etsy Shop feature: LoupBelle

(and encouragement)

I am back from my business trip and totally jet-lagged, but that is no reason to miss one turn in our weekly Etsy shop/seller feature.
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This week I am proud to tell you a bit of LoupBelle from North Carolina, USA. This mysterious name means 'Beautiful Wolf'. And as beautiful and mysterious the name as nice and special are her shop items.

Behind LoupBelle is a woman who loves vintage, fashion, art, and eclecticism. She enjoys designing one of a kind pieces to fit women of all lifestyles, from conservative to edgy. Her greatest source of inspiration comes from nature and other inspiring women. In an effort to give back to these wonderful women who have inspired her over the years, every purchase comes with the name of a female artist, designer, musician etc.

Spring Daisy necklace

She hopes her customers take the time to look up these creative females and are also just as inspired.  To LoupBelle it’s more than fashion, it’s women inspiring women. She works in her at home studio in Newton, North Carolina, and is constantly antique shopping for special pieces to add to her designs. : )

Frank Sinatra - A Swingin Affair - Retro Vinyl Record Bowl

To make it a bit more fun for the featured seller and of course for all my lovely readers, I ask her three questions:

Q)In which country/city would you live if you could choose?

A) I’d love to live in Chicago. It’s always been my dream city!

Q)What do you like more: apple or orange juice?

A)Apple, hands down : )

Q)What is your favorite color?

A)Green

This shop and LoupBelle are very special to me, because it is a wonderful idea to try to give back spirit and inspiration she got from women and to work with vinyl (I love to use old vinyl records for decoration, will show you some day). I think we need more powerful, strong and independent women to serve as a model!! So please stop by and have a look at all these unique and creative items.

Please also take the opportunity and write a commend under this very special shop feature post to encourage LoupBelle and all the women and of course men to become and stay strong and inspiring for others.

strong greatings
mElinus

Taiwan and THANK YOU

I am so sorry to be not so much on these days.  But like the name says, business trip, means to do some business ;)

But today I got up a little earlier, so I am able to give you a short look in to Taiwan. It is an amazing country with much more amazing people. I told you about the kind and helpful people in Hong Kong, it is nearly unbelievable, but the people over here seem to me even more polite and kind. Or maybe I think it's this way, because I have more time here and that means I can experience it more.

Today I will show some random pictures from Taiwan...

I headed to the southern city Tainan with the Taiwan High Speed Rail.

the hinterland of Taipei

Tainan City 

this is a god for education (good to know for the next exams)

old traditional roofs

two towers in Tainan 

one of the two towers (the dutch lived here a couple of hundred years ago)

I dont know what they did, but it looked like a kind of a parade or procession 

this seems to be a palanquin (I could not see whats in side)

(just) Tainan 

So now I have to hurry to the next appointment. I hope I can show you some pics from business over here next time, but it is not so easy and I think also not so much interesting!

I also want to take the opportunity to welcome all the new followers and and thank all the "old" followers for there loyalty. It is also nice to see all the comments for Seren and her adorable dolls. I really appreciate all your comments and it makes me really happy to see all the nice, caring and interested people. I hope it will help all the 'Etsians'.

So I am off now for the real reason of my trip. I wish you all a very nice day!!

thankful greetings

mElinus