Here are two livejournal etsy communities:

ShopEtsy, where you can promote your shop and browse other etsy shops
http://community.livejournal.com/shopetsy/profile

etsypicks, where people post photos of things they bought at etsy
http://community.livejournal.com/etsypicks/profile


Here is an etsy yahoo group, sister group to LJ shopetsy.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shopetsy/

I have met some etsy & non etsy friends through my blog at Lj. I have also found some great shops, and get extra traffic through it. It's fun, and worth a shot if you're just thinking about doing it. I think alot of people worry about starting a blog, because they think they need to be interesting or poetic, but just be yourself. Even easier is keeping the blog related to your crafts and etsy shop.

Thanks sassysword!

Great lamp!!

More sturdy base.. you could set it in some industruial looking container or the bottom of an old hat box, and fill with cement, just so it holds the bottom well enough. Cement is easy and cheap.  I love that lamp yes I do.

He could wear them at times, check out his fabulous doll in the last craft challenge - I voted for him.

Yay Steven! There will probably be another earring binge, but I don't know. This is my first swap.

Great day for pics I'm so glad people like what I sent, and getting them is reallly fun. I love seeing what people come up with after getting my survey/color prefs. wheeee

I recieved these today from aliciareneee009, and they are so cute, love the colors!

Thanks for trying kyttyee, I still can't get them to open. It's a strange thing yep.  Must be my computer's mental problem.

I'm out here in rural dial-up land and can't get Kyttee's pics to load for as long as I try Am I the only one?

Recieved from Kyttee  I love the swirly. Thanks!



Recieved from Raindrops, how I love your brains girl these are freaking thoughtful and FUN 
I think the post office ran over the bubble envie, one of them broke but I'm gonna fix them! My post office is so brutal, I bet it happened right before they put it in my po box. They were wrapped safely. Grrrrrrrr the post office...

LOL Serendipity, PIF is VERY fun.

I can't get into etsy at all right now.  I guess I have more time to decide on my next PIF item to post.. really, I am considering giving away the hats I have left. I have made and sold sooo many hats over the last few years and am completely burnt out on hats.