YazBerry Obi Belt Makes Front Line Treasury

Thank you euphorbiadesigns for including my handmade obi belt in your lovely Etsy treasury, the Front Line. Please check it out so we can try to make the front page. Here's the link.

My obi belt is available in my Etsy Store: yazberryfashion.etsy.com

Wists.com Social Shopping

I've stumbled upon Wists.com, a website for social shopping. Here's a little background on this concept, from their about us page:

About us

Wists was created for 2 simple purposes:

1. To make finding well designed, interesting or unusual products and collectibles both simple and fun.

2. To make publishing or sharing lists of recommendations and wishlists easier and more appealing than maintaining a weblog and not tied to one particular store.

Using Wists is not like going to Walmart or searching a price comparison shopping site - we try to encourage the discovery and promotion of products from small retailers and manufacturers and young designers.

We are based in New York City and are backed by Gawker Media.

I learned about wists.com because, thank you wanderluster, one of my handmade obi belts has been included on their site!

This item is available in my store.

Check their site out: www.wists.com

Scoutie Girl - Zoomed Local - Salem, MA

Upon my recent relocation to Salem, MA, I was discovered by Linda, a blogger forScoutieGirl in her Zoomed Local Blog post on Salem, MA Etsy artisans. She featured one of my Handmade Obi Belts (pictured above), which is made from an antique Japanese Kimono Obi. This one is reversible and available at yazberryfashion.etsy.com.

"scoutie girl is the blog with a penchant for the passionately handmade. we feature original design - from both emerging and established crafters - to enrich your life. for more on sg, read the dirt." (Taken from www.scoutiegirl.com on 11/2/09)

I recently learned about ScoutieGirl's blog myself, as it is a favorite source for all things awesome and hand made on Etsy's Twitter account. I Highly recommend you track down both @etsy on Twitter.com and @scoutiegirlblog on Twitter, for interesting and insightful posts on handmade goodies and fascinating artisans.

While you're there, look for @yazberryfashion to keep up to date on what I'm working on and up to!

Also, blogger Linda, is an artisan herself, she has an etsy store, alamodestuff.etsy.com where she sells quirky switchplates and purses, wallets and pillows made from seatbelts! Be sure to check out her store and her blog www.alamodestuffblog.com!

A thank you goes out to my Model, Naomi!