Creativity By Ann Rose

Seller Of The Week (3/1/10 - 3/5/10)

2010-02-26T00:00:00.001-05:00

Want a chance to become seller of the week?!

ENTER HERE

You have until Sunday (2/28/10) to enter!

What to include in your comment:

- Shop link

- Link to item you will like us to use as the picture (optional)

For more information click HERE

Seller of the Week!

2010-02-22T00:00:00.000-05:00

Congratulations Sovereign Sea Designs!!

Sovereign Sea Designs Shop

We would like to thank everyone for entering!

We would also like to invite you all to re-enter this Friday February 26th!

seller Of The Week (2/22/10 - 2/26/10)

2010-02-19T00:00:00.002-05:00

Want a chance to become seller of the week?!

ENTER HERE

You have until Sunday (1/21/10) to enter!

What to include in your comment:

- Shop link

- Link to item you will like us to use as the picture (optional)

For more information click HERE

Seller of the Week!

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Congratulations Amber Dawn Jewelry!!

Amber Dawn Jewelry Shop

We would like to thank everyone for entering!

We would also like to invite you all to re-enter this Friday February 19th!

Seller Of The Week (2/15/10 - 2/19/10)

2010-02-12T00:00:00.001-05:00

Want a chance to become seller of the week?!

ENTER HERE

You have until Sunday (1/14/10) to enter!

What to include in your comment:

- Shop link

- Link to item you will like us to use as the picture (optional)

For more information click HERE

Winner Of Seller of The Week!

2010-02-08T00:37:00.004-05:00

Congratulations LiLYorkieFruFru!!

LiLYorkieFruFru Shop

We would like to thank everyone for entering!

We would also like to invite you all to re-enter this Friday February 12th!

Seller Of The Week (2/8/10 - 2/12/10)

2010-02-05T13:05:00.006-05:00

Want a chance to be seller of the week?!

ENTER HERE

You have until Sunday (1/7/10) to enter!

What to include in your comment:

- Shop link

- Link to item you will like us to use as the picture (optional)

For more information click HERE

Top Picks!!

2010-02-04T14:03:00.013-05:00

Time for this weeks top picks!

Stacey's top picks:

Hammered Silver Hoop Sand Dollar Earrings that can be found in an awesome shop called WhimSea Handcrafted Jewelry and Gifts!

Metal pendant with beads and chains necklace which you can find in Amber Dawn Jewelry Shop!

A great pair of Crochet earrings, and you can find them in Misty's Crochet Shop.

Sarahs top picks:

I may just need to purchase this! HOW COOL :) You can find some great stuff in Wine Makers Sisters shop!

I giggled when I saw this bag, mainly because I am queen of telling people the obvious...

It is made by Gantry Industries. Make sure you go and check out all of the other goodies you can find in this shop!

BIG SALE!

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BLOW OUT SALE!

RIGHT NOW - February 17th!

We have started a new year and it is time to focus, focus, focus! Yeah, yeah, we know, its over a month in BUT, better late then never! Stacey and I began our store as a Jewelry store, then started adding greeting cards. Soon after we realized that greeting cards became more of our focus! they are just so much fun to make!!!

AND....

Good News!, Stacey is doing an amazing Job making sales! :) and we would love to thank those who have been supporting us, and checking out our shop! :) It really means a lot.

And the WINNER is.....!

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THE WINNER OF OUR GIVEAWAY IS......

Pam Walsh

(We will be contacting you via email for shipping information)

Thank You to all that have participated in our giveaway!!

There will be more information posted soon about our next giveaway!

Stay tuned!

Our TOP Picks!

2010-01-29T14:11:00.013-05:00

This is our first week doing a "Top Picks" blog. All week, as Stacey and I browse through Etsy, we make a note of things that we really love to share them with all of you!

Sarah's Top Picks:

Large Hobo Slouch Bag in Flying Bird Design with Adjustable Strap which can be found in Nancy's Shop!

Sakura Necklace - rose quartz, Thai fine silver, freshwater pearl, sterling silver that can be found in Kande's Shop!

Stacey's Top Picks:

Single Mat Yoga and Pilates Bag, Anna Maria Horner Cotton Sateen Pink that you can find in leisa stanton's Shop!

Turquoise Sparkle Swarovski Crystal Bracelet in Turquoise, Crystal AB Sterling Silver and Glass that can be found Misa's Shop

An AWESOME Crochet hat that you can find in Tolduso's Shop

We are CONSTANTLY browsing, so we thought this would be nice :)

Seller Of The Week (2/1/10 - 2/5/10)

2010-01-29T00:00:00.007-05:00

Want a chance to become seller of the week?!

ENTER HERE

What to include in your comment:

- Shop link

- Link to item you will like us to use as the picture (optional)

For more information click HERE

Seller and Items of the Week!

2010-01-28T13:42:00.008-05:00

Are you a seller?!

Do you need help spreading the word?!

Would you like to be featured from Monday to Friday on our blog?!

Then come and enter!

From now on ever weekend (Friday - Sunday) we will giving all sellers a chance to enter into our weekly seller contest! Once the winner is pick an item from their shop and link will be featured on the left column of this blog from Monday to Friday! To enter each week look for the blog post titles "Seller Of The Week (DATE)" and you will be able to enter there!

ALSO,

Sarah and I find ourselves swooning over different items we find on Etsy, we would end up spending thousands of dollars, eek, DAILY, if we were to buy everything, but why not give some recognition to the makers of the things we love instead? ... With that said, each week Sarah and I will each feature our favorite items that we find on Etsy, and be sure that the seller knows about it!

There is nothing like something homemade and it should be celebrated!

GIVEAWAY!

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Simple set of 5 cards

Each card has a flower print heart stamped in the right corner with a pink paper heart over it.To the left of the heart on each card will read either "Love, Love always and forever, I Love You, Adore", two say "Love" in different styles, "I Love You" and "All You Need Is Love".

Here are the Details:

The Giveaway starts RIGHT NOW! :) and your last shot to enter will be on January 31st at 11:59 pm. Please leave all entry comments on this blog post.

Ways to enter the giveaway:

- Follow our blog!

- Follow us on twitter and tweet for us! Click here!

- Friend us on Facebook! Click here!

- Become a fan on our fan page! Click here!

- Leave a comment about our store plus another option!

Do two to three of the above! To increase your chances of winning, please do more than is asked!

Example: If you are going to follow our blog and follow us on twitter please write two difference comments

1. "I followed you on twitter and tweeted for you" (with link to prove so)

2. "I followed your blog" (with link to prove so)

That way you have entered twice which increase your chances at the drawing!

Each entry will be given a number in the order that it was received and we will be using www.random.org to generate the winning number!

The winner will be announced on February 1st! If you do not have a blogger account, and do not want to post your contact information in a comment for all to see, please send us an email (creativitybyannrose@gmail.com) letting us know which entry was yours! we want to make sure that we can contact the winner!

Pass the word on to everyone!!

A HUGE Thank You to Monika!

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We would like to thank Monika, the creator of Crochet Creations, an extremely valued customer of ours for being so dedicated to the beginning of our Journey on Etsy.com

In her shop you will find really great Crochet items, Ones that We wish we were able to make!

Personal favorites of ours are her Soap Savers and her Cell/Mobile Phone pouches. You will find both available in many colors and designs!

In her store you will also find marvelous Scarves, Jewelry and Bookmarks!

*** SALE ***

50% OFF on all items before shipping

BONUS gift included

till end of January 2010

Our January Giveaway is exactly a WEEK away!

