Happy New Year 2009!!! yoohuu!

Muy Feliz Año Nuevo 2009 para todos los miembros del Spanglish team y para todos los miembros del Planeta Tierra, para que este año traiga paz , tolerancia y armonía a todos los seres que vivimos en este hermoso lugar! Love to all of you!

Very Happy New Year 2009 is the wish of the Spanglish Team to all of you and to all inhabitants of this beautiful Planet Earth. May this new year bring about peace, understanding and tolerance to all creatures on Earth! Amor para todos!

Lolo

To Treasure or Not to Treasure

The other day my Etsy amiga, Botanicalbird, sent me an email sobre un dilema: stay at home to hacer un treasury or go to the Post Office to deliver another sale... "to treasure or not to treasure" that was the question!

I wanted to share this funny story with you and also show you the beautiful pictures that she sent me.

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by botanicalbird


Hi Lolo,
I wanted to share this funny story with some of my etsy friends! We have had unusually severe snow storms here in Portland, OR with several feet of snow piling up, therefore my husband and I had to walk 2 miles to the post office today so that I could ship some express mail. Got some good exercise out of the deal, but missed the treasury...damn!!
It was a tough call...ship the Express mail or stay home for the treasury??

PS. I would like to come visit you in sunny Florida!!



When I saw those pictures inmediatamente viaje a traves del tiempo and arrived to my wonderful, lovely and recordada ciudad called Punta Arenas, Chile (look it up, it is the southernmost inhabited place in the Americas!) I lived there for a long time before I moved to live in Santiago, Europa y USA. I still remember playing with the snow, walking or rather leaning 45 degrees against the howling wind of the South Seas and running through the paths among the pines.

I had such a good time and I hope to go back there algun dia and play again and again with my añorada nieve which is an unknown element here in Florida!

Thank you botanicalbird!

Posted by Lolos

Sale! Sale! Sale!!!

HUMANIDAD
I am having a sale beginning on the 13th. It's the 12 days before Christmas Sale! Everything will be 20% off.



MINIMALISTA
BE MY 100TH SALE
if you are my 100th sale, you get an additional item from my shop for free!!!



ROBELPARRA
Free shipping!!!



SUENOSDEJMI
Hey, I'm having free US shipping on all scarves in my shop until the 14th.

BOTANICALBIRD
Mid-Week Sale - Purchase $40.00 or more and receive a FREE pair of earrings!!

Dec 9th-11th

CALABAZA
I am having a 20% off of all of my prints sale.

BULULUSTUDIO
FREE shipping in the US and Canada until Dec. 15th

All Keychains and Jewelry Sections

SIKIU

Mention the SPANGLISH TEAM and get a 25% discount!!!



NEEDLEPOINTMORE
Get a 10% discount. Convo me and mention Spanglish!

posted by LOLOS

Come ye! come ye!

Take advantage of this CYBER MONDAY supersale that many of our members are offering. Check their shops and shopaway! yohooo! Remember, the economy is not going to get any better if we don't participate :-) so do your part. Make someone happy (including yourself of course) and get something beautifully hand made, there is no better gift than that.

Scarves 50% off
Photography Buy One Get one Free with FREE Worldwide shipping
Non-photo orders over $25 (after discounts) ship free in the US
suenosdejmi.etsy.com

CYBER MONDAY!! 10 % off in all the items!! CONVO me so the prices can be adjust!!
needlepointnmore.etsy.com


CYBER MONDAY FREEBIES!! DEC 1, 2008 from 12:00AM-6:00PM EST
FREE PAIR OF EARRINGS!! WITH $40.00 OR MORE PURCHASE
DRAWING!! ALL CYBER MON CUSTOMERS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ENTERED INTO A DRAWING FOR A FREE HOLIDAY NECKLACE SET!!
botanicalbird.etsy.com



***November 30th through December 3rd all items are 15% off! Wait for your invoice before paying, and you will pay less!!***
calabaza.etsy.com


************** MONDAY DEC 1 ONLY ****************** ***** Enjoy $5.00 OFF any item over $50.00 ********** **************** Happy shopping :D ******************
pimart.etsy.com

Always the lowest prices!

minimalista.etsy.com

From Sunday November 30 to Cyber Monday 15% off. Enter promo code 15% at checkout!

Humanidad.etsy.com

FREE shipping in the US and Canada until Dec. 15th all Keychains and Jewelry sections.

BululuStudio.etsy.com

I have some items with an extra 15% off.

