Unofficial Etsy Forums

Great News! A fellow Petsjubilee Team member is the administrator of a new forum site, the Unofficial Etsy Forums.

Keith of Butterfly Bay Design is the administrator of this new site, which came about due to Etsy forum changes and the huge out cry against them.

The new owners of Etsy have rocked the world of their members, especially their forum users, by essentially doing away with nearly all Etsy forums. Rumors have it that what will be left will be a team only forum that resembles the Flickr groups. This will result in a place for team "pack" members to interact with themselves, but interacting between teams and individuals will be gone. I see this change as a way of getting members to reach outside of Etsy to promote their individual and team shops, therefore promoting the Etsy website.

These forum changes make me curious as to what other services Etsy will provide in leiu of the shutdown. When the brick and mortar shop continues to take a greater and greater percentage of your profit, you either pull your stuff from their shop or you ask what they are doing to help promote and encourage sales that are worth the changes. I believe one should pressure them to be creative and relentless in helping to sell your product.

I hope after the initial shock of these changes is past us, the Etsy community will question administrators as to what they are doing to promote our shops. I hope the future brings more advertising in print, radio, and television from Etsy.

Beading for Greyhounds

Grace, of Etsy's Gracebeading, has used a Frum's Glass greyhound cabochon to make a gorgeous donation to First State

Greyhound Rescue group. It is exquisite. What really shocked me, is how quickly she whipped it up. Seems like it was only mailed a few days ago. She may be making another for me, which I will donate to help the Italian Greyhounds.

I hope you'll find a moment to check out Grace's blog to see what a few beads, a focal piece, bits of microsuede, and lots of talent can make. Thank you Grace for generously helping the greyhounds, and other charities as well.

Featured in a Treasury

I love Etsy's Treasury feature. I enjoy curating them and love to search through the collections others have put together. Fair warning: Treasuries can be very addictive!

Frums Glass Menagerie was featured in a pet themed treasury. Natalie of Shriever's Retreat included my cat necklace. Natalie titled the treasury Your Best Friend, with the subtitle, Show the world your love for your pet with these great gifts for you. I love how so many people can use the same theme and find a totally unique collection. I wish I needed a baby gift. I would buy the cute parakeet shoes. The hamsters created using peanuts as a mold are just too much. The artist also makes tiny pink babies. I might have to buy those little hamsters for my niece and nephews. Many thanks to Natalie. As I've said before, with all the tons of stuff flooding the internet, being featured is always an honor.

For those that do not know, treasuries are lists of 16 items each that Etsy members pick out. These lists last for three days each and may have a common theme, color, or may just be items the curator admires. The curator can change the items often in those 3 days or not. The front page of Etsy is picked from the various treasuries curated by the members.

Interviewed by the Beagles

I belong to the Etsy Bealges Street Team. My interview with them is posted on their blog.
Click here to read my interview.


This a photo of Pee Wee Buddy of Harmony Hills Acres, my first dog.

KIwi and Orange Treasury

Frums Glass has been featured in two Etsy.com treasuries in the past 24 hours.
My Miniature Pinscher pendant was included in this kiwi and orange themed treasury. This collection was curated by Tricia of Kookyhandbags. Thanks Tricia! This is a front page worthy collection.