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On January 26th, we will be starting our second giveaway. You will have a chance to enter the giveaway from January 26th - January 30th. Drawings will be done, and the winner will be announced on January 31st. Since Valentines day is coming up our giveaway item will be a box of 5 Valentines Day Cards! We will have the box shipped on the 31st so that they get to the winner in time for the cards to be sent to loved ones.

More giveaway details and a detailed overview and pictures of the set of cards will be posted on our blog on January 26th!

We really appreciated the support that we got during our last giveaway.

With Love,

Creativity By Ann Rose

SALE SALE SALE!

2010-01-18T15:49:00.005-05:00

** 22 ITEMS IN OUR SHOP ARE ON SALE! ** Check out our sale section!

If you pass the word on to others, let us know (comment this blog), and provide where you did so, and we will Facebook and Tweet about your shop!

Getting to know other sellers

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Stacey and I have been so tied up with working on our shop we have not taken time out to get to know other Etsy sellers. I love how kind the Etsy community is, everyone is willing to help. I was initially a little skeptical about reaching out to other sellers with questions because I was unsure of the reaction that I would get. Will they ignore me? will they think I am trying to steal their tips or business from their shop? Soon after reading through the Etsy forums I immediately realized that everyone was there to help one another. It rally made me want to hang out in the forums more, to make friends, and find cool stuff!

I would say about twice a month I find myself in the mall looking for something cool/different/unique to buy. WHAT? how ridiculous does that sound! If we spend more time getting to know sellers we will come across GREAT stuff, and support one another. Next time I want something, I will think twice about going to the mall, I will check out Etsy first. I want to support as many people as I can, and having a shopping problem should make that very easy!

- Sarah

A short rant!

2010-01-13T14:31:00.004-05:00

We've been bad little bloggers :(

After spending all of last weekend, LITERALLY, working on re-vamping our shop we have been al little pooped out! On top of the fact that Stacey and I are full time students, and I work full time! After all of our hard work I can truly say we are having a REALLY great time! nothing like good old arts and crafts to bring sisters together!

Ever since Stacey and I started making greeting cards, I am really starting to love paper crafts! I am researching how to make notebooks and Journals! It is great how one thing can lead to another so fast, especially when you learn about new skills that you never knew you had in the process.

I must say that our biggest struggle so far is time management. I suppose because we are in the beginning stages of our "Etsy career", we have to put more time into it then ever, however I dont ever see it slowing down too much! We are managing, After a lot of trial and error, and organizing I am sure we will figure something out.

This blog post has been a bit of a rant! Please check out our store, and feel free to critique it! we would love some feedback!

HUGE Sale!!

2010-01-06T21:31:00.021-05:00

Everyone come check it out!

Up to $8 off an item!

Here are some of the items!

Regular price: $12
Sale price: $8
$4 OFF
Check it out!

Regular price: $8
Sale price: $6
$2 OFF
Check it out!

Regular price: $18
Sale price: $10
$8 OFF and FREE SHIPPING!
Check it out!

Regular price: $24

Sale price: $20

$4 OFF and FREE SHIPPING!

Check it out!

Along with the great sales Sarah and I are making some changes to our shop!

We will keep you all updated!

A Very, Productive, and snowy, Weekend!

2010-01-04T05:44:00.007-05:00

Sarah here!,

Stacey and I have had a very productive, and snowy weekend. We had plans for Stacey to come up to my house and spend the weekend so we can work on our greeting cards and Valentines Day stuff but her getting 5 teeth pulled at once sort of put a damper on that! The fact that it snowed all weekend did not help. I finally got to go and spend the day with her at her house to work, and boy did we get a lot done!

Here are some of the cards we posted in our STORE:

If you are interested in purchasing some greeting cards the deal is this:

Each card is priced between $1.50 and $2.50 But, if you choose to buy a set of 5 or 10 each cards, each card is marked down to $1.25 AND the good news is you can pick from ANY of our cards to put in your set! There are directions in each card description, and on the front page of our store on how to purchase a set!

With Love,

Sarah

AND THE WINNER IS......

