Shopping: Etsy Love

What is not to love about Etsy? Beautiful, unique and often handmade items - art, stationery, jewellery, toys (you name it, you can probably find it on Etsy) sold by some of the most creative and friendliest people on the planet! It's the perfect place to shop for a unique card or gift for someone you love or perhaps a cute pair of earrings to treat yourself - there is a good chance you'll never see them on anyone else.

I've had nothing but good experiences shopping on Etsy - the quality of the items I have received has been amazing and whenever I have entered into conversations with sellers they have been pleasant and keen to help. A lot of the sellers are based in the US but this is never a problem. The majority of them are ecstatically happy to ship to the UK and most certainly do not thrape you with high postage charges a la Ebay.

I was browsing Etsy yesterday and thought why not blog about some of my favourite items/sellers - there is so much stuff on there, the "add to favourites" certainly comes into its own.

First up - gorgeous hand cut greeting cards from Storeyshop made here in good old blighty. I think these cards are amazing, and I've never seen anything like them before. I'd love to receive one of these and am going to be certainly purchasing some for some upcoming events this year.

I love the Valentines one above! So cute!

Next, I actually bought one of these custom ringbearers bowls from Paloma's Nest. We didn't use it at our wedding, I've got it more as a keepsake but it's just so lovely and came in gorgeous packaging too! A gorgeous item from a really nice seller. If you know anyone who is getting married I think it would make a lovely gift. We had ours stamped with our names and wedding date but you can basically have anything you want (within a character limit I should imagine) hand stamped.

I'm having a bit of a bird-loving phase at the moment and these sweet little clay bowls from Tasha McKelvey really caught my eye. She has a whole array of pottery and jewellery in her shop.

Oh my eyes. MY EYES! The cuteness is unbearable. Sadly, my two children are past the stage where they look cute in crocheted beanies (not sure the little fella would ever suited one to be fair) but these from Two Seaside Babes are lovely.

I'm a big fan of wall graphics. I am sure it's just a phase like wallpaper borders and stenciling but for the moment I love them and Urban Expressions has a really good selection. My problem is always choosing one.

I have been meaning to purchase these bookplates from Oiseaux for years, literally. I think they were the first thing I added to my favourites so if I only do one thing today (apart from blog) and I am going to order some and when they arrive I will place them in my most precious books.

Is it a cupcake? No it's a bathbomb! In the past few years cupcakes seem to have become very popular and nearly every shop you go in has something cupcake themed. These bathbombs from Candied Beauty are so sweet and perfect for the cupcake lover in your life!

If you've not checked out Etsy yet, you should. That's an instruction. (And if you're really bored, try pouncing. It's my favourite way of discovering new things). Let me know what you find!

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love & kisses
Mrs M x