Sunday, November 25, 2012

New listings just in time for CyberMonday Sale! Take 30% off all items in our studio with code CYBERMONDAYDEALS2012 including new listings!

Denim and Black Satin Long Gypsy Coat

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Thanksgiving Day Sale on Artfire!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, hope your day is filled with family and friends and lots of great food!

If you are ready to start your holiday shopping now is a great time to visit The Gypsy Cottage! We are having a studio wide 20% off sale! Artfire has a section set up for all the shops on their site who are having sales today, don't miss these great deals on gifts for the whole family! www.TheGypsyCottage.artfire.com
Visit TheGypsyCottage's Studio
SAVE 20% Off All Items
Use Coupon Code:
TURKEYDAYDEALS2012
during checkout.
Dont miss out on the upcoming Black Friday Sales, Cyber Monday Sales and Holiday Deals through the end of the year!

Friday, November 16, 2012


A little Handcrafted Something for Everyone

Add items that you think would make great gifts this season for Christmas!

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012




ArtFire is constantly looking for new ways to better align the goals of handmade artists and the crafting industry supporting each other. We’re aware a lot of our sellers regularly purchase supplies from brands they trust and rely on for their quality. In order to continue reaching toward that alignment of artisans and craft suppliers, ArtFire has partnered with major craft suppliers to introduce a new section of brand name craft supplies as a supplement to ArtFire’s existing indie supplies.
With an estimated 85,000 new supply items at the launch of the new craft supplies section, that number will grow to around 150,000 items by end of the first quarter of 2013. A lot of high-quality brand names including Clover, American Crafts, and Prima will provide new access for handmade crafters and artisans to the raw materials they work with: textiles, beads, jewelry tools, and more.
Integrating both brand name craft supplies and indie supplies into the ArtFire marketplace will provide the synergy between artisans and the supplies they work with to make ArtFire a more productive place to work and sell on. This new category of supplies will also provide the opportunity for those who regularly buy supplies for their arts & crafts to help support the ArtFire website as a whole: sales from the new commercial supplies section will generate a commission for ArtFire to reinvest in the website itself.
The new supplies section also serves an additional purpose: changes to Google’s search algorithms have ranked domains with brand-name products higher, resulting in more favorable search results for ArtFire as a whole to the benefit of individual sellers.
Adding commercial supplies to ArtFire is one big step in the direction of not only creating a site where handmade artisans can sell their work at very affordable costs on a robust marketplace, but now also purchase a lot of the raw materials from the very partners who will help fund the expansion of the handmade artisan business and grow the ArtFire community.
To forge a better connection between the handmade products and craft supplies on ArtFire, we have also launched a brand new Facebook page and Twitter account for ArtFire Craft Supplies where fans can find crafting tips and DIY tutorials.
You can read more and see it in action at

Thursday, November 8, 2012


Countdown to Christmas!

Whether you sell on Artfire, Etsy, Zibbet or have your own stand alone website, we want to see your gift ideas! There will be a new collection started every Saturday morning from now until maybe the second weekend in December.

Invite your friends!!

Please limit the items you post to those in the spirit of Etsy, Artfire and Zibbet, and please keep it G-Rated. There is a 3 item limit for each shop or studio. Multiple shops may post three for each. The ability to post will stay open from Friday until sometime Monday morning, which should provide a lot of time to add items.

There is ONE RULE - You must promote the collection as soon as the posting closes. If you have a blog, please hop this blog, and promote each item to one social network, preferably Pinterest or Wanelo where we can see the item. Twitter and Facebook are fine, they just do not show the item.

This collection will provide a lot of backlinks to your products and get your higher in searches on the search engines.

Midweek, I am doing a blog post that corresponds with the 12 Days of Christmas and going shopping in your studios. These extra posts are for further promotion if you wish to participate. I will be snooping around your shops and picking items that fit our weekly post. When I feature you in this additional post, I will send you a little email notice.

Happy holidays!

Julie and Blu

 PS - hashtag #bmecountdown for RTs if you are tweeting.

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