2010-01-01T13:33:00.005-05:00

THE WINNER OF OUR GIVEAWAY IS......

ROSE!

(Rose, we will be contacting you via email for shipping information)

Thank You to all that have participated in our giveaway!, There will be another giveaway starting Monday January 25th! We will update you on the details later this month!

New This Week!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Stacey and I are spending the weekend together to build up inventory!, Lots of new stuff will be listed beginning Sunday!

For now, New items this week:

NEW ADDITION - BOOKMARKS! Made By Stacey!

Take Flight

$2.50

Love Of Books

$2.50

Simple But Sweet

OUR FIRST SET OF CARDS!

Made By: Stacey

$6.00

Cherry Amber

Made By: Sarah

$18.00

Earth Flower

Made By: Stacey

$12.00

Ocean Sunset

Made By: Stacey

$10.00

Jasper

Made By: Sarah

$10.00

Blush

Made By: Sarah

$10.00

On Way Or Another

Made By: Sarah

$16.00

Amberlin

Made By:Sarah

$12.00

***Our GIVEAWAY WINNER will be announced around noon today!! ***

Deals of the day!!

2009-12-30T07:33:00.005-05:00

For Fellow Etsy Sellers:

- 10% off all items (excluding sale items)!

- free advertisement with sale!

- Willing to talk price!

For Other Buyers:

- Willing to talk price!

- 10% off coupon with purchase!

- Free shipping for all items!

Refund via paypal or contact us before purchasing!

(Ends 12/30/09 11:59pm)

Cards!

2009-12-30T00:06:00.012-05:00

Hello all it's me Stacey!

So quick update! Today I had 5 teeth pulled (fun fun!) and call me crazy... as soon as I got home I started to make cards! I guess nothing stops me from crafting huh?! In the past few weeks we've made 3 off Etsy sales and 2 on Etsy sales, which is really exciting! We have finally gotten our business cards out and about and we are really excited to see what is to come!

Anyway, it is just about that time! I have finally gotten my first set of cards posted today! The set is very simple and can be used for any occasion. It is made with an off white, acid free, lingin free paper and black acid free ink!

Here are more pictures!

CLICK HERE TO BUY!

Have a blessed night!

Stacey

REMINDERS:

- GIVEAWAY ends 12/31/09 night at 11:59pm!

- FREE SHIPPING on all items $10 and above until the end of January!

- SALES 20% off items with SALE in title until January 2nd!

We Had A Happy Holiday, did you?

2009-12-28T21:00:00.002-05:00

It is always nice to be able to say that the holidays went smoothly!, I know Stacey is happy, she got A LOT of craft stuff :) Today was the day for us to get back into the swing of things, we took a little Etsy break and we are excited to be back! "getting my groove" back has been a little rough, I need a better routine. I am not sure if everyone knows but Stacey and I live about an hour apart and working together gets a little tricky sometimes!

We are excited for this weekend because we will be listing our VALENTINES DAY goodies :) She is going to come and stay with me for the weekend so we do not have to do all of our work Via, email, aim, phone and pictures!, It isn't so bad but its about time we get to spend some quality time together without the use of technology!

Reminder our Giveaway ends on December 31st, only a couple of days away!, Tell all of your friends to enter!

2009-12-25T00:00:00.001-05:00

We know its Christmas, but we are trying to be as dedicated as possible to this blog! We would just like to quickly highlight New items listed, Items Sold, and Items that will be on sale starting **TODAY!**

New this week:

Amber

Made By: Sarah

Cherry Rose

Made By: Sarah

On SALE this week (12/26/09 - 1/02/10):

Fly Away Earrings

Made By: Stacey

Marked down to: $6.40

Black and White Elegance Earrings

Made By: Stacey

Marked down to: $6.40

Teardrop

Made By: Stacey

Marked down to: $6.40

Optical Illusion

Made By: Stacey

Marked down to: $6.40

Silver Moon

Made By: Stacey

Marked down to: $6.40

Follow Your Heart/Love Life Live Life

Made By: Stacey

Marked down to: $9.60

Hang Loose

Made By: Stacey

Marked down to: $8

Island Water

Made By: Stacey

Marked down to: $8

Lopped Charm Necklace

Made By: Stacey

Marked down to: $9.60

Our Favorite Time Of Year!

