2 features in one day!

Today is a very busy day for us!
We have 2 features on other blogs.

The first is a My Day is Friday post,
where Anna takes you through a day in her life!

The second is a feature on The Curious Pug,
where both Anna and Naomi answer some interview questions.

I'm being stalked!

Don't panic! It's the good kind of stalker.

I woke this morning to an email from etsystalker.com to say they had featured me on their blog. Check out my Ninja Mouse alongside many other supercute ninjas in their Ninjas: So Cute. So Deadly. post today!

Blog Award and a Mouse

I have a new mouse to show you that I made as a custom order, but first...


I just received the One Lovely Blog Award from Leslie of Shrimp Salad Circus. Thanks so much! Now it's my turn to pass it on...
Here are the rules:

• Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.
• Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

1. Beards
2. PamerlaAngus
3. BizzieLizzie
4. Star of the East
5. Handmadeology
6. Mandibeads
   
7. While Tangerine Dreams
8. Ramblings from a Design Studio
9. Tattered Tapestry
10. Canadian Rockies Art
11. Nun of a kind
12. Mad Maggie Designs
13. Etsy Moms
14. ArtMind
15. Arctida´s Creations

Everybody make sure to check out all these great blogs, and maybe you'll find a few that interest you to add to your 'follow' list!

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I also have a new mouse to show you, I made him as a custom order but if my customer is ok with it, and you guys like him, then I might make him a regular in my store. When I showed Thor Mouse to my husband he went into raptures of joy and demanded one for himself. I didn´t know much about the character but maybe there are some other comic book geeks out there who think I should make him a regular in my store?

What do you think?

Etsy Mini Part 2 - How to put an Etsy Mini on your Blog

This is Part 2 of my tutorials on using the Etsy Mini Widget - here I will show you how to add your Etsy Mini to your your blog sidebar and into a post.
(This tutorial is for Blogger only, Wordpress does not support any Etsy Mini code)

For more information on using your Etsy Mini:
Part 1 - What is an Etsy Mini? How to build an Etsy Mini
Part 3 - How to post an Etsy Mini on your Facebook Page
Part 4 - How to tweak the Etsy Mini HTML code so you can feature other artists.

How to put an Etsy Mini in a blog sidebar
Blog sidebars are narrow, so you need to make sure that the Etsy Mini you build to go here is only one column wide for gallery size images or 2 columns wide for thumbnail size.

1) Once you have built the mini you want to use, copy the Javascript code (the top box) and save it in a text document. Alternatively you can just keep your Etsy mini builder open in a separate tab/window so you can come back to it later.
2) Log into Blogger
3) Click on "Dashboard"
4) Click on "Layout" this will take you to the customize page of your blog.
5) Click on "Add a Gadget"


6) A selection of Gadgets for your blog will pop up. For the Etsy Mini you need to select "HTML Gadget"
7) In the next window give your Etsy Mini a name (optional), paste your JavaScript code into the main box and click "Save".

8) You can move your Gadgets around by clicking and dragging them. When you are happy with your layout just click "Save"

- You can add multiple Etsy minis to the same gadget if you want, just paste more code underneath the first. However I think it works better to create a new html gadget for each Etsy mini, it makes it much easier when you want to move things around on your blog.

How to put an Etsy Mini in a blog post
1) Log into your blog and then click "New Post"
2) Then Click the "Edit HTML" tab

3) Paste the JavaScript code for your Etsy Mini into the box. If you click the "compose" or "preview" tab you wont be able to see your Etsy Mini. This is ok, just so long as the code is in your "Edit HTML" tab you will be able to see it on your blog when it is published.

For more information on using your Etsy Mini:
Part 1 - What is an Etsy Mini? How to build an Etsy Mini
Part 3 - How to post an Etsy Mini on your Facebook Page
Part 4 - How to tweak the Etsy Mini HTML code so you can feature other artists.

For the Love of Cute

Today I am relaunching my second blog For the Love of Cute which features new handmade cuteness every day! I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing for it.

Featured in the Storque!

I am so happy today because I have been featured in the Etsy blog "The Storque" in the Studio Tour series. This is a HUGE honor and I was so excited when FrucciDesign asked me if I would like to be interviewed by her. It has been a nail biting couple of weeks while I waited for it to be published. You can read the whole interview with me and see some photos of my studio by clicking here.