Handmade Organic Catnip toys and Shopping bag holders

Rather than bombard you with a posting every day with my newest listings in my Etsy shop, I have been saving them up to post once a week or so. So with that in mind, here they are!

Catnip toys:

Yellow Zombie kitty organic catnip toy

Posie the zombie kitty organic catnip toy

organic catnip pillow

organic catnip toy pillow

Grocery shopping bag holders:

funky tie dye shopping bag holder

fabric plastic bag dispenser

Undiscoved Artists on Artfire!

One of my fellow bloggers from Artfire runs monthly features introducing new undiscovered studios and allows viewers to vote for their favourites.  I have found lots of new Artisans by watching her blog, maybe you will too!

Here is her June favourites!:




Discover ArtFire Studios
and Vote for your Favorites

I have been featured!

Thank you Andrea W Designs for such a wonderful article!  Please check out her blog at http://andreawdesigns.blogspot.com/ 

Gearing up for the Christmas In July Sale Event on Artfire!

Are you ready for this?  Every year people start shopping for their Christmas gifts earlier and earlier, trying to find just the "right" item. Sometimes that can be quite the challenge!

So as you go through your list of family and friends, please do not forget your cat, as they are most definately a valuable member of your family.

Keeping that in mind, I have been slowly adding a few things in my studio for this year's Christmas in July sale event on Artfire.  So far I have added some adorable 7 inch plush Christmas stocking toys, stuffed with my very own homegrown organic catnip.  (I also have some new catnip toy pillows and a cute little zombie kitten toy)

Red repurposed catnip toy Christmas stocking

Upcycled bright red with snowflakes catnip toy Christmas stocking

Green with snowflakes catnip toy Christmas stocking

Blue with snowflakes organic catnip toy Christmas stocking

Patchy, organic catnip toy Zombie kitty

organic catnip toy kicker pillow

Quilted coasters, table runners and placemats

I do love the look and feel of handmade quilted objects. Right now I am making rag quilted coasters, table runners and placemats. As time goes on, I will be adding more to my Artfire studio, http://jewelz_creatives.artfire.com/ so keep your eyes out!  You never know what I will come up with next.

lemons & limes rag quilted coasters

Country style Rag quilted fabric coasters set of 2

 

7 pc Table runner and placemat set for your summer parties

Fabric holders for plastic grocery shopping bags

So you are tired of taking up valuable space storing those pesky grocery shopping bags?  Well, here is a convenient yet decorative way of organizing them.  You can have one of these in each room of the house where you may wish to have them, such as the bathroom, laundry room, nursery, kitchen, hallway (by the dog leash) garage and even keep one in your car.

Now available in my Etsy shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/jewelzodonnell

Upcycled Black and white fabric shopping bag holder

Fabric plastic grocery bag dispenser wicked waves

Psychedelic fabric plastic bag holder

Plastic bag dispenser holder paw prints

Pet waterproof carrier mats and quilted blankets

Waterproof pet carrier mats, and quilted pet blankets now available in my Artfire studio!

waterproof moisture proof pet carrier mat

waterproof moisture proof pet carrier mat

quilted tapistry pet carrier blanket

pawprint furniture protector pet mat

quilted frog pet blanket

patchwork quilted pet blanket

small waterproof pet carrier mat

Catnip Free cat teaser toys

I have moved all of my catnip free cat teaser toys and my little pink bunny (also catnip free) to my shop on Artfire.com!

Spider cat facinator

Ladybug cat teaser toy

Cat teaser wand toy

Cat facinator wand toy

Cat stalking toy Catnip free

catnip free teaser toy

pink bunny catnip free cat toy

Newest in my shops on Etsy and Artfire!

plastic bag dispenser

Ta da! Here is a really cool way to brighten up your kitchen and store those pesky grocery bags as well. I listed it on Etsy today.

And to match the quilted frog blanket I have in my pet accessories section in my Artfire shop, a cute little organic catnip toy.

catnip toy pillow

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

One week later

http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=1484517

I just could not resist it!  I had to upgrade to Pro at Artfire.  And here is my newest, and I do mean newest, listing.

Just love the colours, they really POP

Retro tie dye fabric grocery bag holder

Slowly filling up my Artfire shop

Here are some more of my items moved to my shop on Artfire.

For the house:

Lilac floral plastic bag dispenser

  Birdhouses plastic grocery bag dispenser

 Bamboo Storm Windchimes

 Floral Fantasy rag quilted coasters

 

The migration continues

Here are a few more items I have moved over to Artfire. My cats are dissappointed though, as they were hoping that I would allow them to have these LOL

Catnip toys:

Catnip toy frog

Little blue monster

plaid catnip flower toy

catnip toy bunny

The trials and tribulations of learning SEO and the new Google search

I have recently been checking out various venues for showing my handmade craft items. Hearing so many good things about Artfire, I decided to check them out. I just love how they have it set up!  They offer so many options to their members, up to and including clear instructions on SEO, ways to have sales and offer coupons, and the ease of the one page listing, it was a clear choice for me.  And that is only mentioning a few things I love there.

So, I have started moving some of my products from Etsy to Artfire. Now, I have no plans for the immediate future of shutting down my Etsy shop, but I also think it is a wise thing for me to have more than one option.

I also found that within hours of listing an item on Artfire, that it was crawled by Google. Whereas, with Etsy sometimes it took days. And, even when my Etsy shop was crawled, I very rarely show up on Google search. In fact, most times when I performed a Google search for my products, only a couple shops from Etsy showed up. Most often they were very popular shops with wonderful products that have been active for a long time, but for someone like me, that was not a good thing. It is hard enough getting "out there" on the internet, but having to compete with established shops is a bit discouraging.

The recent changes Google has made with their search, using shorter url tails, and SEO, etc is a bit daunting to someone like me. I know, if I wish to survive on the internet and hopefully prosper, I do need to learn this. With the help of Artfire and their wonderful support staff it looks like this potentially painful process will become much easier.

So, without further ado, here is my new Artfire shop, if you would like to take a peek!

A couple things I have moved over there (I will only show a couple a day until I catch up):

Coasters:

Lemonade rag style quilted coasters

Black and white vase mat coasters