2009-12-23T16:36:00.007-05:00

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

We are very excited to spend the holiday with our family and friends!

We hope you all have a blessed holiday and get great gifts!

Gifts don't only consist of receiving something bought a gift is sharing a very special day with family and friends!

Remember to check out our after Christmas sales and giveaway!

Experimenting

2009-12-22T06:16:00.004-05:00

Amber

Please Pass on the word! **FREE SHIPPING** On all items $10 and over!

Creativity By Ann Rose

Stacey is finally coming home from her little "vacation" this week!, Hopefully things will start rolling faster again. We have a good inventory for our store so I have been experimenting with new ideas, and what a HOOT, I have never had so many things swirling in my head or more beads in my vacuum! (no seriously, if I really dig through the dust pile I let out of it, I may find like $100 in beads! I AM SO not there yet!).

I have also been trying to find good sources for beads. We are not only going to have beadwork in our store however, It would be nice to find somewhere good to get some at great prices!, HOWEVER, I am also looking into starting to make a few more "higher end" items with real stones, could get pricey for me, but I think it may be a good idea. I also found some great organic beads as well!

I cannot wait for my partner in crime to come home, it is VERY hard to work over the phone and internet. We are managing!

GIVEAWAY!

2009-12-22T01:35:00.004-05:00

Remember to join in on our giveaway!

CLICK HERE TO ENTER

OUR GIFT TO YOU!

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We know it may be a little too late to buy gifts for loved ones but here is our gift to you! From now until the end of January ALL items in our store that are above $10 have

FREE SHIPPING!! HURRY UP AND SAVE!

*------> Creativity By Ann Rose <------*

A new friend of ours is having a sale!!

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There is a lovely woman who has been helping us out! Please check our her sale!

Visit her Etsy.com store!: MonikaRose

Follow her blog!: MONIKAROSE CROCHETS

AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE
@

CROCHET CREATIONS

************

50%OFF on 2 or more items $10 and more, before shipping

BONUS gift will be included for FREE

starts 21st Dec until mid January 2010

We are SO excited! Our giveaway starts RIGHT NOW!

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The value of this set is $35, The bracelet is made entirely of green speckled (Textured) ceramic beads, 12mm brown ceramic beads and 6mm black ceramic beads. Identical materials are where used for the necklace except for the addition of green glass beads.

Here are the Details:

The Giveaway starts RIGHT NOW! :) and your last shot to enter will be on December 31st at 11:59 pm. Please leave all entry comments on this blog post.

Ways to enter the giveaway:

- Follow our blog!

- Follow us on twitter and tweet for us! Click here!

- Friend us on Facebook! Click here!

- Become a fan on our fan page! Click here!

- Leave a comment about our store plus another option!

Do two to three of the above! To increase your chances of winning, please do more than is asked!

Example: If you are going to follow our blog and follow us on twitter please write two difference comments

1. "I followed you on twitter and tweeted for you" (with link to prove so)

2. "I followed your blog" (with link to prove so)

That way you have entered twice which increase your chances at the drawing!

Each entry will be given a number in the order that it was received and we will be using www.random.org to generate the winning number!

The winner will be announced on January 1st! If you do not have a blogger account, and do not want to post your contact information in a comment for all to see, please send us an email (creativitybyannrose@gmail.com) letting us know which entry was yours! we want to make sure that we can contact the winner!

Pass the word on to everyone!!

A little update!

2009-12-14T23:44:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone it’s me Stacey!

