Friday Feature: Christmas Ornaments!

One of the things I LOVE about Christmas is all the beautiful ornaments! I am one of four children, and my Mom kept every ornament we ever brought home from school. And we had a habit of buying new ornaments for her every year also, so we soon had way more ornaments then tree! That's when Mom began pulling some of the beloved handmade ornaments, as well as some of the purchased ones. Rather than throwing them out or putting them in a garage sale, she created boxes of ornaments for each of us, giving us back the ornaments we had given to her. This way, by the time each of us left home and had our own Christmas trees, we had a box of ornaments to put on those trees...ornaments that represented family and love. I still buy ornaments every year, and a few years ago, I began collecting antique Christmas ornaments as well. I probably have enough ornaments to decorate a dozen trees....but who's counting???

Anyway, there are some amazing ornaments available from our ETC folks, so this week's Friday Feature celebrates Christmas Ornaments....


Members featured, from top to bottom and left to right, are:
KelseysKorner, HossLass, CorkyCrafts, VixensNaturalJewelry, KatsCozyKrafts, FlutterBugCreations, LavenderLizard, SumpnSassyTassels, WhiteThistleDesigns, Inpatria, GoGoGirlz, LindaGJ, McCordWorks, SpiritMama, DuctTapeAndDenim, and ShadowsWolf.

Want to see more Christmas ornament listings by Texans & Texans-at-Heart? Just click HERE!

Have a favorite Christmas ornament, either one listed above or one that wasn't able to be included? Feel free to post a comment with a link to it!

Friday Feature: Snowmen!

In honor of the recent snow in Texas, I decided Snowmen would be a wonderful topic for this week's Friday Feature. So, after searching Etsy for both "Snowman" and our team tag, TeamEtsyTx, and trying very hard not to include anyone from recent Features, here are the amazing snowy selections I have chosen for you...


Members featured, from top to bottom and left to right, are:
SassySoapsNSuch, TheArtfulFlamingo, CottonEyedJo, FabricArtist21, HumbleBeads, TCsTreasures, WiseImpressions, JL67, SumpnSassy, GigglesAndGlam, TCornell, Whimbrella, 2SleepyHeads, Yarnabees, KatiesScrapNSupplies, and AmyJosCreations.

Want to see more Snowmen listings by Texans & Texans-at-Heart? Just click HERE!

Have a favorite snowman, either one listed above or one that wasn't able to be included? Feel free to post a comment with a link to it!

Two Friday Features!

OK, so I forgot to post last Friday's Feature post.....and I had such a great one picked out, that I just had to save it! But I didn't want to just miss a week at this great time of year, so this week, we have TWO Features for you to enjoy!!!

In honor of Black Friday, here's last week's Friday Feature brought to you by the word BLACK:


Featured shops, from left-to-right and top-to-bottom, are OutOfTheBlue, IraisBloom, Craftiness, DakotasVintage, Jenni20, WhiteThistleBridal, GigglesAndGlam, DonnasDesigns, PinkLemonadeBags, Kimee, Steel, CraftyAngi, CaraBeads, UnkamenGifts, BlondieBeads, and TexasBeadz.

Want to see more Black listings by Texans & Texans-at-Heart? Just click HERE!


And now for this week's Friday Feature, this time brought to you by the words CANDY CANE:


Featured shops, from left-to-right and top-to-bottom, are KeepsMeInStitches, MyPocketfulOfPosies, KorkinKute, LucyMaeDesigns, PixieDustFineries, HandmadeWhimzy, GlassNWood, JLilyHandmade, PeculiarParchment, ClearlyTangled, DuctTapeAndDenim, MenagerieStudio, CarylsCreations, HopscotchAustin, TheYellowRoses, and BailliesBagsBaubles.

Want to see more Candy Cane listings by Texans & Texans-at-Heart? Just click HERE!

Please take a moment to post a comment and let us know your favorite Black and/or Candy Cane listing, either featured above or in either of the search links. And if there's a topic you'd really like to see for a Friday Feature this month, let us know that as well.

Happy Holidays from the ETC folks!

Friday Feature: Harvest

As promised, this week's Friday Feature is being brought to you by the word Harvest!

So, after searching Etsy for both "Harvest" and our team tag, TeamEtsyTx, and trying very hard not to include anyone from last week's feature, here are the wonderful harvest selections I have chosen for you...


Members featured, from top to bottom and left to right, are:
OnGossamerWings, BeadzNBling, TheGemNest, TheSilverAcorn, JL67, GlitzGlitter, TheOtherMagdalene, GrievousAngelDesigns, ThePigAndThePeacock, CharonelDesigns, CrazyForCollars, JackWabbitPrimitives, LadybugsDesigns, ButterflyKissForYou, YarnCoture, and TheHighPlainsKnitter.

Want to see more Harvest listings by Texans & Texans-at-Heart? Just click HERE!

If you'd like to suggest search words for future features, feel free to post them in the Comments for this post.

Friday Feature: Leaves!

Sorry for being a bit late in posting this week's Friday Feature! This week, influenced by all the lovely leaves falling around town, I chose the word "Leaf" as our feature topic. So, after searching Etsy for both "Leaf" and our team tag, TeamEtsyTx, and trying very hard not to include anyone from last week's feature, here are the lovely leaf selections I chose for you...


Members featured, from top to bottom and left to right, are:
SpiritMamaVintage, IriasBloom, BradleyBeads, GemJunkie, BeauAndStella, OwlSay, RuthBl, EmmaAlisonDesigns, TexasCeramics, CDChilds, ArtByJC, Kanokwalee, TheMedicineWolf, BSchrag, KathyDKeith, and Carapace.

Want to see more Texas Leaves? Just click HERE for "Leaf" items and HERE for "Leaves" items!

Join us next Friday, when our feature word will be "Harvest"! If you'd like to suggest search words for future features, feel free to post them in the Comments for this post.

Friday Feature: Pumpkins!

Introducing a new addition to our blog: Friday Features! Each Friday, I will choose a word, like Pumpkin, and search Etsy for that word and our team tag, TeamEtsyTx. Then, I will select 16 of the search result items to feature here on our blog. If you'd like to suggest search words for next week's feature, feel free to post them in the Comments for this post.

Here's this week's Friday Features, brought to you by the word Pumpkin...

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Members featured, from top to bottom and left to right, are:
CottonEyedJo, ThePigAndThePeacock, TheHighPlainsKnitter, GigiGibson, SassySoapsNSuch, WiseImpressions, BadraBoutique, CharonelDesigns, 2MuchStuff2Day, CrazyForCollars, BeanStreetMarket, DesignsByCher, VickysCottageCrafts, MithrilDreams, LavenderLadybug, and Suezee2.

Want to see more Texas Pumpkins? Just click HERE!