Maya

Maya
Originally uploaded by AlphabettiSpaghetti

I remember back when Kathryn (KathrynRiechert) was talking about adding a cat to her family, how we were all so excited to see her new cat Maya (who is now somewhat of an Etsy celebrity- you can read about her on the Storque.) The pictures of her on flickr just amaze me- she's such a graceful animal, but with a sense of humor too.

One of the great things about Etsymetal is that we love sharing our work with each other- in addition to a charm swap this year, we're having a Secret Santa (minus the secret part!) The first to ship her gift was Wendy Humphrey, alphabettispaghetti on Etsy, (also our featured member for December,) and when Kathryn received it she couldn't resist opening it and posting it immediately- a perfect little Maya in pendant form, made to look like this photo. It's set a high standard for those of us who have yet to make and ship our gifts!

More Charms!

Mini anticlastic ring charms
Originally uploaded by AlphabettiSpaghetti

Beautiful shiny anticlastic charms from alphabettispaghetti for our charm swap.

Also check out these charmsby rubygirl and these by maggiejs!

Charm Swap

Charm Swap: EtsyMetal
Originally uploaded by NinaGibson designs

Etsymetal is a very active group. We have a lot of different projects going on, but my favorite is this one- our Charm Swap, organized by Victoria Takahashi/experimetal. About twenty of us are exchanging charms. This is one of the first batches of charms to be finished, by Nina Gibson. They're little books with real paper! Victoria's charms are also finished, in a design similar to her stunning Amoeba Necklace (below.) Beautiful charms by ashleyjewelry and nyhedy are completed as well.

Check back soon for more on the progress of our charms, and see our flickr for recent charm pictures.