I thought I would take the time a do a quick update on what’s going on in life! My boyfriend actually lives about five and a half hours from where I live so I took the Amtrak and I am up at his house now visiting so I haven’t been on much. I arrived her on Saturday around five o'clock and I have already done tons of stuff! As soon as I walked in the door Dans parents friends followed in soon after, I had an engagement party sunday and his mom and I did 6 hours of shopping today! Its been lots of fun :).

Anyway, my sister has been doing a great job keeping up with everything and as you have probably read she has set a record of making 13 pieces in a few hours… eeek when I get home I better get to work! I have finally finished crocheting my long narrow scarf that may be posted soon! I forgot to bring some extra yarn so I may just have to go to Michaels and pick up some yarn or beads!

Here are the two pairs of earrings I made late friday night to get my last Jewelry making time out before coming up here! They will be posted soon hopefully!

(A candle holder I made is in the background! They should be posted soon as well! :))

Remember guys! Our giveaway start this coming Friday! Spread the word!!

Blessings to all!

Stacey

A Beadtastic Weekend!

2009-12-14T14:02:00.001-05:00

Sarah here!

I had a very beadtastic weekend!, Stacey and I went shopping for some supplies on Friday and I got some great stuff. Loads of beads, figuring they would last through the month. Boy was I wrong! I had about 5 hours to myself on Saturdays morning, there wasn't anyone around, and it was very icy out, so I stayed in and made jewelry the ENTIRE time! I have made about 13 new items that will be listed in our store over the next two weeks or so!

I am really starting to love ceramic beads, I was hooked on glass for some time but I just love the look and texture of ceramic, not to mention the variety of hand painted ceramic beads that you can get. I have been doing some online research to try and find the best places to get beads, I am most concerned with variety. With more and more frequent trips to Michael's and A.C. Moore for my beads I am finding that I am seeing the same stuff over and over again, there does not seem to be much of a turn around in these local chain stores. So my online search will continue! Please leave us a comment if you can recommend some online stores!

And remember guys! Our giveaway start this coming Friday! Spread the word!

New This Week!

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"Just Believe"

Made By: Stacey

Check it Out!

"Be There Or Be Square"

Made By: Stacey

Check em' out!

"Solstice"

Made By: Sarah

Check em' Out!

"Cherry Jade"

Made By: Sarah

Check it Out!

"Green Spiral Memory Bracelet"

Made By: Stacey

Check It Out!

"Gray Shell Earrings"

Made By: Stacey

Check em' Out!

Blue Spiral Memory Bracelet"

Made By: Stacey

Check it Out!

"Jade Nugget Earrings"

Made By: Stacey

Check em' Out!

"Green Shell Earrings"

Made By: Stacey

Check em' Out!

We hope you enjoyed viewing the new items that we listed in our store this week!

Please Visit our "Giveaway" page! The link can be found at the top of this page!

Giveaway!

2009-12-11T14:11:00.000-05:00

Hi guys!, We will be doing our first giveaway Starting December 18th and ending on January 1st!

Here are the Details:

At sometime between December 18th and January 1st go to our blog, and under the giveaway link you will have the chance to enter.

Ways to enter the giveaway:

Follow our blog

if you have twitter follow us

If you have twitter, tweet for us!

Friend us on Facebook

About Stacey!

2009-12-10T20:25:00.000-05:00

Green Shell Earrings

My turn! Hello everyone it’s Stacey! I would first like to start off by saying my sister didn’t lie about my family being afraid for both of our lives when being left alone! She would torture me and I would torture her right back with “MOMMY SARAH CALLED ME A STUPID JERK!”… Always worked :)!

Anyway, now a little about me! I’m Stacey (as you already know) I’m 19 years old and I have an amazing boyfriend of almost 3 years! I am working towards my Communications degree (yes I followed in my sisters foot steps!) doing college online. My hobbies are making jewelry, crocheting and a whole bunch of other crafts! My Jewelry and craft-making hobby first started off as a distraction from the pain I was suffering from. I was diagnosed with a incurable disease that goes by the name of Interstitial Cystitis this past May and it has changed my life around completely! I have made a few pieces to support those who have Interstitial Cystitis as well.

Follow Your Heart/Love Life Live Life

Believe

I'm really looking forward to what's to come!

With love,

Stacey

About Sarah!

2009-12-08T07:11:00.001-05:00

Bright Desert

Hey guys! Its Sarah! I suppose its my turn to bore while I talk about myself! Well, I don't think that I am that boring, we'll see!

OH, though my goal was to help you guys get to know me a little better, I thought it would be a good idea to let you know a little about Stacey and I while we were growing up!, There really isn't much to know, we never really liked each other, In fact!!!! Our parents and grandparents where always afraid to leave us home alone together when we were old enough because they where afraid one of us wouldn't come out alive! Really, we did not like each other at all, I think it was because of our age differences. I am 4 years older then Stacey and I was always one step ahead of her, when I was in my early years, I would say 8-12, I was the "kid" and she was the "baby", then once I hit around 13 or 14 years old, I was the "Teenager" (oh and we all know how awful teenagers can be) and Stacey was the "kid", teenagers don't like kids much, OK, FINE, teenagers don't like anyone usually! ah! and THEN I was the adult and Stacey was the teenager! (If you could only see the faces I just made).

It wasn't until we were both adults that we got along! and now we are best friends, doing what we love!, Making jewelry, and trying to keep up with Etsy "stuff" has become somewhat a full time hobby for the both of us (well maybe more so for me!), and were only a month in! I am excited to see what is to come!

Ok, so ME, lets see, I am 23 years old and I have a boyfriend who secretly loves picking out beads with me! I am an aspiring raw foodist (Fruit bowl please!) with a new found love for yoga. I love anything that relaxes me because I am always so busy. I work full time as a nanny and I am a full time student on my way to finishing my B.A in Communications in a few months! I am not sure what I want to do, I am not looking to be some sort of executive, I really like being a nanny, we'll see. I Love music of all kinds, and go to many concerts. I will also admit to playing a good amount of video games! (Very well rounded girl hehe). I have a love for organizing, everything around me is organized, every last bead has its own spot. Other then that I am quite simple, I can learn to love anything, and I like to make the best out of any situation.

Next is Stacey's turn to blog in our little Bio series!

With Love,

Sarah

The best part about buying something homemade....

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Is knowing a little about who made what you bought! When you walk into a store, and see something that you like, you rarely think past the fact that the item is pretty, neat, cool, well thought out... etc. Do you ever think about where the item you are purchasing came from? I am not talking about which country it came from, did someone actually make it? did a machine make it? was any care, love and thought put into the item at all? Ever since I started making my own jewelry, I am far more proud to wear something I or my sister made then something I bought at a store because I know the time that was put into it. Then I thought, is this just because I or someone I love made it? and the answer is no. When you buy or receive something that is homemade you have a better time picturing the time that someone took to actually make it. I am sure there are many things that we buy in stores that people actually physically make, but we never ever get to know for sure. The appreciation and value of something homemade is far greater then that of something at perhaps a higher monetary value bought in a store.

So Stacey and I decided that we are going to do our best to let our customers know about us!, We will be posting Bio's and frequent updates on our lives in this blog! We feel it is extremely important for our viewers, and customers to know more about us then just the fact that we enjoy making jewelry! I (Sarah) Will begin by posting my Bio tomorrow!

-Sarah

New This Week!

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Very busy week on our end! but we managed to get 4 new items posted to our store! Check them out!

"Shade Of Gray"

Made By Stacey

Materials: Glass Beads, Cotton String, Silver plated clasp.

Get it!

"Dark Moon"

Made By Stacey

Materials: Glass Beads, Silver plated beading wire, silver plated Closure.

