my first treasury appearance...

Hoorah for Etsy's Treasury East!  Spot my vintage appliqued embroidered cloth in this sweet treasury on Etsy :-) 

Embroidery and Old Lace

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  Vintage Embroidered Nap...

  marcher88
  $18.00 USD
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  Neskat's Embroidere...

  Neskat
  $8.00 USD
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  COFFEE and CREAM-HAND E...

  CutieGoodie
  $26.00 USD
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  Floral Lace Indented Sq...

  renarossner
  $24.00 USD
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  Fleur De Paris - Hand e...

  LaCamelot
  $115.50 USD
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  Choose your own Initial...

  EmenGeeDesigns
  $25.00 USD
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  1 Pair - Pastel Color -...

  lynnsworkshop
  $6.90 USD
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  Momma Teapot and Her Li...

  melysbaby
  $20.00 USD
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  Vintage embroidered/app...

  kateepie
  $12.00 USD
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  Rescued Vintage embroid...

  CarnivalMoon
  $38.50 USD
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  VEST LIZWEAR VINTAGE EM...

  SuziBoutique
  $8.95 USD
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  Vintage, Handmade Embri...

  Betterintime
  $5.00 USD
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  Butterflies Are Free Vi...

  VixVintage
  $28.00 USD
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  Vintage Floral Pansy Ha...

  VintageLinenA...
  $15.00 USD
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  Crewel Embroidered Flor...

  bythewayside
  $20.00 USD
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  Copper and Turquoise Vi...

  bohemiancrochet
  $24.00 USD

Some Etsy favourites - stripes and birdies

Here are some of my favourites from Etsy - mostly with a theme of stripes (you can't beat them) and pretty little birdies...

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Hope you like them too x

Branding

A long time ago I had an ebay account which I called eklectikfish - I wanted a name that was quirky and summed up the randomness of the things I was selling at the time.  Whilst casting around for a name for my folksy shop, I remembered the name and thought it might be a go-er.  Following SheDraws advice on UK Handmade about the importance of having a 'brand' I thought this might be one of the reasons why I haven't had any sales yet - the shops are just not distinctive enough at the moment.

So, here is my initial thought for a brand look.  Any feedback gratefully received, I'm still pretty new to this game!  This is sort of intended for a label... but could also be part of a banner too.

I need to redraw the fish to make it my own, but the concept will be similar.  So, what do you think?

etsy shop

My new Etsy shop can be found here - come and pay me a visit!

gorgeous new fabric

My gorgeous new fabric arrived from Etsy yesterday and I can't wait to get started on the project I have in mind for it - a roll to keep my errant and escapist knitting needles in!  Its Japanese fabric - the yellow will be for the outside and the green with the roosters on for the lining - should be funky :)

The roll I am planning to make can be found here.