2013 Yuletide Basket Giveaway!

Tweet 16 Team members have gotten together this Holiday Season and all donated some wonderful items to create a Yuletide Basket Giveaway!

'The Florida Etsy Street Team (FEST) 2013 Yuletide Basket Giveaway' by FEST

Win ALL 16 items listed here!! comment and favorite for chances to win! Drawing Dec. 14th Prizes mailed to the winner Dec. 15th counted entries will be 1 comment per person per day , & favoriting this treasury will give you another chance to win!

Team Fest Yule Bask... PennyBoperoo $13	Team Fest Yule Bask... asitcomesitgo... $0.2	Team Fest Yule Bask... PatricianCrea... $0.2	Florida Etsy Street... TeamFEST $1.2
Team Fest Yule Bask... LuckiiArts $0.2	Team Fest Yule Bask... LangsonsJewel... $0.2	Team Fest Yule Bask... beadloverskor... $0.2	Team Fest Yule Bask... EstiloMargot $0.2
Team FEST Yule Bask... YorelNaturals $0.2	Team Fest Yule Bask... WayfarerPrint... $0.2	Reversible Fabric B... alemahboutiqu... $0.2	Team Fest Yule Bask... HuffShuffLane $0.2
Team Fest Yule Bask... FromBeths $0.2	Team FEST Yule Bask... alyssacritter... $0.2	Reserved - Christma... NoRhymeOrReas... $4.5	Team Fest Yule Bask... RecreationalA... $6

Treasury tool by StylishHome.

All you need to do to enter is go to the Treasury Listing and comment to be entered! You can comment once per day, as well as favorite the listing for an additional entry!

The Drawing will be on Dec. 14th, items will be mailed out to winner on Dec. 15th (so they can make the best of all those holiday prizes!)

Here is an updated list of participants in this event:
1. FEST.etsy.com
2. pennyboperoo.Etsy.com
3. langsonsjewelrybox.etsy.com
4. huffshufflane.etsy.com
5. luckiiarts.etsy.com
6. beadloverskorner.etsy.com
7. EstiloMargot.etsy.com
8. alemahboutique.etsy.com
9. asitcomesitgoes.etsy.com
10. WayfarerPrints.Etsy.com
11. PatricianCreations.Etsy.com
12. norhymeorreasonat40.etsy.com
13. recreationalart.etsy.com
14. alyssacritters.etsy.com
15. YorelNaturals.etsy.com
16. FromBeths.Etsy.com

And an additional shout out to a team member who is helping to cover shipping for this great basket, LuckiiArts 

So what are you waiting for! Go check it out and enter - share with your family/friends so they can enter too!

Hello Again!

Tweet It has been a while since I did a guest post here on the FEST team blog. For those of you who do not know me, I am Melissa. I will be guest posting on the third Thursday of each month. As you can see, I am late. I loathe being late, so I will try harder next month. I live in Trenton, FL, homeschool my two beautiful children, am a part time nurse, gemstone collector, jewelry maker, and I am learning to paint. Are there any painters here? I am sure there is. I am having a ball learning to paint, and would someday love to be able to paint on jewelry. That is my goal. My mom is our painting teacher, and we do it for homeschool art. That way everyone gets to have fun. The Donna Dewberry method is supposed to be the easiest method to learn. I still not convinced of that, lol! I am obsessed with learning to make the perfect rose.

I have been working on different ways of advertising my store and blogs. I love Pinterest, and have been pinning Team FEST items for some time now. I try to do it everyday, but sometimes I just don't get it done. If you have Pinterest, you can follow my Etsy board, and if you share your link I will follow yours. If you don't have Pinterest, I highly recommend it. It is really nice for not only sharing things you love, but for storing and cataloging sites and products you might want in the future. It saves space on your computer if you want to share pictures as well.

As far as sales, how has everyone been doing in this very slow economy? I did have two sales so far this month, but I average about one a month. I have lots of stuff to list, just need to get time to do it. Is anyone using FB as a way of selling your items? What I mean is do you list your stuff straight out on FB and let buyers purchase from there? I know some people who do this, but I am leary of it. If you do, have you had success, and what about issues of non payment, or things like that?

I guess I have blabbed enough for one post. Please take a minute and share one of your sites or pages that you would like to promote. I will do a blog post on my Gemstone and Jewelry blog in a few days, highlighting each link shared. Have a great weekend, and happy crafting.