Buy two earrings and get the third one FREE!!! :-)
Free Shipping for jewelry ( USA Only )
Free Shipping for some great Purses, Bags... ( USA Only )
Buy two purses and get a third one of the same price or lower at half price.
Convo me before you buy something because I have to lower the prices!!!
lolos.etsy.com



***** CYBER MONDAY Dec 1st!! All the items already reduced 10% off!! *****
agmode.etsy.com



SALES SECTION IS HUGE!!!! DONT MISS IT!!!
NEW NEW NEW, SEA CREATURES, DO CHECK THEM OUT, THEY ARE LOVELY, CAN BE CUSTOM MADE IN ALMOST ANY COLOR AND SIZE, BOTHE NECKLACES AND BRACELETS!!!
knots.etsy.com

Lolo

Que Vivan las Fiestas!

Let me show you something!!

You know that Fiestas are coming! If you are looking for something really well made, muy bonito, unico, etc,etc and of course affordable for the Holidays,  just take a look at what we have for You!! :-) 

This great digitally colored print from our new member calabaza. I wish I could do something like that but that is beyond me :-(   Look at the details, they are just gorgeous... I feel like dancing just by looking at it. Love it.. Check out her other prints and original drawings and watercolors!

Crocus Field -- Color Print

Jewelry addicted??? if you are, just look what  we have from botanicalbird...A vintage style bracelet with a gorgeous blue mother of pearl focal bead adorned with a lovely brass swallow , with some Swarovski Crystals and a brass chain as well... What do you think? Is it not a  wonderful piece to wear  for the holidays that are coming?? Seguro que si! :-) Don't forget to check her store.. She is amazing..

Ocean Bird Bracelet

What about something for kids?? Buena idea no?? This is a really great way to introduce a very famous and important woman to little kids. You know what I'm talking about ?? No?? te doy una pista... She is from Mexico.. Yes!! you got it.. The incredible and amazing Frida Kalho. Minimalista has this lovely , cool top for kids size 7-8. She screenprinted it in black ink. Another great suggestion for you!! :-)   

Frida Kahlo girl top

Stay tuned for more fun and beautiful sorpresas durante la semana! 

Lolos

p.s. I think you will enjoy seeing the real Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in this old film:-)

We are growing!!

This is amazing! Spanglish is growing a little bit more by the day and we can see a great team is in the making.

I invite you all to see the great work that our new members are producing and share your thoughts with all of us. We have received many letters telling us how we are fulfilling a need that we all know we have, the importance of communicating with others who want to share common interests, ideas and hopes.

These are difficult times, I need not remind anyone of that, and usually the arts and crafts are sometimes considered non-essentials, we beg to differ! To nurture our spirit and our sensibility through the work of our own hands is not only a sure way to fend off any negative thoughts that might be floating around but also turns our feelings into something truly positive that help us in more ways than one.

One of those is surely economical, because no matter how much we love what we do, we need to help balance our budget, pay for materials etc. And that is also the objective of this group. Pulling our strengths together to make ourselves more visible in a crowded world. And, yes, the final and most important thing is that, if we really put our love and care in our work, this love will spread around to others, and that is what it is all about.

Like Charles Dickens once wrote: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; we were all going directly to Heaven, we were all going the other way."

We, as artists can choose to bring out the best, the wisdom, the belief and the light. This hope should be beaded and knit, carved and woven in our work to make it even more beautiful!

Lolos

katiusca

Sikiu

suenosdejmi

bululustudio

lolos

Etsy Spanglish!

Why this name for a team???

The idea came one day when I (Lolos) received an email from an Etsy user named Bululustudio. 

She said something was going on in the Virtual Labs, so I went there. We did not know each other so much, but after chatting for a while we decided to go into a private chat and started a really fun and good connection as if we knew each other for a long time, and ever since that day we took on the responsibility to create a great new team called Etsy Spanglish.

The name came after many hours of thinking and laughing (lol!) about silly names till I just said: "Spanglish!", porqué no? Sounds good, fun, divertido and the best part es que puedes hablar en both languages or mix them up as we usually do whether we want it or not. And so the name was born.

 

Now, what else do we need to be a really great team? People just like YOU, con energía, ideas, good attitude, good communication and sentido del humor!  We think that if we have the commitment to work together we will be able to find the solution to many problems that seem hard to solve on our own.

Our main objective is to have an active, participatory group, and through monthly chats, contests and other promotional events, obtain a positive result and success for our members. We will focus on Latin immigrants, Latin-American descendants and Spanish-speaking Americans interested in our culture and willing to share ideas, projects achieve common goals for the benefit of all.

Having said that, we think the most important thing is to have FUN!! And truly learn from each other by sharing our experiences as immigrants or simply as travelers through different cultures and the misunderstandings, some funny, some embarrassing that we have all suffered when trying to make sense of some new words or new worlds!

We will conduct interviews with our members, not only to know each other better and have a good sense of our craft and passions, but also to make them known to the general audience of the "blogosphere" to promote our craft. 

We will also be publishing tips and tutorials about a variety of things of interest to our members, including different craft techniques, sources for materials, how-to articles on photography for example, which is a good part of our marketing image if you pardon the pun.

So, let's get together and have some fun! Sí se puede!