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"Ambition"

Made By Sarah

Materials: Glass beads, wood beads, silver plated toggle clasp

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"Earth Elegance"

Made By Sarah

Materials: Glass, Ceramic, and silver plated beads with a silver plated toggle clasp!

Get it!

We also SOLD a couple of Items this week! However, most of our sales have been word of mouth rather then Etsy sales!, We are willing to promote others if anyone is interested in helping getting the word out for us!

I have made quite a few items this week that will be posted in our store, and I know Stacey has been working on some really exciting stuff! I keep telling Stacey to control her ADD (hehe) she has so many ideas spinning around her head, she doesn't know what to do with herself!, I've been doing some idea control! But she just keeps going on and on! its exciting!

Follow us, Add us, Have fun with us!

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Stacey and I are eager to share what we do with has many people as possible!, This is so fun and exciting!, we are working really hard to build a great network of friends to share ideas with! We have so many exciting things that we want to do on this blog, especially giveaways, however, we need followers in order to do that! in the amount of time (Under a month) that we have been at this, we are very pleased with the feedback that we have gotten and the sales that we have made :) As always, no matter what, we will be crafting our little hearts out!

You can be "in" on what we do in the following ways:

Obviously by following this blog!

Facebook

Our Facebook fan page

Twitter

Love and hugs,

Ann & Rose :)

Giveaways coming soon!

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Hey guys! you better watch out, we are going to be running monthly giveaways starting December 25th. As of right now we do not have all of the details of the giveaway put together, so stay tuned and we will update you on the details and the great gift you will receive if you participate!

CONGRATULATIONS Creativty By Ann Rose!

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We did it! 2 sales in 1 day and that day was Thanksgiving! What a Happy Thanksgiving it was! We are so excited! We have been working like crazy trying to get all of the kinks out! When we started this we did not realize how much work it was going to be! However, we are both finding it very fun and relaxing!

New Items posted this week: 2 Cell Phone Charms, and 2 Necklaces!

Highlights from last week!:

Lots more to come!

We would love suggestions!

There is nothing like something hommade!

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No I am not talking about food! I am talking about handcrafted art!

Let me give you a little background! Creativity By Ann Rose has 2 people behind it, My sister Stacey and I (I'm Sarah :) ) Stacey will be blogging frequently as well! We are two very busy people, that Ironically had the same idea at the same time! We are both in college, and Stacey travels often, it just so happened that one day we were talking we both expressed an interest in making jewelery! In fact, in the same time period we both went out and bought supplies for jewelry making and did not even know it! Soon after, Stacey suggested that we sell our work!, So here we are about 3 months later, all geared up and ready to go with an Etsy.com Account to sell our stuff! EXCITING! we are both working very hard to get some sales, we are eager to figure out what we are doing wrong, what we are doing right, and what could use a little improvement! the beginning is going to be a huge learning process!

Some of the very best gifts to receive are ones that are homemade, remember when you are little and every time you make something for someone they go on and on about how wonderful it is that you gave them something homemade and how they would rather something homemade then bought? Come on, everyone has gotten that speech, I mean, I once gave my mom a picture of Minnie Mouse, she was TRULY thrilled about it, I could see it in her face, even though she didn't realize it was Minnie Mouse due to my adolescent drawing skills and had it hung on the wall upside-down for years! The point is, when you gift something homemade, even if it is something that you bought that is homemade, both you, and the receiver, will appreciate the gift much more because you can actually picture a person doing the work, rather then a machine.

As of right now we have posted some lovely jewelery, and as of right now all the credit goes to Stacey, it is all her work! Mine is soon to come!

Other things to look forward too:
Picture Frames
Cell phone Charms
Candle holders
Crochet goods
We are also going to work on a line of personalized crafts! You will be able to message us what you want and we will do out best to fill your order :)

Please Check out our store Creativity By Ann Rose

With Love,

Sarah and Stacey