Leucadia ArtWalk, It's All Good!

I will be participating in the Leucadia Art Walk next Sunday, August 31st from 10am to 5pm. You can find me, Luchi Creations, in the Papagaya Lot, 1002 N. Coast Hwy 101, just south of Diana St.

Leucadia Art Walk is One Mile of Talent on historical HWY 101! Art, music, boutiques, and local talent. There will be a FREE double decker bus to drive you up and down HWY 101!

Leucadia is my home, it is a wonderful beach community in Encinitas just 10 minutes north of San Diego. Papagaya (where my tent will be) is one of my favorite restaurants in Leucadia, I would recommended the California Benedict for breakfast or the Calamari Tacos for lunch! Come out and make a day of it!

I will be showing new pieces of my jewelry designs that are not yet listed in my online store. Come to my tent at the ArtWalk to see the previews and get first pick!

Ohmmmm ........

Things have gotten crazy lately with myself and I've noticed it in others lately too. I don't know if it's the seasons or some thing in the air, but boy I need to relax, to be calm.... This inspired my treasury comprised of CCCOE and Eco Etsy team members. Just take a deep breath. Ahhhh...

Relaxing..... Calming......

Come See Luchi Creations in Craft About !

I've been invited to join Craft About @ the Walk About in South Park, San Diego! Craft About is on Saturday, July 26th from 4:00 - 8:30pm and is located in front of Whistle Stop Bar. If you are in the area, stop by and say Hi!

Craft About is part of Walk About which is a large community event where shops and boutiques open their doors for a street fair that takes place every year in South Park, San Diego!!

Here's a map of Walk About, remember to visit me at Whistle Stop, #39 on the map: Walk About Map

I'm the Hiphopapotamus - Front Page

I'm the Hiphopapotamus, originally uploaded by shutterkate.

I made it to the front page of Etsy again! Thanks to EcoKate's beautiful Hiphopapotamus treasury! My Yellow Chrysanthemum Ring was right in the middle and it sold! Yay!

P.S. I have two more Yellow Chrysanthemum rings available, after that they will be sold out!

Etsy Front Page Madness

Being on Etsy's front page is a big excitement for many sellers on Etsy! I'm happy to announce that I made it to the front page twice in the month of June!! Sharing the front page glory with me are other talented CCCOE members! Go CCCOE!
Here are the two screen shots:

From a Stoke article:


From a treasury created by Raghouse:

Beautiful Treasuries

It's always so excited to find out you've been included in a treasury. Especially when the treasury is so beautiful it takes your breath away. Looking through the treasuries I found that I'm in two!

This one is by amyhatch who creates beautiful jewelry with gemstones and vintage components . Her treasury is titled Freudian Slip. A few comments stated this treasury belongs on the Front Page of Etsy! Oh, I hope they are right!!!

Freudian Slip



Hurry and see Freudian Slip while it's still active


The second treasury makes me hungry and is by PamperingBeki. Her shop contains very sweet jewelry and accessories. The treasury she created is titled: Guess what I want to do....


Hurry and see Guess what I want to do.... while it's still active

Yumm, now I'm off to make myself something to eat.....

Save the environment one package at a time!

I use recycled packaging and wanted to label it as recycled so my customer understands that I'm environmentally conscious and not "too cheap to buy a envelope". I first thought I would buy some stickers and print my message to stick on the packaging. Wait, that's using extra paper I don't need!! Hmmm, then I thought of using a rubber stamp. Excellent idea, I can reuse my stamp over and over. Off, I went in search of a stamp. I didn't like what I saw in craft stores, too generic looking. There were some Etsy sellers with very cute stamps, but they didn't say exactly what I wanted to say. Then I came across a blog RoughStock that offered a free graphic! Cool... but I still wanted my shop name on the stamp. I decided to start from scratch. I fired up GIMP, created my message with a recycle symbol. Hooray!! I sent it off for printing at RubberStamps.net. Here's the finished product, it says it all: